1967 Camaro 327 RS

[nick_bbb]

Blown2CV said:

Lovely... now there's something I could picture myself in. What a lovely shape! Does it require much maintenance?

Probably £300-£500 a year. Parts are dirt cheap.

Here's a few updates on the Camaro. sorry about the crappy pics, just taken on a compact.

First of all, bringing the tail lights into the 21st Century. Brighter, faster and easier on the battery. Got these suckers from ebay in the US, plug straight into the bulb holders so easy to fit.



Here's the old, some flaking of paint on the black area of the bezel and dull lenses.



Out they come!



New lights in and paint touched up...



More modernisation inside. Black leather BMW E46 convertible seats. Chosen for their integral three point seatbelts and body hugging support through the twisty bits. These came off ebay, they had been in a police impound after they caught a gang of BMW ringers. They had the evidence number painted on. Didn't like the fact the the OG seats were fixed back with no rake adjustment. The OG mounts have been left so the old seats can go back. Big thanks to my friend Julian for welding and wiring them in. Wiring? Yes they are electric...





Smaller Grant (my namesake) steering wheel fitted now the steering weight feels right with the power steering and works better with the new seating position. Also new head unit fitted that controls my iphone. The wiring runs to the centre console so the phone can be in there charging while the stereo can access the music.



And lastly the electric exhaust cut outs, allowing you to control the volume of the exhaust from a switch on the dash by bypassing the silencer.



Next on the to do list, central locking.

[NateWM]

Wow, this car is awesome!

I love all the things your doing to it. Its old-skool with a modern twist.

[blondini]

Love the car, love this pic

[Galliano]

Truely inspiring background history that the previous owner put together, sounds like an absolute top bloke to buy a car off of - someone who has a passion to be as honest as the day is long!

Get a high resolution photoshoot on this! I'd love to have this as a wallpaper on my desktop!

[nick_bbb]

Not done much with the car other than drive it but I did get a new shot yesterday..



...and there is a high res copy over here...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantgb/3977575664/si...

[john185k]

Cheers for the desktop Nick

[Somnophore]

wouldn't mind taking her for a spin (and the car's not bad looking either)

[Beefmeister]

18" Torque Thrust-D wheels, in anthracite, and that puppy would be perfection.....

[Schmeeky]

Beefmeister said:

18" Torque Thrust-D wheels, in anthracite, and that puppy would be perfection.....

^^^ Nick bbb,listen to the man, he speaks truth!

[nick_bbb]

I have considered 18" Wheels, they would be more likley Foose Nitros though. It would also need, lowering, bigger disks on the front and discs on the back to make it look right though

I've just realised there are some photos missing from this thread from earlier in the year...

[Beefmeister]

Er, i think... no, i'm certain.... you really need someone to give you a hand on these photoshoots....

Hubba (car AND lady)....



eta: agreed on te Foose Wheels, more suited to the Camaro shape:

Edited by Beefmeister on Monday 5th October 14:45

[ironictwist]

Thank you for reminding me of that shoot Nick...I remember looking at the photos months back

God that was an incredible set of photo's...Perfect. Seriously. Wow.

[nick_bbb]

Thanks guys

One thing I'm never short of is volunteers to help with shoots

[nick_bbb]

So I had some time tonight to have a play and see how some Foose wheels and lowered stance would look...

Before:


After:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantgb/4229769536/si...

Edited by nick_bbb on Wednesday 30th December 23:29

[chevy-stu]

Car's looking great Nick.

Like the rear LED's, tried to get them for mine, but don't think they're made yet..

[gj88]

Superb car and photographs. If it were mine I'd raise the rear of the car slightly in that photoshoped image. It would give it a meaner stance

[soad]

Car looks superb now on the new set of wheels. Last model is so fine too!

[_dobbo_]

Jesus christ Nick it looks great on those foose wheels - late Christmas present to yourself surely?

[OwenK]

Really love the car - it was my desktop background for a good while!

Don't like those Foose wheels though, I like the Torq Thrust style tapered-rounded spokes but the rest of it looks a bit chav, and they look FAR too big in your photoshop. In my opinion American muscle needs to keep a good amount of rubber on the wheel to look best - I would go 75% that size wheel or maybe even smaller.

[SR06]

You're quite pretty mate!