Z28's were cool, and even the Smokey Trans Am was cool, but my favorite year for Camero or Firebird is 1960, Just because I'm a child of the 60's being born in 1960, I got to see all the coolest cars to come out. And my favorite Pontiac is 1969 Judge, or Dean Jefferies Monkee Mobile GTO. man these are all bringing back the memories! Thanks for all the great shows over the years. Us gearheads really appreciate your talent dedication and hard work!
I remember watching this show when I was really young. I'm glad to have found it again! P.S. Your show is what made me a car guy, thank you for that :)
This was my idea for a long time regarding the nose and tail change with t tops. Except use the RS lights on a '73 SS nose, and use the lower lights as an air intake for the front brakes.
For 125 bucks I would definitely buy that radiator support because the battery's of the day loved to leak acid on the lower bolt that connects to the subframe also the rubbers just wear out over the years because of rust which every gearhead knows rust sucks . One thing I didn't know was from the cowl forward was the same from 70 to 81 but did know it was the same on firebirds and Trans am go figure. F body's but know I'm thinking about the a body from 68 to 72 haha 😄 this is getting crazy 🤪 I do know that Pontiacs from 70 to 72 were the same from the cowl back even the rear bumpers were the same with other general motors f and a bodies only difference in 68 to 69 was in 69 they had no vent windows. General motors saved a lot in tooling going all the way back to the fifties frames doors hell tri fives roofs deck lids doors two year's same dashes. I could write a whole book on matching parts 😩 OK one more then I got to stop the. V. W. Bug ha ha gotcha
I use automotive touch up website to look up paint code. Say I see a blue on 1984 corvette. I google 1984 corvette touch up paint. Their website has colors available that year. Good for picking custom color you see on newer car.
This front conversion is around 3,500. Cant imagine how much the rear conversion would be...may be 4k. Plus the rear would require alot of cutting and welding. I have a 78 and i will leave it as it is. Way too expensive. I wonder why they never did the rear conversion?
Man, I like those Cornwell wratchets!!! Just what I have been looking for! My vehicle is not a hot rod or a truck, It is what I could afford at the time & man have I paid for it!!! Every single part has failed & I have wrenched my butt off on this little passenger car & really don't have much to show for it except a 03 focus that is still on the road! That is all that matters in the end, Getting from point A to point B & back to point A, ensuring that it makes it there & back safely! I need a rwd vehicle to modify! I am so sick of fwd & 4 cylinder junk!!!!!!!!
Seeing this has given me expensive ideas for my build. I have a 79 Firebird that I want to convert to a 70. After some investigation it seems the 70-73 fenders are the same as the 77-81! Thanks for the explosion of my wallet Stacy! :)
Man, wish I had my 70 1/2 RS still, sold it in the early 90's for $2000. When I had it the parts for the nose were really $ and at the time I had rust starting in mine. Also picked up a original 4spd as mine was conv to auto but couldn't get the clutch linkage like you can today so it went with the car.
It's crazy how expensive the 74-77 "big bumper" stock front bumpers have gotten. Hard to find also. One piece I wish classic industries had. I'd like to have oem sheet metal for my front end. My inner/outer fenders, bumper, and hood are all fiberglass. Quality of the fiberglass outer fenders aren't so great.
Also 74-77 interiors and trim decals... and I've noticed I have a rare ivory colored gauge bezel that isn't available. Man these videos are motivating. Doing a lot of this stuff with mine now. Hope to make some serious progress in 2019.
Please finish this car, we've been waiting quite some time since the fabrication began The bodywork ideas are very cool, I even thought about mimicking them for the '79 Z that I'm building, just cannot do it with my budget!
I'm a big car guy and I never realized that from the front doors back it a 67 Camaro body..I think the mid 70s Camaros were ugly but now I can see the 67 coming threw ..
We got it from Classic Industries. Auto Metal Direct also sells many components for the 2nd Gen. I would check with them as prices have definitely changed since we put this together.
Hello Stacey I'm the orginal owner for the 1981 Z-28 you bought from Mike Hennis in Tennessee. Was wondering if your done with it and is it for sale. love to buy it back? Thanks Don Tokunaga
Never wrecked? That nose looks to have been replaced, even if they claim it warped but my main issue is that I like the 74-81 Camaro! In fact I had a realy cool red '79 Z 28 with a 73 sbc 400 out of a 73 caprice wagon. Bored 30 over with a lot of goodies! Amber light weight pistons, they balanced the internals, polished the crank, roller rockers, milled the heads 202/160 if I remember correctly, 4 core radiator, edelbrock performer intake, holly 750 double pumper, TH400 with shift kit, manual valve body ,stall converter, B&M mega shifter, 373 gears. Headers, 2 1/2 exhaust with duel flow masters! However, cool parts, powerful engine & all! It ended up ripping the T tops that's why I sold it ,well one of the reasons! G bought subframe connectors but had already twisted it! I later got a 78 trans am. But I drove this car from 19 to about 27! Loads of great memories! It was a really fast car in its time! It's no hellcat but those small block 400's from the early 70'S can make cheap power I would love to build a turbo version but like any traditional V 8, it's life span comes down to that small cam! It's one of many reasons why you gota love the L.S ! Even still I would love to see a turbo 406 even still! I got a IQ fo at deal on this car but this '99 money $3400
Notice it didn't show 1 second of swapping that out. It's not the $120 it's the time and getting into the ac...vs drilling some holes and cutting that flange in under an hour.
I have 3 c10s an 83 camaro. A 83 firebird and a 77 vette. How much do i make the check out for to work on my toys. For the show or not i am fine either way. Wanna help me replica kitt from knight rider? Or wide flare and wheel a 77 vette? Or strip and cage and paint a 83 camaro to look like a 80s trans am racer? Or pre Runner a c10? Or lift a crew c30 as high as we can?
Always admire his work and the others out there......but there budget seams to be unlimited.....wish there was a show for the average budget person...or more of a how to show versus high budget
I had a bright blue hard top Z28 in high school that I bought from a buddy of mine. Him and his dad built it for racing and at 55mph the front tires came off the ground. My parents caught me racing my step brother and sold it and bought me an old farm truck which 2 months later traded for a '78 El Camino SS. LMAO. I have a '81 Silverado that I'm in the process of restoring and having trouble finding a replacement bed here in Houston. I bought the truck in my hometown of Lubbock where they're a dime a dozen. Anybody out there have any idea where I can locate a long bed with dual tanks and a tailgate give me a holler.
@@ImTheJoker4u Thanks so much for your response. I lucked out and found one right down the road and picking it up in the next day or so. My 3 year restoration project is coming to an end and I'm looking forward to seeing it completed. My neighbors are eager for me to pull it out front so they can see how it turned out
all this money just buy the year u want there a dime a dozen i have a few of these and older ones did not pay more then 300 for each one some i got for free most are z28 and rs
Hey man, I've been building a 1970 Camaro for several years now, I paid 1800 for a shell that needed a whole lot of rust cut out. Do you have any 70's Z28 bodies? Just checking cuz I am still on the hunt. ✌😎
Agreed. I miss the good old days when this show was all about doing the work yourself to save money, refurbish parts, fins spares in junk yards, etc. Now it's just throwing the wallet at brand new expensive catalog parts to showcase sponsor's selections.
If you actually planned to do a project similar to this you could look yourself. And since listening is not your strong point he did say a couple thousand.
Z28's were cool, and even the Smokey Trans Am was cool, but my favorite year for Camero or Firebird is 1960, Just because I'm a child of the 60's being born in 1960, I got to see all the coolest cars to come out. And my favorite Pontiac is 1969 Judge, or Dean Jefferies Monkee Mobile GTO. man these are all bringing back the memories! Thanks for all the great shows over the years. Us gearheads really appreciate your talent dedication and hard work!
I love the '78- '81 Camaro body style and I love the older ones as well. I had a 1979 Z28 and that would corner like it was on rails
I have an '80 base camaro thinking of making a sleeper or maybe do this swap
@@caballero1152it's a camaro which is a sports car which means it can't be a sleeper because people will expect it to be fast
@@harperdunn9692 it is a sports car but it's an OLD sports car and people know the stock stuff from back then is slow compared to now.
Forget new parts, all you need is a Lynard Skynard tape and a mullet...project done.
This is the most truth I’ve ever read on here
I was gonna say Whitesnake...
@@MissionRestomod Molly Hatchet or 38 Special?
Stacey has a mullet
Lynyrd Skynyrd
I remember watching this show when I was really young. I'm glad to have found it again!
P.S. Your show is what made me a car guy, thank you for that :)
Ohhhh so this is why everyone has been calling us for these kits! Keep it coming!
How can I find a conversion parts list to do do this?
Dude, I passed on so many of those late 70s cameros growing up. If I had only known they used the same body as the early RS...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love how it starts out, just the nose and rear are different then you need fenders and everything else lol.
Save money by buying a later model Camaro then spend 4 times the difference building parts to make a Frankenstein.
Am i the only one who prefer the late bumpers over the early ones ?
Nope... I'm with you 100%.
The 70 thru 73 front end looks like an owl....I like all the 74 up front ends better.
Y'all are weird. Nothing looks as good as a 70-73 split bumper
I’m with you bro
I prefer 78 to 81 camaro myself
This was my idea for a long time regarding the nose and tail change with t tops. Except use the RS lights on a '73 SS nose, and use the lower lights as an air intake for the front brakes.
Full episodes on here now, that's awesome.
I gotta say! We really took alotta those parts for granted! Thought those cars and parts were gonna be around for ever! Lol!
For 125 bucks I would definitely buy that radiator support because the battery's of the day loved to leak acid on the lower bolt that connects to the subframe also the rubbers just wear out over the years because of rust which every gearhead knows rust sucks . One thing I didn't know was from the cowl forward was the same from 70 to 81 but did know it was the same on firebirds and Trans am go figure. F body's but know I'm thinking about the a body from 68 to 72 haha 😄 this is getting crazy 🤪 I do know that Pontiacs from 70 to 72 were the same from the cowl back even the rear bumpers were the same with other general motors f and a bodies only difference in 68 to 69 was in 69 they had no vent windows. General motors saved a lot in tooling going all the way back to the fifties frames doors hell tri fives roofs deck lids doors two year's same dashes. I could write a whole book on matching parts 😩 OK one more then I got to stop the. V. W. Bug ha ha gotcha
I never had a battery that leaked , I had a 75 camaro and never had that problem , maybe you were buying bad batteries .
I use automotive touch up website to look up paint code. Say I see a blue on 1984 corvette. I google 1984 corvette touch up paint. Their website has colors available that year. Good for picking custom color you see on newer car.
This front conversion is around 3,500. Cant imagine how much the rear conversion would be...may be 4k. Plus the rear would require alot of cutting and welding. I have a 78 and i will leave it as it is. Way too expensive. I wonder why they never did the rear conversion?
It should only be 3 more years until this thing is finished.
So true! I use to watch this show every week and loved it. Finally got disgusted with the lack of continuity and hardly ever seeing anything finished.
I used to watch him on tv when I was too young to drive. I’m thirty and still waiting on him to finish some of his projects.
Wow... You sir are optimistic..
I have a 80, T top trans am that I’m gonna start restoring soon. Considering doing a swap of a 70-73 T/A front on it. That’d be cool.
Man, I like those Cornwell wratchets!!! Just what I have been looking for! My vehicle is not a hot rod or a truck, It is what I could afford at the time & man have I paid for it!!! Every single part has failed & I have wrenched my butt off on this little passenger car & really don't have much to show for it except a 03 focus that is still on the road! That is all that matters in the end, Getting from point A to point B & back to point A, ensuring that it makes it there & back safely! I need a rwd vehicle to modify! I am so sick of fwd & 4 cylinder junk!!!!!!!!
Seeing this has given me expensive ideas for my build. I have a 79 Firebird that I want to convert to a 70. After some investigation it seems the 70-73 fenders are the same as the 77-81! Thanks for the explosion of my wallet Stacy! :)
Man, wish I had my 70 1/2 RS still, sold it in the early 90's for $2000. When I had it the parts for the nose were really $ and at the time I had rust starting in mine. Also picked up a original 4spd as mine was conv to auto but couldn't get the clutch linkage like you can today so it went with the car.
*The good ole days when tv was worth watching. wondering what staceys up to nowadays* Dexterous X
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Awesome transformation!!
It's crazy how expensive the 74-77 "big bumper" stock front bumpers have gotten. Hard to find also. One piece I wish classic industries had. I'd like to have oem sheet metal for my front end. My inner/outer fenders, bumper, and hood are all fiberglass. Quality of the fiberglass outer fenders aren't so great.
Also 74-77 interiors and trim decals... and I've noticed I have a rare ivory colored gauge bezel that isn't available. Man these videos are motivating. Doing a lot of this stuff with mine now. Hope to make some serious progress in 2019.
*I have a 1976 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport!*
I love this gen of camaro and hes changing it 😭
Please finish this car, we've been waiting quite some time since the fabrication began The bodywork ideas are very cool, I even thought about mimicking them for the '79 Z that I'm building, just cannot do it with my budget!
I would have kept that car as it is. I love those wheels too.
That conversion is very neat so it looks like a 1970- 73 model Camaro and Firebird from a 1974-81 model
Thank you for this video!
What about rear 78 to 70 conversion ?
is there a part number for this kit on classic industries?
I had a 74 in high school.
Got my 80 z28 and hoping to get it restored
How do I see this whole build series cant find all of it on TH-cam!!
Unfortunately if it’s like most of his projects you won’t.
Could this be done to transform the 81’ with a 77’ bumper?
Can please post a link to all the parts used and required to complete this project.... please and thank you...
I did that same thing you are doing about 12 years ago.
Yeah what about the tail end? I haven’t seen the episode where that was worked on. Did I miss it?
Now i'm just waiting for Danchuk to sponsor a complete catalog Tri five chevy build using nothing but their replacement parts.
I'm a big car guy and I never realized that from the front doors back it a 67 Camaro body..I think the mid 70s Camaros were ugly but now I can see the 67 coming threw ..
Wow that is pretty badass
I have a '77 that I would like to do this on. Does this kit work the same as on your '81?
did stacey ever finish this build?
That added hood bumper on the quick tip section is actualy an alarm hood pin switch.
What’s the price point for everything shown? Core support, body panels, hardware, etc.?
We got it from Classic Industries. Auto Metal Direct also sells many components for the 2nd Gen. I would check with them as prices have definitely changed since we put this together.
He said it was a kit but I can not locate the kit or conversion for this application
Hello Stacey I'm the orginal owner for the 1981 Z-28 you bought from Mike Hennis in Tennessee. Was wondering if your done with it and is it for sale. love to buy it back? Thanks Don Tokunaga
This would make a GREAT full circle story with the car going back to the original owner!!!! How often does that happen?!😮
I had a red and black 75 camaro that had real front and rear bumpers .
Never wrecked? That nose looks to have been replaced, even if they claim it warped but my main issue is that I like the 74-81 Camaro! In fact I had a realy cool red '79 Z 28 with a 73 sbc 400 out of a 73 caprice wagon. Bored 30 over with a lot of goodies! Amber light weight pistons, they balanced the internals, polished the crank, roller rockers, milled the heads 202/160 if I remember correctly, 4 core radiator, edelbrock performer intake, holly 750 double pumper, TH400 with shift kit, manual valve body ,stall converter, B&M mega shifter, 373 gears. Headers, 2 1/2 exhaust with duel flow masters! However, cool parts, powerful engine & all! It ended up ripping the T tops that's why I sold it ,well one of the reasons! G bought subframe connectors but had already twisted it! I later got a 78 trans am. But I drove this car from 19 to about 27! Loads of great memories! It was a really fast car in its time! It's no hellcat but those small block 400's from the early 70'S can make cheap power I would love to build a turbo version but like any traditional V 8, it's life span comes down to that small cam! It's one of many reasons why you gota love the L.S ! Even still I would love to see a turbo 406 even still! I got a IQ fo at deal on this car but this '99 money $3400
Do they sell a conversion piece for the rear window to make it non-wrap around?
Good show
Is this a different shop?
I had a 81 z28 Lingenfelter built car. I was young and stupid for letting it go.
What’s that website with all the resto kits
How would I get a hold of the parts list you used on this project ?
Fender through 77 will work
If said is the case then it would or should not be an issue to build a Bandit T/A using said body
Where can I get a front conversions kit for my 1979 camaro
Classic industries
my 3 picks would be chevy camaro dodge charger and ford mustang
In other words:
You don't have to swap out the core support, but it'd be a lot easier to swap it out than modify your existing core support
Notice it didn't show 1 second of swapping that out. It's not the $120 it's the time and getting into the ac...vs drilling some holes and cutting that flange in under an hour.
8:48 Words to live by..
everything is bolt ojn. but fist thing we order is weld on parts lol.
Where can someone get a 70's head rug like you're sporting?
Thank you thank you thank you for pulling those pieces of sheet metal off the rear glass. Those looked like ass hahaha
Nice Tahoe, I'm glad you didn't slam it to the ground like a gangster wannabe
I have 3 c10s an 83 camaro. A 83 firebird and a 77 vette. How much do i make the check out for to work on my toys. For the show or not i am fine either way. Wanna help me replica kitt from knight rider? Or wide flare and wheel a 77 vette? Or strip and cage and paint a 83 camaro to look like a 80s trans am racer? Or pre Runner a c10? Or lift a crew c30 as high as we can?
Always admire his work and the others out there......but there budget seams to be unlimited.....wish there was a show for the average budget person...or more of a how to show versus high budget
Gene Simmons called Stacey David and wants his hairstyle back
still got that hood latch i need it lol
How easy will it be to rebuild a trans am that I've have gutt it out..
6:47 he is in rage to get the bumper off
30 to 40 Years ago a 1969 camaro was a worthless too , time changes , generations change ,
I should do a what are you workin on for my dad’s 800 hp street 57 belair he’s built and we have like 5 projects
Imfender clip nuts twist off
What is the other show is he talking about that hrs going to show us how to convert the rear to the early 70s
Are you going to put together a parts list for swap?
L-88 hood looks best on 70-73 Camaros.
Did you ever finished it?
ill just buy an ealry 70’s camaro call it a day cool video
When did Gene Simmons start doing car shows?
What u gonna do with the rear
I had a bright blue hard top Z28 in high school that I bought from a buddy of mine. Him and his dad built it for racing and at 55mph the front tires came off the ground. My parents caught me racing my step brother and sold it and bought me an old farm truck which 2 months later traded for a '78 El Camino SS. LMAO. I have a '81 Silverado that I'm in the process of restoring and having trouble finding a replacement bed here in Houston. I bought the truck in my hometown of Lubbock where they're a dime a dozen. Anybody out there have any idea where I can locate a long bed with dual tanks and a tailgate give me a holler.
LMC Truck.
@@ImTheJoker4u Thanks so much for your response. I lucked out and found one right down the road and picking it up in the next day or so. My 3 year restoration project is coming to an end and I'm looking forward to seeing it completed. My neighbors are eager for me to pull it out front so they can see how it turned out
Breaks my poptart that they couldn't stamp out a steel nose.
Everyone wants the first generation not this generation thats why the first generation demands so much more money than the second generation
Im so doing this !!!
Can I do a front end conversion from a 80 on an 82 model ?
project wasent finished ys left us hangin bro. what about the rear
I am confused. This whole episode cold have been 5 mins and him saying "A 70-73 dog house will bolt onto on an 81 Camaro"
Not everybody
all this money just buy the year u want there a dime a dozen i have a few of these and older ones did not pay more then 300 for each one some i got for free most are z28 and rs
Hey man, I've been building a 1970 Camaro for several years now, I paid 1800 for a shell that needed a whole lot of rust cut out. Do you have any 70's Z28 bodies? Just checking cuz I am still on the hunt.
✌😎
@@jasonhull5712 those are very hard to find sorry i don't have one in that year 78/81 body but if i'm correct the back shell is the same not sure
22 minutes long, 20 minutes of advertisements ...
"Bitchin' Camero."
Keep it a 81
the conversion is nice, but i would keep all the original parts so if its ever sold it could still be put back to all original.
Agreed. I miss the good old days when this show was all about doing the work yourself to save money, refurbish parts, fins spares in junk yards, etc. Now it's just throwing the wallet at brand new expensive catalog parts to showcase sponsor's selections.
They never seem to tell us the cost of everything ,
It'll scare ya away.
If you actually planned to do a project similar to this you could look yourself. And since listening is not your strong point he did say a couple thousand.
I can’t believe anyone would pay $2500 for that POS lol
I spoke too soon. Taking a $2500 car and putting $3k worth of parts on the front of it to make it look like a $30k car is genius.
30 years ago 1969 camaros were worthless too
I would. I just love the way it looks.
The second generation Camaro is not my favorite the first generation is and the third generations are my favorite
No no noooo
first
Split bumper suck
BUT IT'S A CAMARO...............
A big EXPENSIVE buffet. Screw this guy, if you want an earlier model, just buy one.
Could probably find a body cheaper than these parts would cost.
Purchase cost is cheaper, restoration effort is typically less, factory ac and better equipped interior.
I dont get why morons do this.....