Chain Reaction Update

[Bow Tie 67]

" It's Aliiiiiiive! " I have about 100 miles on it so far. Driving old iron with a modern drivetrain can't be described, it has to be experienced! My plans were to put a pro-charger on it this winter, but after experiencing the LS1 with 4.10 gears I have decided to wait until I have had a chance to road race her next season.


I still have many things to finish, but could not wait to get her on the road. How do you like my parking brake behind the driver seat. a.k.a. 2 x 4.



I ordered all new sheetmetal for the unibody, which sound help keep me busy over the long IL winters. ( roof, qtrs, tail, tulip, door skins )

[dropit69]

looking great Matt..you do good work ..what the hell is wrong with the body on it ..looks good to me just primer it and ill buy it from ya. :-) oh and you need new plates..lol

[Rubes]

Good for you Matt...congratulations on this milestone.

[Bow Tie 67]

..what the hell is wrong with the body on it ..

I'm a picky son of a biatch!

This way I can dial in the body lines to my standards.

[Rubes]

...what the hell is wrong with the body on it ...

Come on Darrin...this is Matt we're talkin 'bout...what did you expect!!!!

[dropit69]

well take the old quarters off nicely and ill take them better than the ones i have..lol..so itll be like 5 years before paint hits it..lol..

[skeeters65]

Isnt that a 69??

[Rubes]

NO NO NO...it's a really really rare early '67 prototype...LOL...BUSTED!!! actually those plates are left overs from the '67 he sold to finance this (see his avatar or pt garage). But I think you should stick the the prototype story Matt.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

how long was the LS install?

[JWilson]

Love it just like it is, but finishing stuff doesn't seem to be my strong suit. Are those Stewart Warner gauges? Again, looks great.

[Bow Tie 67]

Yes they are Stewart warner gauges.

The ls1 install is not that bad if you buy all the conversion parts. I fabricated many items and the previous owner had done some also. It's hard to say how many hours I have in the engine conversion as I worked on the suspension, steering, stainless lines ect... in stages, that way I would find obstruction issues along the way between the various systems.

I will say I have in the neighborhood of 40+ hours adapting a 4th gen harness to fit like it was made for the car. I retained Vats, remote functions, cruise, Retained accy power, alarm system, ect......

[HILROD]

I'm glad it looks better in pics than it does in real life! I can only imagine what people think when they see our two beuties running around!

[MrQuick]

awesome job, what booster/master are you running?

[Bow Tie 67]

awesome job, what booster/master are you running?

C5 vette

[CamaroAJ]

lol i don't feel so bad about driving around with nothing but seats and primer on my car now. where did you get the elbow and air filter for the intake? i need one pretty bad and that will work pretty good on my car.

[Bow Tie 67]

intakehoses.com and sbfilters.com

[Bow Tie 67]

Some pics of the S & W roll-bar install I have been working on lately.

[nicks67camaro]

How was the install on the S&W cage? I havn't instaled mine yet. I mocked it up and looked ok. Any feed back?

[Bow Tie 67]

It's my first install of a rollbar so I don't have anything to compare it to. But all in all it was not difficult and had nice fitment. I did upgrade and get the Pro-street rear bars to keep the back seat usable.

[nicks67camaro]

Looks good! Thanks for the feed back.