Beast Mode '69 Camaro

[Motown 454]

You guy's are doing some beautiful work! Keep the updates coming.

[LS7 Z/28]

After winter came up faster than I had hoped, my dad and I ended up doing all of the sandblasting for the chassis and body by ourselves in his garage in the temporary paint booth that we set up to do the blasting, priming, bodywork and paint in. I don't have an enclosed trailer and did not want to attempt to bring both the body and chassis out into the weather in bare metal. I purchased a sandblaster and we did all the work ourselves. The paint booth that we set up works great and once the body work and priming is finished on the body we plan to take down the poly that is currently up, thoroughly clean the floor and put up new poly so everything is nice and clean for base coat and clear. I actually debated not blasting the body because I was told that the car was solid and ready for paint by the guy who sold me the body. The windshield and rear glass channels were completely rotted out and the guy used body filler to fill in large holes and pits. There were also many other areas that were like Swiss cheese and he just smeared body filler or even seam sealer in some areas which was a pain to remove. Obviously I am glad we put in the work to blast the car even though he claimed the body was in perfect shape. Oh well I guess, it's completely solid now and ready to move forward.

Currently the chassis and suspension components are all painted and mostly assembled. I also had a few parts powder coated which turned out pretty decent in gloss black. The chassis is a low gloss black as well as the roll cage. The headers and exhaust pipes were ceramic coated in satin black. I'm really looking forward to assembling everything once the body is painted.

[LS7 Z/28]

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[ejh532]

Very beastly

[Josh@Ridetech]

Awesome man, this is going to be badass. I can't wait to see it finished.

[Motown 454]

Wow it looks nice! Great job..

[Auto Rod Technologies]

Looking really good,, nice work!!!

[Cop Magnet]

I love the silhouette target on the floor. You gotta tighten up those groups! Fab and pain work is spot on, though!

[jlcustomz]

Possibly one of my favorite builds to see pop back up.

Aw the hell with the body of the car, put the drivetrain , steering column & a seat on the chassis & drive it like that for a while.

[LS7 Z/28]

Very beastly

Awesome man, this is going to be badass. I can't wait to see it finished.

Wow it looks nice! Great job..

Looking really good,, nice work!!!

I love the silhouette target on the floor. You gotta tighten up those groups! Fab and pain work is spot on, though!

Possibly one of my favorite builds to see pop back up.

Aw the hell with the body of the car, put the drivetrain , steering column & a seat on the chassis & drive it like that for a while.

Thanks guys!

[LS7 Z/28]

The body is now on the chassis and some of the plumbing and wiring has been completed. Hopefully the engine will be running within the next few weeks. Almost everything is painted with the exception of the outer body. The plan is to get the car running and driving before finishing the exterior bodywork and paint.

[LS7 Z/28]

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[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

This car is going to be amazing. Great job!!!

[cactuss4]

looking amazing!

[BigRedCamaro]

The body is now on the chassis and some of the plumbing and wiring has been completed. Hopefully the engine will be running within the next few weeks. Almost everything is painted with the exception of the outer body. The plan is to get the car running and driving before finishing the exterior bodywork and paint.

WOW! You're doing some great work. Watching this project!

[LERM]

Incredible car.

[cactuss4]

WOW! You're doing some great work. Watching this project!

1 post how is that possible, your car is amazing!! Why were you not here before now?! Just finished going through your site.

Tory

[Cop Magnet]

Amazing...what did you coat that trunk with?

[BigRedCamaro]

1 post how is that possible, your car is amazing!! Why were you not here before now?! Just finished going through your site.

Tory

Hey Tory,

Don't want to hijack this cool thread, but thanks for your nice comments about Big Red and checking out our site. The team is old school, but now we're coming around to the technology of today. You'll start seeing Big Red around a lot more.

[Peter Mc Mahon]

Wow! That's all I have for you, Wow!