Project Sinister a little more progress

[XTRMEASURES]

awesome job your doing

[Bruning Auto Design]

oops, double post

[Bruning Auto Design]

New hidden bumper mounts finished. Ready to fill the stock bracket holes in the lower valance.



More pictures added to Bob's gallery on our website -

http://www.bruningautodesign.com/gal...g2_itemId=2586

[Motown 454]

Awesome job on the car . I love the tucked in bumper and the rest of the stuff you did to the front. Will look sweet when its done.
Wayne

[96Z28SS]

Front Bumper is done!! The holes where the bumper bracket goes thru is covered up also. There will be some more mods to the front but thats it for now.

Rear Bumper updates to come......

[Motown 454]

I love those bumpers tucked in like this. It makes people look and say it looks better ,but they don't know why.

[96Z28SS]

I love those bumpers tucked in like this. It makes people look and say it looks better ,but they don't know why.

Where in MA you from?
I grew up there I've only been away 3 years

[96Z28SS]

They got the car outside for a couple pics.

[96Z28SS]

Rear Bumper updates.
Rear tail panel was cut and a channel was made for the bumper be recessed in.
The car is really starting to take shape. It really does change the whole look of the car.
Things will get trimmed and smoothed out and it will flow better.

[Bishop73]

Those bumpers look great, really does clean up the look of the car.

[Motown 454]

I love your car it has so many things I wish I could do. Ufortuneately I have more ideas than budget lol I will look killer when you get it done. Keep the updates coming.

[venturabeachpup]

The car is looking great! A quick question about your axle. Are the axle tubes the same lenth? This is where I'm at on my 67. It looks like the brackets are moved over a bit to compensate for the pinion offset, so the driver side tube should be shorter??? I just want to make sure I understand what I think I know! PM if you have to. Thanks..Frank.

[96Z28SS]

The car is looking great! A quick question about your axle. Are the axle tubes the same lenth? This is where I'm at on my 67. It looks like the brackets are moved over a bit to compensate for the pinion offset, so the driver side tube should be shorter??? I just want to make sure I understand what I think I know! PM if you have to. Thanks..Frank.

I wanted the driveshaft to be centered down the tunnel so the axle lengths are different on each side.

[96Z28SS]

Most of the trimming is done on the tail panel.

Also I didn't like the way most of the camaros looked with tucked bumpers the ends have way too much of an arc and look like an old truck bumper. So Tim and his awesome abilities at metal fabrication, hammered and reshaped the ends of the bumper. Giving the front and rear more of a matching appearance.
Just look at the difference between the end of the new reshaped one vs the stock end.

[preston]

Are you going to re-chrome those bumpers ?

What I don't quite understand about reshaping bumpers is how you manage to metal finish them smooth enough for chrome. Is that the real secret, you just have to be super good at the metal finishing ?

Maybe I don't understand the chroming process but I wouldn't expect it cover any flaws in the metal.

[Motown 454]

Awesome I love those bumpers!!

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

Great project. Please keep us updated. Thanks for sharing the pics so far.

[Code Red]

Are you going to re-chrome those bumpers ?

What I don't quite understand about reshaping bumpers is how you manage to metal finish them smooth enough for chrome. Is that the real secret, you just have to be super good at the metal finishing ?

Maybe I don't understand the chroming process but I wouldn't expect it cover any flaws in the metal.

watch power block more they have showed how its done also recent episode of muscle car when they tucked the bumper on thier impala project and sent it off for chroming

they will sometime fill areas with lead and grind smooth, but there is alot more to it.

[96Z28SS]

more shots of the rear bumper and shows how the ends were reshaped to give the bumper more of a similar look to the front. The stock rear bumper just looked to much of a bubble.





I like how they use the quarter panel as a sketch pad.



This shot also shows where the license plate recess on the bumper was shortened to match the opening in the rear valance.
From the factory the bumper opening is wider than the valance.

[rjsjea]

Dang, Tim is good at working metal