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Thanks. There is very good info on that page. I will quite probably use that info to decide on the springs, I am tempted to order two or three recommended part #s and experiment with them between the two cars.

OK, thanks. Will do.

@Stingr69:
Many thanks for the photos and the measurements!

@KurtS:
Thank you for the link. I have had a first look at the information on that page and the documents linked. I will check them out more in detail.

@Stingr69:
Thank you for your reply. Some vendors (Heartbeat City, Rick's/Eckler's) selling the code decals, list the code for the ZL1 spring as HG.
According to them, the HQ code would be for springs with cast iron big blocks (396, 427). What gives?
I wouldn't want you to go through the hassle of measuring your springs if the HQ spring is not the correct one.

That would be really helpful!
Thank you for your input.

Hi, I am new to this excellent forum. I am a Musclecar enthusiast from Switzerland (Lake Geneva region). A friend and myself happen to have the same "problem": A 1968 Camaro with an aluminum big block (his a ZL1, mine a KB) and needing new coil springs in the front.
The cars will mainly be street-driven, with stock, or only slightly lower than stock ride height, with occasional trackday use (no autocrossing). We are looking for a firmer than stock ride, but nothing too hard. Unfortunately, we cannot weigh the front of the (unfinished, anyway) cars. Both have aluminum radiators, and stock upper and lower a-arms.

Based on information on David Pozzi's website, I would opt for something harder than the stiffest stock spring (Z28 - 379 lbs/in), something in the 400 to 500/550 lbs/in range (Moog parts 6320 or 6041).

Your experiences and opinions would be highly appreciated here.
Thank you in advance.

Steve,
The car will be made street legal and registered (in France, which is very close to Geneva/Switzerland), street driven, used for occasional track days, but not raced (under a sactioning body).
We will post photos a bit later. As of now, the car has not yet changed much from how it was when it arrived here.
Here's a link to how it was advertised when it was for sale in the U.S.: http://classiccardb.com/chevrolet/103885-1969-chevrolet-z-28-penske-sunoco-trans-am-camaro-road-race-car.html


P.S. We love your forum! The Australian/New Zealand touring cars of the 60s/early 70s are very exotic and inspiring for us.

@Jon:
We are glad you liked Switzerland!
Thank you very much for your reply and offer to help. We do appreciate.

@wrongwayron:
No(t yet). Michael seems to be located in Sweden; we are in Switzerland - at least it is the same continent.

Hello, we are Musclecar/Ponycar/Trans-Am enthusiasts from Switzerland who have been following your excellent forum for quite some time. We are currently updating a 1969 Sunoco Camaro Replica we brought over from the United States (the one referred to in the thread "stolen '69 Sunoco Camaro replica"  - no, not the stolen one, the one that was for sale on eBay! ). While the car is close to the original in many aspects, there are still a lot of details that can be improved upon. Related to that we have a lot of questions. I'll start with the first two:

1) Dash: What material was the pod housing the tach and gauges made of in the original 1969 Sunoco Camaro?
If I understand correctly, in his reply #53 of July 8, 2011 in the thread "Ideas to share concerning 1:18 '67-'69 GMP Penske Donohue Camaros" Jon states it was made of aluminum. The reason we're asking, the pod is so well finished with rounded edges and corners and all. That represents a large amount of work if this pod is made of aluminum (and probably easier to to achieve with fiberglass).

2) Front sway bar (going over the front rails of the subframe):
Is there a supplier selling or (re)producing this part?

Thank you for your time,
Alex
Geneva (Switzerland)