69 Camaro Convertible Build

[Motown 454]

Nice car you have there, that color looks great. It should be a hell of a ride when your done.

[Rod]

I NEED more pictures please,

[esenior]

A bit behind on updates, so I may post these in several replies...

Got my doors mostly put together, but still have some wiring to finish up.

Bead blasted and painted all of the window components. Replaced all of the glass with a smoked set from Frank at Prodigy Customs. Had installed a set on my wife's Chevelle a couple years ago and had to have a set for the Camaro.






I also installed a set of door looms. I had originally purchased a set of Electric Life looms, but found that the slip collar was difficult to install so that they set flush against the door. Instead, I ended up purchasing a set of AutoLoc looms. They were half the price, but more difficult to modify. I cut down both of the bolts and shortened the tube. I found out that on the Camaro, the loom is actually extended more when the door is open, not closed. Be careful when cutting your looms to fit.

The loom on the top is how they come, the one on the bottom is the modified version:


The installed loom:


One concern I had was getting all of the proper size wires to fit through the loom. Decided to use a single large gauge wire for the power windows and door poppers (shaved the handles) and small gauge wire to activate via relays.

My original design required 3 relays (2 for the windows - Up/Down) and 1 for the door popper:


I didn't like all of the relays and wanted to add 1-touch capability to the windows. After some searching, I came across the AutoLoc WC1000 window controller. This controller provides the same functionality as the dual relays, but also gives you the 1-touch control. Currently these are onsale on amazon.com for only $25 each!


The WC1000 hasn't come in yet, so I plan to do some testing with it. I may need to use the positive triggers instead, but this just means a slight wiring change at the switch (go to power instead of ground). You can also use these to roll-up the windows from a remote key FOB.

I also have the mirrors installed and am currently working on the wiring. Since they are fairly small motors, I'm just going to use the standard wiring.

The mirrors are from a 91-99 Buick LeSabre. I had to add a bit of plastic and reshape the base to get them to fit right. A cheap plastic welding kit from Harbor Freight did the trick. They came up really nice after Pat (Pat's Custom Cars) worked his magic:




The glass was removed prior to paint (a real pain, but worth it). I did some research to find connectors that would plug directly into the mirror harness. Found that I needed an AC Delco PT219. Amazon.com has these for around $35 each (ouch!) This last weekend I hit the junk yards and picked up 2 harnesses for under $7 (counting the cost of admission).

More updates soon...