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Back in high school I drove a 77 Nova, 4 speed, hatchback of all cars (loved it). The stereo equalizer that I had in that car, attached under the dash, had a built in kill switch on the under side of it, wired into the ignition. It was extremely handy, if for nothing more than peace of mind, when I attended college and left my car parked in the parking lot for days at a time. I've tried to find the same thing since, but have never ran across another equalizer with that feature (and can't remember the exact brand back in the late 80s). Anyway, just wanted to add a side point to the discussion. Thanks

Good forum article about this "very rare" screwdriver:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c1-and-c2-corvettes/3561758-n89-irwin-screwdriver-score.html

There is a guy, Rich Pascalone, who sells a lot of oem hardware, he has a fb page and was on yenko.net. I've gotten a few items from him. Message me directly, I'll get you his number. Great car guy!

trying to find any other late 68 model year changes which may have occurred as assembly was getting ready for the 1969 model. Only items that come to mind are the change in front spoiler being bolted to the front valence vs. using the braces and the hood adjustment hole. Anything else come to mind? thanks, Brad

Would someone be able to elaborate further on this comment "Only items that come to mind are the change in front spoiler being bolted to the front valence vs. using the braces"? I've searched through threads on this site and don't see any reference to a point in time where the rods weren't used on the front spoiler, versus them being used, along with the spoiler being bolted to the front valance. I've read comments about the rods being left off purposely to avoid damage to the fenders if the spoiler hits something, but nothing about the rods actually not being used as part of the installation guidelines after a certain date. Thanks

S

Hi Joe,
No, on the rotor issue I went with the One Piece (mainly for ease of replacement and it being USA steel versus finding the 2 piece rotor, which all I could find was import steel in these and have read that can be problematic, someone commented on that earlier exact issue they were having). There was a bit of discussion around that and my choice ended up being the one piece rotor.  Thanks

Well, never got any feedback on the disc brake pad pins, and what the originals looked like (steel vs. zinc plated), so if someone has a picture or information on those please post.

But here are the two disc brake set ups I put together from all assorted OEM parts I was able to obtain, and repop calipers and one piece rotor (chose this route of USA made steel 1 piece versus the 2 piece import steel which I've read at times can be problematic). I wanted to post some pics of how these are assembled for anyone in the future looking for that information (I had a hard time finding some good pics of the entire units assembled). Thanks

On my continued quest here, can anyone confirm or deny that on 67/68 Camaros with disc brakes up front, that the pins that held the brake pads in at the top were originally steel color, or gold zinc plating color? I see the gold colored ones on different aftermarket websites, but I've ordered a couple different sets and they come steel colored (with a round head actually, so not sure that's even correct as the picture on their sites are actually flat head.

Maybe a picture of an original set possibly? Thanks

I sure am enjoying this guided thread through this rebuild, it's going to be so helpful once I dig into mine. Thanks again for keeping this going.

Ran across these while doing my craigslist search if there are of interest.  You can buy the rotors from Camaro Central IIRC but you will have 2 piece hubs.

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pts/d/west-mifflin-z28-piece-rotors/7449975249.html

Thank you for the lead, I'll give them a call today and see about the hubs, probably ask them to just buy the hubs and forgo the rotors since I'd be replacing them anyway. Appreciate the help, I'll post pics once I'm done.

All, thanks for the input. That has really helped. I'm just inexperienced in nuances of these types of conversions, thus the question.

I gave up on originality as far as a pure restoration a long time ago. My car is supposedly a 1968 SS 350, but without docs I can't prove that and the engine is long gone (although I still check the orphans page every single day LOL). You all helped me when I first bought it to decipher some of the indicators of a SS, but again I would never stand on that fact as I can really prove it. But I appreciate the look and engineering/design of how the Camaro was built, thus why I want to have the best of both worlds: better stopping capability as I'd like this car to be a daily driver, but true to how this car "would" have been built if it had disc brakes from the factory.

I've sourced the correct parts where I can, probably from a lot of you guys, date and period correct, from the booster, master, valves down to the backing plates, spindles, brackets. I can buy aftermarket 2 piece rotors, but they are import. I can get the 1 piece rotors that are USA made, and that's what I'd prefer, but just wanted to make sure I wasn't causing issues from a 2 piece to a 1 piece design. I'm still going to buy aftermarket hoses, bolts and brackets that I can't get from used parts sellers. But overall 99%, it will have the same appearance as if it had disc brakes from the factory. I'll keep all the original drum components, just in case some day....

Anyway, thanks everyone for the input and help, makes me feel better going in the 1 piece rotor direction. Stay safe, S

Hello all, hope everyone is doing good. I have a question about a brake conversion and couldn't source an answer on here.

I'm going to be changing over my front drum brakes on my Camaro to disc. I've sourced most of the original parts I'll need to do this (to keep it looking as authentic as I can), but when it comes to the rotor....are there any pros or cons to staying with the 2 piece OEM style rotor in the conversion (other than authenticity) versus installing a 1 piece rotor for the 4 piston calipers? Finding the 2 piece is rather tough to do, but they are available, but was just wondering from experience if there is any advantage of one over the other (again, other than authenticity and maybe the 1 piece is more readily available these days). Thanks for any input you can offer.

Shane

Sure am enjoying this thread. Hope to get my 68 restored soon, and seeing the quality of care and info. here really helps me to know what I should be asking for/looking for in my restoration. Thank you for taking the time.

I've been on the lookout for a nice vintage set of ARE torques for awhile now, 15s, for my 68 and I've run across many adds here and there that say "Vintage". But I've always been skeptical because they are from people selling I don't know or outside my main sites I watch, as I don't really know what type of script, ID marks, back of wheel look, etc. to look for that would truly ID them as vintage. Does anyone know where there may be a write up about this that I could read, or experts willing to weigh in on what to look for? Any help would be great. Thanks so much!

Congratulations!

On ebay for $1300 now

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133450823509