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Old 04-28-2009, 06:30 PM
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Hot + Ls-7 + t-56 + 15X7 rim = slip n slide lol good luck man. The column mounted tach is a nice touch too.
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Maybe someone has forgotten just how bad these cars handled back then... Hope you end up making the suspension is more modern than nostalgic. That's an awesome car though, and I imagine we'll hear the screams from here during that hairy ride!
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way, way cool. i wanna see someone do a build like this but with carb'd ls7 thats dressed to look like an l88 or zl1, or at least an original 60's GM motor.
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Originally Posted by jmilz28
Maybe someone has forgotten just how bad these cars handled back then... Hope you end up making the suspension is more modern than nostalgic. That's an awesome car though, and I imagine we'll hear the screams from here during that hairy ride!
I have never been a corner carving guy anyway. My converted 69 built back in 99 had alot of goodies, and honestly, it made for a harsher ride from stop light to stop light. Nothing wrong with that, but figured I would go a more simplistic route with this car to start, and can change/upgrade anything I dont like as I feel fit.
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omg that is simply awesome, more pics please
Old 04-30-2009, 04:25 PM
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WE need to cut a coil out of it to get the height right, but the things sounds just like it should, deep, fairly quiet, with a nice lope.
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Great pics, get the heater and AC hooked up
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Heater is functional, no AC on this one.
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Saw the car today and the pictures just dont do justice. Car is truely beautiful and MINT! Not 1 paint flaw I could find!

Beautiful car tom.

BTW maybe I missed it but where was the shop car?
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looks awesome!
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Originally Posted by quadd2244
Saw the car today and the pictures just dont do justice. Car is truely beautiful and MINT! Not 1 paint flaw I could find!

Beautiful car tom.

BTW maybe I missed it but where was the shop car?
Thank you very much.

We sold the shop car when we ordered our 2010 Camaro. It should have been there, but there was some kind of delay.....who knows..
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Originally Posted by jmilz28
Maybe someone has forgotten just how bad these cars handled back then... Hope you end up making the suspension is more modern than nostalgic. That's an awesome car though, and I imagine we'll hear the screams from here during that hairy ride!
Maybe someone will do a ZL-1/COPO clone with Air Ride.

On its high setting someone could have that factory COPO look Tom's got, and then lower it to get optimum handling. That Velocity Camaro Bret @ Ridetech drives sure rips it up on the auto-x's and road course on the videos I've seen of it.
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I didn't know you could get MT with a red line.....love the look!
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I sent them to Diamondback classics to have them do the redlines.
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Very nice car, I'm doing the same with my 69, Where did you get that cold air intake tube?? How much was it?
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Originally Posted by Project Cortez
Very nice car, I'm doing the same with my 69, Where did you get that cold air intake tube?? How much was it?
We actually make and sell the induction tube, which is molded on OE grade materials. WE can sell the tube only, or with silicone, clamps and K&N. Email me what you had in mind, and I can shoot you the cost.

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I like the look of that. Where did you hide the ballasts?
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Searched for OE looking lenses, eventually found them. Didnt care for tinted or diamond cut lenses, and used slimline ballasts. We are considering selling this as a kit.

I mounted them on the inside of the headlight housing
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Sweet Ride Tom


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