Mods
Interior: Bosche vintage looking tachometer, 3 Stewart warner Gauges, and a radio delete centre dash panel.\r
Exterior: Basset racing wheels mounted in Radial T/A tires. Not too shabby 30 or so year old paint and a black cowl induction hood covering up that 396.\r
Driveline: Big block 396 with a Performer RPM intake and a 780 vac secondary Holley, high compression and a rowdy cam, fitted with a Centreforce clutch. The 396 also has a Pete Jackson gear drive so it pisses off the neighbours, and gets the dogs barking. Behind this is a Richmond gear 5 speed and a Long shifter (which required cutting of the floor..). We fabricated a unique bracket to hold the reverse switch for this transmission out of aluminium. In the rear it has a Ford 9” with about 3.08 gears and a posi. \r
Brakes: There are 4 piston Wilwood brakes the whole way around on 13” rotors, and a pair of Wilwood parking brake calipers on the rear which have been modified to fit on the wide rotor. The rear 4 piston calipers are mounted on a fully custom bracket designed by me and my father that was cut out of aluminium and then powdercoated. The front calipers are also mounted on different fully custom brackets designed by my father and I that were cut out with water and then machined to our dimensions. These brackets were first designed on paper, then cardboard, then wood, and finally steel. The 13” rotors are mounted on a 5 by 5 hub with ⅝” wheel studs, a lot like a circle track car.\r
Suspension: Edelbrock shocks, Hotchkis 2” drop springs. There are also slapper bars, and frame connectors to help with traction and rigidity.\r
Exhaust: For exhaust my Camaro has Sanderson shorty headers that go to a 2.5" exhaust and Flowmaster super 44 mufflers.\r
A few other things (but not all) that we have done to the car: All new wiring harness, a custom bracket for the manual choke made out of brass, MSD distributor and coil, and custom brackets for the radiator made of brass as well. Also the battery has been mounted in the trunk to aid with traction, and to prevent theft. There are countless other things done to this car such as almost every brake line, all new suspension and steering components, but I simply can't remember every last thing and my fingers are getting tired here, so this will hopefully suffice.
Exterior: Basset racing wheels mounted in Radial T/A tires. Not too shabby 30 or so year old paint and a black cowl induction hood covering up that 396.\r
Driveline: Big block 396 with a Performer RPM intake and a 780 vac secondary Holley, high compression and a rowdy cam, fitted with a Centreforce clutch. The 396 also has a Pete Jackson gear drive so it pisses off the neighbours, and gets the dogs barking. Behind this is a Richmond gear 5 speed and a Long shifter (which required cutting of the floor..). We fabricated a unique bracket to hold the reverse switch for this transmission out of aluminium. In the rear it has a Ford 9” with about 3.08 gears and a posi. \r
Brakes: There are 4 piston Wilwood brakes the whole way around on 13” rotors, and a pair of Wilwood parking brake calipers on the rear which have been modified to fit on the wide rotor. The rear 4 piston calipers are mounted on a fully custom bracket designed by me and my father that was cut out of aluminium and then powdercoated. The front calipers are also mounted on different fully custom brackets designed by my father and I that were cut out with water and then machined to our dimensions. These brackets were first designed on paper, then cardboard, then wood, and finally steel. The 13” rotors are mounted on a 5 by 5 hub with ⅝” wheel studs, a lot like a circle track car.\r
Suspension: Edelbrock shocks, Hotchkis 2” drop springs. There are also slapper bars, and frame connectors to help with traction and rigidity.\r
Exhaust: For exhaust my Camaro has Sanderson shorty headers that go to a 2.5" exhaust and Flowmaster super 44 mufflers.\r
A few other things (but not all) that we have done to the car: All new wiring harness, a custom bracket for the manual choke made out of brass, MSD distributor and coil, and custom brackets for the radiator made of brass as well. Also the battery has been mounted in the trunk to aid with traction, and to prevent theft. There are countless other things done to this car such as almost every brake line, all new suspension and steering components, but I simply can't remember every last thing and my fingers are getting tired here, so this will hopefully suffice.
Build story
Just over a year ago me (at 17 years old) and my father headed down to California to pick up my very first car, a 1967 Camaro. The car had been parked in a shop for over 15 years, and it wasn’t in the best of shape to say the least. We brought it back on a trailer and set to work on my dream car. One year later, after countless hours of wrenching, installing, uninstalling, measuring, and much much more, we were finally finished. Over this time it was fun learning about virtually every aspect of this vintage piece of machinery such as installing engines, rebuilding and tuning carbs, wiring an entire car, fabricating brackets, and much much more. Today I am now able to finally take it out for cruises, after seeing it sit in a garage for over a year. Me and my father managed to do virtually every single job on this car ourselves, and that's really the key to one of these builds, now it means a lot more to us than if we had bought a car that was already running and driving. At 18 years old, it is a honour to own my dream car, and I hope I can continue to be part of the classic car community for years to come. \r
Cheers,\r
Max
Cheers,\r
Max