Starting off with a Toyota Celica and finishing with an '89 Mustang GT he bought new, Scott went through a lot of products and built a lot of systems. Every one was better than the next, but this 1968 Chevy Camaro is by far his wildest to date.

The Camaro had always been in good condition, but a simple restoration project began when there was a little problem with the hood.

When Scott bought it, the Camaro was a hot rod. Taking off quickly from his house one day (hormones raging, no doubt), the hood suddenly flew off and went sailing like a drag boat that gets too high in the water. Scott had forgotten to put the hood pins in. The fiberglass hood was destroyed and its custom paint was unmatchable, a problem that would give rise to a five-year, frame-off customization project.

Today, the most obvious change to the car is probably the paint. Bright yellow wasn't an option back in 1968, but it clearly should have been. Ron Chelgran of Simi Valley, Calif., is credited with spraying a modern coat of acrylic that really makes the car jump off the page.

Adding to the exterior are the lots-bigger-than-stock, 17-inch Billet Specialties wheels, which, in turn, demand oversized rubber: 225/40s in the front, 275/40s in the rear. The front springs were cut to lower the front, while the rear features air shocks with a lowering kit.

The engine was the next stop. Despite its hot-rod image, this Camaro originally came with a smaller motor with a two-bolt main (not exactly high performance). A 400-cubic-inch small-block was ordered and sent to the machine shop for a .030 inch over-bore and polished 350 long rods that put the new displacement at 407 cubic inches. Next an Accel tuned port fuel injection was added that flows through Airflow Research aluminum heads, and the old 400 transmission was dropped in favor of a more modern 700R4 unit. The final drive also went up, with 3.73 gears and a 12-bolt posi-traction rear end.

On the inside, everything was original, but in need of an overhaul. The stereo system Scott had built over the years was decent, but it needed serious refinishing, which is where Isaac Goren of Sounds Good Stereo came in. Isaac had been selling Scott and his brother their stereo equipment for years and had paid a to Scott's house to look at the Camaro while it was still up on blocks during the restoration. Together, they planned the whole thing right there in Scott's garage.

When the time came for Sounds Good Stereo to take over, a total of three installers, headed by Tom Orozco, went to work.

Power for the entire system starts in the front with an upgraded alternator. A big, 160 amp unit, that's chromed like the rest of the engine bay, sends power to yellow top Optima deep cycle battery. The battery sits in a special tray that was made to accommodate its larger size, while a long piece of Scosche 4 gauge runs to the trunk through the frame-rails, where another yellow to Optima resides. A 200-amp solenoid separates the two batteries and ensures that Scott can always start the car no matter how long he's been playing the stereo with the engine off.

The Alpine CDA-7930 CD player is in the factory location, but definitely not in the factory opening. Many years ago radios came with two big knobs, so in order to make the modern Alpine unit fit, Sounds Good had to redesign. That wasn't too much of a problem, though, as they had already decided to add a center console from a late-model Camaro. The Alpine sits in the factory part of the dash, while the controller for the Rockford Fosgate Symmetry EPX2 is just below it in the new console. Extra gauges for the engine sit just below the EPX2 controller. The entire redesign is so smooth it looks stock, a testament to Tom and the guys at Sounds Good.

Following the latest trend, big, 8-inch MB Quart mid-bass units were added to the kick-panels of the Camaro. All new panels were constructed of fiberglass and wood with perforated aluminum fronts for durability. To handle the midrange, JBL GTI 404 4-inch speakers - with perforated aluminum grilles plus black grille cloth - were installed in the dash and actually face the driver and passenger. Finally, a pair of MB Quart tweeters was placed in the doors, at the top edge by the mirrors.

Since the ignition was modified, Sounds Good went to great lengths to make sure power and signal cables were nowhere near each other. EFX Scosche Purple Ice interconnects run down the middle of the car to the trunk, where all the bass and amplifiers are mounted.

Old Camaros don't have much more trunk space than new Camaros, so the decision was made to use a pair of Rockford Fosgate Punch RFP-2412 subs. These 12-inch subs are housed in a custom wood and fiberglass enclosure that was built inside the car. Using Term-Pro to design and optimize the box, you get a single volume tuned to 35 Hz using a pair of Connecting Punch Aeroports that vent up through the rear deck.

Because Scott's rear deck was already cut out from his previous installation, a new deck was fabricated. At the same time, support was added to make sure the car was still solid. The aeroports are locate in the center, like a couple gun ports with pods to either side. For rear fill, A pair of JBL GTI 508 5-inch separates were installed in the pods.

A total of five Linear Power Amplifiers, plus the Symmetry main unit with 28 band EQ installed, are mounted on a Formica - topped panel. The amps and the Symmetry were sent off to a powder-coater to anodized in a yellow that matches the car's exterior. Two amps power the subs, one powers the 8-inchers in front, another one powers the dash speakers and tweeters, and the fifth one powers the rear speakers. The little cubbyhole on the left side of the trunk houses an Alpine AiNet 6-disc CD changer and an EFX 1-farad capacitor.

For security, Sounds Good re-installed Scott's trusty Derringer 2, but the unit now controls the power door lock actuators that were added and rolls up the windows when the system arms. A power window conversion was also performed.

The Camaro isn't Scott's daily driver, but he's still pretty good to his baby, driving it nearly every weekend. He also says that in the future, he'll still make the long trip south to see Isaac at Sounds Good for any other car he wants to put a system into. And Isaac will be glad to have him, even if he does have to charge Scott double because he likes to help.