View Full Version : Any other 1st Gen owners here?
Nutsy
03-10-2006, 04:05 PM
Hello all, just found this site on line. Looks like a good group!
I picked up my 69 RS/SS about 2 years ago. My dad and I will be doing a full Pro-Touring Resto on it starting this summer.
I will be parting out a lot of the car in the near future, so if you are interested in any parts let me know.
Here are a couple pics:
http://www.momentummotor.com/Trevor/CamaroSmall1.jpg
http://www.momentummotor.com/Trevor/CamaroSmall2.jpg
Captain Morgan
03-10-2006, 04:08 PM
wow sweet project! first genners are few and far between here. make sure you photo-document the process for us! and welcome to the site :D
allpontiacs
03-10-2006, 05:28 PM
Nice, but PLEASE don't bastardize it with the outdated Pro Touring look. A nice resto with a few modern suspension parts and maybe 17's or so is nice, but too many guys hack these things up and inject them and put honkin huge wheels on them AND THEY'RE NOT BEING MADE ANYMORE and I'm jealous. There, I said it.
Smoking is bad but nice prodject car
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I thought the cigarette butt really accented the missing rear bumper.
as my dad always says
"do you knwo what thought did? he thought he farted and he shit himself"
He sounds like a thinking man...
But hell, when has thinking ever got anyone anywhere?
Nutsy
03-10-2006, 10:22 PM
Smoking is bad but nice prodject car
Where is the cigi butt? I can't see it! Lol. I dont smoke! :nono:
Edit: Lol! Ok i see it... bad bad pic. Oh well damn neighbour. Now i am embarassed.
Nutsy
03-10-2006, 10:25 PM
Nice, but PLEASE don't bastardize it with the outdated Pro Touring look. A nice resto with a few modern suspension parts and maybe 17's or so is nice, but too many guys hack these things up and inject them and put honkin huge wheels on them AND THEY'RE NOT BEING MADE ANYMORE and I'm jealous. There, I said it.
Trust me, this car will be built for function over form. Big wheels and bling bling are not my thing unless it serves a purpose.
Captain Morgan
03-10-2006, 10:28 PM
Nice, but PLEASE don't bastardize it with the outdated Pro Touring look. A nice resto with a few modern suspension parts and maybe 17's or so is nice, but too many guys hack these things up and inject them and put honkin huge wheels on them AND THEY'RE NOT BEING MADE ANYMORE and I'm jealous. There, I said it.
Trust me, this car will be built for function over form. Big wheels and bling bling are not my thing unless it serves a purpose.
all that is true and holy right there
sharkslayerca
03-11-2006, 03:28 AM
Hello nutsy, welcome to the forum, nice to see another 1st gen owner onboard...
good luck with your restore and i think you can get lots of good info here.
i am one of those other 1st gen owners you were searching for...lol
we are a rare breed.
allpontiacs
03-11-2006, 09:41 AM
You're a rare breed because those things are so fucking expensive, I'd love to get my hands on a 67-68 'Bird.
TA_GTA
03-11-2006, 12:24 PM
hey post some pics of the nova too
Nutsy
03-11-2006, 02:09 PM
That Nova is my dads. It is a 1970 Nova SS. He bought it off the original owner in 1972 and took it apart in 1974. His original plans were to back half the car and make it into a pro-street drag car :banghead: Good thing i came into the picture shortly after and he couldn't afford to do anything to the car until 2000 when it went through a complete frame off nut and bolt restoration.
The car has 41000 original miles on it. Every piece of metal is original except for the floors. It was media blasted and there is absolutely no bondo in the car whatsoever. He kept the chassis totaly stock. He did put in bolt in frame connectors and competition engineering slide-a-links. The engine is a built 383 w/ a M-22 Rock Crusher and the original 12bolt POSI rear with 3.93" gears.
Interior is a standard black bench interior. All stock w/ Autometer tach, Oil press, coolant temp, oil temp guages.
The car is about 90% complete, but he still wants to change a few things here and there to make it a bit more fun to drive on the street (ie. power steering, different wheels and tires, front suspension etc.) In my opionion there is more work to be done in the engine bay as well. I don't like the lake of a common theme with everything under the hood, but as always the project is never totally complete is it?
Here are a couple pics:
http://www.momentummotor.com/Trevor/Nova3.JPG
http://www.momentummotor.com/Trevor/Nova2.JPG
http://www.momentummotor.com/Trevor/Nova1.JPG
iroc22
03-11-2006, 02:17 PM
Wow, the Nova looks awesome.
My Dad has a mint 68 that he never drives :ohboy:
Nutsy
03-11-2006, 02:18 PM
My Dad never drives his either... :ohboy:
iroc22
03-11-2006, 02:19 PM
How come it isn't in the garage? Just temporarily outside I hope
LowriderS10
03-11-2006, 09:15 PM
damn dude! very sexy cars.
out of pure curiosity...how much does a 1st gen in that sorta condition go for? Looks PERFECT for a project...no major cancer, but not something they'd ask 50K for either...
TA_GTA
03-11-2006, 10:15 PM
nice nova
Nutsy
03-11-2006, 11:21 PM
How come it isn't in the garage? Just temporarily outside I hope
It goes in the garage dont worry. It was only out side for its weekly warm up :cool:
Nutsy
03-11-2006, 11:22 PM
damn dude! very sexy cars.
out of pure curiosity...how much does a 1st gen in that sorta condition go for? Looks PERFECT for a project...no major cancer, but not something they'd ask 50K for either...
It is a great project car. I looked for almost 2 years to find it. I paid around 15k for it.
PumpkinPie
03-14-2006, 04:15 PM
The Nova is pure sex :drool:
welcome :D
79 Z28
03-17-2006, 04:27 PM
fuck, i love that nova! ive been looking for one out of the corner of my eye for some time now. would he sell it? :fingersx:
sex car
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