Here's my Retro Rides '69 Camaro. Basically Retro Rides cuts a '69 body shell over a 4th gen ('00 in this case) complete floor pan/frame rails/firewall,etc. Then every thing from a late model is used so you have a factory engineered '99 car basically that looks like a '69 and can use any mod or upgrade you would on a stock late model car.

The car's bare body basically needed everything from a late model Camaro/Trans-Am donor car. They use everything there is, total wiring, suspension, ABS stuff, brake lines, fuel lines, drivetrain,etc,etc. So the search was on for a donor car. As it happened, we needed a Camaro convertible body shell for a project in Oz, so to kill a couple birds with one stone, ended up picking up this...

A '99 SS 'vert. LS-1/6 speed that had headers added, SLP loudmouth exhaust and stock other then that basically. Then it was just a matter of stripping it to add everything into..

First step was a coat of paint for the engine bay, save having to pull the engine again in Oz when the car gets paint, soooooo...

Then it was time to tear into the '99, which kinda hurt to rip apart a perfect running and driving car, but what the heck.

Being a new car it came apart pretty easily of course. All the front clip came off, radiator,etc and all the wiring, then just a matter of lifting the body and dropping the K frame/suspension/engine/trans out the bottom.

After the engine it was fuel and brake lines,fuel tank, complete dash board and rear suspension and diff. All the rear stuff bolted straight up without a problem and the factory 17"x9" wheels fit perfect as well..

I did not even need to unhook the rear end from the brake lines, abs pump and master cylinder...it went in as one unit. I did have to unhook the front brake lines, so will have to bleed though. The front end then slid under the car and into it's general spot..

I won't mount it up to the frame rails until I have a chance to run some wiring, the clutch master cylinder, clean/paint and mount a few brackets and the heater box as well (all from the '99). Overall going really well and can't wait to get it driving!

The car is going to be Orange (as you can see from the engine bay!) With either white or silver rally panels, have not decided on that yet. Also, it will be orange houndstooth interior (orange door panels and all) and instead of using early model seats, or even the factory late model ones which would bolt right into the stock floor pan of course, decided to go with a pair of ProCar's and will use the factory orange houdstooth/etc modified to suit them. For a back seat, it will use the factory '99/'00 rear fold down seat (which also bolts to the stock mounts) and again getting the early model upholstery work. The dash in the car is still the '69 frame work, will be using the '99 HVAC assembly and plan to tie it into the '69 vent system (somehow or other, ha ha).

Going to run the RS grill as well, just dig the hide away headlamps, especially on the '69s ! Painted front and rear bumpers will most likey happen as well. Going to use the factory '99 HVAC controls modified into the '69 dash carrier somehow and leaning towards using the '99 instrument cluster somehow..probably mold a new fiberglass center section to the '69 facia to make every look semi-factory looking still.

A Magnacharger intercooled supercharger is on the list as well, just want to get the car turn key running first and any bugs that may come up, then go for it on the blower.

The SS wheels are just on it for now until everything is done, then will get a set of custom made billet 18" wheels made to suit the car and get as much width as possible with the '69 fender-1/4 panel shape matched with the '99 inner wheel houses.

Before I can mount the engine/trans/sub frame assembly I still need too; cut the hole in the floor for the shifter box (floor pan was an auto used in the car), mount the clutch master cylinder, paint and install a few misc. brackets in the engine bay, run some wiring and mount the heater box. Oh, and also finish remounting the brake and fuel lines along with the ABS pump.

More updates to come as I move along !

Some progress today!
I worked on getting the AC/Heater box installed today..

First step was to pull the box apart since it is too large to fit under the '69s dash board in one piece. The '99 have the entire dash bolted in, so the assembly came out alot easier of course. As well, the door assembly that works the fresh/recirculate air system has to be removed as it will not clear the '69s plemun chamber shape..

Then I went ahead and mocked up the right hand side of the heater box into place and through the firewall. Had to trim one little corner where it was rubbing under the dash (near the right hand side) but other then that it fit just as factory!

So I went ahead and mounted it the rest of the way, and was able to slide the other main half of the heater/ac box up under the dash and mounted it. It all went in well, and you can see there is plenty of room around it. (Not too easy to get pictures under the dash, but hopefully it can still make sense..)

I still will have to fab up ducting,etc to get the '99s heater box to meet up to the dash and defroster vents of the '69s dash assembly. All the vacuum lines and electrical connections will just plug back into the factory '99 dash harness that will be going back in as well.

The engine bay side looks just like stock and getting closer to be able to lift the engine and subframe into place!

Just have to trim the hole in the floor for the 6 speed's shifter and finish mounting the brake/fuel lines along the front half of the frame rails.

More updates, the engine is in !!

Been a productive couple of days lately...been abit warm out but at least I'm in the garage out of the sun, ha ha..

I got the hole trimmed neatly in the floor for the trans and factory 6 speed shift boot (remember the floor pan the car had used to make it was an auto..)
Then I took the time to get the fuel and brake lines to sit correctly.. since the '69 is longer in the wheelbase by about 6" over the '99, the lines of course are abit short. Luckily there is enough slack to use them still, just a matter of laying under the car and bending and rebending them until they sat nicely in the correct spot. Here is the engine bay side, also got the wiring loom installed in it's little plastic trough, before the engine went in and there was enough room.. You can see in the second picture that all the factory heat shielding goes back on to keep everything abit cooler ! (especially with the headers the car has)

After making sure I got as much done as I could before the engine went in (to work with the extra room that is) I went ahead and picked it up and guided it into place. Used a strap connected to the engine hoist and mainly the jack in the center. It lifted into place just like stock..nice and easy! (knock on wood!)

You can see the struts/upper control arms/ spindles feel out of the way nicely once I had it in the air. I pulled the wheels off to make it easy to move things around once it was in the air and went ahead and lined up then bolted in the sub frame and trans crossmember. Then just a matter of tightening up the upper control arm mounts and it was ready to go back on the floor !

And here is the engine bay as it sits. Still have a million little things to hook back up and lines to run, but it's getting there ! I still have some things to do under the car as well (exhaust and what not) but wanted to check it out "on the ground" at least this afternoon.

Stay tuned for the next updates ! Hope everyone is enjoying the build as I am..

Got some more done today...Got the brake booster in, master cylinder on, all the pedal box in and connected, clutch master clyinder in as well.
Then went to the other side and worked on fishing wiring looms around and remounted the computer (in the stock location) along with the A/C lines and reciever/drier. Then did some work on the left front corner. Mounted up the cruise control unit and the smog pump as well. Got most of the wiring looms pretty well sorted out, but still have more to go. Engine bay is looking good though !

Made some more progress today !

Worked on getting all the under dash welding done, so I can start to run all of the wiring from the '99 under there. The factory pedal box from the '99 bolted right in place on the firewall, but the upper support is not there (since it went to the cowl area, which is the '69 on this car.) You can see in the picture the gap. I wanted to make sure it was nice and sturdy so made up a mount and welded it in place.

Then it was onto the steering column mount! Again, the lower end of the column bolted right up to the factory late model firewall, but had no upper mount. The '69 dash frame mount for the column was too far foward for the late column, so I was thinking ahead enough to slice the mount off of the firewall/cowl of the '99 and was able to modify it and weld it into place ! Worked out perfectly after an hour or so of fit checking, and once welded in it supports the column just like stock! I took plenty of time as well mocking up the column with the instrument carrier inplace so I was sure the column would sit in the correct spot and 'look' at home agaist the early dash pieces. Here is the column in place and the mount in place (I painted everything right after snapping this pic, so everything is black)

Also made a couple little brackets for the engine bay (to hold the fuse boxes, since they mounted to the late model core support) and will keep going on the dash work and strip the late model dash of all the wiring/heater controls/etc and have more updates soon !

Started on the dash wiring this morning..and there sure is plenty of it! I am using the complete loom out of the '99, and the dash loom is a large part of it..It includes everything for the dash, steering column, HVAC, rear loom for fuel sending unit/etc, both door looms (yes, all one big loom for the most part!) and the dash fuse block as well..

So I started to strip out the dash..

Everything will get used in the '69 aside from the air bag..there is plenty to try and squeeze up under the '69 dash frame now!
Here is the stripped loom and what I need to start laying out into the car...should keep me busy for a few hours I think.

Some more updates today !

I have been abit busy with work stuff, but finally got back onto the Camaro. Next up I am getting onto all the wiring. Getting all the '99 wiring under the dash of the '69 is interesting to say the least. It sure is alot easier on the late model where the wiring is all clipped to the dash assembly that completely comes out of course!
I layed the loom up into the dash best I could and started to run it to the various plugs and connections it needs to go too..
Sure looks like a mess at the moment !

Here you can sort of see how I have ran the loom to the right hand side of the dash to connect to the heater along with the body control module (which is sitting on top of the heater box for now) along with a couple other modules. As well on the left side I have set the fuse block into the opening in the piller area and seems to sit very well in there! Just have to make some mounts and will leave it there for real. I just need to pull off the doors now and drill the large holes in the piller area and door itself for all the power looms to go into them (just sitting on the floor of the car now)

Still have more work to do under the dash and a bunch more wiring to tie up and route, but getting there !
Have to figure out just how I will be mounting the heater/a-c controls as well and mount all the small relays under the dash still as well.

Got some more progress today !

I started on getting the door looms ran, so I can get them off of the floor, and also getting them ran into the doors would help me decide for sure just where the looms will get mounted permanently.
First step was to pull the door off so I could drill holes for the factory '99 loom and boot..

Once the holes where done, I just ran all the wiring loom through and bolted the door back up. Once the paint work on the body is done, the wiring should look stock basically!

Once that was done, I was able to route around all the wiring under the dash (on the left side at least) and get it all tied back. Believe it or not, this is organized now, ha ha.. (The plug just above the steering column is the factory connector for the instrument cluster)

Then I was able to find a handy spot for the fuse block..mounted to the lower dash frame and pointing downward so still easy to get too. You can see one of the many body control computers I had to find a spot for..the one on the kick panel area fit really nicely..it was originally mounted up high in the dash of the '99. All the rest of the wiring seems to sit pretty well also.

Next step is to move to the right hand door and wiring under that side of the dash...more updates soon !

Update time!

Well,no pics for the moment, been spending the past weekish doing wiring mainly, which does not look exciting for the most part, ha ha.. I have basically worked out how to bypass abit of the late model switches and to modify them to the early. One example is the dome lamp switchs. The '99 uses a switch integrated into the door latch itself which then signals the body control module that a door is open and to turn on the interior lighting. I worked out how to just run it off the 69's standard little door pin switch and still controls the body computer just fine. Also got the rear wiring sorted out to go from the late harness to early model taillamp sockets,etc.
Fuel filler neck is done and connected from the 1/4 panel filler down to the neck.

And the coolest thing...as of about 20 minutes ago, It RUNS ! I wanted to hook up the battery (first time since starting to assemble the car) to check a few electrical things, and while I was at it, couldn't help myself to see if it would fire. Cranked the ignition but had no spark. Doubled checked everything and found I had left one small ground wire loose coming out of the headlamp loom area (Still need to modify all that to suit the early stuff) Got the ground hooked up, hit the key and it fired right up ! Did'nt run it too long ,as don't have the radiator in place yet but was great to know it runs fine still. The instrument cluster all works properly as well.

More pics too come soon as I continue on the wiring and more!

Update time again !!

I've been mainly busy with doing wiring and electrical stuff on the car, so not much in the way of pics to share...I did add some power door lock actuators, and tied it into the factory '99 wiring..and the car now has power locks working off of the stock remote 'clicker' it locks and unlocks just as the late model did. Also added door pin switchs (the late model does not use them, it has switches inside the latch) and have the dome light working as well...and again just like the late model it fades out!

Today I finally got to doing the torque arm. Since the '69 is about 6" longer in the wheel base, and it is added in behind the trans, you need to run a torque arm about the 6" longer !
I bought an Edelbrock brand new and marked out a section to lengthen it. I added to witness marks so I could measure between them after adding a section in the center and get the correct longer length (It was 6 1/4" longer actually) then proceeded to chop up the brand new piece!

I then used some 1" id. diameter tubing (thick wall) to make sleeves and got the correct length for the arm. After some welding then paint, it is ready to go!

Going to mount it up tomorrow and add the exhaust back under the car, and that should about finish me up underneath at least.

Driveshaft is done and in the car and it's back on the ground !!

And guess what, it runs and drives ! Sorta of at least..still has no radiator, a bunch of wiring to still do, grill stuff, etc,etc, but couldn't resist at least one good "test" of the engine and trans working. Kept it short to keep heat down (with out the radiator of course) but runs excellent and brakes,etc all seem great.

Ok, cooling system is now buttoned up!

I have finishing making and mounting up the radiator crossmember. I was going to get a new all aluminum LS-1/69 Camaro swap radiator that would bolt to the stock core support mounts, but then I realized I would still have to make mounts for the A/C condensor,etc and as well ,the factory '99 cooling fans would be way to wide to fit on the swap-style radiators. So I went ahead and fabbed up a lower crossmember that uses the factory '99 radiator rubber biscuits and also then fabbed some upper mounts that use the factory rubbers as well. Now the electric fan mounts totally in the stock place/style and soon as I give it a wash the A/C condensor will mount to the radiator in the stock location as well (it has little tabs that lock into the radiator)

I fired it up and let it run for about 30 minutes and everything is perfect, fans works properly, temps are right where they should be,etc. Next up is just clean up the condensor, get it mounted and hook up the a/c lines, then get onto the last of the wiring work (front and back) then onto grill work next it looks like ! Going to be a R/S so will have to run all the vacuum hoses,etc to get it all working.

More progress !!

Well, got the front end coming along really well now !
Here is what it looked like a couple days ago..

And after abit of work yesterday, it now looks much more like a Camaro !

I did come up with an issue, in that since the lower part of the factory core support is gone, the bottom of the hood latch support panel had no where to mount too, as you can see in the picture, that and the wiring running across the car was just flopping loose, so I build a bar to tie together the frame rails and latch support..

After some paint..here it is, in place!

I bolted it to each frame rail, then also clipped the wiring loom to it in a few places (pics to come) and it looks factory now and ties all the front end together really nicely I think.

The front is done now nearly, just the RS grill assembly to go in, and have to wire up the side marker and turn signal lights.
Also next to do in the next few days will be to finish off the rear of the car, which is just tail lights, side markers, and wiring for them.. stay tuned !

Made abit more progress !
All of the taillamps are in and wired up, using the late model wiring basically so no odd issues there. I used a brand new '69 taillamp loom (to get all the bulb sockets,etc) and joined it to the late model loom using a weatherpack connector, came out quite nicely I think.

Have the front wiring basically taken care of as well, park lights are wired and done, and I also found a spot for the windshield washer bottle. I was going to try and use the '99 one, but it was just too big to fit anywhere easy. I wanted to at least keep the factory wiring and tubing if possible that runs through the wiring loom of the '99 so found a good spot for a standard '69 washer bottle mounted down low as you can see..

Next up, I need to figure out how to make a mount to use the '99 wiper motor and make an arm to go to the '69 wiper transmission... stay tuned for the next update !

More updates !

I got the wiper linkage and motor finished and mounted finally! (had some other things on lately keeping me busy as well)
I made a mounting plate and was able to use the stock '99 wiper motor onto the '69 hole in the firewall (the very top half of the cowl is '69..just under the wiper motor is where the join to '00 is)

Using the late motor allows all the intermittant wiper control on the steering column to work nice and easily! I then had to make up an arm to go from the '99 motor to the '69 wiper transmission. Here is what I came up with (using the '99 plastic pivot bushing) and is slotted to make adjusting it inside the cowl area easier if need be..

Then after that was done, was just a matter of mounting the cowl top panel and hooking up the washer nozzles ! I wanted to try and hide the hose abit, instead of having the nozzle stick out from the cowl area and go to the hoses, I was able to modify them and hide them inside the cowl area !

I used the factory '99 washer fluid tubing (it is hard plastic) which is inside of the wiring loom up to the firewall. Then ran it through a hole in the firewall area which leads to inside the cowl area, and just hooked it up to the new hoses I made up as seen in the pic. Worked out great and just about have all the electrical goodies on the car working properly now !
Will update again soon, once I get onto the grill and the power window regulators/new glass, etc.

Updates !!
Sorry it's been a while, but been busy with work lately (loading more containers to send to Oz!) but finally back onto the Camaro.

I am now doing the RS headlamp setup. I wanted to keep the factory late model headlamp switch on the car and as well, there was really no room for the factory '69 RS vacuum pod system with the inner structure of the late model body under/behind the early model core support and fenders.
So decided to convert it to a '67 RS style electric setup !
I came to find that there is a kit of sorts out there now (to do a '69 to electric type), but it's quite pricey and I had already started doing it myself before I even found that out!
Over all I am quite happy with how it's coming along and here are some pictures to show I have went so far!

First off was to get rid of the factory bell crank linkage and modify some new '67 motors to fit the '69 headlamp housings (after cutting off the lower welded on plate)
You can see the stock '69 one on the left here and my home made one on the right side..

And some other views of my home made left hand side..

Next I needed to figure out what to do for the factory '67 style limit switches. I made a bracket to mount one right onto the headlamp housing here..

And then made another mount for the one on the firewall..

That took care of how to trigger the relay system on and off when the lights were open and closed. Then just came a matter of figuring all the wiring out! I used a wiring diagram for a '67 RS, but wanted to use just modern relays and what not. After a bunch of experimenting around and a mock-up relay pack as you can see in this mess, ha ha..

And triggering it all off of the stock '99 wiring loom I now have it working perfectly to open and close off of the headlamp switch, and very cool as well, it works perfect via the automatic headlamps the '99 has!! (come on when it gets dark, and turns off automatically when it gets light out) the lights come on and the doors open up just as they should.
I have now just got onto finishing off the passenger side setup after getting everything sorted out and working on the driver side and it should be totally done mechanically tomorrow.
I have some new Bosch 50 amp relays and really nice mounting plugs coming and will make a nice bracket to bank them all up and mount that to the engine-side of the core support this week as well.

More pics and updates as soon as I get the other side headlamp mounting all done and the relays wired and in place as well !
(PS, I do enjoy wiring as well!)

I can see the light!

Well, more progress! I finished off the passenger side headlight assembly, along with the wiring and limit switches for it as well. I then added the headlight door covers/trims and just gave the grill a fit check to see how it all fit together... (please ignore the mess ! Ha ha..)
It fit ok, still needs some adjustments and all, but the doors swing freely at least !

Then onto finish off the relay wiring. I got some relay sockets and got it all wired up. I mounted it to the core support, just above where I have all the factory '99 fuse blocks. You can see on the core support pic, the circuit breaker I used just below the relays as well (need to get a nice cover for it, since it is always hot..)

They work perfectly now and overall was not bad converting them from vaccuum as the '69 would have used, to my own electric setup to work a ton better off of the '99 wiring/etc.

Here is a quick video of the headlights in action ! They work perfectly off the automatic function the '99 has as well (turn on when dark by themselves when car is running)

It's looking like a car even more now !!

Did some more work on the car and it's looking like an actual car now!
Mounting the front bumper and grill was first off. The grill mounts just as it would on any normal '69 RS, but the front bumper took some work, since the car has the late model front structure, there is no where to mount the stock '69 bumper brackets. So after a few hours of mocking up, I make up some thick wall tubing pieces that I welded onto the frame structure, and the foward '69 brackets bolt to them ! (the ones that bolt to the bumper, not the frame..they are in 2 pieces)
So got that all sorted out and buttoned up along with getting the grill and headlamps lined up (will have to come apart for paint of course, but wanted to make sure it would all sit nicely) and here it is !

And since it's been a while I decided to take it for a quick spin up and down the block and get some pics of it out in the light ! It sits abit high, but I will be adding some lowered coils springs and Global West rear control arms next up on the car!

And then after that, onto the power windows and door/quarter glass install.

The wheels are done !
I finally got around to picking up the custom wheels for the car and can't wait to get some tires and mounted on the car!. They are 18" x 8" and 18" x 9" polished outers with a brushed center for a unique look to them. Tire wise, going to go with 265/35-18 up front and 285/40-18 out back (or perhaps 295/35..still deciding) They look cool sitting on the garage floor for the moment at least!

After a fit check, they look great on the car!! Just need some tires now and they can go on for good. Need to order the lowering coil springs for the car too actually, so it will look and sit right..

Update ! Finally got the new tires and the wheels are on !

I went with Nitto 555's in 285/40-18 and 245/45-18 up front. They fit excellent and now that they are on, I was able to decide how much to lower the car..going to drop it 1.5" all around, just need to order the coil springs now (and will get the Global West rear control arms and panhard bar at the same time)
I also got the door glass today and power regulator kits, so time to start on that next !

More progress !

I am waiting on some suspension parts to arrive (Should just be a day or two, coming from Summit Racing) so meanwhile I started to fit some glass !
I have brand new door and 1/4 glass for the car (From Classic Industries where I have got all the other new parts for the most part) and as you can see, it comes as a great little kit and all complete. Here is one of the 1/4 windows...you get the glass, the chrome trim, weatherstrip, rollers, etc all assembled and ready to go along with the track itself.
I also am using the Electric-Life power window kit from Classic too, and the parts fit Perfectly !!

And here it is installed with the new power regulator and the glass in the car. Next up is the front doors.

The front will use all the orginal '99 wiring so the auto-down feature works,etc. I am just running new wiring to the rear 1/4 windows.

Some more updates today !
Got the trick billet window switches in ! Here is the dual one for the left-front spot, and have singles for the other windows. Didn't want a big 4 gang one on the front door, so the 1/4 windows have to be opened with switches near them.

Here is the completed new wiring and switch on the passenger side quarter. I left the bag the switch came in around it for now, save any scratches on it while working on the car still..

And with the rear done, onto the front! Here is the brand new driver side glass, that came complete with all new tracks, guides, etc. Also the Electric-Life power regulator. As in the rear everything fit perfect !

And after getting it all mounted, onto the wiring! As I mentioned before I am using the stock wiring as much as I can so the auto-down function will still work. After a test-run in the picture I cut off the factory window connector and wiring it up to the billet ones. And everything works perfectly now...auto down works, and goes up nice and smooth, just as it is in the pic, rolled up and ready to go !

Just have to do the passenger side now and tidy up abit of wiring here and there and that will be it for the windows all around. Will be adding the billet switches for the door locks too, but that will be pretty simple.

More progress!!

Today was the day to fix the car's altitude problem....so got my new Eibach lowering springs out, and removed the strut assembly from the car (along with the upper control arm) came out pretty simply actually..

Then after that I dug out my trusty coil spring compressor and took the spring/strut apart. Here you can see the difference in length from the factory SS coil spring to the new lowering one. And after that it was just a matter of putting it all back together and bolting it all back in. Was quite straight foward and did not take too long either !

Doing the rear was very simple, and didn't take hardly any time at all. Just jacked it up,support the body, unbolt the lower shock mount and sway bar mounts..then lower the diff down and the springs fall out ! After that I added the new Edelbrock adjustable panhard bar. (I am waiting on the Global West lower arms to come, so will do those later)
Here is the new panhard bar versus the factory one...

After that is was time for a test drive ! The car sits way better then it did, and I am quite happy with it's stance.

I am back finishing up everything under the dash now. The defroster ducting, mounts, etc came and I have made up a plenum chamber of sorts that the dash a/c vents will go to, and a smaller mount for the two hoses for the defroster as well..

Then I got a call that a part I ordered was ready to pick up, so took off this morning to Rancho Cucamonga and picked up a couple of boxes..

And look what I have to install next !

Should make the car abit more exciting! The installation manual is nearly 3/4" of an inch think and around 700 steps in total, so won't be an afternoon type of deal but during the next week I should get the stuff under the dash done and the supercharger on! I'll be posting plenty of pics of the install as well of course..

Just about finished under the dash now! I finally finished making up some duct pieces for the defroster. Sine the firewall is half '69 and half '99 the factory '69 defroster "Y" piece was not even close to fitting. So after alot of cutting, gluing, bending,etc I was able to make some up! Also had to make some small metal brackets to hold them to the firewall as well. Here is in progress on the left and ready to go on the right..

Then it was time to mount them up and run all the duct hose! You can see things are quite full under the dash (I removed the cluster to give me room to work, but it's back in now just fine) everything is under there and seems to fit well after alot of trial and error. Defrost hoses and the dash vent (a/c,etc) hoses all have a spot.

Just have a few other things to tie up under there tomorrow and then onto the supercharger install !!

Ok, started on the install today ! First up is a 'before' picture...

The instructions are very complete and well done so after unhooking the wiring for the injectors, throttle body,etc,etc and then removing the throttle body it was looking like this..

Then I went ahead and removed the rest of the hoses and connections I needed to and removed the intake manifold...here that, just freshly removed..

After totally cleaning the intake ports, and taping them up I went ahead and removed the knock sensors and valley tray. The Kenne Bell kit comes with a new billet valley tray and I installed that..

After that, just keep following along the instructions..there is still ALOT to do, but I am onto the next thing which is some harmonic balancer mods then onto pulley stuff...will start on that in the morning, along with more pics and updates as I go !

More progress !

After relocating/extending/modifing/etc some lines and wiring I was ready to bolt the lower intake/intercooler on. Here I have taken the supercharger off the base assembly getting ready (the black tape is to keep dirt out of everywhere of course)

And after getting everything ready, it's on and torqued down!

And after working on some hooking up some other things I went and and sat the supercharger just where it will go !

It sure looks great sitting on there !

The next thing up is to start on the intercooler cooler plumbing. It goes from the rear of the intake manifold, to a resovoir, then through the intercooler and a water pump then back again. (Air to water system it uses that is)
It looks like the intercooler will fit ok in front of the a/c condensor..

Now to just figure a way to route all the hoses without getting in the way of the RS (hide-a-way) headlights !
More progress pics soon!

Today's project was to figure out how to mount the intercooler, and how to route all the hoses and mount the pump for the water as well (water to air intercooler)
Along with having to fit everything in, I had to be sure and leave room for the headlight doors to move as well !
After finding a good spot for the intercooler that would give me room to have the hoses clear everything I made up some brackets, and got it mounted !

Another view..the brackets also attach at the bottom as well..

Here you can see the upper hose going to the intercooler, along with the short lower hose and the pump itself. I have figured out about what angle to mount the pump at and have run the hoses to where the reservoir will be as well !

Tommorow I will mount the pump, finish mounting the reservoir and move onto the wiring !

Been a while since I had time to update things (work has been really busy) but the car is up and running !

After working on the mounting of the brackets, idlers, alternator, power steering pump,etc I finally figured out a way to get everything to fit and line up nicely. Here is a picture after alot of trial and error where I ended up. I sliced the factory Corvette power steering pump/alternator bracket in half since there was no room to mount the alternator on it (it hit the shock tower) I was able to make a mount and run the alternator down on the bottom in a similar place to the original Camaro spot (but further back to match all the Corvette drive stuff)

After I was sure it was all going to line up perfectly (don't want to throw a belt of course!) I went ahead and pressed on the power steering pump pulley and got the belt routed in a way that seemed to work out nicely.

And after I was sure that all was well I went ahead and got the throttle body mounted, the mass air, throttle cable bracket,etc and after double checking everything it was about ready to fire!

And after mocking up an air filter it fired to life !

I was able to zip-tie open the waste gate and drove it down to get computer/dyno tuned as well! The cat convertors are abit plugged and will redo the head pipe with a larger diameter new one (the existing one is kinda squished) but the car should be right around 440ish rear wheel horsepower it looks like and very flat torque curve!

I'll get some video of the car on the road soon as I get a moment !

Some pics of how it sits now that it's all complete on the outside and most of the inside !

It's been a while since I've had time to update everyone on the car. Work has been flat out! But to bring everyone up to speed...
The car is now finished as far as mechanical stuff goes! Everything on it works great and the car drives,handles,and rides just like a late model Camaro (as it should!)
Just as was the plan from the begining, it was time to send the car off to Australia for paint and interior work now that I was done with everything else on it. So after a final check of everything on it, it was time to head off for the last time here in America!
Out of the garage and on the way to the warehouse I load containers at bound for Oz..

And here it is, sitting next to a genuine '69 RS we also shipped down to Oz awaiting to head inside the building and into the container!

And after loading in the '69 RS, another car, and a '64 Chevelle...got it ramped out and the '69/'99 Camaro was ready for it's spot.

And here we are...up inside and ready for the 3-4 week voyage to Melbourne.

So that is the end of the story on my project for now ! It was a heck of a build and came out better then I could have planned in the end. Hopefully everyone enjoyed following along with me as I went too. I will post some update photos as well once the car arrives in Melbourne and gets is coat of orange paint and it's orange houndstooth interior all done!

Now onto the next project for me.. my Holden Torana is now in the garage and I am getting ready to start on a LS-1 and 6 speed swap into it..along with some other nice additions. Stay tuned for a build page on it too soon!

 UPDATE TIME!

The car is all painted! The body work was done, everything was perfectly gapped and the car recieved it's coat of bright Orange.  It came out prefectly and is smooth as glass, stripes included.  The car just needs the grill putting back together (along with the hide-away lights put back together) and the interior will need doing now. Have all the orange houndstooth material ready to go, along with a bunch of original color orange vinyl for the rest.

And here it is in color....I will probably be over in Melbourne soon to help finish assembling the car and will post more pics of it then. Thanks for everyone following along so far !