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General Discussion / $173.14 air cleaner 'wing nut'...

« on: February 20, 2016, 03:58:16 PM »

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111909949785?item=111909949785&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

IMO..  the real 'wing nut' is the person who pays this for such a part... 

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General Discussion / Dash speaker bracket on ebay

« on: February 17, 2016, 02:00:37 PM »

Someone here on CRG, I don't recall whom, mentioned to me they needed an original dash speaker bracket a while back..  there's one on ebay ...(not mine, just passing along the info)..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281937655714?item=281937655714&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

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Restoration / The High $cost of restoration... $135 plastic strap?????

« on: February 08, 2016, 04:45:34 PM »

Is it any wonder that it's expensive these days to restore (correctly) a '69 Camaro???

when a single plastic tie like this is valued at $135???


http://www.ebay.com/itm/121888447142?item=121888447142&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

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Garage Talk / 2015 Z28 vs 2016 GT350R

« on: February 04, 2016, 05:17:21 PM »

Well...  the new 350R leaves me giddy ... and almost speechless...   mindful of the *original* Z28..  )

Watch and listen to what Jay Leno says about his new 350R..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYU94CB7RO0&feature=youtu.be

and then watch a comparison test between the new Z28 and new GT350R.. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtdtGgf1BF0

wow..     

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General Discussion / Barrett Jackson today - Gas Moneky COPO...

« on: January 30, 2016, 05:03:53 AM »

Watching B-J auction tonight, while going thru emails, and noticed they auctioned off SN 001 and SN 002 of the 2014 CRC COPO Camaros.  I think these were sold as 'incomplete cars' and were finished by their buyers.   SN001 was 'finished' by Richard Rawlings Gas Monkey Garage and went for $70K...  SN002 was finished by a different shop (not sure which) and it went for $85K...    Richard was looking a bit downcast..  as I giggled...     (Sorry, couldn't help myself)...

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General Discussion / *original*?? Z28 distributors????

« on: January 23, 2016, 03:03:45 PM »

Wow...  the machined/stamped area on these (this?) distributor sure looks "fresh", eh??? 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262252397053?item=262252397053&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262252318859?item=262252318859&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

*another* 'quality?' item from our friend in Angola, IN ?? 

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General Discussion / Craigs list ad: 1969 Camaro shifter plate for console - $40 (Lebanon)

« on: January 21, 2016, 06:22:17 PM »

I'm not in the market for this, and I don't know whether this part is original or repro, but it might be of interest to someone here...?

https://nashville.craigslist.org/pts/5378573775.html

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Garage Talk / Great 'man cave' coffee table (for a single guy?...

« on: January 19, 2016, 04:40:37 PM »

.. or maybe for someone who *wants* to be single??? 

https://huntsville.craigslist.org/pts/5384774283.html

Hmmmm....   nah.. I KNOW what my wife would say - probably similar to when I wanted to buy/build a huge steel building and put a small living quarters within it??....   

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General Discussion / 1969 69 Camaro DUAL EXHAUST CHROME TAIL PIPE SET - Original GM - NOS - RARE

« on: January 15, 2016, 05:17:29 PM »

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321971682918?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I don't think these have been available for awhile...??  price seems good without any bids thus far...
1 day left..   

No, not mine, and I don't know the seller but thought someone here might be interested..   The same seller has a number of NOS parts available for '69 Camaros...

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Garage Talk / HAPPY NEW YEAR~~ 2016!

« on: January 01, 2016, 03:31:55 PM »

Happy New Year to all the CRG Camaro enthusiasts...  May 2016 be better than 2015, and all prior years~  May we all achieve our goals with our Camaros and other important aspects of our lives!

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General Discussion / De-rusting my drive shaft... What to preserve it with??

« on: December 05, 2015, 05:15:27 AM »

In cleaning up parts under my shed this week, in addition to find some Camaro Ralleys that I mentioned in another post, I also found a driveshaft.. which I've identified as the original one from my Camaro.  I think I posted before in the driveshaft thread that I'd cleaned and painted my original driveshaft, but I was wrong (I think that driveshaft was from my Nomad).  It's a PITB to have multiple cars disassembled! 

Anyway, as previously stated .. for the past couple of years I've been going thru the various parts/subsystems of my '69 Z28-RS, cleaning and making sure they function properly after 35 yrs of storage; repairing where necessary and *preserving*, as I'm trying to keep my car *unrestored*, but I want it to be totally functional and when I 'touch' a part, I do want to treat it so it will last.   In regards to this driveshaft..  it is covered in dust/surface rust.. so I immediately stopped at Harbor Freight and purchased a couple of gallons of EvapoRust and at Lowest to purchase the PVC tubes, caps, etc to do the 'derusting' operation (I hope to do it this weekend).

I'm curious...   If I do this (clean the rust off the driveshaft) I will want to preserve the appearance and minimize new oxidation by coating somehow..  What do you fellas recommend based on what I've said are my goals for the car?

Once it's cleaned, I'll post some before/after photos in the 'Driveshaft Study thread...

PS.  two gallons of EvapoRust ($60), 5' length of 4" PVC ($10), end caps for pvc ($8 ea)...  so putting together this 'driveshaft derusting chamber' cost about $85...

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Originality / found DF wheels

« on: December 04, 2015, 02:40:42 AM »

In cleaning up under my shed today, trying to get to a 1957 283 engine for a friend, I came across a lot of parts I had misplaced/lost track of/etc...   including 3 1968 DF wheels... At one time, I had 4 or 5 of these wheels, and the other two may be under the shed also... I've more to clean up yet.

I don't like to sell things, but I don't need these and don't plan to buy another '68 Z.  I'd rather make them available to CRG members.  If you can use a few March '68 DF wheels, PM or email me and propose to trade me something that I might use...for my '69 Z, '69 Corvette, 55-57 Nomad, 72 El Camino.. etc...  I'll check and see if I have more than 3...
PS.  I also found at least one XN wheel which I think is a 14x6 rallye.

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General Discussion / Just noticed an auction for you original BB guys

« on: December 01, 2015, 03:57:28 PM »

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121827943402?item=121827943402&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

Original (low mileage) rods and pistons (std) from a 396/325...   At BIN of $99+$59 shipping, I'd think the original rods would be worth that much to a BB fella....?

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Site Comments/Discussion / Unread replies and Unread posts (since last visit)???

« on: November 03, 2015, 01:56:26 PM »

Is anyone else having issues with the above features not working since the last update (a couple of months ago)?   Since then, I have to go thru each forum searching for new posts/replies, as these time-saving features are not working for me now...

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Foreign Camaros / History of foreign assembly from domestic parts

« on: October 21, 2015, 02:33:16 PM »

This forum is for foreign assembly of Camaros, but I just viewed a video of a barn find (26 old cars in Denmark) which noted that even as far back as Model A (Ford) days, it was a standard practice to ship the complete parts list of parts from the US to foreign assembly plants (to satisfy trade and tax laws).. 

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/26-classic-cars-unearthed-danish-barn-190019964.html

And of course during first gen Camaro times, Chevy shipped parts to various countries for assembly into the finished cars as documented in prior threads in this forum.

Note:  In most modern times, that process has worked in the other direction, as the first Japanese cars assembled in the US were assembled from parts shipped from Japan (thru Hong Hong to skip taxes in both the US and Japan)...