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.

Following are a few pictures of the work that I was doing to the car in August - September of 2002.


Stripping

Stripping

Stripping

Stripped Paint

Stripped

Stripped

Stripped

Stripped

Etch Primer

Etch Primer

Engine

Engine

Engine

Engine

2004/08/25 - Cut out the old

2004/09/17 - Prepare new panels & area

2004/09/22 - Fitted & Tacked Up

2004/11/10 - Only Change is new location and elevation.

2005/02/03 - Both quarters are now completely welded in. Still a little bit of fitting and welding to the tail pan.

2005/02/12 - Motion Stinger-style fiberglass hood.

2005/06/09 - Tail pan completely fitted and welded in. Gasket gutter mostly welded in

2005/07/02 - All welding done. Remove all the e-coat and prepare for sealing.

2005/07/08 - Got rid of any body putty (doors & one place on the roof) and replaced with fiberglass filler.

2005/07/19 - Sealed.

2005/09/05 - Painted.

2005/09/10 - Putting Together.

2005/09/13 - On Our Way Home.

2006/10/14 - (Mostly) All Together Now.

2007/03/31 - Final Touches.

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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