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Restoration / Re: 1969 Rally Sport Door Blackout
« on: June 02, 2022, 02:43:12 AM »
One more example of an original RS louver cover (from my '69 Z29-
RS) with black out area ...
RS) with black out area ...
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Originality / Re: D96 Pinstripe on Z28
« on: May 13, 2022, 01:05:06 PM »my 69 rs/z had them I have some old pictures from 1970 that shows the side strip the car was built 3rd week of sept 68 at norwood
I'm hoping you post some of those old photos with the D96 stripes...
Gary
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Garage Talk / Re: 2022 Spring Carlisle
« on: April 30, 2022, 03:03:28 PM »I was there Wednesday and picked up a complete GM NOS exhaust system with hangers for a 69 Z/28. I thought there was some Camaro stuff here and there, but that's me.
We'd love to see some photos of your FIND.. and maybe hear details of the DEAL?
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Restoration / Re: 69 Tire pressure decals - GREAT REPRODUCTIONS - ECS
« on: April 21, 2022, 12:32:57 AM »
I'm not pointing fingers! The last time I was under 150 lbs was when I was 20 yrs old heading to basic training... Now I'm ... LOTS more than that!
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Restoration / Re: 69 Tire pressure decals - GREAT REPRODUCTIONS - ECS
« on: April 19, 2022, 02:50:43 PM »
Curious.... about the number of 150 lb people we have on this board...
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General Discussion / Re: M-21 Transmission Tag Numbers
« on: April 11, 2022, 01:38:17 PM »
I don't think the date of production determines the tag pn, but the rear end ratio likely does...
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Originality / Re: Water Pump for Flint Built 327 LF7 with V0206ME
« on: April 07, 2022, 12:55:47 PM »
Your water pump should be rebuildable....
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Maintenance / Re: 12 Bolt Posi question
« on: March 25, 2022, 02:55:14 AM »
you may need to renew or replace your positract lube additive.
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Restoration / Re: Z/28 Front Coil Spring Replacement Question
« on: March 22, 2022, 01:02:07 PM »
If your only concern is ride height, then if you try enough different OTC springs, you can probably find one that suits you.
BUT if you are restoring your car and desire to match the original springs in both ride height and physical parameters, then I doubt you'll be satisfied with off the shelf springs - I tried several which were recommended, but returned them, which is why I went to Coil Springs Specialties for my replacements. They matched wire size, coil diameter, free height, number of coils, etc along with matching my spring rate specs.
http://coilsprings.com/
BUT if you are restoring your car and desire to match the original springs in both ride height and physical parameters, then I doubt you'll be satisfied with off the shelf springs - I tried several which were recommended, but returned them, which is why I went to Coil Springs Specialties for my replacements. They matched wire size, coil diameter, free height, number of coils, etc along with matching my spring rate specs.
http://coilsprings.com/
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Restoration / Re: Z/28 Front Coil Spring Replacement Question
« on: March 20, 2022, 01:27:26 PM »
There were 3 or 4 different front springs used on '69 Z28's depending on weight (as determined by the options supplied at production). My car is a Z28-RS with cowl hood/etc and is ~ 90lbs heavier than the base '69 z28 in the front end. My car was delivered with 'EY' springs. The physical specs for my original 'EY' springs were:
The wire thickness (dia) is 5/8", coil loop diameter - 4-3/4", freelength of the spring = 15-3/8", 8 loops.
Since one of my original springs had a broken coil, I had Coil Spring Specialists make me a new pair matching these specs and as close to original spring rates as possible.
Here's a couple of links, although there's others as well..
http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=15969.msg143765#msg143765
http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=10000.msg75609#msg75609
The wire thickness (dia) is 5/8", coil loop diameter - 4-3/4", freelength of the spring = 15-3/8", 8 loops.
Since one of my original springs had a broken coil, I had Coil Spring Specialists make me a new pair matching these specs and as close to original spring rates as possible.
Here's a couple of links, although there's others as well..
http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=15969.msg143765#msg143765
http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=10000.msg75609#msg75609
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Garage Talk / Re: Engine swap or not?
« on: March 17, 2022, 11:58:44 AM »
A Chevy Camaro with a 351 Ford engine will be 'interesting' at car shows at the very least, given the several million Fords that have been updated/improved with Chevy engines over the last 67 years (since 1955)! Before 1955, installing a Ford flathead into anything else was pretty common...
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Originality / Re: Preservation of a 68 Camaro
« on: March 11, 2022, 03:36:59 PM »
From the CRG data: http://www.camaros.org/geninfo.shtml#HowMany
RPO 1967 1968 1969 Description Option Dependencies
CODE QTY List$ DH$ QTY List$ DH$ QTY List$ DH$ Requires N/A With
U16 n/a n/a 1410 $50.00 2.70 Tachometer-availMay69) V8 (U17, U35)
(added to AIM on 20SEP68,
n/a before May 69
U17 27078 $75.00 4.00 20263 $90.00 4.80 29524 $90.00 4.80 Special instruments: V8 D55 (U57, AL4)
amp, temp, oil pressure,
fuel, clock, tach.
Official Chevrolet production records show a total of 220,906 Camaros built in 1967; 235,147 Camaros built in 1968; and 243,085 Camaros built in the last year of the first generation, 1969.
Total % for U17 are much closer to 10%....
RPO 1967 1968 1969 Description Option Dependencies
CODE QTY List$ DH$ QTY List$ DH$ QTY List$ DH$ Requires N/A With
U16 n/a n/a 1410 $50.00 2.70 Tachometer-availMay69) V8 (U17, U35)
(added to AIM on 20SEP68,
n/a before May 69
U17 27078 $75.00 4.00 20263 $90.00 4.80 29524 $90.00 4.80 Special instruments: V8 D55 (U57, AL4)
amp, temp, oil pressure,
fuel, clock, tach.
Official Chevrolet production records show a total of 220,906 Camaros built in 1967; 235,147 Camaros built in 1968; and 243,085 Camaros built in the last year of the first generation, 1969.
Total % for U17 are much closer to 10%....
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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Opinions on if this is a good stamp?
« on: March 10, 2022, 04:02:43 PM »
That's a rough looking housing regardless, with the heavy rust pits... IMO
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Research Topics & Reports / Re: Gas tank date codes
« on: March 06, 2022, 08:21:00 PM »
Sounds pretty close to me Riker... tank date codes are NOT Julian dates or weeks, but instead are the week number since the first week that tanks were built for that year's model. ie. '69 Camaros likely began production in August (of '68), and your car is late February? That would be close to 25 weeks wouldn't it?