$100.00 and I drove it home, pic two is where I am heading! The rest is all the boreing in between stuff.

Yes my freinds, all this can be yours, if you just have the guts or insanity as I call it, to do this ...

and this,

 

Oh and while you are there, why not make it a standard!

 

... and if you know a guy with a sand blaster big enough, clean it all up.

 

Oh yeah, before I forget if you take up the carpet, count on replacing part; if not the whole floor!

"Look Mom, new pedals!"

 

The while you are there's just never seem to end.

But at least the engine compartment got a fresh coat of paint ...

With the fashionable color co-ordinated "Z" box ... OOOO AAAHHH

 

A "BIG BRAKE" upgrade is out of the budget, but an upgrade none the less.

 

New sway bar and wonder bar, bushings, bolts endlinks and so on ...

Well, what good is all this stuff if you can't get it to the pavement?

 

So it's been a while since an update, the warmer weather is here but the car she is still not quite ready, BUT we are getting closer! Another fine job by WW Racing Engines Ltd, a subsidiary of Partiers Inc 1977.

GreezeMonkey's "The Machine" just sent me a hood to give the car the look, thanks Scott! Yes Scotty that is your car, hope mine turns out as well.

Well the project is mmooovvving sslloooowwwllyyy, but moving none the less, lets bring up to date shall we!

 

 

You know this did not start off to be show like, the problem is when you modify nothing seems to fit; enter the nice steel hoses! The 6AL is finally hooked up, and the vacuum as well almost. The valve covers are back off to be ... "1968 covers + 1985 emmissions = you guessed it MODIFIED!!"

 

 

Well to be honest I have been in an ongoing state of flux when it came to wheels, I do like the stock z rims, but then I bought a set of "Wagon Wheels" and they did look good I felt.

 

 

...BUT after some horse trading, I think we have arrived!

Oh no he says, you don't need spacers ... why do people lie? Oh well they will look awsome!

 

FIRST HEART BEAT RECORDED 7:28:38 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21 2007, IT LIVES!!!

So it's been a while to get it to this point .... after the installation of the exhaust, sub frame connectors and the repair of some mechanical demons compliments of AJAX MIDAS (thanks Sam)

 

                                                     

"LOOK MOM, IT"S AT THE BODY SHOP!"  12/05/07

                                                   

                                  

OK, update time ... still in the body shop, not that there is extensive work to be done I am in line behind another vehicle in a shop that has collision work coming first. 08/06/08

Well, the ride still sits with the plastic "protecto sheet" sheet still on it, like your grandma's favorite couch! The body shop owner, a very nice guy, earlier this year he was diagnosed with cancer. He has been through all his treatments and appears to be on the mend. Maybe I'm too nice a guy but I did not want to kick a man when he's down, so I have left the car in his shop ... it's been a year now, ugh! 12/10/08

Ok on the upside, work does progress the interior panels are being re-done, the original t top head liner out of my doner car was re-covered as well as the sun visiors and sail panel speaker covers. I am in the process of having custom tuck and roll door panels made as well as carpet inserts for the plastic panels.

Well hold on to your programs sports fans ... the body work has begun, maybe it will be on the road this year!!! Nasty phone cam pics for the first three, I just couldn't wait but you get the idea.

 

                                DAY 1! 03/09/09

               

 

    DAY 2, 03/10/09                                

Note the rot on the reinforcment bar in the pic below apparently a common issue and just another thing to fix!

                                  

                                                                           

    I decided to go with the later modle third brake light spoiler with it's longer sleeker profie over the 85's tip up look. I also had the HI RISE  on site to see how that would look ... guess it's for sale now ... do I hear a hundred ... who will give me a HUN?                                     

                                     DAY 8, 03/17/09

                                          

     DAY 10 03/19/09       

                                                     

                  DAY 11, 03/20/09 Ok, so maybe a little more work than anticipated, the beggers keep taken stuff off and finding more to do!! Damn Canadian cars.

                                                                               

                                                                        

 

Day 12 03/24/09            

                                                                                  

It's funny how innocent decisions made early in your project can cause you greif later, in the pic below you see the hood now laying on it's back on a stand behind the car. The reason for this is the under side; side rails had to be notched for the new camber plates, I added a one inch spacer to allow for more shock travel to compensate for the lowered ride hight  and so on. Anyway the very top edge of the camber plates made contact not allowing the hood to close .... modify! $$$$$$$$$ Oh just as a side bar .. check the Riviera behind the hood, this is a beautiful rust free car out of Califronia. just got to love old cars!

                    Scuffed and going to primer 03/27/09

                                                                    

 

Apparently ready for primer dosen't mean ready, LOL! Just a little more to do such as the 3" cowl hood and the rear valance. 04/02/09

                                                                 

                                                                

So, as much fun as this has been thus far it all comes at a cost, this car was $100.00 bucket that ran and drove reasonable when I brought it home. With minor upgrades to the suspention and tires it ran better, now I didn't have to do all this to it but one thing led to another .... and here we are. At this point the $100.00 Camaro is somewhere in the $8 to $10,000 range even with all the wheeling and dealing and e-bay / Kijiji / Craigs list deals etc.

Cars are not cheap, find the best you can for the money and try to avoid some of the pitfalls I have run into. This has been a fun learning experience for me so far and I have spread the cost over a number of years, I am building this for me; for my enjoyment the cost is secondary (and yes my wife disagree's with that last statement, LOL). This is a metric Camaro as they are called, $5500. value on a good day, that is the reality but some day they will be worth more until then ... the build continues!! 

 Ok, still trying to work out the paint, what do you think of this????

... I love these guys they take their time to be sure they leave nothing to chance ... the work continues. 04/20/2009

 

                                     

                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                    04/21/09 "PAINT WE HAVE PAINT!!!"

                                                  

 

                                  

Just another last minute modification, or as we call it customization.                                                             

                                                       

 Well here it is folks, this is the first part out of the booth, the very next day. There is some cut and buff to do later but I could'nt wait, so I pulled out the brushed stainless emblems to do some "Vantasizing" (... a term derrived from a miss spent youth dreaming of modifications in the back of my 77 Dodge Van, I'm sure the older crowd can relate!) Anyway, Ladies and Gents I give you "VIPER RED"

                                       

... and then I thought, yeah let's shave the nose emblem ... not sure if it's the right thing to do but I've dove in with both feet before!

            

                                                 ... and so it was written .... and so it was done!     

                                                             

The prep rack is getting full of parts, we filled the GFX mounting holes so the stainless emblems could be used. They now mount to the fender from the back side.

                                                

In the booth for final primer 05 07 2009 ...

                                                             

Time for another update ... the body work has stalled due to a random hail storm, lots of repair work = "NO PAINT FOR YOU!!", so it's interior work time again! After many attempts to find the correct colour combo I have settled for what I call PHANTOM BLACK, ok it's more an ebony or very dark grey but I think it will work. I am using Parasol's Leather Kote interior paint on all the hard plastic surfaces, this also requires the use of a plastic prep as well. This is an excellent product so far and has passed the scratch test. I will be using it on the fourth gen leather as they say it will stand up to the abuse, well we will see but if it gets me through a year that will work.

                                                            

 

               BEFORE ....                              

 

AFTER ....            

 

I will be having black carpet inlays done on the inset panals. By the way, anyone in need of a HI-RISE, apparently I went another way! dphntm@aol.com shoot me an offer!