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General Discussion / Re: 69 Camaro's back in the day

« on: March 07, 2016, 08:51:24 PM »

Thanks Bryon, Jerry I'm sure your memory is just fine. lol just my fat fingers and no proof reading

Been there.....Done that.  I proofread and error correct and I still miss those little goof-ups.

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General Discussion / Re: 69 Camaro's back in the day

« on: March 07, 2016, 08:01:50 PM »

That's strange.....these "Canaro's" look identical to what I remember a Camaro looking like.  But I must say my memory must be slipping...I can't ever remember seeing a "Canaro".....must be old age catching up to me.    

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General Discussion / Re: 69 original rear bumper identification

« on: March 03, 2016, 10:33:49 PM »

Compare the weight of it with a known original. If it's significantly less, I'd say it's a reproduction. I compared 68 rear bumpers a few years ago and found some repro's weighing over 2 lbs less than an original.

Unless the latest repros have got heavier (which is a possibility), the weight is a good way to determine GM or not. I weighed my 69 rear bumper when this came up in a similar thread several years ago. Will have to see if I can find that thread and provide the URL.

Hi Tim....found a thread over on TC that you initiated about bumper weights.  Here tis....http://www.camaros.net/forums/34-restoration-corner/273385-69-rear-bumper.html

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Restoration / Re: 69 "Door Window Guides"

« on: March 01, 2016, 08:15:41 PM »

Are they required? and Why wouldn't they be in the AIM?

The AIM was written only for the parts installed on the Chevrolet side of the plant.  The body (including the widow parts) was built in the Fisher Body side of the plant.....so therefore the AIM would not have these parts included.

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Restoration / Re: driveshaft - de-rusting and rustproofing

« on: February 29, 2016, 06:11:07 PM »

Anytime I've used evaporust (or metal rescue) and only submerged 1/2 of the part at a time, it's resulted in a slightly different color in the two halves and a visible 'line' separating the two halves...

X2.....Yup....I agree.  I always submerge  the entire piece to be derusted for that very reason.  If you plan on painting the piece the "line" wouldn't be a problem, but if you want to have the same color over the entire piece then total submersion is the only way to do that.

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General Discussion / Re: blue tip pushrods gm #3796243 sbc

« on: February 24, 2016, 05:02:47 AM »

I think that the blue stripe pushrods were designed for the heads that had the screw in studs and the hardened guide plates (starting with the 1970 Z28 350ci engine and the 1970 LT1 Corvette 350ci engine).  The blue end of the pushrod was hardened to match up with the hardened guide plate....that would keep the pushrod from wearing out where they rubbed together.  The blue paint was added to the hardened end to signify the end that pointed toward the rocker arms.  The blue stripe pushrods could be used in any SBC application.

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Originality / Re: Hurst blower motor cage ?

« on: February 09, 2016, 07:32:21 PM »

My 68 fan has the plastic cage and also has the "H".  The "H" is for the Harrison radiator division.

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Original Cars and Details / Re: Z28 cowl paint (and Z11/Z10)

« on: February 09, 2016, 07:28:53 PM »

All great discussion & info on the PBT stampings but shouldn't this be separated into another thread for better searching in the future?

Was thinking the same thing...this has morphed into two different aspects of the same area.

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Original Cars and Details / Re: Z28 cowl paint (and Z11/Z10)

« on: February 09, 2016, 07:26:10 PM »

Isn't the cowl paint, and how it was painted related to the PBT stamps since some of the cowl paint 'misted' down over the upper reaches of the firewall (to wit, James' post)...??  which came first?  the chicken or the egg? 

As stated above.....seems that in my case the mist is from the firewall blackout below and the stripe blackout is rather solid to the breakover.  Don't know they got the stripe blackout transition to look that smooth.

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Original Cars and Details / Re: Z28 cowl paint (and Z11/Z10)

« on: February 09, 2016, 07:21:48 PM »

It appears there is Ermine white mist over the firewall, the inspection marks are over the white mist correct?

Hi James.....The car color is Ermine white and that is the basic color showing through the fogged on firewall blackout.  The firewall blackout is good up to the seam but above the seam the firewall paint seems to be rather sparse....as I said earlier it looks to be fogged on and has a rough texture.  That fog goes from the heater motor area all the way over to the windshield wiper area where the black is really faint and the white really shows up well.  After the windshield wiper hole the firewall paint is good and solid. The cowl blackout for the stripe is solid all the way across and ends at the firewall breakover in a smooth transition.  And yes, the stamp is on top of the foggy area.

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Restoration / Re: The High $cost of restoration... $135 plastic strap?????

« on: February 09, 2016, 12:58:03 AM »

Or this...http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Definitive-1969-Camaro-Z-28-SS396-Fact-Book-/351260171304?hash=item51c8bcdc28:g:sfEAAOSwkNZUmKV4

I asked the seller if his price was correct since they're still available from the author for $25 + shipping (Jerry even offered to sign my copy). Seller response: "If you can buy it cheaper, why are you wasting my time?" I said I was giving you the chance to correct a typo. He responded "It's no typo"

It appears that the publish date is in 1993 so I guess the seller thinks it must be a rare first edition classic.

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Restoration / Re: The High $cost of restoration... $135 plastic strap?????

« on: February 08, 2016, 05:25:32 PM »

I'm currently watching an auction for a CV-746C PCV valve.....one of the earlier ones made around 1968.  BIN only $995.00.  I had a chance to get one for appx. $200.00 a couple of years ago but missed the auction by 30 seconds.  Bummer

     

   

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Original Cars and Details / Re: Z28 cowl paint (and Z11/Z10)

« on: February 08, 2016, 05:06:05 PM »

Now that you mentioned that scenario, I remember reading that post before.  Just took a little memory jogging.  Guess it didn't pass the trim test on the passenger side and had to be corrected and then run back through on the next shift.

Another observation....the green T stamp on the passenger side has an anomaly on it (looks like a piece of fiber attached to the bottom that curls up half way up the upright part of the T).  The green T under the trim tag also has the same anomaly.....So that seems to tell me that the trim tag stamp was probably done with the same stamp after the other PTB inspections were completed and passed.  Interesting.

Here is the passenger side T stamp...
     

Here is the trim tag T stamp...
     

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Original Cars and Details / Re: Z28 cowl paint (and Z11/Z10)

« on: February 08, 2016, 04:47:21 PM »

I have a 07C 1968 Z28 that has a mixed bag of colors.  The passenger side has an orange B & P with a green T in line and spaced above the heater box.  The driver side has an Orange B, P, & T  to the right of the wire loom hook and then has an upright green T under the trim tag.  Can't understand how the different colors would line up with shifts in this combination.  Seems that if you had someone inspecting the car for the BPT that they would be doing the inspecting all at one time.  Well I can see the trim tag inspection might be added at a different time than the other inspections.

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Originality / Re: Muncie Shifter Assembly

« on: February 05, 2016, 07:01:25 PM »

I have some but I have more shifters then I have the parts to complete them as many are missing parts

Same situation that I have.....I have several assemblies but some are missing the spring and hat combination.