AMERICAN TOURING SPECIALTIES PROJECTS

Dave Bragg’s 1969 Camaro

Dave met the crew at ATS during the final thrashing of Chris Padilla’s 1968 Camaro overhaul. He liked what we did to the vehicle, and he decided that a T56 was in order for this former drag car. The vehicle was dropped off to us while we were showing at the 2005 SEMA show. We installed a T56 with blow-proof bell housing behind his 540 hp small block. The setup was the first step in his pro-touring conversion which now includes an Art Morrison custom made 4 link rear, soon to be installed Wayne Due C5 front clip with Baer 6 post calipers and newly built BBC. We start by removing the interior, old auto Trans, and related brackets/shifter. We installed McLeod’s new modular blow-proof bell housing onto the engine, along with a Street Twin dual disc clutch with an aluminum flywheel. We modified the McLeod master to work with the ATS firewall bracket and 69 Camaro clutch pedal, while installing a McLeod hydraulic throw out bearing onto the Rockland Standard LT1 style T56 with Viper internals. The T56 is hung on our bolt in 3pc tubular cross member, and topped off with a Mark Williams Carbon Fiber driveshaft. The vehicle headed home for the frame swap, and BBC install.