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Maintenance / Bench Testing Ignition Switch '67
« on: August 11, 2015, 12:04:00 AM »
Hello everyone,

I'm helping my father with a problem with his Camaro.  I've searched online but can't seem to find a description for how to bench test an ignition switch for a '67 Camaro.

The car will start but when the key is released it dies.  After some searching we believe it's probably the ignition switch, but I would first like to bench test it before moving on to the resistor wire or tachometer.  In case it makes a difference it's a '67 Camaro RS 327 with p/s, p/b, windows, tilt wheel and a/c.  I have the switch removed.  One of the prongs does have a small amount of plastic as though it may have perhaps gotten hot at one point.

Thanks,

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General Discussion / Re: '67 Camaro leaf springs
« on: January 23, 2013, 04:37:26 PM »
OK, thank you for the responses.




Brandon

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General Discussion / '67 Camaro leaf springs
« on: January 23, 2013, 05:26:34 AM »
Will '67 and '68 Camaro leaf springs interchange as long as they match in relation to mono or multi leaf.  I have searched and found conversion info, but I'm unsure if I found a monoleaf '68 leaf spring if it would bolt right up to my '67 Camaro.

Thanks,
Brandon

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Dad just got a '67.
« on: October 08, 2012, 02:04:21 AM »
Thanks for the reply.  I posted in another forum trying to find ways if it was an original disc brake car.  We talked today and both though the car would look better with the original flat caps.


Brandon

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Originality / Factory Disc Brakes on a '67
« on: October 08, 2012, 01:47:48 AM »
Could someone tell me how to tell if my father's recently purchased Camaro came with factory disc brakes.  All I have found are RPO numbers that would tell, but without having the build sheet I'm not sure how to tell what RPOs the car has.  I have decoded the trim tag with help from the site and it doesn't seem I can tell from that.

Also, if it did have disc brakes would it be mandatory that it came with rallies?

Thanks,
Brandon

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Dad just got a '67.
« on: October 08, 2012, 12:13:26 AM »
Hahaha.  I didn't buy him one, I'm barely able to afford to keep my couple of cars running.  Haha.


Brandon

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Dad just got a '67.
« on: October 07, 2012, 10:58:20 PM »
I did a search and tried to find where the numbers would be on a "matching numbers" car.  From what I gathered they should be on a tab on the front of the passenger side block, however this engine has no numbers there.  They have either been painted over or machined off.  Am I looking in the wrong place for a '67??

I also crawled under it today and saw that it had disc brakes.  They look like factory camaro equipment but I bet they've been added.  I'm going to try to look into the options and see if that would have been listed on the cowl tag.

My dad seems pretty proud of the car.  The last two days I've gone over to his house he's been cleaning on it.




Brandon

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Dad just got a '67.
« on: October 07, 2012, 04:12:19 AM »
Ohh, I see.  Thanks Ed, and thanks also for the link.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Dad just got a '67.
« on: October 06, 2012, 06:03:23 PM »
It seems to have all the options listed on the tag, however I can't seem to find what the 1439 means in the upper right corner.

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Decoding/Numbers / Dad just got a '67.
« on: October 06, 2012, 05:53:26 PM »
Hi everyone,

I have a '67 Camaro that I've posted about here before and coincidentally my dad just bought a '67 yesterday from the same guy I got mine from over 15 years ago.

Dad's seems to be a high optioned car.  It is a RS with power steering, tilt wheel, factory air, power windows, deluxe interior, seat belts and console with gauges, though I'm not sure how much is original.  I took a picture of the trim tag and was wondering what some of it might mean.  The car seems to be fairly original and I'm hoping it's as original as it seems.  He has wanted a car as a daily driver so I really hope he just enjoys it and drives it as much as possible.

I forgot to mention that the guy he bought it from thinks me may still have the California plates, which I thought would be very good to keep with the car.



Thanks,
Brandon

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General Discussion / Re: Special Rare Air Induction?
« on: February 13, 2011, 05:21:24 PM »
I'm confident the axle is not original.  I believe the entire driveline has been replaced in the car.  It seems to have been gutted at one time and someone seems to have kind of "thrown" it back together to make a car.

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General Discussion / Re: Special Rare Air Induction?
« on: February 12, 2011, 08:48:05 AM »
I also meant to add it seems to have had some kind of open-diff rear end installed.  I don't know why I've always felt this, but I've always assumed it was some kind of rinky dink rear end just thrown in to get the car sold at some point.

It was bought by the parents of a friend of mine.  They kept it a while intending to restore it, but already having a 67 RS in good shape, decided to trade it in to the dealership (my father's).  That's how I wound up with it.

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General Discussion / Re: Special Rare Air Induction?
« on: February 12, 2011, 08:31:13 AM »
Wow, well that was a pretty exciting ride for a while!  Turns out, according to Mr. Mellow, that the car almost definitely isn't an original Z car.  That would have been really cool, though! 

I think maybe, and this is just speculation, the car may have been drag raced at one time.  The interior has been completely replaced with a standard interior.  It appears it may have been gutted at one time, then thrown back together with the cheapest available.  Also, when someone removed the console they took the tach out and put the gas gauge in the bezel on the right, so now I have a small tach mounted on the steering column.  It has had a spoiler added to it.  I added the front spoiler myself and the SS emblem in the grill was missing when I got it.  It also has a '68 bumper in the front.

The car currently has a 350 in it.  I was told the engine was from a '69 model camaro, but that wasn't told to me by any credible source.  It has 4 wheel drum brakes.  It has interior courtesy lights on the inside of the C pillars (or the remnants.. just empty bezels now).  No power steering, no power brakes, no air conditioning, no power windows.

I have always thought the frame was bent.  Before the dealership closed down my father had the body shop he always did business with take the car and attempt to straighten the frame/body.  They said it was straight.  We began looking and it seems like the driver side spring in the rear has collapsed or become weak and to compensate the previous owners put washers on the spring mount to raise that side of the car.  It's a pretty sad looking setup.

There is a little bit of the original turquoise color left on the inside of the door.  I could get a picture of it if anyone was interested for any reason.

On the plus side, I had it aligned today and it turned out well.

Concerning the dealership:  Yes, there was so much corruption on that city council board.  There was actually a scandal involving the person responsible for beginning building judicial buildings around kentucky and a construction company that  built them all having family members that were using their ties to do bad things. 


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General Discussion / Re: Special Rare Air Induction?
« on: February 11, 2011, 05:55:26 PM »
Hey guys, thanks for all the responses.  I took some pictures of the cowl tag.  As I mentioned, the hole was patched with metal about 12 years ago, but I took a picture of where it was anyway. 







I typically close the headlights, but i was dark and cold when I last came in.  I have my trusty coat hanger and a perfectly sized stick for the left and right side to keep them open and closed.  Classy, I know.

A little side info:  That license plate is from my dad's now closed dealership.  He'd been a GM dealer for 33 years.  GM came in, closed him up and then decided not to pay us a fairly large sum of money they owe us.  We wrote letters and their game is essentially to wait us out in court until we go broke, so we're pretty much out of luck.  On top of that, the local government (the county) decided to put a "judicial center" on top of where our building was right off of the square.  Despite having 2 other already purchased properties, the members of the board ALSO closed us down.  Our building had been there since the 20s, and had been a horse stable before that from before the civil war era. (There was still a basement where moonshine had been made during prohibition).  Since we rented the building, we got nothing in return and GM wouldn't allow us to rebuild in the city (even if they hadn't already been closing us down).  The city council didn't care and closed us down, and now complain there aren't enough tax dollars for the city.  It was a small town.  Every single board member was not re-elected this term.  Hehehe.  Sorry for the rant, I'm still legitimately bitter about the whole deal.  I still love old GM products though!

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General Discussion / Re: Special Rare Air Induction?
« on: February 11, 2011, 05:39:02 AM »
I've looked before but I can't remember specifically.  I remember that it was a factory RS/SS 4 speed that was turquoise with a deluxe interior, so I don't think it could have possibly come with it. I can check the tag tomorrow if anyone thinks it could somehow be possible.  It's in pretty rough shape now, but it's fun to tool around in and not have to worry about parking in the wal mart parking lot.

Brandon

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