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Title: Another New Toy - 69 Camaro
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Published: Feb 29, 2012
Author: Me
Post Date: 2012-02-29 20:08:40 by We The People
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Somebody STOP ME! 1969 Camaro - not sure if it's a base coupe, RS, SS, Sport Coupe, etc. I'm hoping someone here will know something about it. It had, and comes with the original, numbers matching 307, but it currently has a monster 350 in it. It's been years since I drove a car as fast as this one. All emblems are gone. I do know it's an X11 car, but that's just a trim package. Wont know about the protecto plate till I get it home and look for it. Whatever it is, it WILL BE an SS, even if just a clone. I'll post pics when I get it home.
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#10. To: We The People (#0)
I not a camaro man but that's the nicest one they made. It looks better then most of the camaros I usually see in the rear view mirror of my mustang.
LOL! What?!? That 6 cylinder hatchback?!?
6's are for girls. I've got a fox body mustang with about 25K in mods. All my engine work was done by JBA racing in San Diego and that car is scary ass fast. Love to take it to the shop and watch the mechanics face when they pop the hood. It's got one bad ass engine and sounds so sweet, I could just sat and listen to it purr for hours.
Love to take it to the shop and watch the mechanics face when they pop the hood. It's got one bad ass engine and sounds so sweet, I could just sat and listen to it purr for hours. Very nice! Post some pics if you will. I'll get some photos of the motor today. Maybe even some video so you can hear it. The interior on this car is trashed. Some of the window, door, rear fender and wheel well trim is missing. I've got some of it to put back on but not all. I'm thinking blood red for this car. Or... should I go back original rallye green? What do you think?
You gotta go with the blood red. I painted my stang candy apple red and it's so sweet no color fits a bad ass ride better then red. I saw your comments about making the car an SS clone and I'd thought about making my fox a Fobra but decided in the end to make the car as plain as possible. Took off all the badges etc so it just looks like an average stang of the error. Thought i'd end up surprising some moronic tuner but then engine so sweet no ones ever tried to race me. Oh well, I'm way too old for that crap anyway. I envy you man, I was looking at your picture and wishing I could get my hands on that baby. It's going to be sweet.
Well, I wouldn't recommend envying me right now. Aside from the metal that needs cut out and welded back in at the rear shock mounts, I need to do the 4 wheel disc brake conversion, electronic ignition, install some new suspension parts - front coils, rear leafs, ball joints, etc., a mechanical fuel pump, a new fuel tank & lines, (there is currently a fuel cell and electric fuel pump in the trunk) a new shifter, complete new interior, new doors, new paint, blast the undercarriage and paint, new glass, tires and wheels, a sound system and a new console with gauges. And I'm sure there will be more that I haven't found yet. The engine was smoking a little. I hate the 'just getting started' part of a project. I'm a bit overwhelmed right now, especially when I start totaling all this up. I haven't done a project like this since the 80's.
You may need to replace the whole rear sub frame. When they get that rusted out they are almost rusted out the whole length. You can't weld to rust and even if you could clean all the rust away (which you can't because it is on the inside) the steel would be too thin to be strong enough. The good news is you can buy all that brand new,and can probably buy it cheaper than you could have it done IF you could find somebody you could trust to actually do it right if you weren't watching.
Yeah, I've been trying to ignore that possibility all morning. It just keeps getting better. Oh well, if it's gotta be, it's gotta be.
It just keeps getting better. Oh well, if it's gotta be, it's gotta be. Don't let it worry you. Like I said,you can now buy the whole thing brand new,and that takes all the worry out of pulling one from a junker and then having to worry about "how rusty is this thing inside" while having to have it straightened,blasted,painted,and installed. And like I said,you can probably buy a new one now and just paint and install it cheaper than you could have gone the old way,and not have to worry about inner rust or earlier repairs. Peace of mind is worth a lot when it comes to safety issues. After all,who wants to dump a year or more of work and 20+ grand in a car,only to see it skid sideways down the inteterstate as the rear end breaks free and leaves the car?
I've been searching for awhile now, but haven't found one. Got a source?
I'm not really into new cars like the late 60's stuff,but here are a bunch of links that should help you. search.yahoo.com/search? e...w&p=new+68+camaro+chassis I am mainly interested in 1926 to around 1956 Mopars,although I do have a 32 Ford 5 window coupe,a 34 Ford pu,and a 38 Ford Standard 2dr humpback sedan. I prefer original unrestored drivers,which is what the 38 is,but if I have to redo everything I go ahead and hot rod them. The 32 coupe has been a hot rod since the late 40's or early 50's and is a channeled and fenderless car. I now have a 409 to put in it. The 34 PU is a old stock-bodied hot rod that I'm putting a dual quad Y- block Ford into,and the 38 now has all Edelbrock high performance stuff on the original flathead,dual exhaust,glasspacks,and hydraulic brakes. I have no intention on changing anything on it that can't be changed back to original. It was already in light gray primer when I bought it,so I'm going to have to paint it anyway to preserve it. My 31 Plymouth coupe is a very nice older restoration,but I am putting a 6 carb DeSoto hemi and push-button 727 and 8-3/4 rear in my 33 Plymouh coupe and keeping the body stock. My 42 Dodge business coupe is keeping the original running gear but getting dual carbs,finned aluminum head,3/4 cam,and split exhaust with glasspacks. I'll probably nose and deck it and paint it a 50's pastel color. In case you can't guess,I'm into 50's and early 60's hot rods. Cars you can drive and have fun with.
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#21. To: calcon (#10)
I not a camaro man but that's the nicest one they made. It looks better then most of the camaros I usually see in the rear view mirror of my mustang.
#23. To: We The People (#21)
LOL! What?!? That 6 cylinder hatchback?!?
#26. To: calcon (#23)
6's are for girls. I've got a fox body mustang with about 25K in mods. All my engine work was done by JBA racing in San Diego and that car is scary ass fast.
#31. To: We The People (#26)
I'm thinking blood red for this car. Or... should I go back original rallye green? What do you think?
#41. To: calcon (#31)
I envy you man, I was looking at your picture and wishing I could get my hands on that baby.
#47. To: We The People (#41)
Aside from the metal that needs cut out and welded back
#48. To: sneakypete (#47)
You may need to replace the whole rear sub frame.
#49. To: We The People (#48)
Yeah, I've been trying to ignore that possibility all morning.
#51. To: sneakypete (#49)
Like I said,you can now buy the whole thing brand new
#53. To: We The People (#51)
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