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Original Cars and Details / Re: Details of a 68 RS Z/28

« on: December 08, 2023, 12:29:01 AM »

Door mirror gasket #3927398 has the "CAMARO" script.

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General Discussion / Re: JohnZ --

« on: December 08, 2023, 12:22:10 AM »

John wrote a lot, including a book about his time at Chevrolet and GM that we are pleased to publish.
http://www.camaros.org/library.shtml#report lists all his content (and Chevy service documentation).

The Automobile Business - from the Bottom Up by John Hinckley is a direct link to his book. It's a fun read.

Thank you Kurt for sharing.
Many times including today I wish we could tap into his vast knowledge and I had the pleasure of meeting John many years ago at Corvette Carlisle. He is still missed..........

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Originality / 68/69 Door Mirror Gasket w/CAMARO script

« on: December 07, 2023, 04:30:19 PM »

Amazing at times how we continue to learn things about our cars we didn't know prior. An excellent example brought to my attention at last year's 2022 MCACN involved noting a '69 Camaro door mirror gasket that had the word "camaro" molded in. My mind raced to our 68Z restoration as I thought I had carefully reviewed parts for details but unfortunately I do not remember even having the original door mirror gasket to review back then but was determined to find out more. First step was checking my good friends '68 07D and late '69 09D survivors if they had the camaro script door mirror gasket and they did. You do have to look for it as the mirror normally covers 50% to 70% of the CAMARO script and in some cases only part of the "C" can be observed due to both mirror length variation and other tolerance build up's and mounting processes. From reviews of survivors and talking to experts it appears the gasket used did have the "camaro" script.  I'm curious to know if this was common or the norm used during the 68/69 model run. Can anyone with paint survivors chime in on what your car has?
Picture of Skip's '68 Z/28 survivor 07D NOR rally green and of gasket from a NOR early spring 03D built 68 survivor still owned by original owner that Skip and I inspected several months ago.
Yes 68 03D NOR
Yes 68 07D NOR
Yes 69 09D (late) NOR
   

 

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Restoration / Re: 3/8 ink stamp rubber 3/8 fuel line

« on: December 05, 2023, 12:24:02 AM »

I had a stamp made to duplicate the fonts, point sizes, spacing and square symbol used on the original fuel hose I removed for my project. I mixed Liquitex white artists latex paint, which adheres to rubber well and is flexible, with some black to tone down the brightness and thinned it with water. Using an un-inked stamp pad I saturated the pad with the thinned, mixed paint and applied the stamp impression in a series following the original spacing. On factory original fuel lines, after several stamp impressions a date stamp was inserted however on short lengths like this, it was sometimes omitted (out of series) as was the case with my original fuel hose. I sourced gator style textured 3/8" ID fuel hose similar to the original. The rear fuel hose is 4 1/2" .

Great work and detail as always Lloyd and look forward to seeing this over the top restoration in 2024. Nothing wrong, just trying to understand the sequence on the hose at gas tank as it has two GM ink stamps side by side vs. the sequence of GM GAS , GM GAS? Matched something found in original hose?
Again, great work......

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General Discussion / Re: Gang stamp anomaly in hidden VIN

« on: December 02, 2023, 01:58:16 PM »

Kurt, I swear you have eagle eyes.....

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Originality / Re: REAREND AXLE CODE & DATE STAMPING

« on: November 29, 2023, 08:12:15 PM »

I agree with Darrell but will wait to see what our experts conclude. Thanks Darrell for assisting Rich.

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General Discussion / Re: REAREND BUILD SEQUENCE

« on: November 29, 2023, 01:26:45 AM »

Another reminder, brake cables were part of rear end assembly.
https://www.camaros.net/threads/time-for-another-68-z-28-to-be-restored.182584/page-21#post-1647776

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Originality / Re: REAREND AXLE CODE & DATE STAMPING

« on: November 29, 2023, 01:17:43 AM »

Post a picture.....

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Original Cars and Details / Re: Details of a 68 RS Z/28

« on: November 28, 2023, 08:28:03 PM »

One of these just showed up in my neighborhood about a month ago . It was sold from the Virginia Beach area. Could this be it? I’m working on getting a closer look.

No, car still with second owner.

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General Discussion / Re: REAREND BUILD SEQUENCE

« on: November 28, 2023, 08:21:09 PM »

Arrived at assembly plant as painted finished assembly.

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Originality / Re: Factory Correct Battery Hold Down Clamps - 1968 Base Model Camaro 327/210

« on: November 28, 2023, 01:49:08 PM »

I have found different letter stamps used, also listed in my build thread but K was used.

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Originality / Re: Factory Correct Battery Hold Down Clamps - 1968 Base Model Camaro 327/210

« on: November 28, 2023, 01:45:26 PM »

Originals as u pictured are unique and easy for a judge to spot. Just as important is a correct tab like battery tray and battery hold down bolt which is not found anywhere else on car due to large captured washer. I have dimensions of tab on tray and bolts captured washer along with battery hold down clamp that was dip painted semi gloss black in my build thread found here
https://www.camaros.net/threads/time-for-another-68-z-28-to-be-restored.182584/page-65#post-3870826
https://www.camaros.net/threads/time-for-another-68-z-28-to-be-restored.182584/page-65#post-3870826

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General Discussion / Re: What do you guys think of this car? original as advertised?

« on: November 24, 2023, 05:53:09 PM »

Agreed. Thats alot of money for a car thats going to need repainted at minimum.

And really have no idea what u have or not have per their ad.

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General Discussion / Re: Pictures of 1st Generation Camaros at 2023 MCACN

« on: November 24, 2023, 02:36:25 PM »

I saw quite a few of them up close LOL, and as always mcacn is the greatest show of the year. Thanks for the posting of pics.

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General Discussion / Re: Making rubber parts pliable again.

« on: November 22, 2023, 05:00:05 PM »

I’ve used Murphy’s oil soap which works and I had a restorer recently tell me he uses baby shampoo to rub on old tires and bag to soften and help restore on corvette restorations.