69 Camaro new paint

[erc69ss]

I have been working on this car for 4 years now. It has a LS1 and T56 out of a 04 GTO. DSE subframe and quadra link.

[Spiffav8]

Love it!!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Vince@Meanstreets]

very nice, lets see some build pictures.

oh, welcome to the site.

[waynieZ]

Very nice !

[tmadden]

Super clean. Love the color

[Woodrow]

Very nice and similar to the color I went with on my 67. Mine was the Mazda Stormy Blue Mica. May I know what color your's is.

Woodrow.

[Streetking]

Very kool!

[tubbed69]

Very nice job,great color choice.show some more pics please:trophy-1302:

[Jay Hilliard]

Beautiful. What color is that? As stated already, we love pics. Welcome to Lat-G.

[Spiffav8]

very nice, lets see some build pictures.

oh, welcome to the site.

Right?! Member since 2012 and this is the first post? You've been holding out big time!!

Time for an intro and some build pictures. You know how it works around here.

:lol:

[tubbed69]

I just noticed you are also from WV,welcome to the site.

[erc69ss]

Thank you all for your replies. Your right I have been a member since 2012. I would always look at other builds getting ideas for mine. This is the first car I have built. The color is GM laser blue metallic. I have some of the build pics on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG4_TMhkFmo

[HBRod]

Beautiful color, as everyone has mentioned. Looks like a really nice ride. Good blend of various parts to make a cohesive project. Tail lamps l think are Marquez? How long di the build take? Any other ideas that you incorporated into your build we should know about?

I am a big fan of how the '69 RS looks. In my admittedly biased opinion the '68 and '67 headlamp covers lack the cool essence of the headlamp covers of the '69.

Any future plans yet, or are you just enjoying your ride for the moment?

Thanks for sharing,
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[erc69ss]

Beautiful color, as everyone has mentioned. Looks like a really nice ride. Good blend of various parts to make a cohesive project. Tail lamps l think are Marquez? How long di the build take? Any other ideas that you incorporated into your build we should know about?

I am a big fan of how the '69 RS looks. In my admittedly biased opinion the '68 and '67 headlamp covers lack the cool essence of the headlamp covers of the '69.

Any future plans yet, or are you just enjoying your ride for the moment?

Thanks for sharing,
Rodhttp://www.lateral-g.net/forums/images/smilies/thankyou.gif

Thanks for the compliments. The tail lights are actually just stock replacements, but they do look a little different true stock ones. I have been working on this car since Dec 2010. It is not done yet. It runs and I have done some test runs up the road and back and I can't believe how much power a stock LS1 has. But the interior needs to be done and the only exhaust on the car is headers and glass packs. I will get some more pictures on here as soon as get them organized.

[Rybar]

Nice car and thanks for posting

[erc69ss]

Right?! Member since 2012 and this is the first post? You've been holding out big time!!

Time for an intro and some build pictures. You know how it works around here.

:lol:

I bought this car on a cold night night back in Dec 2010. There it was tucked in the back of a garage. The guy said "It needs everything." He wasn't lying. Back then I had never heard of protouring or restomods or anything else like that. All I knew is I wanted another 69 camaro and I wanted it to drive and handle like my 94 Z/28. So this is what it looked like when I brought it home

[erc69ss]

So I started right away with the tear down. I replaced the floors first. It was amazing the how much bondo was in this thing.

[erc69ss]

Here is the original color rallye green. I was on the fence up until the week before it got painted green or blue.

[erc69ss]

At first I was just going to patch the quarters, but I thought full quarters would be better.

[erc69ss]

Then it was like Christmas in June. Then I went to look a rear end. The guy told me he had a 8.2 10 bolt for $50, I just need a rear so I could move the car. When I got it home I realized it was no 8.2 its a 8.5

[erc69ss]

Now since I found out I had an 8.5 I would use it. Before I got this rear end my daily driver a 04 silverado's rear came apart. I put an eaton posi in it, but I didn't like in the truck. So found out that eaton posi will fit in a 8.5 if you change the carrier bearings and its 30 spline.

[erc69ss]

New trunk floors and deep tubs.

[erc69ss]

I found this engine and trans out of an 04 GTO it only had 20K mi.

[erc69ss]

I had to take a big hammer to the trans tunnel to get this thing to fit

[erc69ss]

This is about 2 years into the build. It was fun back then.

[erc69ss]

I don't have a rotisserie, it would have made it easier. I just don't have the room.

[sleepertime]

:welder:

Wow... That looks like quite a project that you have had going on in your home shop. It looks great so far.
The way you posted with latest pictures and then you worked backwards...
Quite an accomplishment...

Keep up the updates.....

:flag2:

[erc69ss]

I actually got something done on the car and have new pictures. I ordered a cold air intake put it on and hated it. So I took it apart and used most of the stock GTO stuff. One thing it put the MAF way to close to the throttle body. I also put some of the exhuast on. I need to get tail pipes on, but I can't find anyone willing to touch it. One guy told me he would try, but it would be like $4000 and look like sh#@.