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Camaro RS 1980

THE RESTORATION

Step by step, from bodywork to finishing. Each entry has its own page to share.

  1. 2004
    Engine

    Working on the engine

    Back in 2004, on Christmas Eve, there we were, installing the engine in the car—carburetor and all—to get the thing started.

  2. 2005
    Engine

    Starting the engine for the first time...

    In January 2005, we made a lot of progress. The new windshield finally arrived, I replaced the original wheels with Mangels Orion wheels, we started servicing the brakes, and, most importantly, we started the engine for the first time. At…

  3. 2008
    Engine

    It already moves and brakes

    Two years went by, and for most of that time the car was at Zé Fernando’s shop in Carmo do Rio Claro, Minas Gerais. Since I lived about 700 km away, I wasn’t able to closely follow the project’s progress. The fact is that, although it was…