69 Camaro -- visiting the rust doctor

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by 941LE

Well it's a good thing I have a Yukon for a DD then.

I remembered seeing a picture of it and I just went back and checked. It looks great! Are you getting a trailer at some point? You mentioned towing your car to the track.

[My84Z]

I'd daily drive the shit outta any gen lol just not one as mint as yours lol

[941LE]

I do plan on getting a trailer when I can afford one.

[jeff68]

Originally Posted by DavidS

also....I'm fairly certain that the gas tank straps are supposed to be black, so I stopped in today and asked Mike to make them black.

Yes, they should be semi-gloss black. On your Z car, make sure to use the original tank straps. They are slightly different than the repops and they have a stamping on them.

Originally Posted by DavidS

The same goes for Dawg and Jeff ...

I'll go for a ride! Like Dawg, I think I'll leave the driving up to you!

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by jeff68

Yes, they should be semi-gloss black. On your Z car, make sure to use the original tank straps. They are slightly different than the repops and they have a stamping on them.

Thanks for checking on the straps!!!

Have you ever researched inspection markings? It seems like a lot of restorers get carried away and the term used for this is "inspection graffiti".

I'd like to get pictures on a few common chassis inspection markings that most first-gens would have had. Have you seen anything like this? I've done some searching on camaros.net and camaros.org but I think I'm going in circles.

[jeff68]

David-
I have done some light research on the topic. I'm actually still trying to decide if I want to put any markings back on my car. All I found on mine was the P, B & T markings along with some white crayon markings on the engine. Other than that, the 160,000 miles of Connecticut driving did away with almost everything else on my car.

Anyhow, back to the question. 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

[DavidS]

radiator core support is on:


dynamat and pedals are in, but it looks like trim is missing from the brake pedal:


dash is painted:


rear quarter windows are in:

[ls6monte]

Nice!!!!!!!

[irockidz28]

sweet! how hard will it be to find that trim piece?

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by irockidz28

sweet! how hard will it be to find that trim piece?

Super easy to find as a reproduction part. Heartbeat City has them for $6.95, part number INT-2333.

It looks like the clutch pedal is missing the horizontal trim piece and it should look like this:



It looks like I have to order 2 of INT-2333.