1968 Camaro 327 Coupe
This is my second 1968 Camaro 327 coupe. I bought this one around June of 2001. There have been a lot of owners, but the owners manual with PoP has been passed down to each. I'm in the apparently long drawn out process of making it a '68 Camaro Motion Clone.
Pictures
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These are pictures taken in August 2001 after rebuilding most of the engine compartment.
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Following are a few pictures of the work that I was doing to the car in August - September of 2002.
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2004/08/25 - Cut out the old
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2004/09/17 - Prepare new panels & area
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2004/09/22 - Fitted & Tacked Up
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2004/11/10 - Only Change is new location and elevation.
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2005/02/03 - Both quarters are now completely welded in. Still a little bit of fitting and welding to the tail pan.
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2005/02/12 - Motion Stinger-style fiberglass hood.
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2005/06/09 - Tail pan completely fitted and welded in. Gasket gutter mostly welded in
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2005/07/02 - All welding done. Remove all the e-coat and prepare for sealing.
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2005/07/08 - Got rid of any body putty (doors & one place on the roof) and replaced with fiberglass filler.
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2005/07/19 - Sealed.
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2005/09/05 - Painted.
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2005/09/10 - Putting Together.
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2005/09/13 - On Our Way Home.
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2006/10/14 - (Mostly) All Together Now.
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2007/03/31 - Final Touches.
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Specs
The following table describes the major components of the car
| Engine |
Original block 327 stroked to a 355 1970 LT1 Heads Edelbrock Accu-Drive Gear Drive Holley Street Dominator Intake Holley 670 Street Avenger Carburator Mallory Unilite Distributor Accel Super Coil |
| Transmission | TH400 |
| Rear-End |
12-bolt posi-traction w/4.11 gears |
| Interior |
Standard Black Floor-mounted B&M Slap Shift AutoMeter Ultra-Lite Gauges |
| Exterior |
Black (PPG DBC9700) Quartz Silver (Dupont 754055K) stripe Motion Stinger hood |
Plans
Mostly together now. Still have to tweak the hide-away headlight covers and a couple of other alignment issues. Next big step is a big block (454) and a Gear Vendors Overdrive.
'68 Motion Phase III Camaro Background
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