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General Discussion / 1969 Camaro Z28 will dominate car shows and road courses!

« on: September 06, 2019, 01:21:40 PM »

    I love that title!      as it was used in the following article

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1969-chevrolet-camaro-z-28-132914029.html

I am not familiar with the car he was referencing, nor did I even look at the details, but I sure loved most of the words he used in describing and praising the '69 Z28 in general..

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Decoding/Numbers / 1108741 Alternator 8A23 ??

« on: August 03, 2019, 02:33:56 PM »

Does anyone know what this alternator was used on?   

It's on my parts shelf (been there for many 25? year or more) and I have no idea what I removed it from.

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Garage Talk / May 27 2019 - Memorial Day

« on: May 27, 2019, 12:55:09 PM »

I just hung my flag on my porch...

This Memorial Day morning I'm thinking about Joel, Jimmy, Danny, and other close friends who lost their lives in Vietnam... It's totally happen chance that they were the ones who lost their lives there rather than myself or you... How might some of the over 50,000 servicemen (and women) have changed the world had they lived instead of dying at such young ages in Vietnam?    and that goes for the Millions who have lost their lives at war over the years of our country.

This is a day to think about all those who lost their lives fighting for the way of life we have here in the US.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Powder Coat *real* Magnesium Wheels???

« on: May 10, 2019, 01:09:18 PM »

I have a set of the 15x8.5 TA70 magnesium wheels which were ran on R.A.C.E. trans am camaro in the '69-73 time frame.  They haven't been used since the mid'70's.  (To my knowledge the last time they were used was on a '73 Camaro IMSA car during an IMSA GT race at Talledega; it was raining heavily and Bob ran them the whole race with rain tires (and came in 3rd)! 

Thewheels are good, no cracks/welds/etc, but the old paint is flaking off and the wheels are 'crusty' as magnesium gets.   There's a 'new' powder coating shop near me that told me they will clean them (by water/media blasting) and powder coat them in black or dark gray for $100 each.  It sounds like a great deal to me to make these wheels 'look new', but I'm unfamiliar with powder coating magnesium.   Do any of you older 'trans am' guys know?

Gary

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Garage Talk / Did Flint /' Tonawanda balance ALL engines prior to assembly, OR only HP engines

« on: April 17, 2019, 02:11:48 AM »

I'm having a discussion on another board regarding Chevrolet's 'balancing' procedures.   I'm nearly certain I've read that standard engine components were NOT balanced on an engine by engine basis in the factory; that only the high performance engines were balanced using the parts for that engine...  Did I read that here or was it somewhere else?  I'm looking for a reference and specific information...

Gary

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Originality / Original cowl tag??? or not??

« on: January 03, 2019, 05:37:41 PM »

Attention cowl tag experts:   Just curious if this cowl tag (and color/trim combo) is legitimate? or a made up fake tag??

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General Discussion / What thieves will do to steal a car!!!

« on: October 23, 2018, 06:28:57 PM »

Even to cutting down a tree to access a locked trailer door....   

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/10/22/stolen-car-alert-can-you-help-recover-this-custom-1974-corvette/?refer=news

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General Discussion / Another Garnet Red Z28.. sorta....

« on: September 06, 2018, 11:27:11 PM »

A post on the TriFive forum read as below:

I have a true X33 code Berger '69 Z/28... not a clone. 17,xxx original miles. As straight & solid as you'll find... no rust ever. Fresh paint in the original garnet red less than 3 months ago. New seats and carpet... all other interior components are original & in excellent condition (17,xxx original miles). 468ci Big Block dyno'd at 661 hp, TH400 trans, and a Dana 60 rear end. Very nicely mini-tubbed with ladder bar / coil over rear suspension, tubular front control arms, etc, etc, etc. Looking to trade for a NICE 2-door '57 210 or Bel Air...



It appears to be a very solid CAMARO.... but regardless of the codes, labels, original paperwork, mileage etc..  It's NOT a Z28 any longer...  not with a 468 ci BB in it...  it's just another drag car!   his email is:  stegehuismr@comcast.net

Gary

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General Discussion / Halloween '69 Z28 RS FS on Craig's List

« on: September 05, 2018, 03:57:17 AM »

https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/d/1969-chevrolet-camaro-z28-rs/6671055633.html

It's a most attention grabbing color..      Does anyone know this car?  The ad has very little real details to ascertain anything...

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General Discussion / Do you recognize this part??

« on: August 21, 2018, 10:08:36 PM »

Three attaboys to the first 'Camaro Expert' who can identify it...  maybe with oak leaf clusters? .. 

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Trans-Am Camaros / Unusual valve covers and intake ??

« on: August 04, 2018, 03:54:35 PM »

A fella on another forum (in Melbourne, AUS) found the following shown parts at a swap and purchased them and hasn't been able to find any information about them or when they were manufactured.   Both the valve covers and the intake strike me as possibly being for 'Trans Am' type cars.   Have any of you fellas seen such? Or have any information about them?

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Decoding/Numbers / 15x6 JK Rallye wheel stamped K 1 0 12 29

« on: July 21, 2018, 02:41:48 PM »

During a recent cleanup of piles of parts, I found what I think is the 4th wheel from my '68 Z28; the other three were stamped   K 1 8 5  20  DF  (as normal), but this one has a stamp of     K  1  0  12  29   (no app code).   What I *suspect* is that this is a 12-29-1970 dated replacement 15x6 rallye wheel for several different cars (which all had the same size rallye on them), thus no application code.  I've never seen an old rallye wheel without an app code before, so I'm guessing.   The backspace for this wheel is 3-1/2" ..

Is my guess a good one?   Is the reason for no app code that the wheel is a replacement for multi apps?  Is this common to find wheels like this?

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Mild Modifications / Hone-o-drive unit on ebay...

« on: July 14, 2018, 12:24:56 PM »

I haven't seen one of these for sale in a long long time...  Back when our cars were new, these were the way that one could have their cake (acceleration gears) and eat it too (and drive the car on the highway)...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/352403748520?ul_noapp=true

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General Discussion / 1967 L78 M21 at Auction in Branscom, MO

« on: April 12, 2018, 03:58:31 AM »

http://bransonauction.com/inventory/1967-chevrolet-camaro-l-78/

apparently certified by JM

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Garage Talk / Englishtown ends drag racing....

« on: January 17, 2018, 02:51:56 PM »

I've never been there, but I've heard so much about it over the years from many people.  I think there are a few here on CRG who have mentioned racing there...

http://www.etownraceway.com/mydocume...estructure.pdf