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odie23 · 07-01-2008, 04:32 PM

One of my favorite design elements on the 69 Camaro are the wheel sweep lines

. I've also heard them called speed lines , eyebrown lines

. A one year design change, and then the car is replaced by the 2nd gen.
If I knew how to use Photoshop I'd do a pic with them. Those lines make the 69 Camaro (and the hide-a-way headlight covers) distinct. I was hoping the 5th would have them, and mid-model changes just for the sake of mid-model changes seem to be a thing of the past. No point here, just like them and hoped the 5th would have them.
It would take body/paint work to recreate them, but it seems doable.

Rallysport · 07-01-2008, 04:55 PM

Anything is possible if you have the CAYSH!!!!!

COPO_Chevy · 07-01-2008, 05:07 PM

Ya one thing i loved about the '69 was the "sweep lines" was kinda hoping for them on the 5th gen but really it looks sleek without them as well.

theholycow · 07-01-2008, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odie23

I've also heard them called speed lines

I prefer speed holes a la Homer Simpson.

Damn you, google images, for not giving me a picture for this post!

Camaro Lives On · 07-01-2008, 05:17 PM

i knew there had been a photoshop of this that had been done, and i found 2, so here ya go.... are these like what ur talking about??

http://camaro5.com/forums/showpost.p...postcount=1261

RSHugger · 07-01-2008, 07:22 PM

I don't care who you are... those lines on the 5th Gen look awesome. I know that we have to permit a new interpretation of the classic and let some things slide but it would look kewl with the "eyebrows". Could be a future model change... much like the 68 and 67 had the rounded wheel openings, so does the phoenix rising from the ashes. That could mean that by the 2012 model year we could have eyebrows?

I am a dreamer.

Txturbo · 07-01-2008, 08:43 PM

I have a 69....and I don't have a clue what you are talking about...

odie23 · 07-02-2008, 09:05 AM

CLO, thats it!

Thanks for finding that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Camaro Lives On

i knew there had been a photoshop of this that had been done, and i found 2, so here ya go.... are these like what ur talking about??

http://camaro5.com/forums/showpost.p...postcount=1261

diarmadhi · 07-02-2008, 10:19 AM

uhh no don't like...

07-01-2008, 04:32 PM	#1
odie23 Drives: Jeep Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 115	69 wheel wheels sweep lines on 5th One of my favorite design elements on the 69 Camaro are the wheel sweep lines . I've also heard them called speed lines , eyebrown lines . A one year design change, and then the car is replaced by the 2nd gen. If I knew how to use Photoshop I'd do a pic with them. Those lines make the 69 Camaro (and the hide-a-way headlight covers) distinct. I was hoping the 5th would have them, and mid-model changes just for the sake of mid-model changes seem to be a thing of the past. No point here, just like them and hoped the 5th would have them. It would take body/paint work to recreate them, but it seems doable.

07-01-2008, 05:07 PM	#3
COPO_Chevy Drives: 1969 Buick LeSabre 400 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chilton, Wisconsin Posts: 349	Ya one thing i loved about the '69 was the "sweep lines" was kinda hoping for them on the 5th gen but really it looks sleek without them as well. __________________ "And the Camaro said "There Is a better way, for I am the way, the route, & the RIDE!!!"

07-01-2008, 05:17 PM	#5
Camaro Lives On Thor Lives On Drives: 1999 GMC Sonoma Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 1,410 View My Garage	i knew there had been a photoshop of this that had been done, and i found 2, so here ya go.... are these like what ur talking about?? http://camaro5.com/forums/showpost.p...postcount=1261 __________________

07-01-2008, 08:43 PM	#7
Txturbo Keeper of the Faith Drives: 2001 Z28 Agressively Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rosenberg,Texas Posts: 1,385 View My Garage	I have a 69....and I don't have a clue what you are talking about... __________________ ClassicChevy Order #10-2010 Camaro SS/RS....coming soon to a stop light near you! 2001 Camaro Z28 1969 Camaro SS clone

07-02-2008, 10:19 AM	#9
diarmadhi Drives: 2004 Dodge Ram Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,313 View My Garage	uhh no don't like... __________________ October 2009: projected orderdate 1ES37: 1SS MN6: 6 speed Manual ???/AFL: Summit White/Biege WRS: RS Package 30k or bust!

07-01-2008, 04:55 PM	#2
Rallysport Go Cardinals! Drives: 2008 GMC Sierra Z71 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 672 View My Garage	Anything is possible if you have the CAYSH!!!!!

07-01-2008, 07:22 PM	#6
RSHugger Drives: 1969 RS Camaro Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Albany OR Posts: 138	I don't care who you are... those lines on the 5th Gen look awesome. I know that we have to permit a new interpretation of the classic and let some things slide but it would look kewl with the "eyebrows". Could be a future model change... much like the 68 and 67 had the rounded wheel openings, so does the phoenix rising from the ashes. That could mean that by the 2012 model year we could have eyebrows? I am a dreamer.

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