Thread: anybody need a Camaro???

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Well, not a lot more done on the 'maro, but the front sheet metal is a bit closer to done and I've made some decision on the suspension. The rear suspension, as planned, will be a triangulated 4 bar with coilover and chrome moly control arms with polyurethene bushed stainless stee rod ends on a narrowed 9". I've started to build a fixture base on the stock front lower control arms and will be fabbing up some new ones using chrome moly tube. The spindles and brakes will be the stock '82 'maro pieces with a coilover assembly added to the strut and proper reinforcement on the towers....

With the sheet metal work completed and the body in primer I'll have approximately $3500.00 in the body work and modifications and it will take just a shade under $1500.00 to get all the front and rear suspension back under the car....

So, the car will be a roller with the body in primer and ready for paint for about $5,000.00. I will probably put it up for sale at that amount, and give the option to the new owner to either take it home as is, or he could pick the body color and engine/transmission combination for the car and pay to have it finished....

It's actually becoming a fun project and I'm enjoying the build. It's fun for a change to do the things I want to do and not have to build everything the way the customer wants his car done.... But on the other hand, working on someone else's car is better for me, cuz I can use their money instead of my own!!!!!!! Maybe if I could ever convince myself to NOT have 3 of my own projects going on at the same time I might actually have enough extra cash around to actually finish one of my own!!!!!!!!