2nd gen camaro inspiration and opinions

[dude]

I'm thinking about buing a 1977 camaro redneck spec, no rust, 350 engine and auto box in good shape, mot and a beige leather interior ;D the car itself is gold with black stripes

Now i somehow need to be tricked into believing that a camaro with the uglies front end ever fittet to them could be made to both look good and go sideways throu a corner, so let the inspirational pics begin, other 70's yanks are also welcome ;D

I'm thinking something along the lines of trans am racing, oval track etc




camaro cup in finland in the 80's

















...and "that" camaro

[stinkwheel]

Well dunno about inspiration BUT i can tell you i had a 1978 Matt Black and rust version of the camaro, it was fitted with a TH400 and an olds 403 BB and that would happily go sideways through corners, that was a fun and scary car, again, shouldnt have sold that

[Andy Camaro]

I have a late 2nd gen upgrading to 350 block and have th400 lump but at the moment my mate has other problems to sort so wont get finished in August but then after its rolling might have to sell anyhow

but at the moment it is a rolling shell with fresh rebuilt 350 and cleaned th400 with elderbrock intake tube headers acell twin point dizzy other than that its std.

the last time I saw my car there was no rust on the body work and wouldnt believe there is any now.

I do like the look of the gen 1 camaro and as far as I know its all swappable as well so you could convert the front to 1st gen from a 2nd gen

just found this on tinternet
sex wee big time


gmachinechassis.com/

pm me and wills upply you with a bunch of good camaro parts and upgrade web pages

here is one to get you started
www.pozziracing.com/12_corvette_brakes_on_fgen.htm

[curlie467]

Excellent choice, they arent that ugly.
Chrome bumper era was `70 - `73
Big bumper era was `74 - `77
Urethane over bumpers era was `78 - `81

I love this shape camaro, remember the one from gumball rally, cool.

See if you can swap it to the chrome bumper early front then you are laughing.

[dude]

Jul 29, 2009 13:43:37 GMT curlie467 said:

Excellent choice, they arent that ugly.
Chrome bumper era was `70 - `73
Big bumper era was `74 - `77
Urethane over bumpers era was `78 - `81

I love this shape camaro, remember the one from gumball rally, cool.

See if you can swap it to the chrome bumper early front then you are laughing.

If i remember correctly i've read somewhere that the chrome bumper front should be a "easy" swap, although the price might be a bit intimidating ;D
The 74-81 also has a larger rear window, wich ruins the shape a bit, and might not be an as easy swap as the front end ;D

Jul 29, 2009 13:20:26 GMT Andy Camaro said:

I have a late 2nd gen upgrading to 350 block and have th400 lump but at the moment my mate has other problems to sort so wont get finished in August but then after its rolling might have to sell anyhow

but at the moment it is a rolling shell with fresh rebuilt 350 and cleaned th400 with elderbrock intake tube headers acell twin point dizzy other than that its std.

the last time I saw my car there was no rust on the body work and wouldnt believe there is any now.

I do like the look of the gen 1 camaro and as far as I know its all swappable as well so you could convert the front to 1st gen from a 2nd gen


gmachinechassis.com/

pm me and wills upply you with a bunch of good camaro parts and upgrade web pages

here is one to get you started
www.pozziracing.com/12_corvette_brakes_on_fgen.htm

You mean the older 2nd gen front?
I've seen a site with cheap plastic/fiber glass body parts for alot of old american vehicles, they would probably have the front end for alot less than a real one would cost, you don't have any ideas what site i'm referring too?

The gmachineschassis looked very interesting, and very expensive... maybe i'll settle for some proper dampers, cut heavy duty springs/lowering blocks and some subframe connectors, and probably most important, new bushing and tires! ;D the balloontires and old bushings made the car feel like the front end had a life completely of it's own ;D

[joem83]

Jul 29, 2009 13:20:26 GMT Andy Camaro said:

just found this on tinternet
sex wee big time

That with wider wheels (more dish) and a flat bonnet = win

[Stiff]

Love 'em to bits. Never been in one so can't comment on the handling etc though.

[alfazer]

So are they all called "2nd gen", not just to 74 but right up to 81?

[akku]

gen 1 is the coke bottle '67 - '69, gen 2 is the '70 - '81 and the 3rd gen is the boxy one '82-'93 and the 4th gen is the aero one '94 - '99 [all dates approximate]

plenty of inspiration in this thread already. Great cars.

[RUN BMC]

Pro Touring FTW!!!

Btw there was a gen 2 at Supernats on sunday just like the one from the movie (well maybe a bit cleaner looking) with autobot decals too!!! Didnt get a pic tho

[stealthstylz]

In my experience

Great to drive
Run high 14s even with a smogger 350 (put some headers on it makes a big difference)
Rust like curse word

71-74 Bullnose Camaro's are my favourite shape muscle car, would love to own one.

Matt

[dude]

Jul 29, 2009 22:33:29 GMT stealthstylz said:

In my experience

Great to drive
Run high 14s even with a smogger 350 (put some headers on it makes a big difference)
Rust like gosh darnage

71-74 Bullnose Camaro's are my favourite shape muscle car, would love to own one.

Matt

This one had headers and lowered heads on the factory 350, according to the owner, who had not built the engine, and ran surprisingly good.


Great pics guys, i've found some more

[waveman1500]

The US aftermarket for Camaros and similar cars is unbelievable. You can get anything you want for them, from reproduction steel panels to fibreglass panels or one-piece fibreglass front ends. There are all kinds of different scoops/cowl induction hoods/front air dam combinations out there, but I find that the ones which were factory Chev designs usually look the best, especially the racing ones.

As an example of something found on google in under a minute, this site www.showcars-bodyparts.com/7081camaro.html has fibreglass flip fronts for 2nd gen Camaro for $695, as well as 18 different styles of fibreglass hood (bonnet), all for either hinges or bonnet pins. You can also get a front "wrap", which I assume is a 1-piece front less the hood, so that you can still open the hood normally.



Edit: Just found the hand-drawn diagrams of the panels these guy are making!! Pretty amateurish but shows what is available in fibreglass. I'd go for a '70-73 RS style if I had the car and the cash.

[R3TR0_R0B]

As a kid this was my dreamcar for sure. In Holland these are way to expensive though, for sale at about 8 grand for this generation is a bit above my budget.

[bbb]

I run a '67 RS as my only car. Very civilised and usable for a sixties yank, I get 20 mpg out of the 327 on a run with a 650 vac sec Holly too

Lot's of info on mine here...

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=556376

[tri]

Personally I think they're beautiful. Really like the pointy nose.


IMO that one looks gash. Like offensive to my eyes type gash.

[skinnylew]

some beauts posted there!!!

[nugget]

Some class stuff on this thread! I have nothing to add though.

Jul 30, 2009 21:03:30 GMT bbb said:

Lot's of info on mine here...

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=556376

Just looked at that link and my doG you take some class pictures!

[Stiff]

Some more just for the hell of it...

Really liking this one v











Pick a colour. Any colour.

[seantoole5]

Popular hotrodding built one as a project car, in pro touring style

www.popularhotrodding.com

Search on there site for more details and inspiration, they called it G28

This is what it finished up like: