Moved to the Z thread since I probably will have zero inspection marks on the COPO car.
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Originally Posted by jeff68
David-
I've never seen any SPOT regarding correct inspection markings for 1st gen cars. (SPOT = single point of truth.) Your best bet is to clean each original part very carefully, then see what you find. The original markings may be very faint. You can also check out the pictures on the Lucas Restorations site for reference. I don't know if what they do is 'correct', but they are supposed to really know their stuff.
-Jeff
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Yep. You are definitely right. There are hundreds of different opinions on inspection marks.
A guy with the username firstgenaddict on the CRG wrote: "ONCE AGAIN... I will say that if you had a time machine and traveled back and bought a brand new 69 Z brought it to the present and put it in a car show...IT WOULD NOT EVEN PLACE.
My opinion is that if you are going to over restore it... you might as well just chrome everything... both ways are incorrect!"
It seems like he is ranting a bit, but there is some truth to his rant.
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There was loads of surface rust and grime and I don't remember seeing any inspection marks on the Z, but I am going to take a very close look on Friday.
I talked a few times with both Jerry M and Ken Lucas at the Camaro Nationals. Next time I meet up with you at Mike's we can talk about the Nationals. Taking your suggestions, my current plan is to compare 3 sources. My Z, the Lucas Restoration site and an article written by Frank Serafine. It's an older article and many of the things written are not accepted in current judging like the color of the underbody being gray primer. It is partially true, but not accepted.
The article is from "Camaro Enthusiast May-June 1993". I scanned it today and cut out sections from the pages that were in color.
pg 33
pg 36
pg 37
