Monogram 1969 Camaro SS-PROJECT COMPLETED-07/20

Thanks Steve. Haven't seen you around in a while. Hope everything is going ok for you.

Joe,      Absolutely a spectacular transformation. It was well worth the effort to reclaim this milestone of your youth.  

Sorry I haven’t commented earlier, but I was correcting the theory of relativity; well really only the last part.

SprueOne

Hells yeah those are Money Shots!

 

Hells yeah those are Money Shots!

I very much appreciate all the kind comments. You guys are A-OK in my book.

Joe, you turned a sow's ear kit into a silk purse. Especially your engine and interior detailing. Excellent.

That is a remarkable transformation Joe. You have pulled off an amazing rebuild. Really fabulous work on the detail and the paint job is absolutely gorgeous. Now, you can sit back and enjoy it some more for many years. Thank You for sharing your journey with us. It was epic and worth every moment.

Jim  

Stunning smooth paint better than the real one !

What a diffrence! I really like that engine! 

Thanks for the encouragment fellas.

Alright folks! Time to wrap this one up! When I started this project in January I thought I was looking at a 3 month project. What followed was a seven month venture to pump some life into my first ever auto build which dates back 35 years. All in all the old build was in decent shape as I'd managed to keep it encased since first building it at age 13. When I left home at age 19 for the Army I left this build and several others behind where it stayed all this time until I finally picked it up from my parents house and put it in my display case here at home where it's spent the last 5 years. When I started on it 7 months ago there was no engine and the interior was.......well ........you know ...........very "Monogram" basic. I had alot of work ahead of me which I found out throughout the course of the re-build. I ended up using a total of five other kits to piece some of the missing pieces together (one of which was a newer Revell Camaro release kit to "update" this old dog of a kit with some of the parts that Monogram had failed to put in their kit) , hood and wheels were donations from good friends here on the forums (thanks be to Dee Cee and Paul). Powertrain/ drive train was from the AMT Chevelle SS396 kit. I ended up spending ALOT of time in the interior as well as the engine compartment. All badging is from PE fret for the Revell Camaro kits and the paint is GM paint code 79U--Mystic Teal Metallic, a paint that was used in the late 90's/ early 2000's on GM vehicles (Camaro's / Firebirds being in that line up). I also opted to transform this into an SS which took a little fancy foot work with the grille but I managed to pull it all off okay. I'm pretty happy with the results although the kit (as well as me) had it's limitations. lol. I'd like to thank everyone who followed along and encouraged me along the way on this trip back in time.

With that.......here's the shots.

Before:

Money Shots:

Very impressive my friend. I like the fact that you opted to retain some of your original work. 

Yes sir super job 

Very nice, indeed.

Looking really good.

'Preciate that Joe and Steve! 

I finished up with the chassis as of this morning. The base chassis is all original down to paint and detailing through much younger eyes. I did do some repair painting here and there and applied a light wash on the fuel tank to bring out some of the detail.I think I touched the chassis up when I was around 16 or so with all the details. The front suspension, rear differential and leaf springs are all replacement parts and I had to make a custom driveshaft using the end pieces and some aluminum tubing. The mufflers are from the newer Revell Camaro release and the lead and tailpipes are silver solder. And with that......we're off to emblems and bumpers and a few touch ups here and there.

Completely dynamite detail. I really love what you have done under the hood. Looks every bit the part of realistic. Yet again your patience and attention to detail has paid off immensely.

Well it looks like the real thing 

Thanks Steve. Yessir I did. It started off as a clear part.

That engine is looking good Mustang. Did you get the washer fluid container out of the newer box as well?

Thanks Nick. Had a good time for sure. Thanks for the comments on the car. Ya know.......I just realized..............I'm almost done with this one and have absolutely no clue what my next auto build will be.

Well folks I've got the engine compartment finished. There are some things that are wrong and more things I could've added to the actual bay itself but hey, ya gotta know when to say "when" at some point. I chose to do a simple "fill in" at the passenger side rear of the engine bay where Monogram placed the battery initially and install it in the correct location. You'll see that the two rectangular holes for the hood hinges have been filled in and the molded in crappy wire details were removed from the firewall, the original master cylinder was overhauled and detailed along with the added brake lines and a windshield washer bottle was added (along with the battery) from the newer Revell Camaro release. Radiator hoses were constructed out of 16 gauge electrical wire and a dullcoat applied over both. Hose clamps were made from spare PE frets. All of the molded in detail on both fender wells was removed which instantly improved the engine bay appearance to me.

well I hope you had a good vac. I here the bass fishing is good in Texas. The the car looks great .I in plastic stew with different builds lol. 

Thanks podna! It's Mystic Teal Metallic. GM paint code 79U

Pretty color!

Ok folks....................been out for the last 5 days on vacation up to north Texas at good ol' Lake Texoma. Had a blast but it's now time to get back to buildin' on this one so I'll be seeing you all around here with this thing.

Sounds like a familiar kind of story on my end. I owned some form of musclecar from when I was 16 years old all the way until I turned about 41 years old. Sometimes I still miss driving them but I don't miss working on/ tinkering with them every day and I sure as hell don't miss throwing money at 'em left and right. lol 

mustang1989

Thanks Steve and Nick!! 

Steve: I think I know what color you are talking about for a color back then. Has kind of a dark green tint to it. The color that I'm using on this car is from the late 90's / early 2000's and is called Mystic Teal Metallic. It is a color changer from teal to blue to purple at different angles.

 

Thanks Steve and Nick!! 

Steve: I think I know what color you are talking about for a color back then. Has kind of a dark green tint to it. The color that I'm using on this car is from the late 90's / early 2000's and is called Mystic Teal Metallic. It is a color changer from teal to blue to purple at different angles.

looking awesome . wow 79