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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: lazs2 on September 02, 2004, 02:26:16 PM
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All steel repo 69 Camaro convertable bodies are now being made.... 69 mustang is supposed to be next in line....
muscle cars will live forever.
lazs
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Until gas is prohibitively expensive.
-SW
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Who is making them?
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or the sky falls on our heads sw..
skuzzy.. it is Classic Automobile restoration Specialists (cars)
Grab the new issue of Hot Rod...It will explain everything... if you haven't read Hot Rod in a while.... be prepared to be pleasantly surprised.. it is a great magazine right now.
lazs
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Dood! That would, like, hurt!
-SW
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I'll grab it on the way home tonight laz. Thanks!
Better the sky than a 52 Buick Wulfie.
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That's cool. Got a link?
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I would rather see hardtops, and 68s instead of 69s but that is cool.
Don't like convertables personaly. Always seemed like chick cars to me.
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I have to agree Here, I rarely drive my convertable GTO, I'm ALWAYS driving the HT, The other 65' rag I have I'm restoring for my daughter, I will rarely drive it. You can't really drive it anywhere, unless you leave the top down or windows open. I just had a new top put on the rag and within 2 weeks some idiot sliced the top open for the stereo. The car was parked infront of my house with the doors unlocked. Always Unlocked, rather lose a cheap Cracko stereo than a new top, but NOOOOOOOOoooooo, stupid pinhead didn't even check if the doors where unlocked!!!!
Unless you know you won't be leaving the car unattended, be prepared for damages. Thats why it's the Hard tops for me:)
And even then you have to keep it in eyesight.
But I have to agree Convertables are for "Girlie men" Wife hates the convertable ( messes up her hair ), Dog LOVES the convertable ( messes up his hair ) and wipes the slobber off his face.
Come to think of it, It wipes the slobber off my face also.
NUTTZ
Originally posted by GtoRA2
I would rather see hardtops, and 68s instead of 69s but that is cool.
Don't like convertables personaly. Always seemed like chick cars to me.
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Some guy is trying to sell a 65 lemans hartop for 16k right around the corner from me. It is a 20 MPH car, I got close and it has paint bubbles and some flaws.
16k for a lemans, no wonder it has been sitting out there for 3 months now hehe
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YUP, Plastic timing gears on them 326's ( if it's and 8 and not the OHC 6) 16k? he's about 14k too high.
NUTTZ
Originally posted by GtoRA2
Some guy is trying to sell a 65 lemans hartop for 16k right around the corner from me. It is a 20 MPH car, I got close and it has paint bubbles and some flaws.
16k for a lemans, no wonder it has been sitting out there for 3 months now hehe
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LOL yeah 326, and a 2 speed, the interior was perfect, and it is nice red, he could prolly get 6k for it around here, he is dreaming if he things he will get 16.
Has GTO grills in it though.
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you like a 68 better than a 69? I like a 67 or a 69 but a 68 is just a 67 that they left out the vent windows on.
The hardtops are coming but they will be a few grand more... apparently it is harder to form the roof.
lazs
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Laz
Yeah I like the 67 and 68s better then the 69. I dont like the ridge down the side as much. Still like the car, but the 67 68 are smoother looking to me.
I hate the 69 firebird, the 67 and 68 are nice though.
I wonder how good they will be? Will youhave to cut out the vin tag from an older body or will these be Kit cars?
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I read that you can get a "new" VW bug from mexico... i didnt know they still made those things?
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They quit making the old bugs in Mexico when they started making the "new" bug, so you can only get a recent one.
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Camaros are allright....Mustangs are girl cars though. Maybe they'll make a '68 Charger next. I can dream anyway :)
Always liked T-tops better than conv.
J_A_B
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I dont know much about cars, but Ive always loved the looks of the old muscle cars. Glad to hear the news!
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Had a 68 RT charger... Loved that car. Had a 67 too. I thinnk the new camaro's will be kit cars and like a glass 32 ford.. they will be registered as the year they ressemble.
These bodies look flawless. I really like the 69 the best but you are right.. the 69 firebird is pretty bad... still.. the 67 and 68 firebird are kinda bad too. All that useless wieight on the nose.
lazs
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Had a 69 Road Runner. Loved that car as well. Those late 60's Dodge engines had, what I consider, the best street sound of any engines ever built.
These should be interesting though. Considering they were originally frameless cars (sort of), it will be a challenge to make them actually look original.
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So these will require a full tube frame? If that's the case, it makes it more apealing since an IRS is now a serious option.
And lazs... I like the 68 better than the 67 because of the side marker lights. I always liked the 68 best of that bodystyle. I like the 69 the very least because of the additional lines on the sides. I always thought that looked tacky.
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I used to smoke and the wind wings were essential, I like the 69 body lines especialy in the tail.. they break up the slab sidedness of the 67 68
lazs
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Originally posted by lazs2
I thinnk the new camaro's will be kit cars and like a glass 32 ford.. they will be registered as the year they ressemble.
lazs
Eh? You mean cars have to fulfill only the late '60s regulations instead of modern anti-smog ones ?
I wish we'd have similar laws... If you'd build similar kit-car in here you would have to pay vehicle-tax and car would have to fit in norms used for new, modern cars; i.e. car would need catalysator & all.
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Well with vehicles like the new Ford Mustang and the Chrysler 300C, it looks like there's also some hope for new cars as well.
GM doesn't seem to get the idea yet, but then they have a long and famous tradition of discontinuing their cars as soon as they get them "right" (the '94-96 Impala SS being a prime example). GM seems to be sinking under its own weight of too many redundant uninspired models.
J_A_B
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yes staga... the cars are registered as the year they most resemble and do not have to meet any smog laws. There really is no point anyway since the old smog devices from the sixties and seventies made things worse not better so far as emissions. and...
the nmumber of klit and old cars is very low in the U.S and is not a significant contributor to smog... no where near as much as say... leaf blowers.
lazs
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Had a 701/2 Camaro with split front bumper and eggcrate grill
Damn I miss that car
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Originally posted by lazs2
you like a 68 better than a 69? I like a 67 or a 69 but a 68 is just a 67 that they left out the vent windows on.
The hardtops are coming but they will be a few grand more... apparently it is harder to form the roof.
lazs
Can now build the $1,000,000.00+ 68 Conv Z28?:D :D :cool:
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Until gas is prohibitively expensive.
-SW
once you see the lengths a guy, who's caught the restoration bug, will got to to make sure he has the exact same bolts on parts that can't be seen, or the money he will put into a small piece of crime, you'll have no doubt that there isn't any price they can put on the gas that would make them stop re-building classic Iron.