Project Ginger 67 Camaro

[Cdog]

I've finally got the motivation and room to get my car done. I've had her since 1993. I bought her with lawn mowing money when I was a kid and did a low budget resto with disk brakes, rebuilt suspension, interior, a 700r4 and a long rod 327. I blew it up for the 3rd time in 1997 and tore it apart. Since then I've bought 4 homes and 2 boats so you can imagine I've been a little busy.

She was originally gold but faded chevy red when I bought her. She's going back to red. I'm thinking 06 Viper red with silver or white Z28 stripes. Hence the name (Ginger) the temperamental red in the garage. My wife is 7.5 months pregnant with our second kid so you can imagine spending time with Ginger stirs up some jealousy around the house. HA!

I'm building her to compete in autocross, track and some of the wide open events like the one in Nevada. My cousin Jack Fields at Starlite Rod & Kustom is helping me with the stuff I don't do like the cage, paint & body. I had new quarters put on back in 2000 after reading about Steilo's car. I ran out of steam and priorities shifted shortly after.

I grew up racing Karts and compete in the Skip Barber F2000 cars at laguna Seca and Miller in Utah so I'm really looking for this car to be track worthy. Ideally a 67 Camaro version of a GT2 Porsche.

My build plans. So far I've had her media blasted with crushed glass, filled the firewall with 18 gauge plate, sprayed it with dtm primer, repaired the drivers side floor with a patch panel, replaced outer wheel wells, dse tubs and a new trunk pan.

I just picked up a Lateral Dynamics rear suspension from a board member and a LS7 with everything but an ecu. My next big purchase will be a AM front subframe and a TKO 600. I'll update with pics as the build moves along.

I've done all of this since early February when I found a set of DSE tubs for $375 in phoenix craigslist.

Thanks for looking!

Here she is in her un restored glory.
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After Blasting.
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Rear tubs out.
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Thank god for plasma cutters.
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New floor pan.
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Firewall. Hei retro goodbye.
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Outer tubs going in.
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Fitting DSE tubs.
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On the 67 Camaro the drives side tub has a gap that need a fill plate welded in since the 67 is the only year out of the 1st Gen without the staggered shock mounts.
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[Dons67]

great start -- keep up the good work

[Cdog]

More pics.
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[OnEdge]

Looks like you are making some good progress. Very nice set up you have there. Can't wait to see more updates!

[CruizinKev]

looks great so far! keep up good work :twothumbs

[Cdog]

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[venturabeachpup]

Very nice matal work! I love it!

[67rsssls]

Nice progress.:)

[bonecrrusher]

3 car garage?

[Rod]

Looks Great! :cheers:

[Cdog]

Thanks guys! Here's some more pics. I'm on hold for a couple of weeks. I need to order a Subframe so I can put in the subframe connectors. I have a fuel cell and auto rad on order.

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[itsals1]

Cdog, Just wanted to give you another option for a C6 sub a VRP unit from Scott Mock, super nice. His phone is 785-594-7481 or PM him over at Lateral-g.net. Tell him I sent you. www.vintageracingandperformance.com


Travis

[MrQuick]

Cdog, Just wanted to give you another option for a C6 sub a VRP unit from Scott Mock, super nice. His phone is 785-594-7481 or PM him over at Lateral-g.net. Tell him I sent you.

Travis link site?

[itsals1]

Sorry!! Here it is www.vintageracingandperformance.com (http://www.vintageracingandperformance.com)

Travis

[MrQuick]

Thanks guys! Here's some more pics. I'm on hold for a couple of weeks. I need to order a Subframe so I can put in the subframe connectors. I have a fuel cell and auto rad on order.










Looks great C dog, make sure you seam seal those welds. Keep the moisture out.

You do nice work.


thanks for the link itsals1, looks like he is running the AME version with a home built 3 link.

Love the car.




vince

[itsals1]

Vince you are correct, Scott does have a AME in his 69' but has built his own C6 sub since then. He also updated his AME to be able to have the adjustablity which VRP subs have.

Travis

[Cdog]

Looks great C dog, make sure you seam seal those welds. Keep the moisture out.

You do nice work.


thanks for the link itsals1, looks like he is running the AME version with a home built 3 link.

Love the car.




vince

Hey thanks! It's been a while since I've done any of this stuff. Not bad for a RE broker. I'll be putting on 3m seam sealer this weekend. I'll post some pics after it's done.

[Motown 454]

Nice progress, you do excelent work.

[Cdog]

So it's been a couple of weeks. Had lot's of parts on order and had a new baby girl named Giselle. Here's some pic's of what I've been up to. The ford 9 inch center is a Yukon aluminum bolt through unit with 370 gears, billet yoke and a Trac lock unit. The fuel cell is a ATL unit. It's their vintage racer unit with a custom top that has the flange set 3 inches down from the top so it doesn't hang down low below the rear of the car. I spent probably the last sub 100 degree weekend in the garage for the summer cutting out my new trunk pan and gas tank supports. :hammer: I also went full retard on a Auto Rad radiator core support and radiator set up. Dual fans, shroud, controller and close outs. Art Morrison just hit my visa for a subframe so that'll be on the way to Los Angles soon.

Next Tuesday I'm packing everything up and hauling it to LA to Starlite Garage in Torrance for a cage, Art Morrison front subframe, paint & body and finishing.

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[ho428]

Cool project.

I've done some weird mock ups for pics and such, but this one beats anything I've ever done.
Nice... vroom - vroom... :lmao:


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[Cdog]

It's been a while since I updated. I've been spending lots of money on parts. Stop tech 14 inch brakes and Forgeline's from Frank at Prodigy are on the way. Here are some pictures of Jack and I mounting up the frame so we can start on the cage. In the coming months we'll have pictures of the fire wall, brake system, master cylinders, plumbed E brake for drifting, trans tunnel mod for T56, subframe conectors, Peterson ls7 oil tank system, dash mods for gauge pods and integrate a Racepak Iq3 into the center dash, door skins, body work and paint.

Frame is Art Morrison C6 with Zr1 hubs and splined sway bar. Thanks to Steve Rupp for the help and advise on the frame selection.

The car is at Starlite Garage in Torrance Ca. Owner of shop Jack Fields is my cousin. He's got the gold 67 we run at the RTTH's events up for sale so we need to get crackin on my car for next year. If you're in Torrance stop by and say hi to Jack and the guy's at Starlite garage. They're just west of Normandie off of Carson on the north side of the street. There are several other first gen Camaro's in there right now getting some wild builds done.

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[Cdog]

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[Ron.in.SoCal]

Hey Corey - Love your car, Dog. I upgraded my sway bar from AME as well. Went with the adjustable one as opposed to the splined version. What are your plans for headers? Tell you cuz I'll be dropping in to say hi one of these days. I heard there's some fun stuff going on over there!

[Cdog]

Frank over at prodigy is working on a 2 inch set for ls that work with the am frame. check out his un fair build. perhaps we can do a group buy.

[Cdog]

The easter bunny dropped off some more goodies.
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[olds87]

Are you going to drift this car? I seen that hand brake before on a corvette drift car from Blu808. Car coming along nicely.

[srh3trinity]

That hand brake is extremely cool.

[senor_camaro]

did you read my mind, im running that same ebrake on mine, lol. its ksport right? are you gonna run it on the same brake system or will you be running dual brake calipers on the rear to isolate rear braking?

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[Cdog]

Hey thanks guys! The turning brake will be plumbed directly into the rear calipers. It's a pass through MC until it's acuated. I thought it would be fun to have on the car and would come in handy for tight auto cross's. Since I'm getting so much help from my cousin Jack @ Starlite Garage, I want this car to appeal to a large crowd of car guy's. Hopefully he will benefit when this car raises the eyebrows. Stay tuned for more cool stuff! My 14 inch stop techs and LS7 oil tank from Peterson should be done real soon!

If any of you are in Torrance stop by the shop and say hi. Ask for Jack and let him know Corey sent you!
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[Motown 454]

I love new parts! you 've got some sweet stuff there. I like that hand brake.

[Nessumsar]

Pretty amazing parts list you have gathered there, this is going to be awesome when done! I may have missed it, but what are you running for a rear end?

I didn't realize that Starlite is 10 minutes from my house... I will have to swing by there sometime.

[Cdog]

Pretty amazing parts list you have gathered there, this is going to be awesome when done! I may have missed it, but what are you running for a rear end?

I didn't realize that Starlite is 10 minutes from my house... I will have to swing by there sometime.

Thanks! I've got a ford 9 inch from Lateral dynamics.

Jack is a big Nova guy. His first car was a 64 pro street he built when he was 15. He's got another 64 he's going to build for these events so we'll have Team Starlite.

Are you the guy with the blown Nova at RTTH?

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[Nessumsar]

Thanks! I've got a ford 9 inch from Lateral dynamics.

Jack is a big Nova guy. His first car was a 64 pro street he built when he was 15. He's got another 64 he's going to build for these events so we'll have Team Starlite.

Are you the guy with the blown Nova at RTTH?

The blown Nova belongs to the CHP guys. I have the "Ascot" looking Nova. lol

[Cdog]

The blown Nova belongs to the CHP guys. I have the "Ascot" looking Nova. lol

LOL! Acsot. I guess there were two of you with the "Ascot" look. Did you catch the launch/spin from the CHP nova at the track during RTTH?

[63Duece]

That hand brake is extremely cool.
^^^^^AGREED!!!^^^^^

GL w/the rest of ur build!!
coming along GREAT!

[Flash68]

Hey Corey -- car is gonna be killer. Keep posting the updates!

[Nessumsar]

Their spin was pretty rad.

Can't wait to see more progress!

[1tuff68]

Awesome project, awesome car!

[Cdog]

Thanks guys! I've got the e brake kit coming from Kore3. Should be in route today. I'm going to have a truck load of parts to take to LA in a couple of weeks.

Our next step is to assemble the chassis and get the car on level ground. Then start on a cage. Jack is going to hand fab a tiger type cage for the car that will tie in from the front sub to the rear of the car. We're going to tie in the willwood pedal system/firewall & 3 master cylinder set up while the cage is constructed. We will take detailed pics as we move along.

Anyone have a good shape original trunk lid for a 1st gen in Socal or AZ?

[Cdog]

She's on her feet!
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[srh3trinity]

Hey thanks guys! The turning brake will be plumbed directly into the rear calipers. It's a pass through MC until it's acuated. I thought it would be fun to have on the car and would come in handy for tight auto cross's. Since I'm getting so much help from my cousin Jack @ Starlite Garage, I want this car to appeal to a large crowd of car guy's. Hopefully he will benefit when this car raises the eyebrows. Stay tuned for more cool stuff! My 14 inch stop techs and LS7 oil tank from Peterson should be done real soon!

If any of you are in Torrance stop by the shop and say hi. Ask for Jack and let him know Corey sent you!
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It doesn't look like you cousin needs much help, that is a cool looking shop with some nice looking iron out front. Of course, your car will show that they are versatile. Yours is shaping up nicely.

[Cdog]

New parts!!!!

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[Flash68]

that's some nice looking shiat right there.

[Cdog]

Stop tech big brake kit is finished. I have to say these are the baddest brakes I've ever seen. I"ll have some updated pistures of putting them on the car and car assembly over the next couple of days. I'll be at the shop putting together the car tomorrow.:cheers:

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[Ron.in.SoCal]

Man those brakes look stout! Congrats Corey! If I can get away tomorrow, I'll come see you and the car...

[Cdog]

Man those brakes look stout! Congrats Corey! If I can get away tomorrow, I'll come see you and the car...

Sounds great! Hopefully we'll see ya!

[gearbanger]

I just ordered some e-brake cables from inline tube that are 67 GTO on the frame end and kore 3 at the wheels. Should be alot better than trying to adapt the Lokar stuff to work. I'll post up when I get them next week. They were about $75 a each but that is stainless.

[Cdog]

I spent friday afternoon over at the shop fitting parts. Here's my progress. What do you guy's think about those brakes?

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[Ron.in.SoCal]

Looks great Bro! Quick aha - when you get your front end on, measure for wheel well clearance. I had to trim mine...:cheers:

[Vicinity]

Man, this car is going to be AWESOME! And watching this build makes me feel POOR! :)

[Cdog]

Lol! I'm broke now......

[Vicinity]

Lol! I'm broke now......

There's more money in your sig than there is in my College education, just saying. And hey, at least you got some shiny parts to show for it!

[Flash68]

Corey where we at here? Hope all is well...

[CliffS]

Awesome, awesome build!
Did someone say big brakes? love them.

[icemanrd19]

how much was the subframe?