'Streamline' 1968 camaro project

[slimjim]

Making Progress at a great rate! here's some quality gapping and finishing on the body, fixing all of the prior work I wasn't happy with also. I'm very pleased with how it is coming along and seeing some sub-par work become something fantastic, it really helps the motivation which was starting to take a hit over the last 6 months. All credit goes to Aaron @ Ambition road.

[Godbolt]

Great stuff. Looking real good Jim. It really makes all the difference having the right people involved.

[slimjim]

A bit more progress, still have issues with wheel fitment but we're still moving forward.
gaps are all coming together well.
installed some 5th gen door latches for that modern feel.
and 5th gen parking brakes installed as well.

[DT69Cam]

Awesome build. How was the fit with the stinger hood ?? Gaps, quality etc. ? Thanks!

[slimjim]

Awesome build. How was the fit with the stinger hood ?? Gaps, quality etc. ? Thanks!

Gaps were pretty good.
but it's takes a bit of modifying, at least to get it how I like it, It will still function in the same way as a cowl hood however it has the appearance of ram air.
the press of the actually scoop part is quite curved, not as sharp as a corvettes original hood, and took a day and half of fab to get it to where it is now.
Also after removing a section underneath it was revealed it was even primered inside which is something I'm glad i found out before paint.

[DT69Cam]

Gaps were pretty good.
but it's takes a bit of modifying, at least to get it how I like it, It will still function in the same way as a cowl hood however it has the appearance of ram air.
the press of the actually scoop part is quite curved, not as sharp as a corvettes original hood, and took a day and half of fab to get it to where it is now.
Also after removing a section underneath it was revealed it was even primered inside which is something I'm glad i found out before paint.

Thank you!!

[slimjim]

More Progress!
Excuse my watermarked and low quality pictures as they're taken from Instagram but November brought some great progress to the car.
We decided to scrap the original plans with the firewall and start fresh with the laser cut firewalls Ambition Road make, the results are great and the install is a simple enough process. This will allow the wildwood master cylinder to bolt right in, hidden wiper motors inside the front fender, and although these are made to work with Clayton machine pedals, we'll be trying to make it work with the 5th gen pedals.
After that Aaron begun reinstalling the front end sheet metal to gap the car perfectly, along with losing the keyholes. With some more minor touches on the front end we should finally be able to get started on the headache that is fitting the 5th gen interior...A year after schedule..

[Motown 454]

It looks good, I wish I put the wiper motor under the fender. It is so much cleaner .

[slimjim]

gaps complete! just some finishing touches on the exterior and then the engine bay and interior work can begin.
Also, I decided to copy the C10 that Ambition road built for Angelo Vespi and Aaron designed some gas strut style hood hinges, I like the simplicity of this and that I don't need to purchase another 'off the shelf' hood hinge like so many other, The hood sits a little low currently so we'll be installing larger struts to make things a little more functional.
5th gen strikers and latches also working perfectly now.

[DT69Cam]

Awesome work.

[Godbolt]

Yep, looking really good.

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

Looking good. Love the hood hinge and door latch

[Cryptonomad]

Looking good Jim! As your guy where he got those gap gauges...I want some!

[slimjim]

Looking good Jim! As your guy where he got those gap gauges...I want some!

Hey John,
they're actually 3/16" tile spacers from Lowes

[Build-It-Break-It]

Looking good Jim! As your guy where he got those gap gauges...I want some!

Looks like the same ones you would use to lay tile?

Oops they answered above.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Nice!

[slimjim]

A bit of progress on the radiator support and close out panel, incorporating VW hood latches of course.

[Motown 454]

That close out looks great ! Nice job.

[slimjim]

That close out looks great ! Nice job.

Thanks, here's another picture from AR's Instagram.

Picture lost, blame photobucket

[AB69Z]

Do you have the part numbers (years) for the VW hood latch assembly. I'm assuming that the will work on a 69 also?