PROJECT "Z069" - LS7 powered '69 Stingray....

[ChiefRocka]

I started this project a while ago....so some of these pics are Mar '07 till the present. Originally we remove the suspension only for powder-coating...but with the addition of the 630HP LS7...we went all out with a body-off resto-mod....

Enjoy !!

Just getting started on the pops Vette (father-n-law)

Body is in the 'blocking' stage....had to be pulled from a 'tweaker' body man. That deal went sour....

In the meantime...the body is being hanked to powercoat the frame. The suspenson was already done...

Here's some pics....

Mar '07


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[ChiefRocka]

Pulling body...

Here's some pics....


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Here we have the bodylift installed to clear the 28's....
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[ChiefRocka]

Here a couple shots of the chassis and the lift....The 2x4 tubing with the chain wrapped around it is just a temporary deal...It will have a conveyor type set-up with a hook.

Couple more...


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[ChiefRocka]

The frame is ready for coating...before that, I have to mock up the -10 fuel line



Here's two pics for now....


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[ChiefRocka]

Here are some pics of the BEAST !!!!



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....off to coaters....
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[ChiefRocka]

Here's a few more pics....finished the body rack...now I can remove all the undercoating to get ready for paint (as well as free up my lift !!!)


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These two show the front support....
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[ChiefRocka]

A little break in time - May, 08
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Here are the powder-coated frame pics. I haven't on it for a while. Actually the frame sat at the coaters for about 2-weeks completed....picked it up and its been sitting at my shop for about three.


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[ChiefRocka]

Jun 23, 09
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What we are doing here is scraping, and preping the under-body.

We are removing the nasty undercoating, prepping, and decided to use a product similar to LINE-X on the under-side.

We were going to paint it with the body paint, but the LINE-X will be much more durable.

Check it out.....

I LOVE FORKLIFTS, BY THE WAY !!!


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There's alot more coming off this thing.....
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Today (Sunday), we will finish the prep, and spray the coating on.

Finishing up another customers car (hydro-suspension), and then I will start the rolling chassis assembly.

[ChiefRocka]

Well we finished it up the next Sunday.......

Here you go....


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[ChiefRocka]

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The finish came out really nice. Alot better than the "spackle" undercoating that was on there.
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[Frizzle Fry]

Love that project! What undercoating product did you use?

[ChiefRocka]

We brought the frame into the shop, to begin the reassembly.-
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Even though it was covered, we wiped all the dust off, and gave it a coat of wax...
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First step...install the upper bump....
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Originally the suspension was removed, and powder-coated...so it all just needed a clean up (from sitting at the body-shop).....Here to lend a hand is Ruben aka "Snowman"....
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I think the black and silver will look great together (no, not Raider fans)
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[ChiefRocka]

Here we un-wrapped some 'gifts' from the coaters...
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After the a-arms, we run the brake-lines....some tapping of the threads was required...
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Shot of sway-bar and springs....
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Not sure what I'm going to do with this...mabey just polish, mask and paint:
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More shots of suspension....
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[ChiefRocka]

Somehow, the rear brake line (along the frame) was coated black instead of silver....but I guess I will let it slide this time !!! Our coater is a great guy, so it's cool.
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We forgot to include the rotors in the coating, so they along with the calipers will get a nice coat of high temp caliper paint (black/silver)
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[ChiefRocka]

Some things I would of done differently...like big A$$ brakes....different suspension, etc.etc...but this is what the customer wants.

Everything on the chassis, however is NEW.....and it is a Vette, not a Caprice so we have some decent stuff stock already.


I have a lot of work ahead of me...but slowly but surely, it will take shape.

Here are a few more pics.......

More stashed parts to be cleaned:
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Rotors cleaned, painted and ready to go on:
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Rear trailing arms on:
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[ChiefRocka]

Here are some of the new parts going into this build:
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Everything came packaged really nice in the tranny box...
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[ChiefRocka]

Preparing the rear crossmember for powder-coating:
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Made a template and fabbed up a simple mount for the -8 and -6 fuel lines. I figure since the body is off, might as well bend up some nice hard-lines, instead of flexlines....:thumbsup: .......
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Drill and tapped the frame for the mount....
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[ChiefRocka]

This mount lines up with the lower portion of the firewall....from there we will hook up the regulator and fuel return lines....
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I mounted the rear crossmember...and temporarily mounted the fuel tank for mock-up of the deep-sump that will be added to the tank before the powder-coating...
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[msgross]

So that Raptor undercoating came out nice? I've seen it for $100 for the kit and am thinking of using it under my cab.

nice work BTW...

[ChiefRocka]

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

Love that project! What undercoating product did you use?

Originally Posted by msgross

So that Raptor undercoating came out nice? I've seen it for $100 for the kit and am thinking of using it under my cab.

nice work BTW...

Yeap...that Raptor work out great !! It's a urethane product, which is TINTABLE !!!

You can come out with some cool under side coatings !!

[ChiefRocka]

I was super impressed with my coater, I dropped off the three items one day...and I got them back the next!!!

Now that is turn-around !!!

Check it out....



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[ChiefRocka]

These were front rotor/caliper pics I forgot to post.....prepping and painting of the new, just dirty parts:
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[ChiefRocka]

I started on the rear.....reassembled the e-brakes, cables and lines:
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I hit the e cables with some silver....
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Here are the 1/2 FP bungs for the custom deep sump I am going to build. They are next to a 1/4 FP. I need to get a 3/8 FP for the top of the tank to use as a return....
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[ChiefRocka]

I received the last of parts to be coated (hopefully).
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Rear crossmember:
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and also the bushings from ZIP came today as well...
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The steering box came in and went right back out to StraightLineSteering for reassembly:
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My coater does a great job in masking where you don't want paint...although a little squeezed by in to the lockring threads, but not a big deal.
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