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General Discussion / Re: New library of documentation page

« on: December 31, 2022, 03:21:51 PM »

Wow!  Well done Kurt & crew!

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General Discussion / Re: 1969 ZL1 - # 55

« on: December 08, 2022, 09:21:52 PM »

That car is absolutely beautiful!  Many years ago there were standing offers of one million $.  Can't imagine what it's worth today.

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General Discussion / Re: Camaro Nationals

« on: July 17, 2022, 10:55:48 AM »

Outstanding show!  Great venue, well organized, beautiful cars (inside and outside).  Everything from a 69 ZL1 to grocery getters; from the best original first gens in the world to the best resto-mods in the world  - something for everyone.  This is a "can't miss show every year.  Oh - and a big thanks to all of the volunteers who worked tirelessly to make it happen!

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Garage Talk / Re: Top 3 Muscle Cars

« on: May 03, 2022, 12:31:28 PM »

I've owned all three of those "top three".  Boss 9 was a huge disappointment.  Factory stock - it couldn't get out of it's own way!

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1969 - Orphans / Re: 69 L-78 JL 9Nxx3691

« on: February 22, 2022, 01:10:52 PM »

That bump is from a core screen :-)

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: 499 dizzy - what do you think about stamp?

« on: June 11, 2021, 05:43:43 PM »

not so much - nice that they left those lines out of the area where they stamped it though :-)

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General Discussion / Re: head casting. how many runs per month

« on: June 04, 2021, 12:43:29 PM »

That's a pretty common part number, so there would have been lots of cast dates.  All small block heads were cast 4 in a mold on Spomatic molding lines at both Saginaw gray iron and Tonawanda foundry.  Big block heads were cast 2 in a mold at Tonawanda.  Each plant had one line pretty much dedicated to small block heads, although the pattern equipment could have been switched to another line if the need arose. The lines ran at 240 molds per hour at 100% uptime (generally - 80 % uptime was achieved in production).  The lines ran on a 2 shift basis, with shifts extended on overtime as demand dictated.  To my knowledge, only Central Foundry Division ran on 3 shifts (5 on - one off schedule on each molding line).  So, as far as the production of any part per shift goes, you can do the math.  We were pouring 2,500 tons of iron per day at Tonawanda back then & more at Saginaw gray iron.  Fun times!

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Restoration / Re: L78 M22 pacer - some firewall shots.

« on: June 04, 2021, 12:24:17 PM »

James is an artist AND an engineer.  Rare combination of skill sets - perfect for restoring these cars :-)

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Restoration / Re: Quality Brake restoration

« on: May 17, 2020, 01:51:56 PM »

I believe that Billy died (RIP).  He was a great guy and always did a professional job IMO.

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Restoration / Re: Quality Brake restoration

« on: May 17, 2020, 12:31:03 AM »

Master cylinder and proportioning valve both came back inoperable.  Parts were originals out of my COPO that was finishing up to go to MCACN.  I stuck the bad parts in storage and used some that I had on the shelf to get the car finished.  Replacements worked great.  Sent the originals out to a different restorer. 

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Restoration / Re: Quality Brake restoration

« on: May 16, 2020, 04:28:28 PM »

My experience with Whitepost was always good....until the last time.

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Promotional Events and Concept Cars / Re: 1969 Indy 500 Camaro RS/SS Conv Z11 Actual Pace Cars at IMS prior to Indy 500

« on: May 07, 2020, 01:30:10 PM »

Thanks to the dedication of the folks who contributed to this site, there's a 1969 spring table here.  Looks like 55 pounds difference, but would have been just enough to select a lighter spring if my car was an L89 instead of an L78.  So, the selection changed from the heavier end of the lighter spring (if it had been an L89) to the lighter end of the heavier spring (in the case of an L78).  Putting iron heads on the L89 car added 55 pounds of load to springs that were lighter to begin with.

Is that clear as mud?!

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General Discussion / Re: Camaro sunoco 1969 tribut

« on: May 06, 2020, 02:44:19 PM »

It's on eBay too

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Promotional Events and Concept Cars / Re: 1969 Indy 500 Camaro RS/SS Conv Z11 Actual Pace Cars at IMS prior to Indy 500

« on: May 06, 2020, 12:28:37 PM »

the track cars do appear slightly nose heavy in some of those picture.  Lighter weight of aluminum heads would have yielded a lighter front spring calculation at assembly.  I did the spring calculation for my L78 Pace Car - hoping that the spring tag (still on the original front springs) would have indicated original L89, but, darn, it came out to correct spring for L78.

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General Discussion / Re: Camaro sunoco 1969 tribut

« on: May 06, 2020, 12:17:59 PM »

There's a clone listed for sale on Naples, FL CL.  Been on there quite a while.