Project M.D the 69 Camaro

[thetoystore]

here it is. today we brought home another project. 69 camaro born as a plain jane 6cyl 3 on the tree butter-nut yellow car. it will be alot more. plans call for a ride height of around 4in with air. alot of very subtle body mods and either an ls3 or ls7 with a 6spd then 9in to round it all out. hope you enjoy

[CamaroJesse]

Sittin' low! Very nice car.

[1971CHEVELLE]

That 's realy cool project...congrats

[thetoystore]

so starting your own shop is a very tedious task and alot of running around and setting on the phone so not alot of work has been done but here it is.
1 drip rail is shaved
2 window channels front and rear were replaced
3 braced the car for the channeling
4 fixed rust in pass door and striped paint
5 cut open quarter vents

6 ordered willwood 6piston breaks from frank at prodigy
7 ordered airride from air ride tech
8 ordered subframe from checkered racing
9 ordered roll cage from autoweld chassis

not alot of progress for me but considering that 3 days were spent setting up my shop and then the time spent on the phone or running around i'm happy.

[thetoystore]

plans consist of

1 an lsx shp
omething (owner will build it and be around 625)
2 viper spec t56
3 3 link rear on air
4 complete frame and raised floor for exhoust and frame
5 custom exhoust coming out of either rockers or rear pan
6 comlete custom interior with black leather and painted cage
7 shaved marker lights and tucked bumpers
8 maybe late model handles not sure yet
9 custom front splitter
10 rear defuser
11 forgeline wheels in 18s or 19s
and more to come as it comes to mind but hopefully with enuff 14 hour days this will be completed by the goodguys show in nashville at the end of june so wish me luck and free parts are great

[thetoystore]

well lil progress got the pass side and roof along with the door jambs in primer. also recieved alot of parts from ricks first gen so will be busy for the next couple of days with that

[icebird84]

excellent project

[thetoystore]

well little more work today. got the tail pan and all of the truck cut out for a. the new tail pan and b. the new floor rear suspention and gas tank. o and a little work to the new tail pan. do ya like it?

[arai]

Looks GREAT!

[thetoystore]

slow progress pics comeing soon

[thetoystore]

well i just rolled in from panama city beach for springbreak (i'm only 22) and decided to update the pics of EXCESS. well a little work has taken place, made new brace for rear bumper, finished exhoust ports, and bodywork to rear and driver side so the body is in primer except for the rockers wich i have plans for. the suspention is finally comeing together with the front subframe finnally welded in and raised almost 2 inches without sacrifising any headroom. so the rest of this week will be slow because of all the measuring with installing the front bags and rollcage and the fact that i just got back from springbreak and am a little ruff. but heres the pics and let me know what you think. and please someone tell me how to make the pics bigger

[Code Red]

good luck with it

[thetoystore]

well its been a while since i updated this project so here we go. in no paticular order may i add
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[thetoystore]

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[thetoystore]

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[thetoystore]

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me doin a little work

[thetoystore]

the car has seen alot of work since these last pics but cant take any for i found out that putting your camera in your pocket does not keep it dry enuff when your stuck in a downpoor. but since pics the front has had a few new brackers for the bags made and a notched and smoother core. the firewall has be finished on both sides. the rear suspention has been changed from a 3link to a 4link and now has custom floor pans covering it all. tubs were also made to cover the huge wheels and i started tucking the rear bumper. and thanks to my donated 6.0 lq4 i have begun mocking up the motor mounts

[thetoystore]

well a litlle more work done. the rear suspention finished up and some floor pans to make it actually feel like a car again.
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and the start of the rear bumper
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[Motown 454]

Nice progress its looking good

[thetoystore]

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[makoshark]

Awesome looking build! But have you noticed that last pic? Trunk opening is crooked. What`s up with that?

[Jim Nilsen]

Awesome looking build! But have you noticed that last pic? Trunk opening is crooked. What`s up with that?

I sure hope that is an optical illusion instead of an obstacle dillusion about to happen.

it sure looks off to me too !

[thetoystore]

yes this was noticed and taken care of. was a combo of miss aligened trunk drip rail and just sag from no bracing when it was a race car. a little re-welding and body work and all is good. new pictures will be up soon

[thetoystore]

well heres some updates on the excessive. pics in no order and will have more when finders are back on. finders turned out to be one hell of a headache but in all gained another 1.5 lower stance and lost no turning radious throw 90% of suspention travel. and they look cool
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mock up free 6.0 will be used in another project tho. and stainless works headers
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[thetoystore]

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[thetoystore]

ok new pictures coming tomarow

[Nuke1]

car looks great, good job on it, i like the mods you are doing to it.

[Jim Nilsen]

Those inner fenders look great and I can see the amount of work in them, man that is a lot of tacking and bending.

I really wanted to put my wiper motor in the same spot but chickened out because we get snow here sometimes in Sept. and sometimes I have been caught in it accidentaly and I thought the length and the bend it has to take to get there might have bent under the stress if someone other than myself thought they could clear an inch of snow off the windshield. Changing it is also a problem depending on the inner fender and how easy it is to get there.

Keep up the great work .

:cheers:

[thetoystore]

i have had thoughts about changing it but will buy a new one befor final assembly. i mean honestly have you ever had a wiper motor go out? i havent plus this car will probly never see rain

[CruizinKev]

nice man!!! keep up good work!

[thetoystore]

promised pics so here they are
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alot of work went to get gaps perfect after the fenders were widened
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alot of work went into the bumper to make it contour to the body and then to cup the quater to hug the bumper, gap is same width as the door gap on purpus
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front bumper with custom mounts and shortend lost the tag recess and shped the cornors to fit the body perfect, again gap is same as doors
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welded up the big ugly squares
high as she'll be
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from ground to max lift is 8.5 in and ride height is 5.5 from ground
HUGE amounts of custom fab time went into these inner fenders,bag mounts,front hoops,and even had to redo the hood hinges

[thetoystore]

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more work went into the core than anyone will even notice. shaved pinch weld on bottom widened opening 4in shaved all holes and made a new mount to work with bodydrop
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inside of fender is smoth and perfect also
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[thetoystore]

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rocker is 1in from ground were as frame sets on it
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hated the cutouts on the hood so i had to shave the cowl
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shows the subtle widened body bout 2in
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girlfriend made me get in a pic

[thetoystore]

in the progress of re shaping the spoiler in the fiberglass trunk and smoothing the bottomside of the hood

[CruizinKev]

nice!!!

[Jon69RagTop]

You are very talented indeed. Keep up the work and "thanks" for taking the time to post your progress.

[Motown 454]

Very nice!

[thetoystore]

some more work done. finished the bottom side of the hood. and worked the spoiler a little
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[mc84_zz4]

That look like an amazing amount of work, great details w/inner fenders. :1st:

[thetoystore]

bolts make good cars, details make great cars.

[thetoystore]

little more progress to show. really been work'n on the hood and trunk lid alot to get the fit perfect. hard to do with fiberglass
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molding fiberglass spoiler to fiberglass trunk

[thetoystore]

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and my new shop shirts i drew up

[srh3trinity]

Where is your shop? I didn't realize you were in Alabama.

[thetoystore]

i'm in florence. right on the tn/al line.

[WS6]

I like what you're doing. I'm also going to go out on a limb and say paint the car butternut yellow. Seriously. It's a very pretty color and it will stand out without having a paint choice that's jumping up and down screaming look at me. People will not expect a car built up like this to be butternut yellow.

Also, learn to take better pictures with proper lighting and all. I say this because if you want to operate a business, you'll need to show off your work. Yes, a finished car says a lot but so do many in progress pictures. Whipping out a bunch of bad lighting blurry photos so show a potential customer what you can do for them is a very bad idea. You're doing great work and you want the pictures to show that. Good luck and keep it up. I like this build.

For proof on a simple yellow paint job working wonders, go find pictures of Jackass.

[thetoystore]

yea i've seen the jackass car in person but honestly the color yellow just makes me sick. and as for the pictures its probly a combo of bad camara and lazy photographer. i know better pics would help but i usually dont take pics till after i've clean the shop and ready to head home normally around 11. but new camara coming from santa so maybe i'll stop be'n lazy to. and p.s thanx to the moderator that changed my signature. i apologize for the language, i tend to forget not everyone likes that kinda stuff

[19,69camaro]

Damn that thing is low. Nice work

[thetoystore]

result of a 2in body drop. as far as i know this is the lowest street camaro in the world. if any has pics of one lower plz let me know. and i'm not sure what the advertising rules are on here so feel free to remove this if it violates. but if anyone wants a shirt. i have alot made in black and alot of black and navy blue dickies work thirts if anyone wants one. just pm me

[classiccardude69]

I'm looking at wheels and sizes for my car. What size wheels are you running? Judging from the pic I would say 18's... but I could be wrong. Anyway, SWEET PROJECT!!! Always liked those. wheels

[thetoystore]

those are 17s that are on it now. as for width and backspacing i'm not sure. i know there are 315s in the rear. but the suspentions is set up for 18s.

[thetoystore]

well a little more work on the car. after look'n at the car i decided it needed a front spoiler. and i the toy store way i could'nt just buy one so here is the frame for the new onehttps://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/12/0065-1.jpg
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and the guitar that i painted for my dad for christams. the spoiler sets 1in from the ground when laid out which is cool

[CruizinKev]

:twothumbs

[railin93]

nothing like a body dropped ride...damn nice fab work too...shows that not all of the great work you see at shows is done on million dollar machines with hands of perfection!...details, quality, and cleanliness is where its at now-a-days

[thetoystore]

now whoever said i did'nt have hands of perfection? and thanx for the compliments. even tho i have moved up to pro-touring and streetrods i just cant help but shake my mini-truck'n roots. and crusinkev your monte is sick

[thetoystore]

well got a little work done to the camaro, besides breaking ground on the new shop that is located alot closer to my house. really excited about the new shop a 34ftby34ft fab area then a 20ftx30ft paint booth/body shop with a 12 shed spanning the entire side of shop with 2 bay doors and a lift. new shop will be known as the drs office.
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[Motown 454]

The spoiler looks good, I like it.

[thetoystore]

thanx. just primed it. i cut some brake cooler holes in it to mimic the exhoust openings.

[Motown 454]

We need to see it painted and mounted.

[BA.]

great work on the car man! so far the mods are all tasteful and not over the top........and that's why it's cool. ;)

[Richio1]

yeah, love the concept and your execution. Cant wait to see more pics. Keep em comin

[CruizinKev]

sweet! nice fab work! :twothumbs

[thetoystore]

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little more work. with school start'n back and building the new shop time is a very limited supply

[thetoystore]

well thanx to rain/snow and just cold weather a little work has been done. motor mounts have been built and the tranny crossmember done. dont have any good pics of those since i did'nt think to snap any pics of them in progress. and have got a little of the floor done. so here ya go
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and my new sheet metal bender. its crude but does the job perfectly
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and what is that?^^^ on the driver side of bellhousing
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bracket to support steering column

[rrstroker71]

lookin good, gave me afew good ideas

[CruizinKev]

nice work so far! keep up good work! :twothumbs :twothumbs

[Dalamar]

excellent work. I enjoyed seeing your progress.

[jackfrost]

the bender is awesome! thanks for the idea.