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Old 09-23-2021, 11:57 PM
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Is it possible to take the body off of a 1970 Camaro and actually mount it on a newer chassis including the floors and firewall with dash kinda like they do the crown Vic swaps on a old Ford truck .. they are able to use the new style dash etc.. anything like this been done
 
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Old 09-24-2021, 05:48 AM
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Front fenders bolt on. Rest of body, firewall back, is one piece - unibody
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Old 09-24-2021, 08:06 PM
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Its called lots and lots of money
 
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Old 10-02-2021, 05:49 PM
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Old 10-03-2021, 04:30 PM
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The above chassis is the way to go. You can get away with chassis swaps on trucks because you are just replacing a chassis with a different chassis. Since the Camaro is a unibody that sits real low there is just very little room for a chassis to be added. That is why a custom built chassis is about your only options. Now if you are looking for doing this on the cheap and you have some skills with a welder, you can find a C4 corvette parts car steal the front and rear suspension, fab it into your 2nd gen then add a roll bar with sub frame supports and you should end up with a car that would match a modern Camaro/Mustang handling. People always forget that in 1984 the C4 was the first production car to be able to hold 1 G on corners and back then tires where the biggest limitation.

The great thing about 1st and second gen camaros is there are so many options out there.
 
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Old 10-27-2023, 04:55 PM
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Hard to beat the performance of a new up-to-date chassis with the latest engineering.
 
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