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Me and my dad picked up a new project car over the weekend at Rod Run, its a 1969 Camaro. Its got a 396 big block with a M21 4-speed behind it. She needs a good bit of work but that's where the project comes in!
Here's what we are starting with.
The paint is older lacquer and will have to be taken all the way down. The vinyl top is trashed and isn't actually the original style for the car. On a 69, you could see part of the body color above the window, like this photo below.
Unless the roof is just really bad underneath, its not going to get a vinyl top, time will tell.
The plan is to do the car in Cortez Silver with a factory SS hockey check stripe. Similar to this car.
Useless factoid of the day, the car was originally Olympic Gold.
Or like this.
Not a bad color, just not my favorite.
The interior is pretty solid in the car, needs door panels, front seat covers, the back seat is pretty nice, headliner is good, needs a few odds and ends in the dash.
The engine is a 396, the dates show it as an early over the counter warranty exchange crate engine. Been freshly rebuilt with less than 500 miles on it. Obviously the engine bay needs a lot of tlc and clean up work.
So there is the start! Hopefully I can keep this thread pretty updated as it goes along! The car should go to paint within a month, body guy says four weeks, but anyone that has ever been to a paint shop knows four weeks is more like four months. Honestly the goal for the car is to be done by next April.
Here's what we are starting with.
The paint is older lacquer and will have to be taken all the way down. The vinyl top is trashed and isn't actually the original style for the car. On a 69, you could see part of the body color above the window, like this photo below.
Unless the roof is just really bad underneath, its not going to get a vinyl top, time will tell.
The plan is to do the car in Cortez Silver with a factory SS hockey check stripe. Similar to this car.
Useless factoid of the day, the car was originally Olympic Gold.
Or like this.
Not a bad color, just not my favorite.
The interior is pretty solid in the car, needs door panels, front seat covers, the back seat is pretty nice, headliner is good, needs a few odds and ends in the dash.
The engine is a 396, the dates show it as an early over the counter warranty exchange crate engine. Been freshly rebuilt with less than 500 miles on it. Obviously the engine bay needs a lot of tlc and clean up work.
So there is the start! Hopefully I can keep this thread pretty updated as it goes along! The car should go to paint within a month, body guy says four weeks, but anyone that has ever been to a paint shop knows four weeks is more like four months. Honestly the goal for the car is to be done by next April.
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