68' Camaro

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFFFFF" ALINK="#000400" VLINK="#FFFFFF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ron H. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ron H. 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The left pic is the way I bought the car.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> The right pic is of the same car after a deer ran out in front of me. Nice huh. Immediately after<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> I hit it, I shut the car down and went out and kicked the darned thing.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="051bafa0.jpg" border=0 width="442" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="09763cc0.jpg" border=0 width="355" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> These are the known Modifications to this car when I bought it...<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> GM left and right fenders.  GM left and right quarter panels.  GM left and right rocker panels.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>GM front and rear bumpers.  All the GM </div> <div> parts were bought through a Chevrolet dealer.  The new sheet metal was riveted to the chassis.  I know but it was the first work done </div> <div> by the previous owner, and I don't think he had access to a welder.  That should give you an idea when this car was put together.  </div> <div> Interior was in good shape with a couple of minor rips in the headliner and a bad drivers side seat.  Rear was and is a factory 2.73:1 </div> <div> open.  Original transmission was a powerglide.  The motor is a large journal 327 ci.  Bored out I think .030.  The motor kit was the </div> <div> 400 hp kit brought from Summit Racing.  It consisted of 10.5 : 1 flat top pistons,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>(I don't know if they are forged or hyper eutectic) </div> <div> Chrome molly rings, a Comp Cams 292H cam,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>double roller timing chain, bearings....  Carb was a 650 Holley DP(4011 model) </div> <div> Wiand 8004 intake.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>Comp Magnum Pro roller tip rockers.  A pair of alumicote headers that tuck up under the car very nicely.  BTW </div> <div> they are still in use after over 14 years. Aluminum water pump.  High rpm flex fan.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>GM 3 core radiator.  The crankshaft is a forged large </div> <div> journal unit.  The whole rotating end was balanced. I love this motor and someday wish to get it back.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> All work after I received the car was done by myself<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>as I refuse to pay where I can do the work myself.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> The first thing I did to this car was put a couple of mufflers on it.  I got it with 2 Big Daddy glasspacs connected to the headers.  I just </div> <div> added a couple of truck mufflers right onto the<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>glasspacs and put turnouts to exit in front of the tires.  Number 2 was to replace all brake </div> <div> components inside the drums.  I replaced the wheel cylinders, pads, all springs, and the drums themselves.  Next was replacement of </div> <div> the front end.  I used Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings for the upper and lower control arms.  I replaced upper and lower ball </div> <div> joints, outer tie rod ends, and new TRW springs.  ( OEM specs for small block w/ A.I.R.)  After all the front end work was completed I </div> <div> took the car to the best alignment shop in town and had them do a racing alignment on it.  This was done for better cornering, not for </div> <div> the drag strip.  I also added a set of Centerline Auto Drag billets to the rear and Auto Drag 3's to the front.  Rear tires were High </div> <div> performance Tire N-50/15's and the fronts were Bridgestone Potenza 215- 60/R15.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>About 2 weeks after I put the Centerlines on the </div> <div> car I ran into the deer that I mention up above. </div> <bR> <div> That really sucked.  It did give me the excuse to paint the car though.  I liked the pastel green and black combination of the car when </div> <div> I got it so I continued with the same basic color combinations.  The original paint was lacquer.  I used a PPG and R-M paints for what </div> <div> is my first paint job at the time of typing this.  The green is factory 1958 Oldsmobile green acrylic enamel.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>The black is R-M acrylic </div> <div> lacquer "Ebony Black".  There was no set pattern in my mind when I taped the car off.  I laid the black on first up towards the front of </div> <div> the car without covering the whole car, just the areas where some ideas were starting.  After the black paint set up I color sanded and </div> <div> started to tape off the pattern that you see in the pictures.  Then I put on the green and color sanded after it set up.  Next I put on the </div> <div> third color which is also a factory color (" 1995 Ford Ultra Violet Poly" ).  This is a 2 step paint and the quart of pigment cost more than </div> <div> both the green ( 3 qts.) and the black (1 gal.).  The purple didn't go on as I had hoped.  Parts of it lifted.  I think it was because I didn't let </div> <div> the paints that are underneath dry for a long enough time.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>The pattern built itself on the car.  I had no idea what I really wanted to do </div> <div> except make it my own.  No alcohol was used in determining the paint lines.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="06a11630.jpg" border=0 width="529" height="355" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="059f3620.jpg" border=0 width="243" height="354" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="062c0fa0.jpg" border=0 width="448" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The left pic does not show the real color of the purple. The right pic shows the hood which again doesn't show the real color. I'll. The </div> <div> bottom pic is the backside. It is pretty hard to see the lines on the rear deck but they're there.  Under the tarp is the RS that I'm now </div> <div> working on which is on another page.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                            <IMG SRC="08cbd5c0.jpg" border=0 width="445" height="348" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> This is a pic of the car when it first arrived at the owners home that I got the car from.  This was around 1986 or so.  It came from N.J.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </BODY>