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Taylor1969
11-08-2008, 07:44 PM
Here are some pictures of assembly on my 69 camaro... It is getting SO close to being on the road now!!!

:bananna2:

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/11/IMG_2975-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/11/IMG_2946-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/11/IMG_2940-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/11/IMG_2945-1.jpg
Taylor1969
11-08-2008, 07:46 PM
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/11/IMG_2979-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/11/IMG_2982-1.jpg

(need to work on this gap - the fender is still loose at the bottom...)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/11/IMG_2964-1.jpg
Motown 454
11-08-2008, 07:46 PM
That color looks sweet ! nice job. I knew it would look great
WS6
11-08-2008, 07:56 PM
I love the rally sports with their closed off headlights. Nice looking car. Good luck getting it all finished
rocketrod
11-09-2008, 04:22 AM
Looks great!!!
69X22
11-09-2008, 04:27 AM
Love it! Are the hood and fenders original GM?
Taylor1969
11-09-2008, 06:20 AM
Love it! Are the hood and fenders original GM?

The only original bolt on part is the passenger fender...

Here is the before...

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/06/camaro-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/06/IMG_0570-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/06/1RS050-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/06/1RS001-1.jpg
dropit69
11-09-2008, 07:14 AM
holy crap ..you came a long way..car looks killer !! congrats..
67'camaroG
11-09-2008, 08:31 AM
Nice car.Its good to see the before and after to see how fars its come along.
In the old pic of it, does the vaccum looking canister on the firewall in the driver side fender go to the rs headlight doors? If so can an x44 camaro be an rs?
marinablueSS
11-09-2008, 09:07 AM
Wow, that is one hell of a transformation, great job, nice to see the fallow through. so many cars fall short of completion.
Taylor1969
11-09-2008, 09:33 AM
Nice car.Its good to see the before and after to see how fars its come along.
In the old pic of it, does the vaccum looking canister on the firewall in the driver side fender go to the rs headlight doors? If so can an x44 camaro be an rs?

That canister is part of the factory RS system. I went with the DSE electric kit though, so I am not exactly sure of the operation. I would have to look at my Cowl Tag to see what my car is coded as. It is definitely an original RS though (and not an SS).

I am not going for originality (you can probably tell). I just love the blacked out tail panel. I have seen big block SS cars with the RS package (and they should have had the black tail panel w/ a 396 Engine).
NvrDun71
11-09-2008, 05:38 PM
Looks Great man!
GHOSTDANCER
11-09-2008, 06:15 PM
Great job. Red looks great.
67'camaroG
11-10-2008, 07:22 AM
That canister is part of the factory RS system. I went with the DSE electric kit though, so I am not exactly sure of the operation. I would have to look at my Cowl Tag to see what my car is coded as. It is definitely an original RS though (and not an SS).

I am not going for originality (you can probably tell). I just love the blacked out tail panel. I have seen big block SS cars with the RS package (and they should have had the black tail panel w/ a 396 Engine).
The reason i asked is because i had a 69' that was missing the front sheetmetal but it had that canister on the firewall. I wonder if i had an rs and didnt know it. , but it was a x44 code.
Taylor1969
11-10-2008, 08:08 AM
The reason i asked is because i had a 69' that was missing the front sheetmetal but it had that canister on the firewall. I wonder if i had an rs and didnt know it. , but it was a x44 code.

I bet that you are right... if you are missing the front sheetmetal, the other determining factor would be the rear tailpan. Did you have the reverse light cutouts on that car?
Rybar
11-10-2008, 11:43 AM
Car looks killer, congrats on the progress!
67'camaroG
11-10-2008, 12:02 PM
I bet that you are right... if you are missing the front sheetmetal, the other determining factor would be the rear tailpan. Did you have the reverse light cutouts on that car? i forgot about the reverse cut outs. It didn't have them. i guess maybe someone put a rs front on it at some time. I would like to think it wasn't an rs cuz, i didn't sell it for origional rs type of money, lol.
Motown 454
11-10-2008, 12:52 PM
Check the Head Light switch it should have the vacum lines coming out the back on an RS car.