On this particular project, the customer voiced the idea to me that he would like fog lights on the front of his '67 Camaro that was already in my shop for the install of Holley fuel injection, subframe connectors, ladder bars, rear diff repair, rack and pinion steering, engine freshening, etc. He said that he was fond of the '69 Camaro's front valance with the round marker lights, and knew that a fog light conversion was available for a '69 after seeing them in an issue of Hot Rod magazine. I decided to to preserve his factory '67 RS valance in case he changed his mind, and started by ordering a new '69 Valance, and a new '67 base model Camaro valance (no marker light holes to fill). I laid out the cuts so that the lights would be in the exact same location on the '67 as the '69. I also cut out and moved over the the finished part of the opening from the center so that the opening for the bumper brackets would look factory and finished. After slowly welding the now 5 pieces together to minimize warpage, the valance was metal finished and prepped for paint. The back side was prepped and undercoated, and the front was sprayed in-house with color-matched to the car PPG black pearl base coat, and ALSA clear coat. I then installed the foglights, which I obtained directly from Morris Concepts, who had discontinued them, but were nice enough to sell me a pair still on the shelf in the warehouse. I then installed the Valance, bumper brackets, bumper, and wired the fog lights through a relay triggered by a vintage looking switch mounted discreetly on the Camaro's dash. I'm currently finalizing a rework of the hood latch release, (the original setup would not work with the new valance) and I will post an update soon showing how the bumper looks and how the new hood latch release works.
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January 2019
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