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Well it's been a few months and between two summer road trips, kids' activities, summer yard work, doing a few tweaks on the C10, and generally enjoying the summer I have not had much time to work on the Camaro. In the last week though the disassembly made a major step forward with the front sheet metal coming off. I posted a few more pictures to Flickr but not a lot of detail shots. Let me know what you want to see at this phase.

In the next couple of weeks I will be tearing down the front suspension and pulling the engine/trans. Seats and larger interior parts will be coming out soon too.





Anyone want a T3 headlight that doesn't work? 

Congrats and.....wow.  Takes guts....

Can you take a photo of the dash panel top?  Like to see what the "suede paint" looks like after all these years.  thanks!

Finally remembered to snap these - sorry about the wait. Got them in a few different looks - from inside, outside through the windshield. Paint looks great just not sure the pictures do it justice. The car sat inside most of the time since the mid-80s in a garage with not a lot of windows so that saved it a lot of paint fade.

Got a few more parts off this week and am about ready to pull the front clip. Here are some more detail pictures, as usual there are more in the album if you want to see more. Send me a note for any follow up details. Lug nuts are in there too, they had a mix of markings and are pending sold to a guy on yenko.net.

First question - is this an original battery cable? The battery clamp is not original of course but the starter end terminal looks factory:



Master cylinder and prop valve:







Tag that was on the master cylinder cover bail - it fell off with a minor disturbance. Not sure how it was still on. Is this original?


Tag on carb:


Water pump:

Kurt, You had asked for pictures of the engine mount bolts. Let me know if this what you are looking for.

Driver side. This one is still installed



Passenger side. Could not get a good one of the rear view and had to pull bolt to get cable off from around the exhaust manifold.

And some shots of the exhaust manifolds:

IS the Radiator Code UH?

Nope

Sizes of firewall letters








Dash pictures did not look great under garage lights, will get some in daylight tomorrow.

still interested in some detailed pictures of the PBT stamps on the fire wall both left & right sides thanks

Here they are, along with a number stamping on the back of the fan clutch hub I somehow missed




This one shows the lack of paint coverage behind the wiring hanger


and the fan clutch hub

Got a few more things off over the last week. Big one is the AIR system and here are some photos. What does the date code on the pump indicate? Also, is the orange overspray on the tubes from the factory?

I also now have most of the engine bay cleaned out and can get close up photos of anything. If it is not in the photos it is in a storage bin; I have only sold a handful of items so far. Other than the carb coming off the engine will likely stay as is until the front clip comes off.

Here are the pics, remember there are more in the Flickr album. (link in the original post)

Thanks - I grew up in ND and still live in the midwest but have never seen or used such an ice scraper. 

That's an ice scraper; grab it by the handle and move it around the windshield in a circular motion.

Takes a guy in his '60s from WI.

One more thing...anyone know what this is? It was in the glove box and must have come with the car from the dealer. It is a simple piece of plastic that looks like it could be a place to hang something. The smaller circle is extended out from the bigger one, I should have taken one more picture of it - ha

still interested in some detailed pictures of the PBT stamps on the fire wall both left & right sides thanks

Need to get them cleaned up a bit before I can get some decent pictures. Probably won't be until later this week.

Certainly an interesting option to pick - great grandpa may have been trying to avoid overcooling in those cold ND winters.

I can attest to the fan working great on the car, last summer I drove about 100 miles round trip of the Hot Rod Power Tour in 90+ heat and it didn't miss a beat. Of course, the 2bbl 327 is not making anywhere close to its full power anymore..ha!... and I just cruised it pretty gently.

If anyone wants specific pictures in the engine bay, I will be taking the following things off in the next week.

Radiator, shroud, and all hoses (hoses and clamps are not original)
Carb
Plug wires are off
General wiring harness (I will not cut it while taking it out)
I may get around to dropping the gas tank too

Was out of town for work this week but got a couple things done around the house and garage today. Reminder that the link to the Flickr album is earlier in the thread.

Here is the fan and clutch. Also, there are some pictures of the four bolts from fan hub to water pump/pulley. I've had a few inquiries about them as well.

Kurt, I see no numbers on the blades but may not be looking in the right spot. Where should I look? Do I need to take the fan and clutch apart for that? I was waiting on doing that until posting the pictures here.


The last O in Ohio is there, just a bit faint and not coming through in pictures well.





Total length of lug wrench:


Here is the flat end of the dipstick a bit closer:



I'll be getting caught up on PM questions tonight too.