chevnut55
02-08-2012, 07:52 AM
I talked my dad into letting me do some upgrades on his..our 69 camaro this winter.
He bought it off a used car dealer in our hometown in 73 the year I was born. It was a 6 powergilde but swaped to a 327 at the dealer (probley to sell it) He put on some chrome wheels, sidepipes and he drove it everyday year round until he got into custom vans in 77 ish ,then it became my moms car for a few years until the early 80s .
they sold it for $500.00 to some neighborhood kids ,I watched them paint over the metallic maroon with blue house paint and a roller.
I kept a eye on it and it was sold to a guy on the next street that put it in a underground garage that caved in and thought it was gone..a few yeares later when I was in my senior year of highschool it showed up in the back of restoration hackshop I was working in. It was painted white and had a dead 305.
we talked to the guy over a few years and he never did anything with it,I had no money to buy it and just bought my 1st house and shop .
I had to talk my dad into buying it back,he did not care or want it but we made a deal for $3,500. he owned it again in alot wose shape!
but I had restore it to look like it was and it would be 1/2 mine .
I got it back to look better than when he bought it and I drove it and took it out for weekend rides and won some shows.
I bought my own projects and cars and built a few nice camaros and after building a pro touring 67 the 69 sat for the last 5 years.
So we updated it with some torq thrust wheels to replace the rallys but the single leafs were sagging so bad it sat sideways and thought the tires would rub so a year later ..now I brought it to my shop ditched the non posi 10 bolt and sinle leafs for a built 10 bolt posi with 3:73's rear disc ,hotchkis springs, polly bushings,and new polly body mounts because the originals were not there anymore.
after removing the original carpet I found someone repaied the floor with a tin panel, so I just orderd a new floor ,carpet, sills,console gauges, big sway bars front and rear and a few othe parts that were hacked.He still doesnt want me to touch the powerslide trans or the stock steering box,but it will get done .. atleast it will get driven again...if I sell my 72 camaro and cobra Im throwing money at it!55259552605526155262
He bought it off a used car dealer in our hometown in 73 the year I was born. It was a 6 powergilde but swaped to a 327 at the dealer (probley to sell it) He put on some chrome wheels, sidepipes and he drove it everyday year round until he got into custom vans in 77 ish ,then it became my moms car for a few years until the early 80s .
they sold it for $500.00 to some neighborhood kids ,I watched them paint over the metallic maroon with blue house paint and a roller.
I kept a eye on it and it was sold to a guy on the next street that put it in a underground garage that caved in and thought it was gone..a few yeares later when I was in my senior year of highschool it showed up in the back of restoration hackshop I was working in. It was painted white and had a dead 305.
we talked to the guy over a few years and he never did anything with it,I had no money to buy it and just bought my 1st house and shop .
I had to talk my dad into buying it back,he did not care or want it but we made a deal for $3,500. he owned it again in alot wose shape!
but I had restore it to look like it was and it would be 1/2 mine .
I got it back to look better than when he bought it and I drove it and took it out for weekend rides and won some shows.
I bought my own projects and cars and built a few nice camaros and after building a pro touring 67 the 69 sat for the last 5 years.
So we updated it with some torq thrust wheels to replace the rallys but the single leafs were sagging so bad it sat sideways and thought the tires would rub so a year later ..now I brought it to my shop ditched the non posi 10 bolt and sinle leafs for a built 10 bolt posi with 3:73's rear disc ,hotchkis springs, polly bushings,and new polly body mounts because the originals were not there anymore.
after removing the original carpet I found someone repaied the floor with a tin panel, so I just orderd a new floor ,carpet, sills,console gauges, big sway bars front and rear and a few othe parts that were hacked.He still doesnt want me to touch the powerslide trans or the stock steering box,but it will get done .. atleast it will get driven again...if I sell my 72 camaro and cobra Im throwing money at it!55259552605526155262