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Old 02-24-2013, 08:53 PM
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yeah good call. id have done the same. have them make the chassis mint and then finish the mechanical. with your dads help????
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with your dads help????
My Dad is 85, so he's in Fort Myers for the winter along with all the other old people. I talk to him all the time, so he is my Project Consultant. Usually I call him, but now that the car is home, I'm the one getting the phone calls.

I'm going to try to get the car completed by the end of April. That's when my Mom & Dad stop to visit me on their way back to York Harbor, Maine. I can't wait to take my parents out for a ride in it!
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Old 02-25-2013, 12:44 AM
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My Dad is 85, so he's in Fort Myers for the winter along with all the other old people. I talk to him all the time, so he is my Project Consultant. Usually I call him, but now that the car is home, I'm the one getting the phone calls.

I'm going to try to get the car completed by the end of April. That's when my Mom & Dad stop to visit me on their way back to York Harbor, Maine. I can't wait to take my parents out for a ride in it!
That's great!!! You dad is going to love it on his first ride since the restoration.
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Making progress - slow but sure. Really sucks to have to go to a day job to pay the bills - it really gets in the way of Camaro stuff.

I'm going for just a little bit of a day 2 vibe with the car. Hence the repro of the old GM open element air cleaner and the spreaders on the valve covers. Other than that, she's pretty much stock appearing.

Under the air cleaner is the original Q-Jet that's been massaged by Cliff Ruggles. Engine was rebuilt roughly 5k miles ago (but almost 30, yes 30, years ago by Precision Automotive in Simsbury). Original rebuilt alternator, master cylinder (including orig bail & cover), voltage regulator, radiator. Original distributor & coil. It's kind of neat to think about all the parts still on this car that were on it when it rolled off the line back in 68.

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Engine was rebuilt roughly 5k miles ago (but almost 30, yes 30, years ago by Precision Automotive in Simsbury).
Holy Moly!!!! 30 years? I didn't know they had been around that long.

Funny that I stopped in there about an hour ago to tell them the 427 engine they rebuilt was at the Maratta show.
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Holy Moly!!!! 30 years? I didn't know they had been around that long.
Yeah, I think it was 1985 when they rebuilt it. I hope it stands the test of time.

That little 327 surprised a lot of people back in the day. The car looks fairly 'plain jane', and most people assumed it was a base powerglide car. I remember Norman telling me that it was a scrappy little engine. I can't wait to see how it runs with the Q-Jet optimized and the ignition advance map corrected. Just picked up my advance kit and new vacuum advance canister today. Now, I just need to get it running so I can set everything up. So much left to do before getting to that point.

Good luck at the auto show. Wish I could make it. I'd love to see some pictures though, so don't forget your camera!!
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Car looks amazing, thats awesome on having a lot of original parts still on the car.
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Just finished installing the grille, headlight buckets and moldings. NOS grille, center emblem, parking light assemblies & headlight bezels. Upper & lower grille moldings are CHQ and only required a little trimming on the ends to mate up nicely with the NOS stuff. I have NOS T-3 headlights, but decided to remove them & install reproduction halogen T-3 lights instead.

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Very Nice! You're making a lot of progress.
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