Hello from Vancouver, Canada

[mildcustom2]

Been lurking a bit and thought I'd sign up.

im toying between buying a finished pro touring Camaro or assembling/building my own. Maybe start with a brand new Dynacorn body, Roadster Shop Chassis and either an LS motor or LT4 out of a CTS-V.



Haven't decided and open to input one way or another.

[sheck44]

Welcome fellow Canadian !!
One word of caution ... best read up here on what it takes to do an LT4 before you buy

Cheers
Steve

[mildcustom2]

Welcome fellow Canadian !!
One word of caution ... best read up here on what it takes to do an LT4 before you buy

Cheers
Steve

It's a bit early for me to settle on any one particular direction. More looking for input and kick around ideas. Appreciate any and all ideas and advice.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Welcome along! There's plenty of experience and insight available here. What's the plans for the car? Cruiser? AutoX beastie? ...?

Starting fresh with the Dynacorn body would be nice to have simply because you'll have a completely new car when it's done. It'll need a title for a real car, then all the little things like clips, bolts, screws, wiring etc. will nickel and dime you to death. They will likely still take a small amount of body work to get all the lines perfect. That cost adds up and has to be weighed with buying a project car that already has those parts, or a car that's basically done and needs only a few things to make it personal to you. We had a 1st gen come through our shop that had a pretty rough body and our client bounced back and forth about getting a new body. In the end it came out slightly cheaper including labor time to replace the bad sheet metal rather than do the new body. Consider too as mentioned we had all those little things to work with the body won't come with when starting totally fresh. In our case working with what we had was much more cost conscious than starting from ground zero. One other nice thing about a project car is you can sell off the parts you don't use to recover a little bit of money that can be allocated back into the project.

Since you're in the planning stages, take a browse around the parts Speedtech has available for those cars. We've got parts for great handling cruisers clear up to the most advanced and aggressive suspension geometry currently available in the pro touring market. Click here to learn more, and good luck with your decisions!

[killer69]

I would also look at Real Deal Steel for the body, people are saying the fit and quality are better.

I'm originally from Vancouver also. Welcome

[mildcustom2]

The car will be built to be street driven. I'm not interested in racing or anything along those matters. A nice hard cruise through the mountains would be a dream come true. I have done plenty of rusty steel replacement in the past and it is getting old.

Thanks for the recommendation of Real Deal Steel. I like the fact you can add mini tubs already installed. Pricing seems great and reviews really good.

[Spork82]

Welcome to the site, I'm out in Abbotsford.

Happy building and if you need someone who knows how to build a car check out Frankestein speed and Custom in Langley. The owner is a good friend and worked at Killer Customs for years.

[mildcustom2]

Well........I picked up a project car and I went to the other side and instead of going Camaro I went mustang. Myself and my father happened across this 67 Mistang coupe, numbers matching auto, 289 car with almost zero rust at a garage sale. Asking price was $2500, we picked it up complete and not running for $2400 and trailered it back. It's currently waiting the mandatory 72 hour clearance period from US customs before we can bring it into the country.



I've been tossing around what I will be doing for suspension and drivetrain but right now it looks like I am going IFS, 4 link, 5.0L Coyote motor and Tremec manual gear box. Open to suggestions.

Now I need a project name. Hmmmmmmm