Restification Finished w/videos - Page 6

I finally got another Camaro. It took a while to sell my GN, but I got good money for it, and I know it went to a good home where it'll be well taken care of. I picked up the Camaro on August 26th, 2007, and trailered it home. I nicknamed it "The Ghost" because its sort of the ghost of my first car, a 1977 Camaro Type LT. It'll never suffer the same fate as my first Camaro though (scrapped it).

Pics of it as-purchased:

Dirty Engine:

Clean Interior

After the restoration:

I's not fast by any stretch of the imagination, but for a mildly modified car, it goes OK. With the mods & weight reduction stuff I did in 2009, it might run 14's. With the Quadrajet, it actually gets decent gas mileage. The best parts about it are that its a 4-speed car (Borg-Warner Super T-10), and a '70 Camaro 12-bolt rearend. I've never had a manual trans car before, and now I know how fun it is to drive a hot rod with one! I knew that I'd eventually be putting a lot of power into the car, and would probably put one in anyway, so the fact that it has a 12-bolt saves $$$ from having to buy a Moser or Strange rearend.

In the spring 2010, I'm gonna do the interior over in black & grey (similar the the GN), with a full set of Auto Meter gauges in a custom gauge bezel, and a Kenwood/MTX audio system. In the next few years its gonna get a new engine, an overdrive manual trans, and lower gears with aftermarket axles in the rearend. The goal is to get it to run 11's, since going 10's would require a rollbar, which I have no interest in putting in this car. Street car only...but a fast one.

The car is 99% steel (no filler except for a little on the lower rear valence!), which is good because I HATE doing bodywork, but I've always wanted to try painting a car. Right now the white paint is in great shape for being 12 year old PPG Deltron, but eventually it'll need a new coat. When that happens, it'll get changed to a dark metallic metallic color: green ('69 Camaro Fathom Green or '94 Camaro Polo Green), blue (2007 Pontiac Torrent Blue Streak Metallic), or some shade of red I haven't decided on yet. The idea of a dark metallic red '77 Type LT really has me tempted (see page 4 for the reason why!).

Check back for more pics & updates! Don't forget to sign my guestbook!

Page 1: The Story
Page 2: Mods & Plans
Page 3: Pics w/Convo Pros & Hoosiers
Page 4: The Inspiration – Why I sold my GN and am building this car
Page 5: Restification Progress Reports - Page 1
Page 6: Restification Progress Reports - Page 2
Page 7: My '05 Z71 Tahoe 4x4 & Miscellaneous Stuff