...in with the new (70 Camaro)

[Hdesign]

So, I sold my 70 Nova project car earlier this summer but I will remain involved in it's future as a give-away car being built at Chop Shop Customs. Honestly, I hadn't touched the car since 06 primarily due to my lack of spare time. I decided it was time to find a solid DD that I could enjoy while I tinker and dream. I have big plans for this Camaro already including the development of some restyling parts.

Story on the new horse in the stable....

First I want to thank Tony (Yenkostyle) and Tom at Pass Performance (tom_a) for looking at some long distance runners up for me. I was going to make a move on another 70 in Colorado when this popped up about an hour from me.

I was told it was a FL car. It looks as though at least the quarters were replaced. In fact, it appears to be very solid all around as I only found surface rust here and there. It was originally a V8 car with a powerglide (which it still has and sucks by the way), came with Autumn Gold paint, black vinyl top with black interior. The Z wheels, spoiler and functional ram air hood scoop (of unknown origin) were obviously added since then. It looks like it was a nice little 94K mile car that got flipped by a shop where they added the orange pearl paint and dropped in a somewhat lame, rebuilt 350 with Edlebrock carb and intake, headers and dual Flowmasters.

Overall, it fit the bill for what I needed but it definitely needs work. D. seat is ripped, engine smokes a little, P.glide ('nuf said), weatherstripping is nasty and a bunch of other little items.

At some point, I'll take it apart and start over with some suspension, brake upgrades, modern drivetrain, and a whole new exterior and interior look. For now I'm just gonna enjoy driving a car instead of dreaming and piling our lawn furniture cushions on it. It'll be nice to drive something other than my 130K mile 00 Cav. It was really cramping my style! LOL

Enjoy the pix...

[radrambler]

benwhere is the rendering????
man when i clicked on this post i was thinking lets see what he has planned
for this beast...this should be a crazy rendering....

looks like a nice driver....with all of your connections you should be able to change things and make one helluva car...dse???
enjoy driving it.....cant wait to see it morf into what you want....

radrambler

[Tom.A]

Congrats Ben on the find. That looks like a much better driver than the gold one I looked at.

[Yenkostyle]

Ben, looks like a great find! Congrats, I am sure you have something big planed for it! Keep us posted...

[Hdesign]

Thanks guys, yeah, I'm very happy about the purchase. To be completely honest, I actually prefer the 70-73 Firebird styling a little but from a business perspective there are lots of opportunities for marketable improvements IMO. I'm going all out on this one when the time comes. There's no question 2nd gens are just starting to climb in popularity and I want to make a major impact with this one.

Renderings will come at some point, but after the Nova, I've learned not to show too much, too early. I'll be sure to keep everyone involved in the process though.

Not that I'm big on naming cars but I feel compelled to name this one for some reason. The very first name that came to mind was "Grudge" after one of my favorite Tool songs.

[96z28ss]

Interesting hood scoop.
Where have I seen one on those before. Is it from a FORD?

[Hdesign]

I haven't been able to figure out what it is since the first day I saw it. It most closely resembles a Ford scoop of some type but so far I haven't found an exact match.

[two68s]

It looks like a larger version of a Thunderbird scoop.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

"Tool " fan,your not so bad after all...ha ha

[Hdesign]

Jeremy I think you nailed it....59 or 60 Thunderbird hood scoop.

Here's a 60...