Oh,...forgot to mention, those are the sport mirrors off the 73 Camaro that I wrecked causing the purchase of this Camaro body. I thought they looked really good considering they were from the next gen cars,...but today, although I think they still look OK in those photos,.... I would never...LOL.

Here's the second version of the car after I bought it. This was during the Pro Street days, and I leaned toward that, without butchering the car up by tubbing it...but I did do some major changes to it.

Still had the roll bar in it, (although it was now a 3 point instead of a 4 point, so I could get in the drivers seat easier), took the SBC and automatic out and installed a 396 and 4 speed, removed the side pipes, removed the one piece rocker mldg. and installed the 3 piece RS style mldgs. and painted the lower doors, rockers, fenders and quarters black, (always liked the thinner Coke bottle look it gave the car when done like that, especially with a black vinyl top.) And ironically, installed a fiberglass hood with 7 inch snorkel scoop, similar to one it raced with and also installed chrome wheelie bars on the already installed welded on brkts that were on the Dana,.......and painted white Z28 stripes on the car.

If I can dig up more pics of these two early versions of this car since I took ownership of it, I will be sure to scan them and post them here.

Speaking of ownership, I am only the second registered owner of this car, aside from the original owner who bought it in 1968 from Varnell Chevrolet Company in Traci City Tennessee. He then traded it in at Scuncio Chevrolet in Smithfield RI in 1972.

Over the next 9 years it was never registered or driven on the street, only raced. I've owned it and have been the 2nd registered owner since 1981.

Aside from tweaking the engine compartment, (different carbs, ignition wiring, relocating the battery back into the engine compartment, installing exhaust dumps after the headers, ..etc) these next batch of photos are how it has looked for the last 20 to 30 years.

Switched the Cragar SS wheels out for some Cragar/Weld wheel Superlites wrapped with Micky Thompsons, removed the wheelie bars, installed a 69 cowl hood, removed the roll bar and installed the correct Deluxe Interior door panels, and found a correct rear seat and all seat belts to install. Now the interior is and looks 95% stock, and the exterior is also stock appearing except for the wheels, tires and hood....and of course, I had painted the white stripes on the car decades before finally getting to speak to the original owner and seeing that it had black stripes originally.

This look is perfect 70's, awesome!

To put the icing on the cake,...on the hood scoop it says in hand painted lettering... Running With The Devil,.......released 1978 Van Halen,.....lol,

How it looks today.

Looking at the photos, I forgot to mention that I also added wheel opening moldings and front and rear bumper guards.

Those are all original body panels, (except the hood), original grille and headlight trim, Z28 emblems, Camaro emblem on the front header, (I still have the trunk lid Camaro emblem I took off when I installed the rear spoiler), original vinyl top, all original glass and stainless trim except for the left rear quarter glass, original tail lights, marker lights, bumpers, (had the rear one re-chromed because it had a small dent in it.

That's still beautiful.