Ultimate Restorations 68 Camaro Coupe, DSE, ChassisWorks, and tons of Smoooothing

[ultimateauto08]

Hey guys, Just wanted to post up a few pics of one of our shops projects, Our 68 Camaro coupe. Were nuts about F-bodies here :nod: and have a bunch of them between me, and my employees and i wanted to share a little info of a car were building to make SEMA :chug: Heres a quick shot of one of our restoration bays at our shop ultimate Restoration (http://www.ultimaterestorationllc.com)( or camaro bays:D ) http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Convertible/car2123.jpg

Anyway we saved this 68 from decay, The car was literally laying in the mud and had trees growing in it, it sat that way for about 15 years. After getting it back to our shop we begain surgery on the car, We replaced every panel on the car, Both Quarters, The roof, Floors, ect ect, The only original metal on the car is part of the cowl. Heres the shell With some new metal on it and smoothed and recessed fire wall. http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/ultimatecamarohardtop.jpg

After hangin the quarters we layed the roof on the car, shaved the drip rails, And Added our Detriot Speed Deep tubs for some serious meat (sorry guys our old computer crashed, those pics are gone) and stuck the car on the lift to concentrate on the under carrage. http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/car2159.jpg http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/car2153.jpg

[ultimateauto08]

We wanted to do something diffrent with the underside of the car, and stand out at the shows, so we decided to smooth and box the whole underside of the car.http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/car2150.jpg

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[ultimateauto08]

We then Continued to box in and smooth the rear of the car. We figured this would be a good time to test out our new Rear Suspension. After looking at several setups for suspension, we decieded on a full Chris Alstons Chassis works suspension, Fab 9" Rear end, Wilwood brakes, and the VariShock Setup. We were Very pleased with their pieces in both fit And Finish. http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/car2030.jpg

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[ultimateauto08]

After Getting the Rear rails set, we smoothed our trunk floor and dropped it in, We also Smoothed out the inside of the rear valance, We want to make a BIG impression at SEMA and are gonna have a bunch of mirrors under this thing.

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[ultimateauto08]

After Test Fitting the rear suspension, we ripped everything back out. We wanted to go nuts under the car so we smoothed the entire undercarrage, all the floors, everything, this took tons of time, it will eventually be painted body color AND sanded and buffed.. We also smoothed the entire rearend housing
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[ultimateauto08]

Here are the floors, narrowed rear frame, and DSE tubs installed http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/Cars021.jpg

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[ultimateauto08]

We couldnt leave the front sub frame lookin unfinished compared to the slick rear end and floors. We got a nice big box from Chassisworks http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/car2056.jpg

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[ultimateauto08]

After everything was all shaved primed and smoothed we reinstalled the whole suspension to make sure everything still fit

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[ultimateauto08]

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[ultimateauto08]

Here she is with our other 68 convertible that were currently giving a makeover and loosing those ugly rims! http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/Cars204.jpg

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[Rod P]

:willy: I like it :unibrow: looks great! keep the updates coming!!

[cluxford]

Love it, awesome build. What will it be running ?

I've smoothed mine off too, absolutely love that clean lines look

[waynieZ]

Nice work it looks great. What color is the convertable??

[WSSix]

man the underside is going to look great. That's some serious time involved in that area. Keep it up.

[Richio1]

yeah, that is going to be one sweet ride...keep the posts and pictures coming!

[214Chevy]

When it's done, I'll bring the steaks. Because we're going to be able to eat off the bottom of it.:rofl: :rofl: It's going to be killer!!:lateral:

[ultimateauto08]

Rear end and brakes are in http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/1968%20Chevy%20Camaro%20Coupe/Cars1134.jpg

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Im gonna make a rebuild thread of the orange convertible some time today or tom. Keep an eye out!

[syborg tt]

Car looks great - keep posting those updates