this is a link to the build of my 1968 frame off resto lq9/4l60e build. i was wanting a new camaro and was saving for one but i will have about half the cost in this build and i am building it to my specs as i go. too many pictures to add here so i'll just post the link to the build.

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That is going to be one very beautiful car when you are done!!! Looks like you guys are moving at a great pace with the car...i'll be sure to keep checking in on the build. Looks great and good luck :beers:

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Hey Jeremy...just checked the update from the weekend and the car is looking awesome. That front end looks tough sitting there with the motor in it. Keep it up. Congrats

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Lookin Good... :thumbsup:

got alil done today

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Looking good nice work..

getting alil closer

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Is your lq9 all stock? what intake and fuel rail setup do you have on top of it in your pics?What accessory setup are you gonna run on it the lq9 setup?I am wanting to do the same thing and can get a pull out for a really good deal but I need to figure out what pieces I need other than the long block.What oil pan are you running to clear the stock steering setup and what motor mounts are those you have on your car?Thanks for any info you can give me and a great job your doin on your car,Thanks Chris

Is your lq9 all stock? what intake and fuel rail setup do you have on top of it in your pics?What accessory setup are you gonna run on it the lq9 setup?I am wanting to do the same thing and can get a pull out for a really good deal but I need to figure out what pieces I need other than the long block.What oil pan are you running to clear the stock steering setup and what motor mounts are those you have on your car?Thanks for any info you can give me and a great job your doin on your car,Thanks Chris

the lq9 has a comp cam with .581 lift with a ls6 intake with a camaro/firebird fuel rail returnless style. i am going to run the camaro/firebird front accessories. i am running the oil pan, motor mounts, and trans crossmember from brp hotrods. hope that helps you out some. heres the link to the motor mounts and oil pan http://www.brphotrods.com/1967-1969%20F%20body.html

the lq9 has a comp cam with .581 lift with a ls6 intake with a camaro/firebird fuel rail returnless style. i am going to run the camaro/firebird front accessories. i am running the oil pan, motor mounts, and trans crossmember from brp hotrods. hope that helps you out some. heres the link to the motor mounts and oil pan http://www.brphotrods.com/1967-1969%20F%20body.html


Thanks for the info and link,it helps alot so I can round up the additinal pieces.Do you know if there pan is just a truck pan cause it looks just like one and they say its a oem gm piece?

Thanks for the info and link,it helps alot so I can round up the additinal pieces.Do you know if there pan is just a truck pan cause it looks just like one and they say its a oem gm piece?


no the truck pan hangs way to low, not sure what this pan comes on from the factory.

no the truck pan hangs way to low, not sure what this pan comes on from the factory.

Can you measure the rear depth on your pan for me,just from the rear pan rail where the gasket goes to the bottom of the sump on the outside if your able to get to it,Ive got a couple different pans up at my work I would like to compare it to before I go ahead and order one,Thanks again
Chris

Can you measure the rear depth on your pan for me,just from the rear pan rail where the gasket goes to the bottom of the sump on the outside if your able to get to it,Ive got a couple different pans up at my work I would like to compare it to before I go ahead and order one,Thanks again
Chris

sure it will be a few days before i can the car is at my buddies house awaiting the block sanding and sealer.

sure it will be a few days before i can the car is at my buddies house awaiting the block sanding and sealer.

no problem,whenever you get a chance is good for me,I'm not in a big hurry.Thanks again

ok the car is back at the house, the outside has been blocked and sealed, the body lines look great on the car thanks to REX, the door jams, trunk and hood jams have been painted the color of the car (black) and cleared. also the interior metal has been sealed and the dash has been painted black and cleared. so the car will go back for final paint after i finish working under the hood of the car and doing the wiring. i want to work on the car before it gets painted to keep from leaning on a fresh paint job while working on the car. you can notice i have a 3 inch drop up front, i used the lower tubular a-arms to get a 2 inch drop along with 1 inch lowering springs, i still have to pull the gas tank, rearend, and leaf springs, once they are out i will be sanding, painting, and replacing them, i will also be installing the rear disk brakes at that time and lowering the rear of the car 3 inches. well enough talk here are the pics.


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any chance you can get a chance to measure the oil pan for me,Thanks Chris

Just curious why the hood scoop is so tall, cause it looks like you don't need the clearance for an air cleaner?

any chance you can get a chance to measure the oil pan for me,Thanks Chris
7 1/2 from lip to bottom

Just curious why the hood scoop is so tall, cause it looks like you don't need the clearance for an air cleaner?
i just like the look of the 4 inch cowl hood, plus the car is getting a magnacharger at the first of next year, been tough trying to start from the bottom up, money only allows alil at a time.

ok here is a lil update, i been sanding alot of rearend parts, waiting on rearend parts, painting rearend parts, and i am tired of 41 year old rearends. anyway the underside back half of the car has been sanded to metal and undercoated with 3m undercoating, rex did the front half, the rearend has been taken to metal and repainted, along with the gas tank. i ended up having to get new rear leaf springs as one of them was broken. i worked on the fuel system today and got that finished up. more pictures will come as i begin to install the leaf springs and rearend. enjoy

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Did you use RAPTOR LINER or POR-15 on the underneath of your car? Looks good.:beers:

ok i had the day off and thought i would try to make some progress on the car today, i got more done than i thought i would and it wasn't to bad considering i worked on it by myself. i did get the rearend installed and the rear disk brakes and lines, next step is to bleed the brakes so that will be done along with the fuel system. i ordered 1 7/8 ceramic coated headers for the car and they have a 2 week wait period so it looks like there will be a lil break period before i can do anything else to the car. ok onto the pics.

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well my headers came in faster than i thought they would so i got those installed today, here are some pics of the progress


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heres a radio guage pod i am building, dash already had a cut so i thought i would do something custom to blend the dash with the 4th gen console

updates in the link above

What brand are those 1 7/8" headers ? How do they fit ? The car's looking great !

Beautiful. How did you get the headers past the stearing box?

i had to remove the steering box then reinstall, it was no biggie plenty of room under that side.

Brake booster looks new. Did you have to swap it? Trying to add up my costs here for project.

Very inspirational.
Thanks.

yeah the brake booster is new, everything is new, i just got in from the garage as i was installing my transcooler and transmission lines and figuring out how i am gonna do the air intake piping. the radiator is in along with the fans and here is a picture of the custom radio and guage pod i made, the computer is hooked up along with the fuel pump, still need to wire the fans which is all that is left as far as wiring. i pulled the tune out of the computer and started me a base tune to get it fired up. i still need to install the plugs, plug wires, and all fluids. then i need to have a driveshaft made. getting very close to firing it up for the first time, i will take a vid of the first fire off. stay tuned.

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fired the car up sunday

fired the car up sunday

Tell us a about it!

well it was a test fire with open headers, got all the fluids installed along with plugs and plug wires and fired it up to see what it sounded like, of course i didn't have the intake piping complete or the 02's installed but it was nice to hear it for about a whole 30 or 45 seconds before i shut it down. i will post a vid once the intake pipes are done and a few more small details to the engine bay are complete.

ok fellas here is a video of the car on its second startup, i still need to install my 02's but it is cold here in memphis and i have no heat in the garage so i think it may sit until it starts to warm up again. so close i can't wait, i have enjoyed working on the car this far but i am dreading installing the chrome around the windows and all the weather stripping and felts, this is something i have never done. i have been looking for posts to try to get a idea of what i will have to do. my paint guy is waiting on me, he wanted to paint the car back in october but i want to wait until i am done leaning over the car. well heres the vid its not very long but you get the idea. the camera reduced the sound some so turn up your volume alittle.

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

ok fellas here is a video of the car on its second startup

That is straight up sweet! I plan on doing a 6.0 based LS motor as well in my 68'. Been seeing some awesome numbers with the right cam and LS6 or even L92 heads. Good luck and keep the updates coming to motivate me.

Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to video.

wow long time no update, here she sits as of today, still need paint, headliner, carpet, door panels and odd and end stuff, i am thinking of mounting a set of tt2's on the car tommorrow that i have in the garage there 16's for the time being until i get my rushforths. its been alil over a year since i started the build on the car and was hoping to have it done for my 34th birthday in august but i don't see that happening.

enjoy

YouTube- 1968 Camaro 5-07-2010

Nice update Jeremy, lookin good, man I cant wait to get to the point youre at with my 67

Nice update Jeremy, lookin good, man I cant wait to get to the point youre at with my 67
thanks nor_cal_67rs sometimes it feels like it will never get done, do you have a link to your build?

nice video, looking good. what color??
hope you're doing o.k. with that flood down there!

thanks, i am still tossing up the idea of black or red still not sure, i want to run the rushforth livewires in a 19 rear and 18 up front. we got lucky here and no floods close to our house.

thanks nor_cal_67rs sometimes it feels like it will never get done, do you have a link to your build?

well I don't have a build page yet...maybe I should start one soon... but heres two threads the first one is where I am now, eye deep in body work but I can now see a flickering light at the end of the tunnel. The second link is when I pulled the subframe off and seam welded/painted it :beers:

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The car is looking great. I love the center console and seats. I'm just about done with mine its going to the tuner on Mon. what did you use for a cold air intake?

The car is looking great. I love the center console and seats. I'm just about done with mine its going to the tuner on Mon. what did you use for a cold air intake?

90 degree chrome obx tubing and a fex obx couplings, i think it was 3.5 inch

here are a few updated pictures i want to thank brady for the awesome paint job. the rims are going to be changed once my money gets right and i finish the car, i installed a set of 7 inch halo headlights in the car which you can't see to well in the pictures i think it adds alittle more to the front look of the car and should look good at night.

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Nice. Nothing like the smell of fresh paint. It'll stay with you for a while. Every time I visit a body shop I'm reminded of my restoration years ago.

such a good feeling to have a painted car 'back home'! :)

i would agree still have a way to go but its finally down to the easy stuff, i would have much rather been just doing a lsx swap than a total groundup resto and ls swap, but at least i know the car will be brand new when done. i can't wait to start enjoying it and driving it.

Who droped the LS motor in ? How hard was it....really :)

The car looks great :beers:

Who droped the LS motor in ? How hard was it....really :)

The car looks great :beers:
me and my pops put the motor in, it was real easy being we had the whole front cap off took about 30 mins or so to drop it in place and bolt the motor mounts and transmission crossmember up. i did the powersteering mod, headers, all the wiring, ect whenever time allowed. nothing so far has been overbearing or too tough to do as i am a internet/forum taught mechanic and have been working on my own cars since i was around 18 i am now 33. hardest thing for me was all the sanding on the car i hated that as for the rest it was fun for me and i enjoy seeing it come together, nothing beats that except seeing it finished and enjoying it. i had a plan from the start on what order i was going to do things to make the job easiest for me, all in all i say a good plan ahead of time will save you alot of hassle and time. if anyone has any questions during your build shoot me a email birdonnos@aol.com and maybe i can help ya out

i like the halo lights where did you get them?

awesome build man! that thing is a beast!

Very nice build man, keep it up. Truly amazing considering where you started.

Nice transformation