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General Discussion / missing Camaro

« on: July 06, 2010, 04:44:12 AM »

any one know of a 69 Camaro with VIN 19N647xxx???  Contact me if so...

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General Discussion / Gas tank cleaning - need help

« on: July 06, 2010, 01:11:39 AM »

 

Anyone have a suggestion on how to clean a 68 Camaro Fuel Tank that has been sitting with 1/8 of cam2 in it without fuel stabilizer for a decade or more?    

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General Discussion / Saving a real 68 L78 camaro - need advice

« on: April 03, 2010, 06:22:03 AM »

I have the rest of a parted out real L78 68 Camaro... I saw this car together and so there is no doubt what it is... I Car has the 6K redline gauges, Power Disc Brakes, Power steering, blacked out tail pan, 12 bolt posi (4.10 i think),814 Alt, Carb, ...etc..  but the engine is gone...  and I'm not sure I can locate it or the original owner... no Protecto.. still need to check for the build sheet/broadcast.

Here where i am at..   

the Car was hit front end.. frame is bent some but can be fixed...   
the Nose is gone but i have the hood & some other small front end parts...
Floors are solid but have some surface rust,
Pass door was sold but picked up an original to replace it
All glass is good
deck lid was sold
quarter had flares and the flares were hacked off ruining the quarter wheel lips... needs quarters
have most of the interior, and is in good shape, but I would replace the headliner,etc

SO  I have been thinking of putting her back together with a close as I can get L78 engine...  from what I have been reading the danacore metal is not as good as the NOS sheet metal... but most of my body-shop buddies tell me they have had no trouble using the later good mark stuff, Chevelles and GTO's, Nova,s..etc... but no one i know has done a Camaro with good-mark danacore metal yet... i am more inclined to do the car if I can use the goodmark metal and still get excellent results... Or should I just sell her and let someone else save this Camaro...  I know this is a loaded question but i am curious to see what you guys think and suggest... i know a lot of folks got into this hobby thinking they'll get rich but I am not one of them... i am a guy who remembers when everybody had a car and it was all about how fast it could go and how good it looked.... Hot Cars and hot girls,... a real Hot Rod gear-head...   Thanks

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Decoding/Numbers / julian date codes

« on: March 26, 2010, 07:36:26 PM »

I am looking at a Rochester carburetor (for a buddies 06C 69 Chevelle) with a date code 2649...  is this a Sept 1969 or a Sept 1968 carb?  I guess what I want to know is

1) Does the year code reflect the model year or the actual year?

2) Did the Julian date start on Jan 1 or on August 1 for the production cycle?  I am assuming Jan 1 for what I have read but would like some facts if there's any to support it.

Thanks and this site is great!!!

The newbie.... Oh be one   ;-D

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Decoding/Numbers / what determined the replacement for a CE block

« on: March 13, 2010, 07:14:07 PM »

3) What determined the service replacement... i.e. Cracked block seems obvious, but what about a rod bearing? would they rebuild it?

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Decoding/Numbers / Service CE blocks

« on: March 13, 2010, 07:13:26 PM »

2) What was changed? for example if the OEM block had a bad main... did the heads get swapped or was it a whole engine?  i would think it was just what was broke and everything else got reused.

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Decoding/Numbers / What does CE stand for?

« on: March 13, 2010, 07:12:30 PM »

1) Does anyone know where the exchanged OEM (warranty) block went from the dealership?  Did it get rebuilt and resold, studied for causes, thrown away???

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Decoding/Numbers / 68 L78 block on ebay -18N372361

« on: March 13, 2010, 01:29:54 AM »

on eBay is 68L78 engine block 18N372361 with date stamp T1227MQ

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-Camaro-L78-396-block-heads-engine_W0QQitemZ110504081729QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item19ba8e7941

i hope it gets back to it original Camaro...