New project

[Bow Tie 67]

1969 RS Camaro, 01 Ls1 / T56, complete alston front suspension, Martz ladder bar rear suspension, ford 9", Budnik 18" tear drops wheels w/ michelin pilot sports.

[Kenova]

Is this the way you bought it, or have you already done some work on it?
I notice the fire wall has had some work done behind the engine. Was this just a repair or was it altered to accomadate the LS1 / T56 combo?
Ken

[Bow Tie 67]

I bought it this way, the previous owner started smoothing the firewall. I believe the work behind the engine was for more clearance only. There is still alot of work that needs fiishing, but I'm rather confident I can have it on the road this spring. Although not in any type of a show quality condition. Plans are to race it hard next summer and wring out any mechanical issues. Then blow her apart and start detailing.

[dropit69]

sweet matt..you got a damn good deal there..next time take pics before you put it in garage witrh all the crap on it..

[Kenova]

Plans are to race it hard next summer and wring out any mechanical issues.

Looks like you are off to a good start. That suspension cross member looks rather substantial. Any plans to lengthen the panhard rod? Looks like there is enough room to make it another six to eight inches longer.
Being someone else's abandoned project, I'm guessing you scored a good deal on it.
Ken

[Bow Tie 67]

The cross member is large, and complicates exhaust options. I bought a 3" true x magnaflow system and I'm currently looking into options on routing. Going out the back looks to be impossible.

As far as the panhard bar, everything is powdercoated and I'll see how she handles on a road course first. Without having done much research on the matter, I would think as long as the suspension travel is not to severe and the bar is setup level to rideheight it would not make a large difference.

The man I bought it from did not abandon it, he wanted to help out his son with his first year of college. I found evidence he was still buying parts this past June. I just lucked out, I was calling about the engine / trans and one thing lead to another.

Matt

[Kenova]

The man I bought it from did not abandon it, he wanted to help out his son with his first year of college.
Matt

I can understand that. My eldest son is almost done with college . It hasn't been a huge financial burden for us, so I didn't need to sell off my Nova. It was however knocked down on the list of priorities. I hope to get back at it soon .
Getting the Cmaro up and running first is probably the best way to go about it. Nothing like instant gratification, relatively speaking. At least you will have a better idea as to what changes to make, if any are needed.
Ken

[Bow Tie 67]

Well, not much done yet, but I have been a madman with searching for parts.

I have already taken the 9" out and will be getting rid of the Martz setup. I plan on installing the DSE Quadra-Link, fabbing my own fuel system, and will attempt a ram-air setup. Pics to follow when I get some actual forward progress.

[ViperBlue68]

so are you selling the rear end AND the martz stuff? or just the martz stuff? what is the legnth of it if you are selling it?

[Bow Tie 67]

[Camaro_Kyle]

That looks awesome! Great job on the gauge cluster.

[Bow Tie 67]

Here are some pics of recent work I have accomplished.

Last night I made a mount for the vintage air heater. After some thought I decided this would be the best way to remove any stress from the firewall and stiffen it at the same time.


Here is a pic of the heater mounted and the close-out I made. This way I can run the heater hoses hidden through the passenger fender.




Here is a pic showing my version of the DSE select a speed, and custom mounting for my C5 master and clutch master.



And here you can see the gas pedal I fabbed up. I used a 4th gen pedal and started cutting. It took some time to get the geometry close, but it will still need an adjustable stop so I don't plant the pedal to hard and stress the firewall. You can also see the clutch pedal position switch bracket, this is needed for the pcm to anticipate the position and for cruise control release.



Believe it or not I want to take this thing on the Power Tour, so the thrash has begun. If I make it the car will look rough, but then I think a road rat ( my version of a rat rod ) will be kind of different.

Matt

[aussiebj]

Its comming along well thrash on Matt..........

[Bow Tie 67]

Some recent pics:

I borrowed an imperial flare tool from work for the brake lines, this tool is a dream to use. I used the line vise from the tool to file the ends of the lines square prior to the flare process.


Here is a pic of the driver side lines, this setup may be tough to bleed. But I wanted a clean look and also kept the lines as far from the headers as possible.



Here is a shot of the Magnaflow true x system after is mods to clear the quadra-link and mate up to the stainless works headers. What a pain in the A**.



And a pic of the drive-train coming out to paint the undercarriage.

[HILROD]

And I thought yours would run before mine! Mine should drive within the week.

[dropit69]

wow alot of work left before the rtth3 Matt but looking good !! still think you need some blue seats though..lol..

[Bow Tie 67]

And I thought yours would run before mine! Mine should drive within the week.

!
Frank,

Maybe I'll save the first burnout for your street!

Matt

[HILROD]

It wouldn't be the first time! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Bow Tie 67]

Firewall and floorboards were epoxy primered last night, the black paint is going on tonight. Then its thrash time reassembling it.

[Bow Tie 67]