Preservation of a 68 Camaro

[David K]

Nice! Thanks for the update, and for those who are wondering what the round hole in the tail light socket is for.....it's for the U46 Light Monitor Cable-or Fiber Optic as we call it.
This thread is by far the most interesting I've ever read.

[68camaroz28]

Photos 496 - 497 - After Evapo but before treating with RPM (Rust Prevention Magic) - continued

Well done as always Darrell. Everyone, note the disc brake pedal does not have the silver disc brake medallion yet.

[x66 714]

Photos 496 - 497 - After Evapo but before treating with RPM (Rust Prevention Magic) - continued

Well done as always Darrell. Everyone, note the disc brake pedal does not have the silver disc brake medallion yet.

March 13th cars don't have them either....at least not LA cars....Joe

[luv2sixty9]

Photos 496 - 497 - After Evapo but before treating with RPM (Rust Prevention Magic) - continued

Surprised that the pedal assembly housing wasn't painted black from the factory. My NOR 67 Z is painted black

[David K]

Definitely interesting the paint line stop on the brake bracket.

[cook_dw]

Thanks for the comments.  Changeover is mid March of 68 on the medallion from my research.

Photos 524 - 527 - The tail light harness has now been repaired and unfortunately I ended up having to retape the majority of the harness. But original sockets etc so it'll have to do.

[cook_dw]

Photos 528 - 531 - Tail light harness cont.

[cook_dw]

Some progress over last weekend.  For accessibility I pulled the glove box and door.  While it was removed I cleaned the box.  Mostly just test fitting everything to make sure I'm not missing anything and of course there are a few odds and ends I have to locate in my parts stash but overall pretty straight forward.

Photo 532 - Before starting the test fitting.

Photos 533 - 534 - Glove box removed

[cook_dw]

Photos 535 - 538 - Glove box after cleaning

[cook_dw]

Photos 539 - 540 - Heater box with core installed from the interior.

[cook_dw]

Photos 541 - 542 - Cowl ducts installed

[cook_dw]

543 - 544 - Duct install cont.

[cook_dw]

545 - 547 - Outer heater box installed and the rest of the firewall cleaned.  BTW the MEK substitute works almost as good as the original stuff so that was nice to see.  Also added the wiper transmission, wiper motor, cowl panel and harness (temporary).

[cook_dw]

Last item is another Day 2 piece secured.  This car originally had tow tabs (homemade) welded to the front ears of the sub and later were removed.  So I felt I should at least at something similar back to the car.

Photos 548 - 549 - Tow tabs

[cook_dw]

Next updates are the reassembly process for the firewall components, harness, dash items etc. All in all everything is gong back together smoothly.


Photos 550 - 551 - Fuse block installed.