We are starting with the best donor car that we could find, media blasting the body down to bare metal and working from there. Splitbumper 1970 chevrolet camaro is a 579hp protouring beast. Arguably the bestlooking camaro ever built, it only gets better with the application of modern tech. When someone casually drops into conversation that their claim to fame is being visible in the background of a few track scenes in days of thunder, you know theyve got gasoline in their blood. It is essentially the art of adding modern technology to aged designs to create cars that start, stop, drive, handle, and behave like modern performance cars. This 1969 chevrolet camaro is protouring done right. At each one of those mistakes, a lesson will be learned and the car or driver will improve. From there, kevin linked to the camaros sale page on ebay. For sale beautiful 68 camaro 383 stroker engine, custom int. According to them, the build costs were far beyond the listing price of. Since this is a true pro touring build that demands creature comforts known to reduce stress and fatigue over the long haul, it maintains a. Heavy chevy the cprepared class that brian runs the car in requires a minimum weight of 3,100lbs just a few hundred less than the stock configuration. Complete systems provide largest selection of options for streetmachines, gmachines, restomods and pro touring projects.
And the fact that pro touring is now a relative term. Flemings ultimate garage a leader in classic cars and muscle cars. My dream fo pro touring camaro 1969 started in june of 1991, when i first saw my dads garage shop calendar. I tore off the june 1991 photo and carried it with me as a source of inspiration to one day build a camaro as special as that one. Thats also the same year i installed my modern interior and the 6. Utube video sassy 69 camaro for sale 1969 pro touring camaro completed in late 2012 in time for sema. The car has only been driven to work out the bugs that might pop up after building a car and to dynotune the car.
Pro touring think of pro touring as a muscle car restoration with a modern twist. The old school hurst stick shifts a manual four speed gforce transmission, no doubt making this protouring camaro a blast to drive. Theres nothing quite as rewarding as building something with your own hands. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Short back story on the camaro is that i bought the car off ebay and had it shipped to my parents house for the past 6 years while i traveling working. So it finally took me getting into a motorcycle accident last year to slow me down enough to get the ball rolling on.
Expertly finished, it offers a cutting edge fuel injected powerplant, all the creature comforts, and a big helping of respect for the original design. If this is your situation, you might want to take a look at this 1972 pro touring camaro being offered for sale by kevin feiock of elizabeth, colorado. A pro touring maro with a 24,000dollar paint job, 500hp ls6 gm v8 engine, only 2,300 miles on it and its for sale. This car has literally had the catalog thrown at it, is stupid fast, well sorted out and needs nothing. Please enjoy viewing the attention to detail 1969 camaro. In fact, one of our favorite protouring sites in the internet is, a place where gearheads from all walks of life can gather can discuss lowering springs, camber angles, wheeltire combinations, and basically anything else having to do with the way their project car stops and handles when we ran by a thread regarding lou cartagenas 72 camaro rs, we had to take a peak. Amazing custombuilt pro touring 1967 camaro like no other.
Here are the build photos of rat bastard 69 camaro coupe protouring, ls engine, t56 6 speed, moser 12 bolt differential. Here is the start of our mini tub on our 69 protouring camaro the picture on the right shows both original inner tubs removed from the dynacorn body shell. In theory it is simple, but when it comes actually building these cars it the whole thing becomes a lot more involved. I own a real 67 rs ss vert myself i havent been able to bring myself to take too far from stock so its going to be fun building this 1st gen camaro as a pro touring car. Cruisin classics is excited to present an absolutely stunning 1969 pro touring rs camaro finished in show quality zinc yellow paint with high gloss black stripes.
Up for sale is my fuel injected ls2 1968 camaro pro touring. Ridetech to build a pro touring 67 camaro in 48 hours. Several million camaros and firebirds were built from 19701981. Everything is scratched built except turbos wich are 3d printed. A typical pro touring build starts with a 60s or 70sera muscle. Multiple magazine articles featured on 2 guys garage. Custom 1967 chevy camaro top level pro street touring build. Pro touring cars are really quite amazing when you think about it. Back in the 60s and 70s, when the car in these photos was a young driver doing the daily commute. Rodger named the car the fairway 1967 camaro, after heinrichs dealership, as he had with his previous project for this customer, the fairway 55. This car has all original metal in place, original spot welds in tact and just 48,000 original miles on the body.
This book shows you how to build a protouring machine. Displayed that month was a 1969 baldwin motion 427 camaro. This car was professionally built in front of a live audience at. When building the perfect pro touring car, mistakes will be made. Includes, frame clip, aarms, spindles, rack and pinion steering, billet coilovers with springs, and 100plus page pictorial install guide.
I didnt know you were going protouring with your camaro, i love protouring muscle cars, good choice. Car photos, for sale friday march 14th, 2014 by rey fries. Ante up 71 camaro pro touring build interior interior. By combining timeless detroit muscle car styling with modern engine, driveline and suspension hardware, todays pro touring machines represent the pinnacle of performance, versatility, and rugged good looks. Known as the 48 hour camaro, this protouring chevy was built by ridetech in front of. Whether its a single component for a build or a full project car, having something come together that youve dedicated time and effort to may be one of the biggest payoffs in life especially when it means finally having the car of your dreams. Offered for sale is this wonderful 1970 chevrolet camaro ss pro touring car that is a fantastic build. We first became aware of this fourwheeled beauty from kevins post on the pro touring.
Team camaro classifieds all years art morrison 2x4. The top drivers in this sport all started at the bottom, learning about themselves, how a car handles, and how to build a car. A pro touring firstgen camaro is quite common today, but examples of this quality like this 1968 makes it stand out from those of similar style. This 1969 camaro convertible is going to be ws new protouring machine. This is my 112 camaro pro touring build its been a 3 yr project. Check out the entire installation process along with detailed pictures at camaro performers magazine. Imho discount any responces by those who build these for a living or have one they might want to sell someday discount not disregard. My buddy bought this car off this forum or 12 years ago. Building a protouring car not rich oh yeah, i forgot to mention my daily driver was stolen so when the insurance company totaled it based on too many parts taken off of it, i bought the car back for 1500, fixed it, and they cut me a check for 4000 because the car was worth 6500. Builders can take advantage of chassisworks robust engineering and manufacturing capabilities, saving hours of fabrication time and effort, while significantly shortening the timeframe to.
Protouring is a style of classic muscle car with enhanced suspension components, brake system, drivetrain, and aesthetics, including many of the amenities of a new performance car. You may want to buy a prebuilt pro touring muscle car, then, and. These modified muscle cars have been developed to function as well as, or to surpass, the capabilities of the foremost modern performance vehicles. Lsx pro touring 1969 chevrolet camaro build with an overthetop price. Its been built for pro touring for almost 10 years. This week i start tearing down my 69 camaro that ive had the last few years and the more i take off, the more i go like wtf. Thought id copy and paste the build thread here now that we have a builds section. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. We first became aware of this fourwheeled beauty from kevins post on the website. From there, kevin linked to the camaro s sale page on ebay. Protouring 72 camaro rs built for business chevy hardcore. The ultimate bumpertobumper chassis solution for highhorsepower, bigtire, protouring 6769 camaro projects is now available as an offtheshelf item.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Mar 11, 2014 1969 camaro pro touring custom interior 69 hixdesign. Huntimer goes through a cars major systems drivetrain, chassis, suspension, body, and interior and shows you how to upgrade that classic muscle car to make it. Ive been around a long time and although i work on a lot of cars ive never built a pt 69 camaro. I have hundreds of pictures documenting this build if there is anything else you would like to see,, if you have any questions please email or call me at 2527144943ronnie. Sep 17, 20 this article features a new 67 camaro cpp stageiv pro touring suspension kit. If this is your situation, you might want to take a look at this 1972 protouring camaro being offered for sale by kevin feiock of elizabeth, colorado. Custom built fps flemings performance series 1969 camaro pro touring convertible. Every time you drive this car, you will get everyone trying to stop you or give you the thumbs up.
It was originally a name used for gm cars, but pro touring has come to mean a style for all cars from many years. On the surface the idea is pretty simple, a vehicle with classic muscle car style matched with modern performance and livability. Many are perfect candidates for a full protouring treatment. It was a camaro performers top 25 pick for 20 and in the magazine. Started with the american autowire custom kit, new glass all the way around, new oer dash pad, restored 7071 dash housing with new oer vents and kickpanels, new oer sail and rear quarter trim, panels, acura gsr front seats with custom made seat tracks, factory rear seat and all wrapped in new black leather trim. By robert kibbe february 20, 2011 ride tech has a reputation for creating high tech air controlled suspensions, but lately theyve been hitting it out of the park in adding a boltin roll cage to their product lineup along with coilover shocks and a myriad of other new products. I assisted my client in the trade purchase of this car have gone over the car thoroughly. A dse suspension will be fitted to the freshly prepped unibody and we will use subframe connectors for extra support. Ultimate protouring chassis chris alstons chassisworks. You could build a 69 camaro for 25k, or 125k and depending who you talk to, it may be referred to as pro touring. No expense spared, frame off, rotisserie, nut and bolt restoration.
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