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1968 Custom Pro Street Camaro - 1000 Horsepower - New Everything! on 2040-cars

Year:1968 Mileage:300
Location:

Katy, Texas, United States

Katy, Texas, United States
Advertising:

 Because it would take 10,000 words to explain the complete build of this vehicle, I put together an 11 minute video of the complete build and interested bidders can send me a message and I will be more than happy to send you the link to the video.

Plain and simple - I have $75,000 in parts alone invested in this car. I have over 1000 hours of labor - nearly 1700 hours to be exact. The certified appraisal valued the car at $153,000. No, I'm not asking $153,000. I will say that to me this awesome 68 pro street camaro is priceless! Of course I'm the one who has all the sweat in this completed project so I can say that.

While this car has nearly 1000 naturally aspirated horsepower - I never built it with the intention of racing. I built this car for show and to freak people out when I drive it on the street. This car is nothing to play around with. You must respect this car and the power it has or it will kill you. This car is NOT for kids or someone who wants to showoff by displaying it's power on the street. Like I said, this car has an extremely high amount of power and it is dangerous if you don't respect it. I did the calculations and based on horsepower and weight of vehicle this car would accelerate from 0-100 mph in approximately 3 seconds. Yes, 3 seconds! Of course you could never do that on the street because the car would not get enough traction.

Okay, with that said if you want one of the baddest looking classics in the world - here is your chance. I am selling because I simply don't drive it and I got tired of the car shows. That simple. This car is awesome and I did not cut any corners when I built it all.

I would have included the link to the site where you can view a video of the build but eBay no longer allows this. Send me a message and then I can send you the link to the video so you can view it along with the complete details of the appraisal.


On Feb-27-14 at 10:37:21 PST, seller added the following information:

 Wanted to say that I do have the hood off the car to give a better view of the engine.


On Feb-27-14 at 21:46:49 PST, seller added the following information:

 I have a complete parts list in a certified appraisal but since I've been getting an overwhelming response to my car about the engine, etc. I am listing some of the things about the car below.

Engine - 940 Horsepower on Engine Dyno with street carburetors.

565 cubic inches
Engine block - Aluminum Donovan 500
Crankshaft by Lunati
Rod bearings by King
Main bearings by King
Connecting Rods I-Beam Manley Pro Series with ARP 2000 Rod Bolts
Piston Rings by JE top moly 1/16, 1/16, 3/16 low tension oil ring
Static compression ratio - 13.67.1
Billet H/V Oil Pump by Moroso
Custom made Billet 7 qt oil pan by Jeff Johnston
Custom ground roller camshaft 4/7 swap - Max HP at 7600 rpm - Valve lift is right at 800
Isky EZ Roll Bushing style roller lifters
Jesel Timing belt setup
Jesel full roller rocker shaft assembly
Dart 360 aluminum cylinder heads with titanium valves and retainers.
Heads flow on the intake side 430 cfm @ 700 lift.
Ceramic coated competition headers by Hedman - 2.25 tubes w/ 4" collectors
Dart Tunnel Ram complete port job to match cylinder heads.
Pro Systems Dual 780 cfm carburetors
Tilton Hi-Torque starter
ATI Harmonic balancer
Aerospace vacuum pump
Meziere electric water pump
16" electric fan
MSD crank trigger
MSD pro billet distributor
MSD 6al ignition box. (I chose this box because it's street driven)
Braided stainless steel lines throughout
100 amp chrome alternator
Aluminum Radiator
2 barrel shotgun air scoop

Transmission

Turbo 400 reverse manual valve body
TCI Transbrake
BTE 4500 stall converter
B&M Mega shifter

Body

Aerospace 4-wheel disc brakes
4 piston aluminum brake calipers
Cross drilled light weight rotors
Wilwood Aluminum master cylinder
Global west upper and lower tubular control arms
QA1 adjustable coil over shocks front and rear
Full 12 point roll cage
Unisteer manual rack and pinion steering
Custom hand built fiberglass dash with autometer gauges and toggle switches for engine, fuel, water, fans.
Custom built fuse panel with color coded wiring throughout.
Billet aluminum gas and brake pedals
IDIDIT brushed steel tilt steering column
Complete custom made leather seats with red inserts and red stitching by Stitches out of Houston, Texas
5 point cam-lock Corbeau driver and passenger harnesses
Custom Grant steering wheel
Duel holley blue electric fuel pumps (I chose these because of the car being street driven)
Aluminum 15 gallon fuel cell with sending unit
Trunk mounted Optima red top battery
Narrowed Dana 60 rear end housing
Strange full spool
Zoom 4.56 gear ratio
38 spline strange axles
Dana 60 Brute Strength aluminum housing cover w/ axle tube brace
Art morrison ladder bars with chrome moly heim joints
Billet Specialties street lite wheels
Hoosier quick time pro 15x18.5x33 rear tires
Mickey Thompson 15x4 front tires
All new glass throughout
All new chrome trim throughout
All new felts
All new rubbers
All new carpet with custom made red rear insert for interior wheel tubs.
I used a custom rear tail light lens without the backup lights
Custom made aluminum rear spoiler painted using the same process I used when painting the car (See below)
Tri-Star Harley Davidson Head lamps
Complete engine close-out panels painted using the same process I used when painting the car (See below)
Custom built hood with complete closeouts Painted in engine compartment as well- This hood is awesome!
Custom Flat firewall painted to perfection using the same process I used when painting the car (See below)

Paint

Body completely stripped down and bead blasted inside and out.
Rear wheel wells stretched perfectly to accommodate rear tires
PPG DP90LF Black Epoxy followed by 4 coats of PPG K36 Primer. Car was block sanded to perfection and then another 2 coats of K36 followed by 1 coat of DP90LF used as a sealer.
Paint is PPG single stage black for the first 2 coats followed by a 3rd coat mixed with 50/50 clear, followed by a 4th coat mixed with 70/30 clear followed by 3 more coats of 100% clear. Paint was then color sanded and buffed to perfection.
I painted the dash and roll cage the same way I did the entire car using the same process.
I also painted the Dana 60 rear end using the same process.

Now that I am tired of typing I will stop here. I'm sure I left off some things but at least you will now have an idea of what the car has in way of parts, body, paint, etc..

Happy bidding!


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