Project Defibrillator 73 Camaro

[73lt4]

This has been a 10 year project that is finally back underway! 73 Camaro that started out looking like this.


This car had quite abit of rust issues.

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More body work pics.


Mini tubs.

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On the rotis.


After a several year delay body work is done on the way to be painted.

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I painted the car at a friends Body Shop, Thanks, Roger and Brian!



My Buddy Brian and my son J.J.

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Sheet metal hung taking it back to the body shop for color sanding and buffing.

Here are my other toys.

The Camaro will be powered by an LT4,6 speed. 4:11 gears. It is minitubbed and has the front suspension out of a 96 Corvette. Airride and 17X11 back wheels with 315s and 9.5 front wheels with 275s. 4 wheel disks with 13" rotors in front and 12" in back. This should be a fun car can't wait to get it done and start to autoX it!

[Motown 454]

I'm probably a lot older than you but if you need to adopt someone to drive any of those toys I'm available DAD! You have some awesome toys, I love them all even the trailer.. Nice job on the paint this isn't you first paint job. Very nice , sweet color too.

[CruizinKev]

wow very nice rides over there! nice project!

[protour73]

VERY nice........always good to see another 2nd Gen getting some TLC.
What is the paint color?? I'm kind of partial to yellow cars!!

[73lt4]

Thanks for the comments guys! Motown: I'm 53 so maybe we can just be long lost brothers! Protour 73: The paint is the 1976 Corvette Bright Yellow and I love your car!

[formula]

Wow, J.J looks almost exactly like one of my best friends, at least from that angle.

Would love to see more shots of the underpinnings on the 'maro!

[71SlammedCam]

Very nice build you have going.

Would you mind telling what wheel and tire combo you have on the nova? Sizes and backspacing.

Thanks
Allen

[73lt4]

Allen, the wheels are 15X8 on the back, I can't remember the backspacing but I will try to pull one off and measure it tomorrow. The tires are 275/60s. They just barely fit the fender lips are rolled.

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Here are some more pictures, please understand that most of this work was done in the late 90s before aftermarket subframes were so readily available,



This was what the car looked like in 2003 my wife died in early 2004 and the car sat for qiute awhile. I pulled the running gear and set the front end up for Airride and redid the door gaps.

[Smock67]

Wow nice work on everything its really coming along great. Really like the front suspension setup how hard was that?

[protour73]

Thanks for the comments guys! Motown: I'm 53 so maybe we can just be long lost brothers! Protour 73: The paint is the 1976 Corvette Bright Yellow and I love your car!

thanks a lot man, keep the pics of your build coming!!

[73lt4]

To Blazed67: the front suspension wasn't that hard. The C4 cradle has all of the mounting points except for the upper shock mounts. I cut the 2nd gen frame off at the firewall squared the cradle up and welded the square tubing to the cradle. The hardest part was recessing the firewall as the C4 cradle moves the engine back 7 inches. It was a PITA but I hope the engine setback might help a little in the handling department.

[Chevrolaine]

Awesome! Love the rolled lip on the firewall. I just did the same to mine.
More pics of the nova!!

[WS6]

love this car! It's a yellow 2nd gen and it has an LT4. Excellent combination! Welcome and keep up the good work.

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Got the Camaro back from color sanding and buffing ( I have done everything on the car except this I can't tell you how much I hate this part of the process!) Put the wheels on to see what it looked like. I think Santa is going to get me a new set these are a little dated.


And for all of the Nova fans out there that wanted more pictures here is the engine in my Nova. Yes it is fun.

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I put a third brake light in the short spoiler.

Haven't done much interior wise but I did adapt a 4th gen dash.


These are the gauges I am using they bolt into the 4th gen dash and the stock bezel covers the edges.