Hi thanks for the info on the photos I must be getting good in my old age.
This one was before I did the rebuild, the after is comming soon.
I am running on 17'' 245 front a 255'' rear but still have the problem, I think I will have to get a hammer and lower the speed bumps.

 

good looking car...can't wait to see the after resto pics

 

Love the big blocks, no question about that. BUT. You can get just as much, if not more, power (600 plus HP) out of a propertly built 383 stroker, have a whole lot less weight, keep the 327 badges, and smoke the paint off of just about anything. I actually have a 383 short block/full rotating mass for sale which will be in the classifieds. Finished the way it was planned (selling due to skin cancer issues) it would have made somewhere around 630 HP +/-. features the best parts available.

The weight savings is really hard to overcome. Just my opinion.

 

Cape1969ss - Congratulations on getting a photo posted! Cool Camaro! Speed bumps in California range from about 2 inches to 4 inches high. How big are the speed bumps in your area? The easiest way to raise the rear of the car is to install longer leaf spring shackles. They can be made to raise the car just a little bit or a few inches. How much do you want to raise it?

How did you get a 69 Camaro convertible to South Africa? We look forward to seeing more pictures of the car in its current condition.

 

Hi Hotchkis
I need to raise about 2'' which is what I lowered the whole car when I go over the bumps the subframe just scrapes the bumps.
I bought the car in England in 1974 and took it to South Africa when I relocated there in 1977.

 

You don't see too many guys that got their car so long ago and managed to keep it this long,espeicially camaros.Most of them have been ragged out or destroyed.I was working at a gas station in 1972 and a guy came in to buy gas in my 67.I looked at it several times when he would come in and had the hots for it.I finally got up the nerve to ask him if he would sell it.He said he would but it wouldn't be cheap.I said ok how much?He said I'd have to get $700 for it.Now its hard for someone today to understand $700 was a lot of money in1972,especially for a kid working at a gas station making mabye $1.50 an hour.But I jumped on it and scraped and borrowed that money and still have the car today.Pretty good investment don't you think?

 

Yeah, but you know the old saying, "There's no substitute for cubic inches!"
You can get decent power and torque from a 383, but you can get a bit more from a 396, and if you're talking bigger big blocks you can get the same as the 383 and not even be working the engine hard, so the life of a 454 built to 600 HP could easily be longer when it's not pushed as hard to get to 600 hp.

 

I think a stock c.o.p.o. look is great. Love the steel/dog dish/black tire idea too. Big and little's kind of give you away. Maybe some sticky 225/60/15 all the way around? Would you think about no nose stripe until after you pick the new color and your finished assembly? It might just grow on you. If not add the nose stripe. I have a plain jane 6cyl. glide car that is going together in a similar fashion. Big block, automatic, 4.10s, steel/dog dish, vinyl roof, going to loose the spoiler and glass cowl hood. Bought all the SS emblems but not using them now.
I agree that the plain cars of lesser value are the ones to have fun with. Good luck with your car.