st83
12-09-2013, 03:41 PM
Hello all from cold as *%#^ Winnipeg Manitoba! Well after being a long time lurker and looking over all of the beautiful builds on here I figured it was time for me to post up my project I am starting on. It's going to be another 69 Camaro (I figured there wasn't enough of them on here haha!).
My love for cars, and Camaro's in particular started how most do... My dad taking me to drag races, and dirt track races as a kid. Once I turned 18 I managed to purchase my first "Muscle car", a 1991 Camaro. I placed the muscle car in quotations as you all know with a whopping 205hp 305 TPI it lacked any sort of muscle! I had this car for a few years, doing small modifications until life took over, marriage and kids came along and the car got sold. It was always my dream to own a 69 Camaro, and now, I'm able to live that dream!
I was scouring the for sale adds on the old interweb as I always do, and there it was! A 69 Camaro with a built 383, th350, 10 bolt rear end and solid body with zero rust for $17500! I quickly responded, went down with cash on hand and took it home for $15000! That was two years ago.
Fast forward to today and I am finally starting on my project that I have been dreaming about since I was 16 years old! The car will be pro touring and I have named the car "Indecisive". The reason for this is simple, I can never decide exactly what I am going to do until I've ordered the parts and can't go back! One day I was mini tubbing, next day not, one day it was going to be yellow with blackstipes, next day red with gray hockey stripe and so on! But I've finally started to make up my mind. The build will commence May 2014 when it goes to the bodyshopy so up until then I will be in full parts collecting mode! The car will feature the following:
- stock front subframe with Speedtech control arms and ridetech coil overs
- Speedtech torque arm rear with Ford 9"
- Brakes are Wilwood 12.19" front and rear rotors with 6 pison calipers in the front and 4 in the rear
- Wheels are Boyd Coddington HR-99, 20x12 rear and 19x8 front with 345/25/20 and 245/35/19 nitto Invo tires
- Fesler billet trunk hinges, hood hinges, door handles, body mounts, driving lights, door jam vents, and fender braces
- Ringbrothers Razor hood and side vents
- Custom front valance
- Custom rear diffuser
- Bumpers smoothed and tucked, drip rails shaved, and flush mount glass installed
- Car will be painted a dark green color (Same as Reactor built by Ringbrothers)
- engine will be a 5.3 LS with roughly 500hp at the crank with a 6 speed transmission (got the engine for free, so can't complain!)
I will be doing all the work myself, aside from the metal work and bodywork (Tyler Scarfe from HPI customs will be helping me with the custom work, but he doesn't know it yet ;) )
The car is being built on a budget... This is by know means a big budget build! I have attached a picture of the car in it's current state, and will continue to update as parts roll in and work gets completed!
My love for cars, and Camaro's in particular started how most do... My dad taking me to drag races, and dirt track races as a kid. Once I turned 18 I managed to purchase my first "Muscle car", a 1991 Camaro. I placed the muscle car in quotations as you all know with a whopping 205hp 305 TPI it lacked any sort of muscle! I had this car for a few years, doing small modifications until life took over, marriage and kids came along and the car got sold. It was always my dream to own a 69 Camaro, and now, I'm able to live that dream!
I was scouring the for sale adds on the old interweb as I always do, and there it was! A 69 Camaro with a built 383, th350, 10 bolt rear end and solid body with zero rust for $17500! I quickly responded, went down with cash on hand and took it home for $15000! That was two years ago.
Fast forward to today and I am finally starting on my project that I have been dreaming about since I was 16 years old! The car will be pro touring and I have named the car "Indecisive". The reason for this is simple, I can never decide exactly what I am going to do until I've ordered the parts and can't go back! One day I was mini tubbing, next day not, one day it was going to be yellow with blackstipes, next day red with gray hockey stripe and so on! But I've finally started to make up my mind. The build will commence May 2014 when it goes to the bodyshopy so up until then I will be in full parts collecting mode! The car will feature the following:
- stock front subframe with Speedtech control arms and ridetech coil overs
- Speedtech torque arm rear with Ford 9"
- Brakes are Wilwood 12.19" front and rear rotors with 6 pison calipers in the front and 4 in the rear
- Wheels are Boyd Coddington HR-99, 20x12 rear and 19x8 front with 345/25/20 and 245/35/19 nitto Invo tires
- Fesler billet trunk hinges, hood hinges, door handles, body mounts, driving lights, door jam vents, and fender braces
- Ringbrothers Razor hood and side vents
- Custom front valance
- Custom rear diffuser
- Bumpers smoothed and tucked, drip rails shaved, and flush mount glass installed
- Car will be painted a dark green color (Same as Reactor built by Ringbrothers)
- engine will be a 5.3 LS with roughly 500hp at the crank with a 6 speed transmission (got the engine for free, so can't complain!)
I will be doing all the work myself, aside from the metal work and bodywork (Tyler Scarfe from HPI customs will be helping me with the custom work, but he doesn't know it yet ;) )
The car is being built on a budget... This is by know means a big budget build! I have attached a picture of the car in it's current state, and will continue to update as parts roll in and work gets completed!