This car started out as my mom's very first new car in '71. Been in the family ever since. Quite a few firsts here: first new car, first car I ever drove, first car I ever went on a date in, first...well whatever, a lot of firsts.
They gave it to me 3 years ago after it had sat in their garage for a long time. Still only had 42K on it but just kind of sat and got a little ugly.
And yes it did have one of those funky vinyl tops (green with a black top...god what were they thinking). It got a repaint in 1980 to red because thats what my mom always wanted, a little better but still real ugly!
Here some of the tear down:
New quarters:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/71Camaro3.jpg
Firewall holes filled and cowl top smoothed and finished:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/71camaro.jpg

Sub frame blasted and powdercaoted:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture004.jpg
everything stripped down to bare metal:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture005.jpg
Priming finished:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture504.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture505.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture506.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture509.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture510.jpg
AFter the first coats of paint we drop in the edelbrock crate motor a performer 350 (410HP) and a TCI streetfighter Tranny
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture585.jpg
Replaced all body fasteners with stainless steel

Core support, firwall face and inner fenders finished in silver metalic
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture586.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/Picture584.jpg
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn234/ddancicco/CAMARO/camaro1-1.jpg
Are u diggin those 1971 w/w 14" tires?
OK more to come tonight....BTW it's not done but it doesn't look like this anymore...

wow nice build ,,,,,

Keep the progress pics coming...looking good

I will. Scott's (Protour73) has been on my case about putting some up so I have to now. I've been too busy workin on it to take pictures!!

Dave.................nice work so far...........keep the pics coming!!!;)

Hey, that's looking really good. I will be keeping an eye out on this one!

Looking good! Keep the pics coming!

Looking good! I've never seen a color combo between the firewall and body like that before, dare to be different, I like it!;)

That looks Killer!
Great work on the resto of a beautifull full bumper 71. I like it a lot but I'm a lil partial;)

Man that's a tuff looking ride. I love the welded up header gap. I wished I had done that too on my 73.

Wow, nice build! I love the header seam welded up, looks great.
Keep the pics coming.

Great lookin' car!! Awesome flames...can't wait to see pics of it outside in the sunshine!!:cool:

Great lookin' car!! Awesome flames.

Man, you don't know how close I came to having the whole front of my 73 flamed. I was going to go with something more subtle, in a silvery pearl hue. I decided on the Z stripes and ghost flames down the sides instead.

If you need brake/fuel lines look at Right Stuff Detailing out of Sunbury/Westerville, Oh. I just re-did mine and did not have a single problem. I hightly recommend them.

Looks really good I'll be watching this build. Looks like you had a heck of a solid starter to boot especially seeing that roof after the vinyl top was removed.
Tommy

its to shiny needs some mud and rubber around those wheel wells and maybe a dent or scratch here and there ;)

Lookin good man, just love the flames.

Great looking car!.... Those flames look bad a$$! That paint job reminds me of the Camaro that Goodmark built.

Thanks. Those pictures suck. It was dark by the time I got home from work last night and the lighting was bad. I'll try to take some tonight with the garage doors open and swap those out crummy photos out.

Awesome flame job man!!! Great lookin car!

i'm a fan of flames, very very nice!! thought it was the goodmark car at frist!
very nice!!!

The thin, blue edging around the flames is an awsome touch...great job!!!

Thanks, I have to put better pictures up because you can barely even see that in these. I used all House of Kolor paints they are awsome. First we applied the flame stencils and everything got shot in pearl white. Then the cobolt blue outline. Taped over that with 1/4 inch pinstrip tape and shot the yellow, orange , red in that order. Followed by about three coats of clear blocked and sanded smooth. The pictures really don't do it justice but I appreciate the compliments for sure!

Dave, are you sure you are not building the Goodmark 71 Camaro???

http://www.goodmarkindustries.com/www/home/1971camaro/index.html

no way, mines much nicer!

no way, mines much nicer!Agreed!:cool:

no way, mines much nicer!


i can fix that ;) :innocent:

Am I missing something here? I see pics of a black car with fenders on but no flames? Am I missing some pics somewhere?

Am I missing something here? I see pics of a black car with fenders on but no flames? Am I missing some pics somewhere?
He probably pulled them as they were a bit dark and he was going to put up better ones.

Sorry pulled the other photos last night to put up better ones and my digital camera crapped:mad: . I'll get new ones up ASAP.

Where in CT are you? Maybe you could meet up with us NY guys when you all ready to hit the roads!! Marcus dairy is a possibility every sat. One of us is bound to be there.

You have a killer ride!!

Where in CT are you? Maybe you could meet up with us NY guys when you all ready to hit the roads!! Marcus dairy is a possibility every sat. One of us is bound to be there.

You have a killer ride!!
Cool! I'm in South Central Ct near New Haven so not too far from you. Hopefully she'll be road worthy in the not too distant future so I can get out and meet some people. Thanks for the invite :)

No problem. Cant wait to see the car in person!

Nice looking proj. you got going there....!!!! It's great that your reviving a bit of family history with that car. Going stock interior or custom ?? Gonna be needin' another pic fix soon........!!!!! :bowtie:

Nice looking proj. you got going there....!!!! It's great that your reviving a bit of family history with that car. Going stock interior or custom ?? Gonna be needin' another pic fix soon........!!!!! :bowtie:
I have a custom interior ready to go in. I used original seat frames but did a custom black and yellow pattern. Sorry about the pictures seems my camera is shot. Going to Wal Mart to pick up a new one today so stay tuned!! Thanks for the positive feedback.

ok........weekend is over........where's the pics??? hehe:p