Crazy, stupid, or both?

[Zanie]

Cant wait to see it in person!

ditto!!!
That hood came out cool.
Those pedals? very nice.

[LeighP]

Wow, stunning job!

[Steve1968LS2]

Floater all together and ready to go in...

[Matt@BOS]

So, after a couple little incidents, all of which have been taken care of, the car is progressing on schedule. The floater is now under the car, and pretty much everything is together. The rear brakes and clutch remain to be bled, so as long as they work properly we will have a drivable car by the end of tomorrow.



14.25" Probably not necessary, but definitely cool looking.




Matt

[Steve68]

Nice, Looks Good!

[John Wright]

Sweet!

[Matt@BOS]

Turns out that we're not only crazy and stupid, but apparently fairly good at both of those things.

First the stupid:

It was posted a while back, but it needs to be seen again. Here we have D!ck installing a subframe using a lift an engine hoist, and jackstands, all at the same time.


Figure 2: again we can't seem to grasp the concept of the lift. Apparently I haven't figured out what creepers are for either


Figure 3: while an explanation is probably necessary, there is no remotely logical explanation of what is taking place here. Perhaps Jon rolled over onto the floor so that he could complain (which makes him happy).


Figure 4: Given the timeframe for the scope of this rebuild, it seemed only natural that we do our best to emulate the manner in which people dealing with big projects work. Here we've taken some pointers from Caltrans and the lovely state of California. While there are only two of us who are "supervising" pictured, there is likely one more person standing out of view, one who had to take the photo, and at least one person off in the corner fiddling around with something like a steering column (Gregg, aka Gandalf).


Now for some proof of craziness. All of this happened in a month. Tonight the car is strapped down in its trailer and ready to hit the road tomorrow morning. It runs, it drives, and it's more complete than its ever been. There are a couple little things to fix, but with these types of cars there is always something to fix or do. I can't thank the guys enough. They did an incredible job. This year there was no all nighter like last year. We weren't up until 5am, a mere 6 hours from the time we were supposed to check in at SEMA. This year the latest D!ck left the shop was around 8pm. It only happened once, and it happened several days ago. I'm amazed at what the crew accomplished, but above all else, I'm amazed by how they accomplished this rebuild. Everyone went above and beyond what a customer could ever ask for. Nothing is a better indication of this than the fact that I was the last person to hear about our little 2010 SEMA thrash.

So, we had so much free time today I had a chance to make a stand for our new sign that Mike Casti was kind enough to create. You would be amazed what can be created with little bit of scrounging around the old parts pile, some scrap metal, and a little planning. Looks ok I think. I think it might even put all of those people with crying dolls and drive in window trays to shame.


Here she is,





Hope to see you guys out in Vegas,

Matt

[mc84_zz4]

Congrats! you made it, the insanity was worth it.
Now, where is that beer cooler missing from the shop pics?....lol

[69fbodyproject]

So once it is safely in the booth its beer time? You and the guys definetely earned it

[Gandalf]

Awesome job guys - car looks killer. The boys nailed the stance for sure. See you in Vegas!

[John Wright]

Good job Guys...the car is back together and better than ever.

[Nessumsar]

Glad to hear she is all back together and better than ever. Have you driven it enoung to know if you like the new pedals?

And remember everyone, the moral of this story is look both ways before entering an intersection!

[Dons67]

Matt

Matt - where did you get the intake - i want something like this and i know Spectre has one but i'm digging the black runners.

Don

[Matt@BOS]

Congrats! you made it, the insanity was worth it.
Now, where is that beer cooler missing from the shop pics?....lol

There isn't actually a beer cooler, but that is not to say that the legend of the beer contract isn't at least partially true. The shop has what the guys like to call the world's most expensive refrigerator, which is covered top to bottom with stickers from every vender imaginable. It is in this fridge that the "payments" are deposited.

Glad to hear she is all back together and better than ever. Have you driven it enough to know if you like the new pedals?

And remember everyone, the moral of this story is look both ways before entering an intersection!

Jon, other than sitting in the car while on a lift and pretending to shift while making engine noises, along backing the car into a parking spot, I have no idea how the pedals really work. From what I can tell though, the pedals are pretty trick. The new brake pedal has way less movement than the old one. Tilton's master cylinders are supposed to have less dead pedal stroke, and I think that might be true. I'm not sure how much more effort it will take to stop the car, but in theory it shouldn't require that much more effort than before, since the only actual change in mechanics was a slight decrease in pedal ratio. My initial parking lot impressions have me hopeful that the floor mount assembly was exactly what I was looking for. I'll talk more about that once I go and drive it though.

Matt - where did you get the intake - i want something like this and i know Spectre has one but i'm digging the black runners.

Don, you're talking about the cold air intake right? We made it out of left over four inch truck exhaust tubing that had 90 degree bends. We just cut the pipes and welded them where you can see the seam in the middle. Afterwards we powder coated it a semigloss black.

69fbodyproject
So once it is safely in the booth its beer time? You and the guys definetely earned it

I think so, but beer time doesn't start for me until I can get up to sema on Wednesday. D!ck on the other hand...

As for the car's location, I'm not quite sure where it will be, except that it will be alongside Penny and the One Lap Camaro. I think the cars are parked between the wheel and tire hall and the main hall, but I'm not positive.

Matt

[srh3trinity]

Congrats on making your deadline and putting a nice ride back together. The display looks cool!

[Steve1968LS2]

The '69 is safely parked and posed at SEMA.. she drove in under her own power.

I would call that a sucess!

[MrQuick]

very nice job you guys, love the $900 placard stand. outstanding.

[Hellrace]

Lots of nice 69 camaro's out there, but this is one of the finest if you ask me.
Not to much just perfect !

[Chevy Kid]

Matt, saw your car at SEMA. It looked great as expected. Didn't see ya to chat.

Tim

[Bryce]

It was nice to see the car in person at SEMA.