Gene's ProTouring 1969 Camaro

Gene brought us this ’69 Camaro as a complete shell and wanted to build a ProTouring car like the ones he’s seen in magazines and on TV. He had been following the ProTouring forums for a long time and dreamed of what he wanted to do in his car someday. Once he retired, he gave us a call to get the ball rolling.

His vision was a traditional ProTouring ’69 Camaro with LS power, Detroit Speed suspension, big brakes, the works. We kept it pretty simple for him, but added our own spice a few places. He supplied the LSX454 powerplant from Chevrolet Performance and we got to work tearing it apart and fixing the cluster of body work that it needed.

He didn’t want to go crazy with body mods, but we took the factory style cowl hood and added in a set of vents on each side to both give it a cool look, and get heat out from the engine bay. Anvil Auto supplied the carbon fiber spoiler, fender braces and core support cover to give it a few carbon fiber touches.

We completed the car in August of 2020 and since, he’s taken it to multiple of Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car events, including one appearance at the finals. This car truly gets beat on it like it was meant to and we’re proud of it.


- Replaced rear passenger quarter, upper dash, lower taillight panel
- Welded seams on the rear filler panel
- DSE mini tubs
- DSE trunk closeouts
- DSE frame connectors
- Dynacorn smooth firewall
- Steel hood louvers
- Corvette Lime Rock Green paint
- Raingear hidden wipers
- Ring Bros hood hinges
- Fesler front and rear flush mounted glass
- Stainless bolts throughout
- American Autowire wiring harness
- Dapper headlights and marker lights
- Raptor Liner underbody coating
- Battery relocated to trunk
- Chevy Performance LSX 454 with Chevrolet Performance engine controller kit
- Nick Williams 103mm throttle body
- Quick Time bellhousing
- American Powertrain close ratio T56 magnum 6 speed
- Ram twin disc clutch
- Currie center section with 3.73 gears
- C & R Radiator with oil and power steering cooler
- Ricks Tanks tank & Chevy ZL1 fuel pump
- Forgeline GW3 18x9 19x12
- Baer Pro Plus 14” front and rear 6 piston brake calipers with Hawk track brake pads
- Baer Remaster 15/16” master cylinder with Baer proportioning valve
- DSE 4 link rear suspension with JRI single adjustable coil overs
- DSE hydroformed complete front subframe with JRI single adjustable coil overs
- Moser fabricated 9” rear end with Moser 31 spline axles
- ARP wheel studs
- Sparc Industries Truss steering wheel (color matched to wheels)
- DSE steel dash with carbon fiber hydrodip
- Sparco QRT carbon fiber racing seat
- TMI Sport R passenger and rear seats, door panels, dash pad
- Vibro Mat sound deadening
- Digital Guard Dawg push button start
- Stinger 5 channel SPX-1000X5 amp, Focal 8” Flax subwoofer, Focal 6x9”rear parcel shelf speakers, Focal 6.5” kick panel speakers