Brad Miller's 1969 Camaro
12/5/2008
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Brad Miller, who attends automotive technology and business management programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA, is restoring a 1969 Camaro. “For my high school senior project, I completed a frame-off restoration of a 1969 Camaro. I did all the work myself and paid for everything myself,” he said, adding that he completed tasks such as welding body panels, finishing body work, rebuilding the transmission, replacing the entire brake system, upgrading the suspension, building the engine, installing glass and installing the interior.
“I received the car when I was only 15, and completed it at the age of 17. I had to juggle high school, a part-time job and this car,” Miller said.
In addition to his part-time job, Miller would pick up lawnmowers at the curbside, fix them up, and sell them in the local paper.
Miller said his project Camaro started out with a 307 cu. in. engine, a PowerGlide transmission and manual brakes. “I had a body shop weld my quarter panels, rocker panels and outer wheel housings on because I wanted them straight,” Miller said. “But, I welded my floor panels and my dash panel in myself and I did all the finishing bodywork after that.”
Miller’s Camaro shows quite a bit of improvement. The vehicle is now powered with a Chevy 327 engine with Vortec heads, an Edelbrock Performer Intake Manifold and a Holley 600 CFM carburetor with Dynomax ceramic headers and Flowmaster exhaust pipes.
See more of Miller’s Camaro at http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=118701&highlight=high+school+project