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General Discussion / Re: 68 z/28 wheel - spare (never out of trunk)

« on: March 09, 2022, 06:26:47 PM »

will do when my Zoom call finishes here soon...

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General Discussion / Re: 68 z/28 wheel - spare (never out of trunk)

« on: March 09, 2022, 05:56:48 PM »

Thanks for posting for me Darrell.  I did try to resize pictures on my iphone from settings, and it will only let me take the huge size.  I will check out these other recommendations and load those on my phone.

I may be slow most of the time, but I am not seeing any weights on my wheel??  They shipped unbalanced? I also wonder what the blue chalk line is on the tire down the middle, checking for roundness?

thanks!

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General Discussion / Re: 68 z/28 wheel - spare (never out of trunk)

« on: March 09, 2022, 01:50:10 AM »

I now see an earlier thread on using the 'paint' app to resize pictures. 

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General Discussion / 68 z/28 wheel - spare (never out of trunk)

« on: March 09, 2022, 01:35:57 AM »

I planned to post a picture here but the image I took is too large. Thought it would be nice to post from a low mileage car, for reference.  The wheel is super pretty as is the tire.
Any hosting sites suggested? Been out of the car picture posting thing since the days of photobucket taking all my pictures for ransom.
Or I could text to someone until I figure out a good picture site.

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General Discussion / Re: Silver '69 Z/28 on Bring a Trailer

« on: February 18, 2022, 11:00:52 PM »

The drivers door jam picture really shows they did not try hard to match the original shade of silver.  It would be hard for me to buy it with it being that far off from original.

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General Discussion / Re: Need help finding info on air conditioning option for 68

« on: February 18, 2022, 10:25:49 PM »

Thanks Ed, you nailed it, you addressed my questions. I appreciate it.  This will help for my next review of the car.  I passed on it and now after getting a 68z/28, I have a different appreciation of the 68 body.  The 68 has grown on me as being more pure and simple, vs the 69.  Having zero rust on this air car is also pulling on me now, and a chance to go out on a hot night with the wife and have air could be nice, plus she could drive it.  I will see if I can get a picture of the pad and engine compartment/dash posted on here soon.

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General Discussion / Re: Need help finding info on air conditioning option for 68

« on: February 18, 2022, 07:51:28 PM »

Hi, thanks, would be interested in how do you know if it was added or not, does the engine code cover it, did the 396 even have the air option, anything special to wonder about a California car with the option. I don't know if the cowl tag would indicate air.
-bob

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General Discussion / Need help finding info on air conditioning option for 68

« on: February 18, 2022, 06:52:33 PM »

Hi, I am having a hard time finding info here on the air conditioning option. A friend is wanting me to buy his fantom blue 68 rs/ss auto that is a fairly beat up California car, still all intact still, has a 396/325HP engine and it has air conditioning.
thanks.

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General Discussion / Re: Silver '69 Z/28 on Bring a Trailer

« on: February 17, 2022, 05:45:02 PM »

I don't understand why the original protecto plate could not just stay with the car, a new protecto plate transfer would cover the warranty so why destroy the original (or turn it in to the new dealer). The original dealer that would run the original pp is not going to run it on a car they do not have, so don't see the risk there, the person's name on the plate does not even own the car anymore. The new dealer would run the one they got now.  Just confused, but it would not be the first time.

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General Discussion / Re: color percentages tables (did Black percentage change?)

« on: February 17, 2022, 03:59:56 PM »

Thanks guys,

I read all that info about colors, what I should have asked was the time frame this statement was made in the text relative to the color percentages update:

'until recently'

We know time flies, and when you don't tie a date to somethings, you open it up to questions like mine.  'Until recently' will look the same 5 years from now in that text.  I'm good. I just question what I remember and maybe when a value could have changed. No biggie. 

-bob

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General Discussion / color percentages tables (did Black percentage change?)

« on: February 16, 2022, 07:35:30 PM »

Hi, have not been here for some years, and now that I got another Camaro (super cool 68z) I hope to be here more often.

I thought the percentage of black Camaros in 69 was like 1-2%?, and now I see its 0.6%?
Am I way off base on this being 0.6% for a long time? I just don't remember it being that low.

-bob

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General Discussion / Re: Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Nov 23 & 24

« on: April 08, 2014, 04:07:04 PM »

that car is a clone of the 69 Baldwin Motion Camaro he bought new and was stolen a short time later

It was an original triple black car with white stripe and was used in the 1969 Motion ads

Well that car follows the rule of white stripe with v top then, if it were in original paint in that ad. That's counter to how my car was striped (i.e. red).

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General Discussion / Re: Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Nov 23 & 24

« on: April 07, 2014, 04:14:15 PM »

1969 Baldwin Motion Phase III Camaro's

Does anyone know more about the triple black Baldwin conversion car? My car is triple black with red stripe, and I noticed this one is with a white stripe.
I have to wonder if that car was a true triple black car or not...

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Originality / Re: 1969 BLACK 396 cars got a different black tail panel paint than the body

« on: December 21, 2011, 10:56:17 PM »

"Other stuff on gloss:  there was a 69 L89 camaro there being judged as a survivor (dark green, paint was really rough on the body).  The tail panel had the same gloss as mine (80-85 %).  Super shiney.  Same orange peel."

As mentioned above. I think I have come across a dark green Fathom Green 57 code to be exact car where the black out tail pan has a gloss to it.

I saw that green L89 car this past summer being judged, and the paint on my tail panel matched that car.  I think the only thing repainted on that car was the front drivers fender.  paint was rough.  tail panel had orange peel and was about 80-85% gloss.

As far as my car, the original owner to my car came to the show.  he said he only used hand waxing on it, and I myself never took a machine to it.  Just hand waxing.  You can strip the wax off on the tail panel and its still shiney.

I plan to finally get those pictures of the motion car downloaded and posted here this next week.  Had them stuck in an old iphone. Those pictures will back up the shine aspect (85%) and the orange peel galore.

When I see some of these restored cars, with flat paint looking tail panels, they are just wrong. 

-bob

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Originality / Re: 1969 BLACK 396 cars got a different black tail panel paint than the body

« on: December 21, 2011, 07:12:01 AM »

hey george and mike, thanks for the compliments. Had a great time at that show, meeting camaro folks. yes, once someone sees the tape lines on the other side of the weather strip inside the trunk, its pretty obvious.

So far the unrestored Motion 427 car (converted from an L78) and mine are 2 examples (vintage/survivor display or vintage/survivor judged in front of a lot of folks), and no one has stepped up with a black survivor 'without' the tape lines yet to counter any of this.

Someday.....the rules for black painted tail panels will change, I hope....making all my insanity worth it.  Definitely stuck my neck out there.

-bob