68 Camaro update:

[almcbri]

Here is my 68 Camaro progress thread. I bought this car when I 17 in 2002 and have been slowly making a little progress on her, but it should be finished one of these days!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/1968%20Camaro/391611-R1-16.jpg
How it looks now:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/1968%20Camaro/0136947-R1-032-14A.jpg


More pictures: Project Old School http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/ (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/)
Engine
5.7 LS1 painted chevy orange
Camshaft
K&N Air Filter
Corvette Fuelie Fuel Rail Covers (orange w/silver letters)
carshopinc. motor mounts
Dynatech Long tube Headers
modified f-body oil pan
MSD plug wires
stock accessories powdercoated black
Lokar throttle cable, mount and gas pedal
Transmission
T56:
fabricated crossmember
Interior:
4th gen camaro bucket seats recovered in houndstooth
stock black interior appearance
autometer gauges/ Covan Dash bezel
Vintage A/C
Color:
Lemans Blue exterior w/ white Z28 Stripes
Gloss Black dupont interior
30% semi gloss underhood black engine bay and misc. parts
Body:
seamless panels
smoothed firewall
Rhinolined underbody & trunk
Suspension:
Tubular UCA's & LCA's
Stock frame (rewelded and smoothed)
Speedtech-Performance tie rod sleeves
Homemade tubular subframe connectors
Homemade rear frame rail brace
Hotchkis coil springs
Addco 1-1/8" sway bar
Monroe Sensa-trac shocks
3:23 posi rear...will change to 4:10
Hotchkis rear leaf springs
1" drop blocks
C5 front & rear disc brakes
Wilwood black 7/8 tandem master
Wilwood adjustable proportioning valve
Speedtech-performance disc brake conversion
Moog idler arm, tie rods
Wheels & Tires:Vintage Wheel works V-40's
Front - 18x8
Rear - 18x9.5
275/40/18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A
245/40/18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A
Misc. Parts:
3" exhaust w/ x-pipe (undecided on mufflers)
LED tailights
95 Caprice poly tank w/ Homemade mounts & fuel pump access cover.
Custom engraved Chevrolet billet battery tray

[XcYZ]

Cool, progress! Sorry, I can't relate. :lol:

Where do you live? Is it rural?

[kennyd]

Here are a few updates on my 68 camaro. The next step is to jamb the car and send it to paint. Winning Blue is the color I chose. It is from a new Mazda RX8. Here is my battery tray I am working on but I am still trying to figure a different way to attach the hold downs on top.
http://photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/

Also I am building an 18' car hauler. I used 5" Channel to build the frame and set the cross braces on 2' centers. I am adding 4 wheel brakes to the axles and also a rock shield. http://photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/Other%20Projects/

Also some of this may interest you guys who go to the lake:
Here is some pictures of my 83 Ski Nautique. I just got the interior finished up. http://photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/Ski%20Nautique/





now i know who i can barefooting with , i had a mastercraft till a year ago . do you have a barefoot boom ? i have one left over from mine you can have it if you will use it .

[almcbri]

Scott,


It is rural I guess you could say! N. Oklahoma. Our Wal-mart is the only one you can walk in and see all 4 walls of the store-Literally. The closest house is about a mile away. The closest movie theater is 38 miles. I wouldn't trade any of it, a 400 acrea yard to grow up in. You can't ever say you are bored out here. There is always cows to feed, fences to fix and plenty of other work.

-I actually had a conversation with someone awhile back that was from a large city and I asked what in the heck do you guys do? She laughed and said what the heck do you do out there.

[almcbri]

do you have a barefoot boom ? i have one left over from mine you can have it if you will use it .

Kenny,
I have always wanted to learn to barefoot. I would defintely use it. I am going to build a Skyline pole this spring. I have a few friends who barefoot but I never have got a chance to try it out. When I get the engine finished up we may have to drag it up to the lake and do some skiing. How does the pole attach?

[Steve1968LS2]

Sort of a strange place to mount a battery, but I am sure you know what you are doing ;)

Seriously.. nice to see progress.. That's a nice blue you chose :thumbsup:

[srh3trinity]

Nice Nautique, very clean resto, I have spent many hours behind the wheel of one of those. You should check out www.planetnautique.com or www.the2001.com if you haven't already found them. If you like wakeboarding you should check out wakeworld.com

[hotwheels]

right on man, awesome progress

[Musclerodz]

Looks good. You need to drive it down after you finish it up. Who did you decide to get to paint it?

Mike

[almcbri]

Sort of a strange place to mount a battery, but I am sure you know what you are doing ;)

Steve, haven't you heard that above the Right front tire gives you better performance in the corners? :lol:

Looks good. You need to drive it down after you finish it up. Who did you decide to get to paint it?

Mike

Darren and Les Webb at Perry Paint & Body are doing the paint work. I am going to set in and help and also try to not get in the way. They do great work and have been really helpful in answering my rookie questions.

I don't know when I will ever have it complete, but when I get it finished up I will drive it down. I still got a lot of work to do.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I look forward to seeing paint on the car.

[awr68]

Very cool Andrew...I know it's been a long time coming!! Can't wait to see some pics of her painted!! Yeah I'm jealous!!

[almcbri]

Well today I got some work done on the frame. I had already assembled and painted the frame once before and it looked good, but I didn't like the gloss black and I found a hairline crack in the frame.

I blasted it back down, rewelded all the seams and then smoothed it out. I shot a coat of etch primer today and then sprayed some gray primer this evening.

I should have done some close up shots, but this is where I am at. I decided to tape off arms and leave them installed so I didn't beat up the frame re-installing them.

More updates soon...it has been awhile since I have added anything! I am going to start fabbing up some homemade subframe connectors based off of the Hotchkis ones and hopefully get those installed along with the frame. I am trying to get all my ducks in a row before starting to paint the body.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/1968%20Camaro/DSC01309.jpg

[awr68]

Looks good!!! :thumbsup: Going with a semi-gloss black this time?

[almcbri]

Looks good!!! :thumbsup: Going with a semi-gloss black this time?

Yep, eastwood underhood black with 20-30% gloss. I am using the same paint for my firewall and misc. parts. I think the low gloss looks good and makes the engine more of the focus. Kinda going for the look of Stuarts blue 69 DSE car.

I am practicing as much as I can on painting the small parts so when it comes time to shoot the car I will be more comfortable with the gun. I hope my how to books and videos pay off!! :lol:

[awr68]

I love the look that you are going for....and yes Stuart's blue car is awesome!

Keep on painting....you can do it!!

[almcbri]

Yesterday I painted the frame. Today I assembled some of the parts. I shot a coat of primer on the hubs, spindles, and tie rods today. I will try and get those painted next week. Next, I will finish assembling the C5 brakes on the front.


Finally...making some progress :woot:

[awr68]

Looks great! Nice to see all the progress!! :thumbsup:

[almcbri]

I need to get better at updating this thing!
A few small updates. I purchased an LS1 from a 98 Z28 w/ 68K. I always wanted an LS1 and now I got one! The wife helped me tear the motor down and we got it back and reassembled in a weekend. Looks to be a solid motor.
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Plans for the motor:
Thunder Racing 230/224/111 cam w/ comp. springs and new rods
LS6 intake
ported LS1 throttle body
paint the block, heads chevy orange.
paint the stock f-body accessories black
paint the LS6 intake a cast color
I am also going to run the corvette fuelie style fuel rail covers and they will be orange w/ silver script on them. (kinda an old school theme)
Long tube headers (undecided)
carshopinc. plates
f-body oil pan modification-got a friend at a machine shop going to do this.
Here is a before an after photo. We still gotta a little more work to do to get it the way I want it.

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I also picked up this battery tray from a guy off of ebay that is custom making these: pretty cool I thought and not bad for $45
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I also picked up an all black wilwood (http://www.wilwood.com/) billet style 7/8 master cylinder and a few new trim pieces for the exterior of the car.
I still am searching for a few grille pieces and after that I should have everything to make the car appear complete from the outside.

My goal is to get the car looking complete on the outside by the time we move into our house so I can do all the wiring, interior in my home garage. Right now the car is still in my parents shop and I work on it when I go up there. Now that I am FINALLY almost finished with school I will be working full time and have a little more money to spend on the car to get her finished up.

Next step:
-finish aligning the front sheetmetal
-paint the firewall
-Install the LS1
-Get Ready for Lemans blue paint with Z28 Stripes

slow progress...but its progress

[waynieZ]

Nice job its all looking good.

[almcbri]

Here is another small update. I painted the LS1 block chevy orange, painted all the bracketry & accessories a low gloss black, and painted the fuel rail covers.

I am thinking about painting the "corvette script" orange also, but I like it silver too. What do you guys think?

The intake will be painted next, it will be the aluminum paint color like thats on the fuel rail covers.

I plan to port the stock throttle body this weekend, get the pan cut and sent off to be tigged. I know some people may not like the painted aluminum block, but I am going for an old school theme and I wanted something different.

I will give another update once I get the covers on. I am sure having fun with this thing. :D
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/1968%20Camaro/DSC01098.jpg

[dmc69]

Covers look nice.... I think the "corvette" in aluminum color is the best look :thumbsup:

[PG69]

I vote to not paint the script. They look great the way they are pictured.

[almcbri]

My father helped me this past weekend on my car. We got the LS1 in the camaro. There hasn't been a motor in the car in almost 8 years, so it was nice to see more of the car coming together!
Also, I installed a set of bolt in subframe connectors that I bought used off of craigslist. They needed a little welding and paint, but they are finally in.
I am going back and triple checking all my bolts and hopefully before too long I can purchase a T56 for the car.
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Next, we will get the 94' poly caprice tank re-installed.

[almcbri]

I just picked up a T56 6 speed out of an 02 SS Camaro with 90K. :woot:
I am excited to see this thing taking shape.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/1968%20Camaro/DSC01631.jpg
After a little scrubbing!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/1968%20Camaro/DSCF2170.jpg
I have a buddy who is going to let me take some measurements off of his crossmember so I can get one fabbed up. More updates soon!

[awr68]

Very cool stuff...I'm excited for ya!! :woot:

[almcbri]

New seats and seat covers!
A friend gave me a set of powered 4th gen seats and before too long these new innovator seat covers will be going on them. I love these seat covers.
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[almcbri]

When I arrived home I found these on my door step! Dynatech LS1 headers!
Thanks to my discount I picked them up for $367.50!

I can't wait to get them on! :D
I just spoke with a guy local who is going to build my harness and do my ecm tune. Hopefully after 2 months of gathering parts and a little work we will be able to hear it run.
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[almcbri]

I picked a true BV coded 68' camaro 4:10 posi last night. I can't wait to get it cleaned up and painted. I now have exactly what I wanted in my drivetrain with the LS1,T56, and new 12 Bolt. :woot:

LS1 rear brakes will be my next order of business.

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[CrossRamRich]

Nice score!! If you still need a crossmember , I had good luck with this company for the T56.http://www.transmissioncenter.net/raptor_x_crossmember.htm
I used it in a 67 camaro. Pretty cool part. Gonna be a nice car! Happy new year!:cheers:

[almcbri]

Made some progress on my Camaro this weekend. Two car buddies helped me get all the panels lined up. We ended up welding the passenger door to get the gaps right. Those reproduction fenders required a lot of massaging. I am sure happy with how it turned out! The gap on the fender to door were right around 0.290". Luckily we had an original sheetmetal car to take measurements from.


Next step will be blocking, blocking, and some more blocking....

Hopefully in a couple of months I will have this thing jambed in and ready for re-assembly.

Going on 9 years with this car and I sure would like to see wearing some blue paint. Sorry for the I-phone pictures. I forgot to bring my digital camera. :D

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[KPC67]

Looking good Andrew,
I can relate, I too farm in a small town, and have been working on my car for six years:(
Great to see you making some progress though.
:thumbsup:

[almcbri]

Today I fabbed up a steel bottom bracket for the ls1 radiator. I am going to have a friend of mine recreate the steel one I made in aluminum. I cut the factory plastic brackets off. I am going to add a cover plate for the top, clean up the fans and it should work good and look good.

Also, the 12 bolt is ready to go back in.
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[almcbri]

Yesterday morning I took the car to a friends shop to help me make some final adjustments to the car. We are going to shoot the dash, firewall, and jambs at his shop and reassemble there. I am trying to keep my cost down at the painters that way they can roll it in scuff and shoot the base/clear. I am going to do the cut and buff
Myself. The t56 is going for a rebuild next week, engine should be ready to roll by the end of next week. My harness is being built by a local guy www.chevythunder.com and it should be done in a few weeks.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/560e05e8.jpg

The only thing I am going to change is painting all the brackets the low gloss black and once I port the throttle body I will paint it black.

[almcbri]

I Jambed the car last weekend. I got the firewall and core painted this weekend. Clutch kit and slave is ordered, ls1 radiator is getting some aluminum brackets welded. T56 is going to the shop this weekend for a rebuild. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/74774274.jpg
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[70rs]

Looks great Andrew. I like the blue you used. What is that from? Or is it a custom mix?

[almcbri]

Looks great Andrew. I like the blue you used. What is that from? Or is it a custom mix?

Thanks, it is the 69' camaro lemans blue metallic UU code.

Here is my LS1 camaro radiator. I have little to nothing in it. I think it turned out great! A friend of mine welded up these brackets for me.
I wanted something that was stout and wouldn't give me any problems in the future. This guys welding is amazing. He also added the top plate to cover the channel on the stock LS1 camaro radiator. I am using some windshield wiper rubber mounts to mount it. This is going to work great. I haven't mounted it yet. I am planning on doing that tommorow evening.

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Dynatech headers fit with the stock location car shop plates! I had to pull the power steering box and reinstall but their is good clearance. I had to grind a small corner of the SBC motor mount, other than that, it is a simple fit.

[waynieZ]

Its coming along great, I like the color. The headers look like they fit really well.

[tones2SS]

Great progress.

[almcbri]

I got a few parts in that I have been dreaming about for quite some time. My dakota digital vhx gauges look awesome and I can't wait to see them lit up.
Last weekend I got my 12 bolt and LS1 brackets/backing plates installed. Tobin with Kore3 fixed me up with some new rear brake lines. Unfortuntely the salvage yard LS1 camaro rotors that came with my rear brakes are not useable, so I will be buying a new set. Once I finish up a few things with the motor I am going to start plumbing brake and fuel lines.

I mocked up the kwik performance bracket. Very nice bracket and I would recommend it to anyone. I actually will be selling one that came with my new vintage air kit.
My 18" V40 vintage wheel works and nitto 555's should be ready any day now, thanks to Jon at Driverz inc. I can't wait to get them on. Great company and great service.
The t56 should be ready next week. I am going to convert my TH400 x-member and try to save some money instead of buying one. The S & P ones are not too impressive and the speedtech/ATS one is a bit out of my range right now. The LS1 harness and main American autowire harness is ready to be installed. I have never wired a car before and this is probably going to be my biggest challenge.
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[almcbri]

A long 6 weeks but well worth the wait! My vintage wheel works 18" V40's w/ Nitto 555's.
I have always loved these wheels ever since I came across Carl C's 68 camaro.

The car is slammed in the front! I will be adding new front springs since they are hotchkis springs that have been trimmed. They work great on stock A-arms but my tubular arms have deeper pockets and the car is too low.
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[DIGI-TAILS]

nice progress!!! good luck!!! :)

[72Z/28]

Awesome built, really like how you smoothed the firewall:thumbsup:

Is it the 16 or 20 gauge sheet metal that you used for the firewall? Also do you have a photo of the firewall before installing the sheet metal on the firewall?

Thanks

[waynieZ]

Your making some nice progress. The color looks great and I love those wheels.

[CAMAROBOY69]

Your Camaro is coming along real nice and its exciting to hear your updates. :) We are also going to be running the Vintage racing wheels so its nice to get an idea of what they look like actually bolted onto a car.

[almcbri]

I got the fuel line and brake lines ran. I am going to have to modify the fuel line for my LS1 Fuel pump filter/regulator and for the flex hose running to the motor.

Tonight I dropped the car on all four wheels. I purchased Moog coil springs and will probably take an additional 1/4 or 1/2 coil off when its all said and done, but they might settle a little more. These are the springs that David Pozzi recommends on his site. I still need to finish plumbing the rear flex lines and getting the front disc brakes on. I have the under dash going where it needs to go and installed the gauges last weekend. Those Vhx gauges are awesome. The LS1 wiring has still got me lost and I hope to find someone local who has done the swap to help me get on the right track and make sure that I am doing everything right. Wiring has been a little challenging but the American Autowire Kit is really a nice kit and comes with some nice diagrams.
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[KPC67]

Great job, I missed the last couple of updates. You have made some very nice progress:thumbsup:

[almcbri]

I cut up a th400 x member and added some plate metal on the bottom. With the trans mount and the factory locations it's right at 4-5 degrees.
I have to take it to my dads shop to weld it up. My little mig is only good for tacking.

I used the car shop motor mounts. I will have $20 in the x member when done. Took me about 3 hours this evening. Mainly because of my lack of tools!
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[almcbri]

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Today, I installed the Ididit column, power steering box and hooked the steering linkage back up. Also, I added oil to the motor. The ididit column went in fairly easy. I had to loosen the dash bolts and do a little work to get the column brackets to line up. I am having some power steering lines built and hopefully will have the fuel lines finished up in the next few weeks. My wife and I had our first 7 weeks ago. He has been keeping me pretty busy lately.
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[Sonar Chief]

Very nice progress :thumbsup: :thumbsup: I like the rims and that blue is awesome!!!!
Congrats on the new member :cheers:

[Spiffav8]

That's a good looking kid right there. Congratulations.

Car's looking good to.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[awr68]

Congrats on the first born! There's nothing like it!
Car looks good too!!

[waynieZ]

Congratulation's on the new car guy! I like the shirt. Nice progress on the car.

[almcbri]

Thanks Guys! He is a lot of fun.

I worked on the fuel lines tonight and I have came up with a budget fuel line set-up for fuel injection. I purchased some nylon fuel line that is commonly used on GM EFI cars today. If GM uses them, I would think are reliable and have been used on cars for quite awhile now. I spent a total of $102 for 3/8 line, 5/16 line and fittings.

$102 fuel line and fittings
$32 99+ Corvette fuel filter regulator from Rock Auto
$12 3/8 to 3/8 push connect fitting to connect to the fitting to the fuel filter/regulator.
$75 255 Walbro Fuel Pump
$60 94-96 Caprice Tank and sending unit (salvage yard)
$8 Fuel Line rubber clamps from Lowes
I am planning on buying a new sending unit just to be on safe side. They run $120 from rockauto.

Pretty reasonable and hopefully reliable factory style set-up. If anyone has any concerns or has had problems with this set-up let me know.

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[CarlC]

There's three main concerns with using the plastic lines:

1) The proper installation of the fittings to the line (using the dedicated tool is best.)

2) Routing the lines far away from heat sources.

3) Not inducing a permanent bend by heating the tubing (i.e. the hot water trick.)

There are some connectors out there that are really nice but have not leaked down to the aftermarket yet. The parts used on the new GM cars have an o-ring on the sealing barb and a very good double security locking mechanism.

[almcbri]

Thanks for the reply Carl.

I am almost done with my power steering lines.
I am still waiting on my 11/16x18 fitting for the supply side. The hoses were made at Napa. They are made with 5000 psi hose which is overkill but they will serve just fine.
I used a metric fitting that converted to a 5/8 fitting.
They ran me right at $90

M16x1.5 fitting that converts to 5/8. This was used on the ls1 pump side.
11/16x18 supply: 27" of hose + fittings and 90 degree 3/8 steel tube.
5/8x18 return: 17" in length of hose + fittings to connect to ls1 barb on pump.

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[almcbri]

My 68 was dropped off yesterday for paint! I can't wait to see it painted. :woot:

10 year project and I am finally getting on the down hill side. Pictures will be coming soon!

[cencalc6]

congrats! :cheers:

[almcbri]

The car has been in the paint shop all summer and in the last month they have started working on it quite a bit. I think I might see it back in a month or less.
They ended up blowing the front sheetmetal back apart and re-working for a better fit. I thought everything was lining up pretty well but I am really excited about how much better everything is fitting.

I have been organizing the garage a little bit and getting all my parts in order for re-assembly. I even got one seat recovered.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/692775cf.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/fa53f81a.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/304ee24d.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/c6a1ec93.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/32cb233c.jpg

[waynieZ]

It looks good, nice to see the light at the and of the tunnel!

[coolwelder62]

I'm really liking the OEM style fuel line's.cool project.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[WSSix]

The seats look good. I don't think houndstooth will ever go out of style.

[almcbri]

The 68' is wearing a new shade of primer! The car will be jambed this week. Its slow progress but its progress.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/6084C80B-D4F9-4D07-8E0E-946FD8973C15-497-0000004E400C0EE8_zps08653e40.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/836D2951-A059-4B19-9A6F-AE065B2BD38F-497-0000004E7B6906C5_zpse456ac3f.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/4E475EC7-6616-4F61-BA24-7E93AB37356C-497-0000004E47851E13_zps746cac16.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/EC9C164C-20BF-4E75-A5C8-F13335CE6397-497-0000004E317CD497_zps600c5c92.jpg

[almcbri]

The 68' camaro is painted. The body shop did a fantastic job. I can't wait to get it back to the shop!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/22319950-5149-492E-B8AA-01716FCA7B6B-491-0000005F674EBC1D_zps2b5bef6d.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/F939CC6F-58CF-4A1D-AA83-3965D632F7E6-491-0000005DEAB017AF_zps56aaca3c.jpg

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http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/30E9029C-0E3D-4E35-B712-1F7B5C0C50D4-491-0000005DE1B40FEA_zpscef9188f.jpg

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[Spiffav8]

Very nice!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[waynieZ]

I agree Very Nice!

[almcbri]

I got the car back from the paint shop along with my custom metal cooler. I have already started installing all the exterior hardware. I can't wait to get it going. I have decided it is time to install new axles and seals on the 12 bolt. I am still a ways from having it up and running but it is getting there!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/A16D6936-9114-48A7-91AD-35E74D6021FD-511-00000096D1003207_zps078eceb7.jpg
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http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/almcbri/C3B08EAE-02E2-4262-B23D-969B4E09C056-511-00000096CAF19E44_zpsa9caf13f.jpg

[tubbed69]

That looks great,paint sure looks slick

[WicKeD_SS]

Wow Car looks great! :cheers: Is that color Lemans Blue?? seams way darker, love the color.

[214Chevy]

Shiny like a new nickel.

[Greg from Aus]

Looks great and the cooler is a nice touch.

Greg

[almcbri]

Wow Car looks great! :cheers: Is that color Lemans Blue?? seams way darker, love the color.

Thanks. It is lemans blue but I agree it does look darker then the lemans blue cars I have seen! I couldn't be more happy with the color.