’73 Camaro

This is going to be a model of my car. I’ve owned it for some 30 plus years and have made several changes to it during that time. It was bone stock when I bought it, but as it aged, I did some upgrading.
I’m using the AMT ’70 Z/28 Camaro kit as the base.

The body needed some standard clean up and there were a couple sink marks in the left front fender and header panel that needed to be filled and one in the center of the roof (from the interior dome light).
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The Camaro script on the deck lid, the lower rocker panel trim and the upper side window drip rails were removed. All the panel/trim lines were scribed in deeper including the line between the Endura nose (now fiberglass on mine…) and the sides of the tulip panel/trunk torsion spring cover.
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I also removed the rocker panel trim and rescribed that area.
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I sanded out the molded in headliner detail since my car has the one piece style. I’ll replace the dome light and shoulder harness (on the passenger side only) later.
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The hood had a very noticeable sink mark running half the width of the hood in the center in front of the louvers (from the molded in under hood blanket). That and a couple other small ones were filled and the chrome trim at the rear was added with sheet styrene. It was also warped so I massaged it to fit the body better.
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I don't know anything about this kit so I'm watching patiently. Looks clean so far.

This is an early version of the kit, bought when it was first released. I worked on a current issue of the same kit last month (molded in orange) and noticed the mold now shows signs of wear all over and has a lot more flash.


The front valance in the kit is shaped like one from a standard nose Camaro on the outer corners. (For those that are not aware, the front fenders and the valence are a bit different between RS and non RS Camaro’s.) To make it look more like an RS unit I sanded and reshaped those areas; I also filled in the detent for the front license plate since my car doesn’t have one, and the mounting notches for the front spoiler (my car sits too low to run the spoiler and actually leave my driveway with it).
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Note the gray slag imbedded in the plastic...
The front valence fit too far forward and the rear edges did not line up with the wheel wells on the body. I cut the mounting tabs on the body and made it fit better. Then I added some sheet styrene to the front where it meets the Endura nose to make up the difference. The Endura nose is a little lower on the bottom than the valence where the two meet, just like on the real one.
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After I cemented the rear panel in I scribed the weld seams in. I also scribed the rear edge of the trunk lid but did that section deeper as it appears on the real car.
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Lookin' good

Thanks.

The front seats in the ’70 kit are not the same style as in a ‘73. I used a seat from an old built up MPC ’76 Camaro in my collection as a base to convert into the passenger seat in my car.
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I will make resin copies so I can restore the interior of the donor car. I’ll add the velour texture after casting.
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The back seat is also different, but I used the ’70 piece and modified it into a ’73 pattern.
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Ready for the velour, after I make the rear speakers for the package shelf…
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Terrific work so far!! I'm taking notes. I have two of these in my stash that I'd like to build this year.

I'd like to finish it this year... But since I'm so close to finishing something else, I'm starting a few others I've been putting off for years (decades even).

For the driver’s seat I cast a copy of a somewhat similar style seat from a Tamiya kit (maybe from a Skyline?) to make into the Flo-Fit I have.
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I reshaped the bolsters and made the center cushions out of sheet styrene. I had to shave the cushion areas of the cast seat down before adding them.
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The reshaped headrest was mounted on a couple steel pins.
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Great start, keep up the good work!

Emil

The dash on the AMT kit is closer to being accurate than the one in the ’76 MPC kit, so I will use it. The first step was to drill out the holes for the gauges and thin out the bezels around the gauges.
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My car has ’92 Trans Am GTA wheels. They are 16 x 8s. The front wheels on the TA were offset by 16mm making them a little deeper dished. On my car I put the “fronts” on the rear and vice versa to give it the appropriate look of a ‘70s car.
I cast two sets copied from the Monogram ’89 Trans Am wheel. They are close, but they do not have the proper offset, (or even different offsets), the offset appears to be an approximate average of the front and rears.
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From one set I made the outer rims with the proper depths. This is a front and a rear.
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The other set also had the outer rims removed so I could use the centers. I found a set of tires that look about right size wise; the rears are larger than the fronts.
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After blowing up the car’s original 3 speed automatic back in the 80’s, I installed an (at the time) “exotic” 700R4. For the model I sourced a 4L60E from the Monogram Impala SS. I cut the transmission from the engine and the torque converter/inspection cover from the pan and assembled the trans and pan so I could fill the seam above the pan because of the way it was molded. I cast that and the plastic cover as two pieces for easier painting.
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The infamous 4L60E, I'm on my 4th.

Looking great all around. I have a question for you, I've noticed a lot of casting of pieces (with others too). Do you just keep a stash of parts specifically for copying? And do you have just molds of previous work tucked away?

Not really. I make masters or modify existing parts to fit what I need. The 4 speed trans for example went back into the near virgin kit so it can be built. I try to make copies first then modify my casting so the kit parts remain intact.

While I do keep the molds I usually don't run them unless I need that part, or sometimes I'll stock up on things like wheels when I'm casting and want to use up the leftover extra mixed resin.

The infamous 4L60E, I'm on my 4th.

Yeah, I've broken the 700R4 a few times too. Now it has extra clutches, the shifter has a 4th gear lockout for the track and I set the TV cable to shift at a lower RPM on the street. Been working fine for at least 18 years.

It's got to be great to make a model of a car that you actually own IRL. Very easy to get good reference. Keep up the nice and also very clean work! :thumbsup:

Emil

I made the headers from a pair out of a Revell SuperTruck kit. I cut some of the tubes apart and made the flanges from brass. I cut off the long collectors and made new ones to match mine from brass and then added P.E. flanges.
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This is the kit supplied ’70 console. ’73 Camaros used a different style.
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I filled in, built up and reshaped the kit part.
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Then I cut out the opening for the shifter plate in the correct location, added the console door and textured it.
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i take my chair!!

I made a copy of the graphic equalizer. To give some depth to the shifter plate area I put the gear selector lettering and the blue plastic dust cover in the recess of the console. I made the shifter plate to sit flush above with some space between like the real car.
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Really great work! I follow all you builds and am always very impressed!

Any chance you can show us some pics of the 1:1 car?

Nice work on seats!!

1:1 looks great too!

Thanks guys. The 1:1 is a blast to drive.

I made a Hurst T-handle shifter to match the real one. Yes, it is an automatic, but I custom made the shifter in the car to work with the 700R4. This piece can be filed away until final assembly.
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Awesome good!

Thanks!

I decided to use the kit provided engine with some modifications. First I cut the 4 speed manual transmission off and cemented the engine halves together.
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After painting it I made a decal for the Fram filter.
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Yeah, I've broken the 700R4 a few times too. Now it has extra clutches, the shifter has a 4th gear lockout for the track and I set the TV cable to shift at a lower RPM on the street. Been working fine for at least 18 years.

Mine is in my 06 GMC 1500. I got tired of it and built my own. Transgo HD2 shift kit, billet output shaft, Sonnax accumulators and Beast sun shell, Delco 5 pinion planets, new pump and a bunch of other stuff. 3000 rpm converter.

Have a 1 year old, so no more mods yet, but the plan is to keep in N/A 5.3 with cam, heads, etc.


I like how you made the block and pan completely different textures, looks really good.

Despite warnings of fit issues especially since I attached the rear panel to the body, it seems to fit quite well with all the interior parts and glass temporarily installed. The firewall is a little tight to install, but once I modify the kit part to match my car it should provide a bit more wiggle room.
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The trans has been painted…
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I started making a GM HEI distributor for it and when I mocked it up on the engine block I realized I’d better check for clearance under the hood before getting too far along.
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That meant I needed to first address the transmission cross member since on my car the factory one is modified and installed 180 degrees to accommodate the 700R4.
I sawed the cross member out of the subframe and filled the two holes. I drilled and pinned it for a positive fit. I also began filling in the top of the subframe with filler. (The orange one is the way the kit comes.)
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After test fitting this subassembly into the body/chassis I can see it does have enough clearance and is similarly tight like the real counterpart.

I decided to work on the front suspension since I was tinkering with the sub-frame. I installed a C4 Corvette fiberglass monoleaf set up on the real car. So to add it to the model I made a brass insert for the cross-member where the spring will be mounted.
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The upper control arms and spindles are the factory GM units, but the lower control arms are special made items. I made this pair from sheet styrene.
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Wow lots of detailed progress since I last checked in!

These will become the front (Koni) shocks.
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Before assembling the main suspension parts to the sub-frame I figured I should make the sub-frame connectors. They are built up out of sheet styrene and brass. I also had to open the rear of the front sub-frame rails to accept them, like the real car.
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Beautiful work as always!!!

Thanks Tonio!

Might as well make the traction bars while I’m in the area… I milled the U channel stock from a stick of .125 X .25 inch styrene stock, the bars are sheet styrene. I’ll make and add the hardware later.
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I started painting some of the base colors of the chassis. The red oxide is partly visible on the real car where I stripped away the undercoating before installing the engine and trans.
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The cross member on my car is bright red; ironically the instructions call out for a non-prototypical yellow for the rear sway bar, and I painted mine yellow back in the 90’s.
The engine was test fitted once more…
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The rear suspension ride height is set up.
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And the track is set.
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I cut the front sway bar off the lower control arm/tie rod/cross-member assembly and reshaped it to fit the new lower A-arms. I started with brass rod for the stabilizer links and will flesh them out with hardware later. I figure the yellow paint fattened up the thickness enough to approximate the 1-1/4 Suspension Techniques bar I put on the real car…
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I cleaned up the tie rod assembly that was cut off earlier and added it back to the front sub-frame and installed the steering box.
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I installed the fiberglass mono leaf front spring.
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10 to 10!

Wow. Great job on the chassis.

Thanks guys.

I made a brass and aluminum master for the knock-offs and cast resin copies.
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nice work so far!

nice work !

I went back to working on the engine. I textured and finished the valve covers…
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The first set of headers I made proved to be too tight of a fit into the sub-frame, so I modified a pair from the AMT ’66 Nova. I’ll finish the look of the ceramic coating after they are installed onto the engine.
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Coming along!

great looking work so far

Thanks Cliff.

I didn’t like the way the headers fit under the car after mocking it all up with the suspension and wheels. So I stripped them and shortened them.
First I cut the three tubes that were closest together. Then I snipped the single tube and re-bent it to fit after cementing the three back together.
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Time for reshaping…
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Primed …
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I tried TS-30 Silver Leaf instead of the Chrome Silver I used before thinking it would go on thinner and still be bright enough. But decanting and airbrushing did not give the desired look. Rather than build up more paint I opted to strip the headers as I had done in the past. Unfortunately this time the plastic disintegrated, not just at the glue joints, they crumbled like rice.
Set number three came from a Revell ’69 Camaro and were also significantly modified to fit the engine/sub-frame.
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I made wire looms like I have on the real car and wired the engine before permanently installing it into the sub-frame.
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I turned the top of air cleaner from aluminum and milled the filter element from a chunk of raw resin I cast. The pleats are a bit heavy looking, but once it is all painted I think it will be OK.
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The rims are almost done. Two different offsets, but the same width. I machined the valve stems/caps from aluminum. Half surprised I didn’t lose any of them… Still need to add the center caps/knock-offs.
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The knock offs have been added. The tire sidewalls will be reworked, I just needed to test fit everything again before I decide if I’m ready to paint the body. The little red bowties in the centers of the knock offs were fun to apply…
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Those look legit. I like the progress you've made.

Wow! So much detail...I can't wait to see more progress!!