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03-30-2020 #1Registered User
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1968 Camaro
I've been lurking around here since I got this car about a year and a half ago. Since I've got nothing but spare time right now I figure I might as well do this. When I got the car I was looking for something in pretty good shape, that wouldn't need too much work that I would keep mostly original. I found this one and bought it the night I went to look at it. Lesson learned...don't buy a car without looking at it in the daylight. As you already guessed, it had rust. The truth is that I knew better. I had been looking for one for weeks and got impatient. Making the repairs isn't a big deal, it just adds time that I wasn't counting on. This has been a pretty slow moving project and I haven't taken as many pictures as I should, so it won't take too long to get you all caught up. Here it is as I brought it home.
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03-30-2020 #2Registered User- Join Date
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Well it didn't take long at all for me to decide that the 400 small block that came in the car wouldn't cut it. So I found a great deal on an LS3 and TR6060 out of a 2015 Camaro with only 15k miles on it. I guess I didn't take any pictures before I took everything apart. I couldn't believe how much stuff they sent. It seemed like I got half of the car. At this point the plan was still to rebuild the front brakes, add discs in the rear, new bushings and ball joints, etc. Just get it street worthy.
03-30-2020 #3Registered User- Join Date
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While I was cleaning everything up I realized that the subframe was a little more banged up than I realized. Then when went to install the Global West solid body mounts I saw that it was in pretty bad shape. So out came the subframe. Somewhere about this time I decided that I needed to learn how to weld, so I bought a Hobart 210 MVP and started learning how to use it. Go easy on me, I'm still learning! I made those repairs and welded up all of the seams while was at it.
03-30-2020 #4Registered User- Join Date
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The floor needed some work. When I started I was just going to do 2 or 3 patches. Then I decided to do the whole passenger side. After messing around with it for a while I figured out that the butt welds were going to be a whip, and I probably wouldn't be satisfied with how they looked when done anyway. So I went ahead and cut the whole thing out and put in a 1 piece pan.
03-30-2020 #5Registered User- Join Date
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Somewhere along the way my plan for the car changed drastically. I would have really liked to get a new subframe but that just wasn't going to fit in the budget. So here's a list of parts that I went with:
Speedtech GT suspension kit
-upper and lower control arms
-Chicane coilover conversion kit
-Viking coilovers
-torque arm
-trailing arms
-front and rear sway bars
AFX spindles
Detroit Speed 600 steering box
Wilwood Aero 6 front brakes
Wilwood Aero 4 rear brakes
Detroit Speed mini tubs
Detroit Speed sfc's
US MAG PT3 wheels 18x9, 18x11
275/35R18, 315/30R18
Oh, the rear end. I decided to stick with the 12 bolt that came in the car. It will be narrowed with a True Trac, 3.73's, 33 spline Strange axles, and MillerBuilt floaters.
03-30-2020 #6Registered User- Join Date
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Tired of typing for tonight but here's one last pic. I'm very happy with how the wheels turned out. I went with US Mags because I have a longstanding relationship with the manufacturer. Forged, multi-piece, and powder coated the color of my choice, Storm Grey.
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