Search | Car Forums | Gallery | Articles | Helper | AF 350Z | IgorSushko.com | Corporate |
| Latest | 0 Rplys |
|
Completed Projects / Gallery Post all completed works in this sub-forum. |
Show Printable Version | Email this Page | Subscribe to this Thread |
|
Thread Tools |
08-31-2018, 12:05 PM | #1 | |
AF Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: H.B., California
Posts: 3,531
Thanks: 11
Thanked 101 Times in 96 Posts
|
'73 Camaro (Replica)
This is a replica of my real car with all the visible features that make it unique. I bought it 35 years ago this month, but it didn't look like this back then; this is how it looks currently.
It is a '73 Rally Sport with a healthy '70 Camaro engine I put in it. It has the original LT-1 manifold and a Holley 750. It also has aluminum heads and cast valve covers. I put a 700R4 transmission from an IROC in it back in '86 and a C4 Corvette monoleaf front suspension in it in '88. Oversized sway bars, sub-frame connectors and custom made traction bars are just like on the real car too. The interior is appointed exactly like the big one down to the driver's seat & harnesses, Wink mirror and fire extinguisher and "modernized" to '73 factory passenger seats (with patterned velour), and console (with Hurst shifter and graphic equalizer). Floor mats and Auto Meter gauges were made to match as well. The paint is the same GS Admiral Blue (toned by undercoat to look more correct in scale) and the stripes are decals I made to match. The wheels have the proper offset and knock offs. WIP Thread: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul....php?t=1140826 |
|
08-31-2018, 12:46 PM | #2 | |
AF Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 3,246
Thanks: 31
Thanked 314 Times in 241 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
Very cool. Any pix of the real car for comparison?
__________________
The client is not always right. - Enzo Ferrari ItalianHorses.net |
|
08-31-2018, 01:10 PM | #3 | |
AF Regular
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Kamloops
Posts: 311
Thanks: 77
Thanked 51 Times in 51 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
I love Camaro's and I love this build!!.
|
|
09-01-2018, 04:53 AM | #4 | |
AF Regular
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Saint Petersburg
Posts: 357
Thanks: 67
Thanked 48 Times in 43 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
Looks cool!
|
|
09-01-2018, 07:36 AM | #5 | |
ItaloSvensk
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Marstrand
Posts: 3,383
Thanks: 1,077
Thanked 296 Times in 270 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
Fantastic car, also I would like to see the real baby there
__________________
Paolo - LoveGT40 Modelworks website www.alsoldatino.com my YT channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIp..._as=subscriber FB: https://www.facebook.com/alsoldatino |
|
09-02-2018, 11:07 AM | #6 | |
AF Enthusiast
Thread starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: H.B., California
Posts: 3,531
Thanks: 11
Thanked 101 Times in 96 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
|
|
09-02-2018, 06:32 PM | #7 | |
AF Regular
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Adell, Wisconsin
Posts: 457
Thanks: 48
Thanked 43 Times in 43 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
that's awesome, always nice to have the full size handy to replicate.
Paul |
|
09-14-2018, 08:27 AM | #8 | |
AF Regular
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Posts: 463
Thanks: 1
Thanked 49 Times in 49 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
both look fantastic
|
|
09-15-2018, 06:51 PM | #9 | |
AF Newbie
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Selden, New York
Posts: 11
Thanks: 3
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
Truly an outstanding build, and to have the real deal as well. Now that's really special. Is it your daily driver, or just for when you want to go out for a cruise?
Joel |
|
09-16-2018, 01:05 PM | #10 | |
AF Enthusiast
Thread starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: H.B., California
Posts: 3,531
Thanks: 11
Thanked 101 Times in 96 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
Thank for the kind words everyone!
It used to be my daily driver. It is nearing 300,000 miles on the odometer. But I bought something a bit newer about ten years ago that gets better mileage and I don't have to worry about where to park, so the Camaro is more than a weekend only car, but it is now my secondary driver. |
|
09-18-2018, 11:24 AM | #11 | ||
AF Newbie
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Frisco, Texas
Posts: 51
Thanks: 5
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
Quote:
|
||
09-18-2018, 01:27 PM | #12 | ||
AF Newbie
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Selden, New York
Posts: 11
Thanks: 3
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
Quote:
Joel |
||
09-18-2018, 04:44 PM | #13 | |
AF Enthusiast
Thread starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: H.B., California
Posts: 3,531
Thanks: 11
Thanked 101 Times in 96 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
I replaced the original motor at about 120K with the current 1970 block. I was already building the engine (for my Vega) when I bought the Camaro. (I probably would have killed myself if I put it in the Vega.) Since then I rebuilt it once and took it from 355 CI to 385 CI about 8 years by stroking and boring it.
I broke the drum in the original 3 speed transmission in '84 or '85 so I put a 700R4 into it, as far as we know it was the first 4 speed auto conversion done on the west coast. I broke the 700R4 4 times racing and once when the internal trans cooler in the radiator got a hole and mixed with coolant. Made a lot of what looked like Pepto Bismo. Lowered the shift point by a few hundred RPM and stopped racing it and it is holding up just fine. And yes it runs very well and as smooth as can be expected with a cam lift of .625 and 278 duration. |
|
09-20-2018, 01:55 PM | #14 | ||
AF Newbie
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Frisco, Texas
Posts: 51
Thanks: 5
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
Quote:
|
||
09-21-2018, 10:31 AM | #15 | |
AF Enthusiast
Thread starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: H.B., California
Posts: 3,531
Thanks: 11
Thanked 101 Times in 96 Posts
|
Re: '73 Camaro (Replica)
3500 RPM stall. Has a Corvette (C4) governor and 7 instead of 6 clutch discs. Lock up is manual and only for 4th gear.
|
|
|
POST REPLY TO THIS THREAD |
|
|