Newbie, building a 68 Camaro for my bro-in-law in Iraq

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Old 09-04-2007, 07:12 PM
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I believe it is gone. The car had no trunk floor and rear frame rails due to rust before the previous owner got a hold of it. I'd imagine that anything that was there is long gone. []
 
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Old 09-05-2007, 09:22 AM
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Old 09-05-2007, 06:40 PM
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Got a new black carpet set in today donated by Rick's First Gen!
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Sept 29th is the day we're grabbing the car. The truck is reserved and the trailer borrowed, the build officially begins on Sept. 30th!
 
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Old 09-17-2007, 09:11 PM
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Got some new parts in! Thanks to WS6 on the pro-touring board for donating this LS1 valley pan!
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And thanks to Gail Day Automotive Memorabilia for donating this T56 6-spd shift ball!
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And we also recieved this blue LED Raptor shift light donated by R&D Speed!
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I also just got back from AutoFair yesterday. I took a bunch of flyers and handed out about 50 to different vendors and told them what I was doing. Most of them seemed very interested, and all listened to me, so that was cool! I got the shift ball from a vendor, hopefully we get some more from it as everyone gets back home from the show!
 
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Old 09-24-2007, 07:15 PM
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It is all set up to pick up the car on the 29th. The guy installed new front floorboards, a new door skin, a hood, and a new dash panel. Here are the pics he sent me so I know what I'm picking up on the 29th. 8)

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Old 09-24-2007, 09:43 PM
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thats gonna be a nice car its a good cause
 
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Old 09-24-2007, 09:48 PM
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Wow that is awesome birdman! What a cool project. Nice to see so much getting donated to the car. Thanks for all the pics.
 
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Old 09-26-2007, 07:34 PM
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Got some more goodies in today! Toyo tires has generously donated a set of Proxes 4 tires - 245/45ZR17 for the front and 275/45ZR17s for the back.
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And my little boy can't wait to have his Uncle Shawn back home!
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Old 09-26-2007, 07:50 PM
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And also dropped the 5.3L off at HRT Performance today for the rebuild! These guys know their stuff and are good guys to deal with. Helps that Joel is a good friend, but I'd take my work there anyway.

And check out those sexy powdercoated AMC valve covers on the bench. (yes, I do their powdercoating for them :lol: )

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Old 10-02-2007, 12:06 AM
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Welcome to the forum and wicked cause 4birdman. Thanks for all the updates and pic's so far, can't wait to see the build in progress.
 


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