70 1/2 was the first year of 2nd generation Camaro. It brought a whole new agressive look and was complete change from its 1st generation sister. Here we have a beautiful 1970 1/2 camaro that we will be doing a total restoration, with a bit of modification, A resto mod if you will.
This is the rare, “split bumper” version of the 1970 1/2 Chevy Camaro. That means the front bumper is “split”, and not full. The car was sitting in the owners garage for about 30 years before he brought it in to let us work our magic. Starting with an all original sheet metal car, we repaired minor frame rust and a few small holes in the floor, and then really got to work.
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Restoration steps.
- Strip and sandblast. The car has been fully stripped of every nut and bolt and sand blasted.
- Front subframe was Completely seam welded for strength, smoothed, and painted.
- All new front Suspension was installed, and fully painted and detailed, And Wilwood Brakes were added for extra stopping power.
- Floors and Undercarriage have been stripped and POR 15’d for corrosion protection.
- Rear end was stripped, Rebuilt, and painted, Wilwood Disc brakes replaced the factory Drums.
- Rear suspension rebuilt, detailed and painted.
- Body panels Were all hung, modified for perfect fit, gaps, and body lines.
- Body work, After fitting the panels, we pounded and sanded the body to get the Ultimate show winning finish, Finshing up the body work was several coats of high-build primer, and a few rounds of block sanding and re-priming for the perfect finish.
- Paint. With the body work all done and looking flawless we took the car all apart and rolled the shell into the booth to lay down some color on the shell and begin Re-Assembly
- Assembly. With the shell painted, we put it on one of our lifts and begain by assembling the car from the back forward, Installing the rear end, Fuel tank, Fuel and Brake lines, and laying out our new Wiring harness
- Front Subframe. After Tackling the rear of the car, we moved up to the front and slid our newly Refurbished subframe under the car with polyurethene bushings throughout.
- Engine. Needing Some motovation for this blue beauty we got a brand new 450+ Horsepower 383 Small block chevy. We then Stripped sanded down the whole motor and sprayed it in the same Blue as the body.
- Transmission. Backing up our powerful small block is a freshly rebuilt muncie 4 speed, that was cleaned and painted cast gray. Then we bolted it up to the engine with a scattershield also painted body color.
- Installing it all. After the powertrain was finished we bolted it into the car with a pair of Coated hooker long tube headers, into a custom magnaflow exhaust
