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the driver floor pan is gone, but it has been temp fixed by some previous owner, tin siliconed down to the floor =[ it sickens me, but it will be replaced when it goes to the shop the trunk is intact, but where the gas tank straps mount on the trunk, it's rusted through a good bit and i want to get it fixed asap, along with the passenger shock mount, it's rusted through, but still solid. once i get the disc brakes on and it's able to be driven again, it's going to get the trunk and frame rails replaced asap! the driver floor pan may have to wait a little while, at least until funds recooperate lol the white/clean part is still trunk, it's where the sound isolator pad was at to prevent the gas tank from rubbing/squeeking on the trunk, but you can see in the top right where the rust ate through some of it where the gas tank straps attach

got the rear end back and the shop couldn't do anything with it, they did say i could torch it out somehow, but they weren't going to do it. so now i'm on the look for another 10 bolt or possible 12 bolt. ran the hardlines and have them mounted up.....and so it continues

it already has air shocks, which I know is not the same as a true air ride suspension, but i've already had one of the air lines get a hole in it and cause the fender to tear up the sidewalls of the tires. i am not a big fan of air suspension at all.....it's not reliable nor safe enough for me. LS = better fuel economy and a ton more power than a regular carb'd sbc, plus it's a lot more dependable as well

tried pulling the rear end apart to pull the axles and remove the drum backing plates and the bolt that holds the centering pin in place snapped in half, so i tried to remove it with an extractor and it broke too. went ahead and dropped it off at pyle bros and they said they should be able to get it out and chase the threads to make sure it's good and i'll have it back soon. in the meantime, i went ahead and put the new hardlines in up front and hope to do the rear tomorrow, along with installing the new booster/master cylinder.

removed the gas tank, grinded the heads off of the spring brackets and shackles and torched the bolts too and voila! two broken leaf springs were found. then I had to spend a hour or two trying to get the leaf spring eye bolts out of the brackets and remove the shackle bushings from the frame. i have all the old brake hard lines out and am about to start installing the new booster/master cylinder and hard lines then do the front suspension.

i think it has 3.08 which is fine, just means high speeds, lol and traction. Going to be doing a LS swap in it later on and it will for sure need as much traction as it can get.

Had a bit of trouble trying to remove the shackles off this old car, so my neighbor came over and helped me slide the rear end out across the leafs. Trying to avoid having to drop the tank and cut off the shackles as much as I can.

Lol, yeah it was. I had it almost a year and barely put 1000 miles on it. I ended up selling it because of that reason, I never rode it. exactly, they are everywhere and easily available Thanks, I fell for it the moment I saw it, I've never seen one in that color before.

just to update, a few weeks ago i put my dirtbike up for sale on craigslist and a guy came over and bought it and he also took a liking to my harley and i sold it to him as well, lol. No more harley, I'll have to get another later on down the road when the time is right.

Hell yeah! I'm about to place my order for some new moog coils, hotchkis shocks and some drop-in multi leaf springs for a mono perch along with new shackles, pads and u-bolts. Today I removed the booster/master cylinder and some of the brake lines, going to try and get to the rear end tomorrow if the weather is nice. Probably put the rear on jack stands and remove the whole axle and try to disassemble/assemble it in the garage and just slide it back up there to only hook up the lines and that's it.

went ahead and dropped the control arms off to be blasted and coated and new bushings/ball joints pressed in. Went ahead and wire wheeled the frame and put some rustoleum on it, used the rust primer then regular flat protective enamel.

Both sides the coils had snapped one coil off and was just laying the lower control arm......and those shocks.......holy crap. Travway shocks, a quick google search informed me that k-mart carried them back in 1979......I compressed them yesterday when I took them off and they are still compressed. Front end is pretty much stripped clean, I have one lower control arm bolt that is giving me hell but tomorrow it will be out one way or another.

nice pics hugo! I should have gone, all my friends were there, lol.

Awesome, if my metal fab guy can't help me out, I'll be sure and contact you Hugo, thanks!

Thanks everyone

Thanks yall! It's not showroom by any means, just a driver, but we plan on cleaning it up and restoring it bit by bit.

Mom got her a '69 camaro the other week as a toy/project Just a base model 307, holley carb, edelbrock aluminum intake, all new exhaust minus the manifolds, 10 bolt rear end, muncie 4 speed. Plans are to do a LS swap, disc conversion, possibly a/c and restore it little by little.

very nice shots, what tripod are you using?

old video from 5 years ago of my ssd

You won't be disappointed with any of those recommendations

just get a t3i small body, 1080p @ 30fps, swivel screen which comes in handy when shooting video and it's "up to date" my friend has a t3i and uses a 17-40 L lens and it takes great pictures and video, and it is extremely light!