New to the site as a member but have been reading this forum for a while. Have a 69 camaro that has been a project for the past 4 years. The main hold up was body shop nitemares. Now that I have it back can't find time to work on it. I am currenty repairing a bad frame up project that my buddy has. Guy just gave didn't care anymore during reassembly. Will post pics later. Now that i have found motivation to start on my project I know I will find tons of great information on this site. Thanks and here are a few pics of the car.
First paint job (only last 2 days)
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then painter decided he want to split the paint and fill the antenna hole!
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Rolo,
Welcome to Team Camaro.You will discover that this site contains a wealth of knowledge.Members here will gladly answer any questions that you might have.
:beers:

Welcome aboard and good luck with your project

Hello and welcome to the site.:beers:

thanks gus for the welcomes.

welcome nice project

Welcome, Looks like you will be getting some attention with this one looks good, is all the air brush work done by you.

The paint & airbrush work was done by a very talented painter here in Dallas, tx. All the flames where done without stencils. He is about to complete a 68 convertable with alot of custom art work. I will post some pics of it as soon as its done. Trying to finish a friends 69 camaro so I can start on mine again.

Welcome Rolo. It's always nice to see more Texans around... I'm just north of the DFW airport. Looks like a nice project! I agree with the painter... the split color scheme was a good idea. Who was it that did the paint? Some day in the near future I'm going to need to think about some paint work, so I'm on the look-out for good local talent to consider.

~Bob

Welcome to the site. I am also in the DFW area - McKinney, and have a friend with a 67 in Allen.

the split color is taking some time to get use to it. I guess I would have liked to see what it would have looked like completed with the first paint job. I have always told him I trust him and to do what he wanted and this is what I got. He is located near fair park and is a 1 man team. I will post some pics of his work as soon as I can sit down and upload them.

Project "Foolish" 69 Camaro

Its been a long time since I posted any updates to the car but here are some now. It sat for about a year but now we are rocking and rolling so far...While the car was back at the paint shop for some repairs that we missed the first time I decided to go ahead and pull the subframe and powdercoat it....

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While the subframe was at the powdercoaters I went ahead and had the 383 stroker freshened up and decided to go with a 700r4 trans instead since the track was out of the question now...

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I didn't want just any old intake and water pump like every other small block so I asked the painter what could he do to them to make them a little different

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I have all the new front suspension parts consisting of hotchkis springs swaybar and steering linkages. Also have qa1 shocks and speedtech tubular control arms uppers and lowers. I also went ahead got a dse fast ratio gear box. Getting the suspension kits was a headache in it self.This car has been a headache from the start. Setbacks after setbacks. It was a nightmare at the paint shops and I mean shops (a story for another day). I have a complete wilwood front and rear disc kit ordered that also am having the same issue as the suspension kit (can't get it sent to me on time). Now I just can't get any parts shipped to me in a timely matter. I am wondering if I am paying in the wrong currency or what. As soon as I start putting parts on the subframe I will post some new pictures. I guess its time to get to work!!!

Welcome to team camaro, sounds like a nice project!!

Well I got the motor on the subframe and the upper and lower control arms on the subframe. Got to finish tightening up a few bolts and install the tierods and the front should be done. I installed the hotchkis springs without the lower isolators but decided to go ahead and put the isolators in. It just seemed like the lower part of the spring would start to make noise and shift around in the spring pocket. What do yall think about the isolators???

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Will get a few better pictures tomorrow evening when I clean up the garage a bit more. Dang I just realized the car has been sitting for a year without me doing any work to it...

Damn, that is looking just sick rolo! Is it at a body shop now or your place? I wouldn't mind getting a good look at your ride in person. Shoot me a PM if you wouldn't mind. :thumbsup:

No problem Chris. Let me get it on the rolling chassis and cleared and buffed and you are more than welcomed to come see it. (wear work clothes). I will have some more updated pics later this week. Been a little busy but got to get it going, really want to have it ready by august!!!

That will draw a crowd at the car shows :yes:

That will draw a crowd at the car shows :yes:
Yeah I think it will if I can ever finish it to get it there. :yes:

Here are a few pics of the front rotors. I should have them and the transmission installed this sunday evening. Trying to get the body back on the subframe this tuesday. Will post some good pictures of the subframe when it is finally completed.
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Here is a picture of my safety wiring. I hope it works.

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Hello from Houston. Very nice so far.

Finally got the subframe done with the brakes and all the steering components. Wheels have been ordered along with a new moser rear differential and a gbar will be ordered next week. Getting ideas on the interior but its hard to get shops to give you a solid price!!
Here are a few pics of the finished subframe. Will get better pics when I mount the subframe back to the body this weekend..
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Very nice Rolo whats the color of the subframe....

Looks very nice. I see your August time frame didnt happen. I have been doing one for 4 years. Hopefully have it on the road by next summer.

Welcome to the site.Man that's one heck of a paint job.

Yeah sure didn't get it done by my august time frame. It got real slow at work and had to slow down a bit on the car. Hopefully going to start back on it in the next few weeks. Can't remember the subframe color off the top off my head but will look for the receipt. Thanks for the nice comments.

Looking good!! Welcome to team camaro!!

Welcome and nice car.I am here in Rockwall give me a shout if you need anything I have a 67 rs/ss under construction and a 68 backhalf camaro were at redline quite abit and i used to own K.C.Racing in Irving let me know if i can help.And good luck

We REALLY need to do a DFW get-together one of these days!

We REALLY need to do a DFW get-together one of these days!


The North Texas Camaro club and the Houston Camaro club do a meet in the middle. It is usually at a guys ranch in Centerville Tx. I personally havent gone buy my friends in the Houston club have. Said it is a great time to meet. They have done it for the last 2 years. Usually in the summer. Are any of you north texas guys in the club?

I try to stay away from the car club scene. Team Camaro is the only car club I need ;)

Im not sure if you have resolved this question yet but I just installed hotchkiss springs without isolators and on the drivers side it was moving some and making noise when I push down on the front end. I havnt driven it yet but Im thinking my car will need the isolators.

Im not sure if you have resolved this question yet but I just installed hotchkiss springs without isolators and on the drivers side it was moving some and making noise when I push down on the front end. I havnt driven it yet but Im thinking my car will need the isolators.

I also haven't driven mine yet. I think if it starts to make noise without the isolators i might just put some rubber mat or something on the cup to keep it from being metal to metal. Hopefully I can drive it soon to find out!!