Introducing Project THANKS MOM!

[David Sloan]

What a cool story, and thanks for coming to our event! You are in good hands with Brian as you already know.
Thanks for sharing your build with us it does not mater how big or how little a build we still love to see them get built.

[Jon69RagTop]

Great story, makes following along even more enjoyable. Loved the "Yenko" comment too, best of luck and "thanks" for starting the thread.

[KUSI]

Detailed Specs

Primary Builder: Myself with help from Brian Finch

Paint & Body: Brian Finch, Hot Rod Transformations

Chassis: Repaired & powder coated stock subframe, DSE upper & lower control arms, DSE front end MOOG kit, DSE front sway bar, Hotchkis lowering coil springs, Bilstein shocks, stock hubs

Engine: Not an LS...this go around. 400 HP+ 383 Stroker or 350 Crate Engine

Drivetrain: 700R4 to stay with the stock automatic theme OR the Keisler Perfect Fit RS500 5-speed has recently grabbed my attention. G-Force Trans crossmember, new driveshaft, 10 bolt posi with Moser axles, 3.42 gears. Rear-end will remain on leaf springs, Hotchkis, inspired by none other than Mary Pozzi.

Braking: Front 13" Corvette C5 brake kit, Rear Wilwood 12" Dynalites, Red Calipers

Wheels: Still looking but so far Rushforth Superspokes in 18x8, 18x10 or 18x8, 19x10

Tires: Nitto NT05s if all the sizes work out

Cooling: TBD, Ron Davis radiator with twin Spal fans or equivalent would be nice

Exhaust: Magnaflow Performance Stainless Steel Tru-X Kit

Body: Emblems removed and emblem holes filled in, rear factor seams welded and smoothed, Prodigy Customs smoked glass kit, Marquez Design front indicator lights and rear tailights, Anvil Auto closeout panel and fender braces. With 15 years to think about paint you would think the decision would be easy. It wasn't but in the end the decision can be summed up in one word...BLACK!

Interior: John Covan's Thunder Road dash with AutoMeter Carbon Fiber gauges, updated to tilt steering, Momo steering wheel, Vintage Air Gen IV system, plenty of Dynamat, power windows. Main interior will be stock standard black panels, dash, headliner, and carpet. Seats may need to be changed or moved back. My 6'2" height isn't working so well now that the stock seats are freshly restored. Have been looking at ProCar Rallys.

Electrical: AAW Classic Update Kit, Digi-Tails LED Taillights, DSE intermittent wipers, DSE headlamps, optima Red or yellow top with DSE trunk location kit

Safety: Updated seat belts to 3-point harness.

That is everything that comes to mind right now. This list should definitely wake my Camaro up from what it was before. Handling and turning at all will be a blessing compared to the original equipment.

KUSI

[KUSI]

So think back to 1993. What were you doing? What was popular? Heck, I can't really remember. I just know that by that time my beloved 80s hair metal was all but dying out because of Nirvana. BOO! But this also was the time I finally got some real work done on my car that would help save it from the rust demons. The work was completed by E&V Repair Clinic. This place was not a clinic at all. It was a guys two car garage on the side of the "clinic". It was so crammed full of stuff sometimes that he barely had room to work or walk around the car. But after a few thousand dollars in sheet metal and a few thousand dollars in labor and materials the work got done in a six month span.

Rear quarters & rear tail pan all being cut out. I can remember him telling me to not touch the car at this point.





Rear quarters & rear tail pan replaced. The car shouldn't collapse on itself now. Nice!





Floor boards cut out and replaced. There definitely was not as much sheetmetal to chose from in the catalogs back then as there is now. However, these complete floor pans were just released that year. Doing it all over now someone would probably replace the complete floor.





Trunk pan cut out and replaced, the swiss cheese dash panel cut out and replaced, and finally quite a bit of effort was spent to repair both window channels. Doing this portion over now I would probably just replace the whole roof.





After all the sheetmetal repair was complete the body was taken down to bare metal and then shot with a protective coat of dark gray epoxy primer. This would end up being my paint job for quite some time. Hey, it looked good for 5 minutes if you wet it. And check out that stance on the back. Nothing said cool like fully loaded air shocks. This feature also helped make the front drum brakes nearly non-functional. Cool first, safety second.