Mopar discouragement turns into Bowtie passion!!!!!

So I mentioned earlier that my love was for first gen camaros, we searched while looking for the Chevelle and the prices were just too high, everything we found was well over $20k and was not perfect or to our taste. One day on my way home Uncle Paul called and said he had just picked up a 69 Camaro and he needed to move his 67 Camaro that was a driver but needed restoration. It was a 67 RS with a 350/350 in it from California so the body was very nice.

SO she came in LeMans Blue with a different color deck lid and in overall rough shape but for $11,500 I was not complaining. She ran and pretty quick I may say. Had a full interior in black that was good enough to deal with, no rust and a straight body except for one quarter. First stop was to the body shape. My plan was a twilight blue pearl off a 760li BMW.

That is exactly what was laid down! It was perfect as far as I was concerned. No stripe just clean with RS badging because she was going full blown restomod including a LS1 from a 2001 Corvette.

We had to cut off the passenger rear quarter because of previous accidents and bondo work. We also replaced the hood with a 2" steel cowl hood, added front spoiler and rear spoiler. We refinished all stainless trim and replaced all chrome, felt and rubber along with front and rear windshields.

She got the royal treatment.....inner fenders painted to match, radiator support and under side of hood. She looks black most of the time but in good light you can see violet and blue pearl radiating from the black. She is a real beauty. I broke this build down into four major parts. Some people say I am an idiot but it has allowed me to enjoy the car quite a bit over the 2 years of restoration. That's what it is all about to me is enjoying these priceless pieces of history!

Part 1- Body and Paint(all girls deserve to look hot)

Part 2- Suspension and brakes(gotta stop and handle as good as she looks)

Part 3- Interior(modern but retain factory look)

Part 4- LS1 conversion(most expensive and 350 runs strong)

Part 2- Suspension and Brakes

I decided to not go air ride but to do tubular a arms and coil overs along with 4 wheel disc brakes.

I started with poly bushings, Global West A ARMS upper and lower, Q1A shocks, hotchkis over size sway bars and front & rear sport springs. 13" brakes with stainless lines, polished vented rotors and powder coated calibers. Now she stops and handles like a dream. I also added power steering and a 13" mahogany wheel. Replaced pittman arm, tie rod ends etc. so the steering is all new.

Now she has the stance and look like a real protouring car.

Now we are in the process of Protouring the interior with.....
Procar Rally Seats Front and rear
new console with side saddle console on top
new carpet with Dynomat under it
new front and rear door panels
new visors and hardware
custom rs floormats
all new door sills and rubber
new stainless hardware
all metal and dash matching twilight pearl blue paint
JVC stereo DVD and ipod/ipad hook up, 6.5" JBL kick panel, custom package tray dressed with 2 JBL 6x9s and a port for the solo baric Kicker 10" all driven by a 5 channel 750 watt kicker amp. This was profesional installed and built by SikWhips in Orlando FL. Video below

http://www.youtube.com/user/sikwhipsmotorsports#p/u/0/l-yZP_YXe3w

next posting of camaro will have interior pictures and video......