Hello everyone!

[Daytwo69]

Hello everyone. My name is Ryan Lilly and I have an addiction... Hehehe. I have been reading this forum for several years now and kinda stayed behind the curtain watching all these beautiful cars being saved and recreated. Now it is my turn. I am In the very beginning stages of restoring/modding my first car, a 1969 camaro X-44 with a 350; TH350. It is currently white but I intend on taking it back to the origional color of frost green (59 59). I plan on it being a day-two car since I don't have most of the born with components but will need a LOT of help finding time appropriate pieces and some expertise on what I should keep, as I was born in '81 and missed the iconic muscle car years. My car currently has what I believe to be a 1973 chevelle 350 (T0711CKL 13B634820) so if anyone has the car and wants the engine back it can be yours. HEHEHE! I am a member of the camaro forums also, so I am sure I will be talking to a few of you there also.

I have enjoyed the knowledge I've been able to gather from this and the other sites and look forward to many of my questions being answered. I appologize ahead of time for some of the rookie questions I plan to spring on everyone and hope I don't become too big of a pain in the rear, but I do have that potential. I am very excited to begin moving forward on this long awaited plan of mine, even though I know it will take years to finish.

Me and my father purchased this car, for it to be my first, when I was 14 and I drove it until I graduated high school. I shipped off from Texas to Chicago for the United States Navy boot camp in 2000, and had to leave the car behind. After several years of the car sitting in a horse barn I finally got it out and into my garage here in Keller Texas. So here I am and the fun begins at this point.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to meeting some new friends in the muscle car world.

Ryan Lilly

[TDW]

Sounds like it is going to be a fun project Ryan. Good luck on the build.

[69 Post Sedan]

Welcome......great story Ryan. You've come to one of the best sites to build your Day 2 Camaro the right way.

Do you have any pictures of the car when you first bought it or current ones?

Kurt

[Charley Lillard]

Welcome and post some pics of it as it is...

[Postsedan]

Ryan,

Welcome aboard.

I too still have my 1972 Chevelle that I have owned since age 13 (1978)....and I still have my Dad. Cheerish these times.

Dan

[Daytwo69]

I am ashamed of what it has become but I will post some pics as soon as I can figure them out. Thanks for the warm welcome. There are several pieces on my car that throw me for a loop. There is a different steering column and wheel on it that I think probably came from the same chevelle that my engine came from. Also has some wierd leaf spring mounts on the back that allow you to raise and lower the rear of the car. I will post pics of this too to see if anyone can help identify them.

[Daytwo69]

Well posting pics was easier than I thought. That was after I pulled it from the barn and pressure washed it. There is a LONG road ahead to get it where I want, but I am looking forward to the journey. Here are a few pics of the items in question. Can you tell where this column and wheel came from? Are these brackets something that was common or just a redneck with to much imagination?? Hahahaha.

[PxTx]

Looks like Monte SS column from 1980s. Hope you don't gace the matching motor. Got any earlier pics of you and the car? Thanks for sharing.

[ORIGLS6]

Hey Ryan, Welcome Aboard.

First off, ..... Thank You for you service to our Country! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

Now, ..... pick up that spare change under the Gauge Panel before some of these guys head to Keller, Texas and help you &quot;Clean Out&quot; your car! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

Looks like the car is still pretty solid. Should be a real nice project. Keep posting pics as you go along.

BTW, those rear spring mounts are &quot;Shackles&quot;, and are very popular Day-Two items. You'll probably hang onto them.