Sunday, May 31, 2009


Here the main part of the car and my favrite the pride and joy.

Here is the interior.

The project


My 1967 Camaro is a running, driving automobile. What a blast! There is absolutely nothing so rewarding as rumbling down the street in a car you've brought to life with your own hands. You and this previously inanimate object share a surprisingly intimate bond--you've touched its every nut and bolt, you know its weaknesses and strengths.

Wheels


My favorite part is now befor you give the final product you go buy some cool looking accesories like a pair of amercan racing rims with some nice goodear tires for the real american muscle look

Interior


Well, there's a little more to it than that. I started with the dashboard—which had already been sprayed the proper semigloss black. I cleaned up the stock gauges, reset the odometer to zero and reinstalled the instrument panel.

While I was in that corner, I put new pads on the brake and throttle pedals, new knobs on the dash controls and a reproduction urethane dash pad across the top edge of the dash. I also installed reproduction sun visors, a reproduction interior rearview mirror and the chrome trim that covers the inside of the windshield pillars.

I also got a modern radio with a faceplate and controls that replicate the original, a model  with AM/FM/cassette stereo and built-in 40-watt amplifier. We fit a pair of small stereo speakers beneath the stock dashtop 6 x 9-in. cutout, and a pair of Pioneer  3-way speakers in the trunk 


The first step was to gently clean off the inevitable overspray on the wheel wells, hood hinges and other conspicuous spots. I used just a dab of lacquer thinner on a clean, soft shop towel for gentle cleaning. I was careful not to touch the fresh paint on our car--modern lacquers stay soft and they easily scratch for weeks after painting. I also padded our lift posts with plastic bubble pack to keep from inadvertently chipping the car doors when opened. Then I started final assembly by threading new wiring harnesses from the firewall forward to the headlights and back to the taillights.


Thursday, May 28, 2009

When you get it back !!


Now the fun begins you now can begin polishing the paint and begin on putting the engine bay inside the hood and the train under the car and suspension and springs. Also you put the exsaust on so you dont blow up the car so it breathes the gas and about gas i recomend put in the trunk where the spare tire goes.