My Name is Ron:

I’ve been building Muscle Cars for over 40 Years. I just completed an Authentic 70 1/2 z28 without original Motor so I just put in the Biggest BBC that Chevy had to offer and keep things compatible for the Era then added some personal touches - This is my Personal Ride and basically a Daily Driver ))

Here are the Specs:

Authentic 1970 ½ Z28 with 21,000 Miles on the Speedometer
Options were: Consol, Hide-away Wipers and 4.10:1 Gears.
Engine: LS3 454 + .030 @ 468ci from a 71 SS Laguna El Camino

NOTE: Grill is Large Egg-Crate from a 71 Camaro (Just Looks better on this Car)
Rather then Tub I Flared the Rear Fender Wheels to Save Rear Psgr Space
and permit me the use of Larger Tires for Traction due to Increased Power.

Modified LT1 2” Scoop
Summit K&N Style 4” Air Filter with Air Flow Top Plate
Modified Garbage Can Lid Ram Air
Modified Reverse Flow Volvo S10 Hi-Volume Electric Fan and 75 Amp Boch Relay
Modified Holley NASCAR 805011-1 830 Dp with Annular Boosters & 4 Corner Idle
Carter Fuel Pump with PSI Regulator and Crane Light Weight Bronze Tipped Rod.
Aluminum Carburetor Heat Deflector Plate
Edlebrock 7561 RPM Air Gap Intake Manifold
Modified Morosso Aluminum Tall Valve Covers with Morosso K&N Style Breathers
Tall ARP Rocker Bolts and Jomar Pro-Model Stud Girdle
Tall Comp Cams Poly Locks for Stud Girdle
Com Cams Pro-Magnum 1.7:1 Roller Rockers
ISKY Light Weight Chrome Moly Push Rods
Comp Cams Titanium Retainers with 10 Degree Locks and Wear Caps
Manley Severe Duty Pro Flow Valves 2.19/ 1.88
Cylinder Heads 396281 castings Large Oval Port Cast Heads with Special Valve Job Pistons TRW Speed-Pro L2465F30’s with Hasting Chrome Moly Rings @ 9.6:1
Eagle SIR Cap Screw Press Fit 4140 Forged Connecting Rods
Eagle 4140 Forged Crankshaft
Donovan 1053 Cam Gear Drive
Modified BHJ SFI Approved Stainless Hi Density 7” Harmonic Damper
Comp Cams CB288R-10 Mechanical Roller Cam 244/.623 110 Deg C/L @ 104 Degrees
Comp Cams 929-16 Dual Valve Springs installed at 1.88”
Crower Severe Duty Hippo Mechanical Roller Lifters CRO-66291H-16
Tall TRW Oil Pump with Morosso PickUp
Modified 6qt Morosso Sidekick Oil Pan with Milidon Full Length Diamond Stripper
Ignition: Mallory HyFire VI with Optional Manual Hi-Speed Retard Over Ride Control
Mallory Magnetic Beakless Mechanical Advance Distributor with Bronze Gear
Mallory Pro-Master Coil
Accel Extreme 9000 Ignition Wires
Full Tube / Full Length Hooker Headers to 2 ½ inch Flow Master Mufflers
Muncie M21 4 Speed Transmission
Summit Solid Aluminum Diff-Cover with Bearing Support for 3.08:1 12 Bolt Posi-Rear.
Modified Rear Sway Bar, Leaf Springs Re-Arced and Extra Leaf added.

Here are the PIC's:

I Hope you Like this: RON




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Nice car, sounds like you had a lot of fun building it.

 

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Very impressive classic man !!!!!!!!!!!

Preciate you taking the time out to join the forums and sharing with us your project !!!!!!!!

WELCOME !!!!!!!

Need to add your pictures to the Photo Gallery

 

Great car,and motor and picks. Welcome to the forum. what size tires are on the back, they look great.

 

I took the car on a 130 mile break in and am presently plagued with an oil consumption problem loosing 1 quart that I attribute to no PCV or possible Oil Over Fill. I have the problem posted here:

https://camaroforums.com/m_28712/tm.htm

The oil consumption is only evident on the psgr side. I think it mabe an underside Intake Gasket leak - will check it out when I get a chance and Post it in my other Tread.

If you have any suggestions I would appreciate your input. I haven't had time to do a thorough investigation but I do not think it is serious; however, it will not bother me if I have to do a tare down to fix the matter: after all this is what Hot Rodding is all about ))

Tire Size on rear, let me think, the cars not here at the moment and I bought them eons ago but I believe they are BF T/A's N50 295 X 15's on a 15 x 12 Steel Rim.

By the way there is no Primer on that car. the body was totally diessembled and taken to bear metal inside and out then preped with RM Epoxy Under Coat. The skin was wet sanded to 600 and shot with DuPont Imron Dark Jade Green Metallic. Can you belive the car still has the original Brake lines. The seats are from a 70 3.8S BMW and look exactly like the originals except there are Connley leathers.

Thank you for your nice comments. The car is not Show Flashy but certainly depicts the era. I know because I was a teenager in the sixties when Muscle cars reigned.

Ron

 

Put in a PCV System and curred the Oil Consumption and Wet Psgr Header Collector Problem.
Should have known better that Dual Breathers where insufficient

I'm off to the Races ))

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It's been a long time since I've seen a 70's car done up like that. there was a Mid 70's Mopar done up like that in La. Looked mean as h#ll, I was just a little kid then. My car seat was behind the driver's seat in an El' Camino with my feet stuffed in the spare tire well. I still loved every min of every ride in that thing. The best part about your car is that it looks like picks from the 70's and not from 2006. Great Job

 

Here's a few more PIC's. NOTE: Oil Pressure Guage replaces Dash Clock and the Eagle Emblem on the LT1 Scoop behind the 454.

The Car may appear somewhat low in the rear of some of these PIC's because I made a portable shelf that fits over the Rear Seats and possible be carrying well over 400 Lbs ))

THANKS for the GREAT RESPONSE:Ron

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This is my LAST POSTING for this thread and I would very much like to share something from my Past to the Members of the Camaro Forums. For some of you Older Dogs what I relate may surface memories of a Special Time: for you Puppies, I just want you to know - If you run Double Reds you had better be prepared ))

As you've read - I'm NO PUPPY. I was a teeenager through the 60's with my head under the hood of a car and most of them were Muscle Cars. There would be a 383 Road Runner next Door and a Coronet Hemi on the next concession. Hi-Revving SBC's and BBC's were all over the place. By the time I was 16, I could build an 8000rpm 327, one of which which, I put in my Dad’s 68 Pontiac Parisienne 2+2. I personally ran a 71 RS Challenger 340 Magnum after selling my 64 Acadian 327 6-PAC to a Farm Boy who got the bug.

We did not have a legal Drag Strip but we had something BETTER. It was called the Jack Pine. Every Week End throughout the summer months cars would come from all over to this 1/4 mile stretch of HWY located in the Cambrian Shield some 5 miles North of Capreol just north of Sudbury Ontario Cda. This was the END of HWY 69 and only paved to provide access to Moose Mountain Mine. Cars came from Montreal, the Prairies and the Northern States to face off in what was perhaps the Biggest All Out Free and Most Exciting Muscle Car Weekend anyone could imagine; let alone, experience.

At approximately 12:30 Friday night after the last car for the midnight shift had gone by, the HWY was blocked off with Yellow and Black Stripped "A" Frame Barriers topped with Flashing Red Lights. Each Barrier was manned by 2 Gate Keepers whom used a CNR 5 Watt Radio to communicate with the Starter if by chance someone had to drive through the drag proceeding; however, everybody knew the hours of the Weekend Drags, even the OPP and Local Cops along with Town Officials attended the 3 day long events.

People either drove or tailored their cars to the Jack Pine and set up Camp Sites in Gravel Pits that were in the bush. There would be 2000 to 4000 people there given any weekend and people did not pack up until Sunday afternoon.

Spectators would sit on the banks of the ditch that ran the full length of the 1/4 mile keeping track of the first place runners and screamed with excitement over the deafening roar of Engines and Ripping Tires to cheer their favorites on. Run Times were not important, it was who was consistently winning and still in the running without a break down. Of course Local Competitors were favorites and every local instinctively knew the sound of their favorite whether it was a Hi-Screaming 289, 302 or 327 or the Thunder of a BBC or Hemi Echoing through the Canyon of Trees that lined the Jack Pine Stretch. The Staging Lane could be as long as a mile, cars were jacked up in the gravel pits and the smell of Sonoco 260 and Aviation Fuel mixed with burning Pine from the Camp Fires filled night the Air.

The Jack Pine Stretch was used from 1966 to approximately 1973 when 2 people died, not on the strip but rather separate incidents related to activities of the event. A local boy of 17 (whom I personally knew), while adjusting air pressure, died in the staging lane when run over by a returning car and a young girl was killed when a 66 T-Bird convertible went off the road in route returning from the Jack Pine. After these tragic incidents the Police did not come to the Jack Pine to moderate or view the event but instead would make record and threaten to charge participants. By 1974 the Jack Pine had became History.

Today the Jack Pine is still there. The Trees, the Gravel Pits, the Start Line and the Finish Line paint is still visible. You can even see the spent rubber embedded in the asphalt. Some times at night, if you listen, you might hear the Howl of Ghosts Ripping the Asphalt and the Sound of an 8000rpm 327 running through the gears but this is only a memory of a time when Muscle Cars Re