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General Discussion / Re: Is it really Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

« on: March 31, 2008, 05:28:24 PM »

It's only spring by the calender.....got a couple more feet of snow between Thursday and Saturday and it was a blast!

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General Discussion / Progress!

« on: March 29, 2008, 05:17:48 PM »

Well.....it's finally coming together or should I say coming apart.  Glad the original wheel houses are in fantastic condition.  Found a little rust at the drain plugs for the trunk but other than that, no rust at all!  It's still easier to me to strip the undercarriage of a mustang rather than a camaro based on the design of the undercarriage.

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Decoding/Numbers / How many weeks?

« on: March 27, 2008, 12:40:35 AM »

Is it possible to have the engine build date the same week as the car and how many weeks prior to the build week of the car can the engine build date be?

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1969 - Orphans / Re: V0205DZ 19L523607

« on: March 14, 2008, 10:56:28 PM »

And relisted with a buy it now price of 9000.00

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General Discussion / Re: Is this correct?

« on: March 10, 2008, 11:19:42 PM »

Kurt....V0119DZ

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General Discussion / Re: Is this correct?

« on: March 10, 2008, 04:35:41 PM »

John....thanks, I sent some pics to your amail addy and looks like I'm now looking for the 618 block date coded between mid Jan-beginning of Feb....thanks again!

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General Discussion / Re: Is this correct?

« on: March 10, 2008, 02:22:35 PM »

Danny...I sent a picture of the casting number and mains to your aol account. 

Paul....I don't have your email addy to send you one

Jim

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General Discussion / Re: Is this correct?

« on: March 10, 2008, 04:52:33 AM »

Paul....any idea what it belongs to?  I have been searching every where this mental midget can and I can't find this casting number anywhere.  It has the four bolt mains along with the angled bolts.

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General Discussion / Is this correct?

« on: March 10, 2008, 03:26:56 AM »

Is this casting number correct for a Camaro?  And it reads 8956618 and yes, it's a "8" not a "3".  Date of 1/11/69 
Thanks for your help!

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General Discussion / Re: Undercoat

« on: February 20, 2008, 04:25:17 PM »

I haven't gotten that far yet....I was originally hoping to find black or grey paint on the undercarriage but have been finding the body color instead which makes it a little more of a longer process for me.

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General Discussion / Re: Undercoat

« on: February 17, 2008, 04:48:46 PM »

John....once again, thanks for the great information!!!

Jim

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General Discussion / Undercoat

« on: February 16, 2008, 01:13:25 AM »

Does anyone know if the transmission tunnel was undercoated by the factory(Norwood, 69) before installing the transmission?  I was stripping a thin coat of undercoat off of the tunnel down to the original blue paint that is on the car and started wondering.  I looked at the tranny(original)  and there isn't any undercoat on it so either a dealer did a hell of a job cleaning up the overspray, it was undercoated before installing it by the factory or the tranny was cleaned of any overspray when it had been out before....any thoughts or knowledge???

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Restoration / Re: Newwwwbie here

« on: February 12, 2008, 04:56:19 PM »

John.....Thanks, I have already been poking around quite a bit along with ordering service manuals.  I went to Jerrys site the other day  and it showed that he was out of stock on the book, I haven't called him yet but will in the next couple days.  The body is sound with no rust issues that I have found as of yet.  There is very little paint on the undercarriage which has made it easy to strip so far and no evidence of pans being replaced. 

Thanks again for you comments!

Jim

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Restoration / Re: Newwwwbie here

« on: February 11, 2008, 06:57:46 AM »

Hotrod.....thanks for your advise!  While I am "new" to the Chevy side of restorations, I am not new to Fords.  With a Ford, the colors, etc... is based on the year, date code and which plant it was built in and I was hoping for the same with the Camaro and that is why I put the date code and plant in my orignal post.  I agree with NOS but not on the suspension as finding the parts would be difficult.  As far as other componets....I agree, NOS is the only way to go especially with sheet metal.  I don't use anything other than NOS on my Fords but the documentation and originality is there on my Fords. 

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Restoration / Newwwwbie here

« on: February 10, 2008, 05:12:08 AM »

Hey everyone and yes, I am a newbie to this site.  I have a Norwood 2/69 Z and pulled the motor last night and I have a few(4,398) questions.

1.  What is the correct engine compartment color?

2.  What is the correct undercarriage color?

3  What is the best company for correct repop(concourse) parts(suspension), etc.....since finding nos will be extremely difficult not to mention expensive?

Any help would be appreciated and thanks again....be easy on me, lol