New project Just bought this from Nevada









Hope it gets here safely! LS Motor and loads of mods planned

 

Cool.

Are you going to turbo it??

Paul

 

I did consider that but decided against, 500 hp atmo will be enough.

 

Hmm something tells me you won't be happy with 500bhp for long

Hope to see a resto thread.

 

looking forward to updates and more pics

 

Always wanted one and the time is right so I've took the plunge, I reckon 500hp will be ok but lets see! I still have the Lambo for that kind of madness.

 

Gas monkey Martin nice

 

Watched what Richard did with the red rag top and the result wasnt great, mine will be way better!

 

exellent car, reminds me of my much younger days when I ran a mopar in my mk1 capri donated by jim wheelan

get you some of that

 

I've always wanted one of these with an ls motor in will be glued to this thread.

 

I'm sure it will mate its begging for black paint what's your plans with colour?

 

Very cool, will you change the colour? Love these

 

'Kin hell! Don't fuck about when it comes to projects do you? Cant wait to see a build on it.

 

It will be green, I have it all worked out

 

Loving that very very cool cars

 

looks a great project, will keep an eye on progress
which LS are you going for ?

 

Not sure yet, I have a spare LS1 but the Firenza has a LS2 so really the Camaro needs to be bigger.

 

Looks good cant wait to see how it ends up.

What is the latest on the Firenza ? Last I seen you were putting it on air .

 

Still chipping away at it, the rear air install is all finished and the front is mocked up.

 

I'm in Nevada right now Mart cool car and look forward to seeing it develop.

 

was shipping it across expensive?

 

I love these cameros. I will look forward to uldates.

 

In Vegas matey??

 

No but by the time they've collected it (its about 500 miles from the port) and other fees it works out at about Ł2200 which I think is cheap enough.

 

Greens the future

 

My friend has just brought in a Mach 1 mustang, 1972 I think, he paid about the same shipping but is thinking of flipping it and buying another.

 

"Is it green?....yes!"

Epic cars Martin, looking forward to seeing this one develop!

 

Hell yes, good choice! A '68 Camaro has a slot in my dream garage line up.

The '69 turned a little ugly although I'd be happy with a '67!

 

if you decide to go old skool engine route I have a 396 which was going to be stroker'd up, I may part with for right amount unless your going to go new drive train route as my bro in law was going to fit my engine in his chevelle until he came accross a 446 hemi

 

Dont the 69s have staright tops on the arches?

 

Thanks but its having an LS motors, not a fan of the older stuff.

This is the sort of green btw, in fact mine will look like that except for the wheels.

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Lovely car and sure it will be amazing quality if any of your other projects are anything to go by

 

that looks ace
got be ls7 with edelbrock superecharger or ls3 twin turbo lol

 

I'd consider supercharging it but have zero interest in turboing it.

 

Looks gorgeous in green ;0)

 

Lovely car Martin, if it's done to your usual std it'll be a stunner

 

Looking forwards to watching this take shape Martoooon

 

I would nick the engine out of your upcoming hire car if I were you, it would fit nicely in there....

 

Well I've had the Camaro here around 6 weeks, was initially a bit disappointed that the paint job was way nastier than I bargained for and had a sulk for a while but the bonus is that the car is like brand new underneath with no signs of any rust or accident damage, its a very original car but that's about to change!









Like most old yank motors the steering is comedy needing input just to hold it in a straight line, originally I was just going to fit new bushes and shocks and a 12 bolt live rear axle but I've decided it needs to handle properly and with a steering box and 1960's tech suspension it's never going to be great so I'm converting the rear end to independent and have ordered a Detroit Speed front subframe from the states. The rear end will take work to make it fit but was cheap, the front end is the opposite!

E92 V8 M3 rear end complete off ebay




New front end







Also ordered the headers



Its a six week wait for the front end and then its a while on the boat so I'm going to get it MOT'd and registered in the mean time..

RHD headlamps going in



Check the condition of the headlamp panels, 48 yrs old!!

 

Nice. Do like a bit of american muscle.
We have gt500 at work which is very cool.