Mark D's 71 Camaro TT LS2

[mwhizard]

I've met a bunch of guys in the Vancouver area who suggested I put my build on this board. Problem is, it's essentially allready built. Then again, they never are finished, are they?



I've cut the first post from my build thread on LS1tech.com and put it below. If you want to see how it got to where it is today, check that thread out. I'll post the current stuff and where I'm going from there in a bit.

Well, it took me a couple of years to find the car for my build. Then it took me 3 months to find a house with a garage so that we could be together! Now I am putting it together.
The Car: 1971 Camaro RS Z28
After bidding and missing out on numerous cars on ebay, then driving miles and miles to see 'rust free' cars that turn out to be 'metal free', I find an abandoned project on craigslist just 5 blocks from my house. The previous owner had owned it since 1977, and his brother owned it before that.
What I got with it: new 327 with a muncie m21 4 speed, all the parts to reassemble it, shy of seats. Car was completely stripped down, blasted, and reassemble with lots of new parts and powdercoating. There is no rust and I got pics of the bodywork in multiple stages to prove it...Nice.
The guy even stored the car for me for 3 months while i looked for a place to put it. Ended up moving to a new house with a garage.
So the first thing I did was pull out the 327/4speed and checked out what was inside it. Turns out the seller was very honest and it was as he said it was. NEW. So I went down to my local hotrod shop, KMS C.A.R. Parts, and did some wheeling and dealing and worked a trade for a complete LS1/6speed out of a 99 TA for my 327/4speed and a core 454/4speed auto that I had from a mid 90's pickup that I parted out.
I figured I would document the build here and I welcome any advice that any of you that have done this or something similar to it have. I will post as many pics as I can, and I am taking pics everyday that I work on it.
Stay Tuned!!!








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