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Found the air cleaner breather thingy. It was inside the air filter and the metal clip on the outside had fallen off. Original?

Yeah, painting the firewall is definitely not going to happen. I'll probably only use the Rustoleum on the frame. In fact I've now decided I am not going to paint the air cleaner or the valve cover, either. I have too many cars and the idea behind this one is whatever I can do to make it more valuable when I sell it is what I will do, and nothing else.

Thanks for reposting the pics. I assume it is a powerglide. I"m not sure how to tell. If DX1 stripe is 10%, and I saw somewhere that 2 tone was like 3%, what are the odds this is a 1 of 1 car? Any way I can document the rarity?

Also, I'm curious about the stripe. I've heard the correct way to do it is to paint the stripe on the nose and then use a decal on the hood, is that correct and is the paint also Dover white?

Anyone know where I can get correct screws and plastic clips for the front license plate holder?

Well, I'll be ...

Thoughts on spraying some clear rust reformer over this? Should basically just darken it up and protect it.

Adam, there is an engine shot you shared, the clip was there.  Did it drop? The sticker on the shroud was the emissions specs. But it was specific to the engine, V8 stickers are available through the Camaro catalogs, but they do not carry a L6 that I can see. 

The "P" inspection mark is Paint, there should be a T and a B for Trim & Body close by.

Be careful using brush-on paint, it really stands out (in a bad way). Factory finishes were dipped or sprayed. There are books and many posts online on original engine finishes, (not easy!) 

You mean the breather clip on the air cleaner? If so you must be thinking of a different car. So, painting the firewall itself with Rustoleum may be a bad idea. I hear ya. Maybe I can just kind of clean it up. Lots of other things to do on the car, so I can't spend forever under here. Maybe I'm better off not doing very much to the firewall. Any thoughts on painting the air cleaner and valve cover with engine enamel? There is a "Chevy orange" engine enamel that I assume is at least pretty close to that valve cover color.

I know it's missing the PCV breather thingy. Looks like there was a sticker on that radiator shroud. Anyone know what it was?

Pretty original car, from the original owner, been sitting 27 years. Lifetime Arizona car. Battery tray is toast, so I'll replace that but otherwise it's pretty solid. Plan right now is just to repaint the air cleaner and the valve cover and probably paint everything else with black Rustoleum and a foam brush. Found this orange P up on the firewall, I'll try and preserve that somehow. New to Camaros so any advice you guys have about how to make it look like factory would be appreciated. No luck so far in scrubbing off the white paint to get back to that factory blue.

ETA: They sure were sloppy with that seam sealer back in the day, eh?

I was hoping there was a Marti report equivalent but I guess there isn't. Maybe you guys can point me in the right direction. Picked up a 69 250 6 cyl car from the original owner. It's a 2 tone car originally, now all white. 53 50, Glacier blue with a Dover white top. It's also a factory AC car and it had a white DX1 stripe and it has the horseshoe shifter. X44 car, so no special trim and no rear spoiler. Looking forward to hear what you guys have to say. TIA.



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