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RSCamaro
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Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:08 am Post subject:
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On 16 Sep 2005 21:17:22 EDT, Mark and Kim Smith
<rrrrguy@concentric.net> wrote:
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Cut the top down a little and then street rod it. BTW the GoodGuys
Northeast Nationals are in Rhinebeck N.Y. this weekend, a perfect
place to gather some good ideas for your ride. That is if you live
within driving distance. They usually have about 2,000 cars over the
weekend for the show.
...Ron
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68' Camaro RS
88' Firebird Formula
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Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:12 am Post subject:
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On 16 Sep 2005 21:17:22 EDT, Mark and Kim Smith
<rrrrguy@concentric.net> wrote:
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Congratulations! You just figure out what to do with every spare
moment for the next 3-5 years!
I'll differ with the other fellow--as nice as this body is, it would
be really great to restore it to original.
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Mark and Kim Smith
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Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:19 am Post subject:
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Dan Crooks wrote:
| Quote: | Have the body and frame dipped in a acid bath, then you will really see
what you have.
Hershey Pa here you come.
I have to side with myford100 about keeping it stock, but then again I
see a nice mahogany box on the back, the top chopped just a wee
bit...Maybe a dark green body with black fenders and of course a sbc
under the hood......Whoops thats right you don't have a hood.
I ll be able to pick you out at Hershey, the couple with a glazed look
in their eyes and a shopping list as long as a Brett Favre pass.
Good Luck, keep the group informed, ask
lots of questions. There is a lot of well informed people in this group.
Dan
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Thanks for the tips all!
No couple "with the glazed look", the wife and kids only enjoy stuff
when completed. They're not much for the sweat involved. Or getting up
early for the swaps! ( Neither am I but sometimes you do what ya gotta do!)
My thoughts at this time is that it would be cheaper to get the raw
materials to build a rod than to find and buy all the parts I would need
for restoration.
I'm thinking of finding two more doors and going for a crew cab.
Something different. Plus, if I stretch the cab, I could do without
chopping it as it would make it too long and low. Definite plans are to
eliminate the wood and use some tubular steel. NO MORE TERMITES!! Not
sure if an acid dipping businesses still exist in So. Ca. But my
pressure pot coupled with the blast cabinet at work will reveal what I
have under that rust. It feels, for the most part, pretty solid. The
frame has been cut in half right behind the cab and has already been
hacked in an effort to rod it. So it won't bother me to box it and beef
it up for a V8 drivetrain.
Stuff not in the pictures are the front axle and a 50's Pontiac rear
axle. Looks something like a 1954 Pontiac Safari axle I once came
across. Removable carrier and a tapered housing. Not sure why all
these projects I find come with these Pontiac rear ends?!?!?
I'm not too much of a stranger to this stuff. Started with a 1958 VW
Kombi, went to a 1931 Chevy 2 door sedan, had a 1931 Ford roadster along
the way. http://www.bunchobikes.com/roadster.JPG
http://www.bunchobikes.com/roadster2.JPG My longest project was my
1949 Chevy 3100 Deluxe cab. http://www.bunchobikes.com/truck.JPG Never
did quite finish a lot of this stuff. I usually had to feed the kids so
away they went. The roadster I sold to a greaser kid in Santa Monica,
Ca. He painted it flat maroon, put in a quickie drive train and it
ended up in Custom Rodder or something like that! But, the kids are
getting older and more curious, so I think it's time to put a wrench in
their hands!
Again, thanks for the tips and for a place to ask questions! It's been
a while since I've had a car project. While the kids were little, I
took on much simpler projects (http://www.bunchobikes.com) and the car
world with suppliers and manufacturers has passed me by. So I'm sure
I'll be asking "source" questions, amongst others, in the future! |
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Dan Crooks
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Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:23 am Post subject:
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Have the body and frame dipped in a acid bath, then you will really see
what you have.
Hershey Pa here you come.
I have to side with myford100 about keeping it stock, but then again I
see a nice mahogany box on the back, the top chopped just a wee
bit...Maybe a dark green body with black fenders and of course a sbc
under the hood......Whoops thats right you don't have a hood.
I ll be able to pick you out at Hershey, the couple with a glazed look
in their eyes and a shopping list as long as a Brett Favre pass.
Good Luck, keep the group informed, ask
lots of questions. There is a lot of well informed people in this group.
Dan
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