this car came out gorgeous! congrats on such a beautiful car.

A couple pics from when the Z was at the Hot Rod Reunion at New England Dragway:
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...25462646_n.jpg

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...62703262_n.jpg

Sweet!

You actually turned on those NOS T-3 headlights??????
I thought they were just for show. Hehehe.

It's a driver now:bird::gayfight:

Now the real question is what did it run?:food-smiley-012::b056fab2:

Edit: Oh yeah and looking good too!!!:smileybreasts:

lookin good there dave.

I'd love to see David's Z make a pass - like a real one - hard launch, Goodyear bias plys holding on for dear life, and the sweet, sweet sound of that 302 shifting at redline......

Well, I can dream, right?

It would probably be between 13 to 14 seconds. Stock first-gen Z/28's are not good quarter-mile cars. They don't have decent torque off the line.

They were made for road racing, primarily to compete in the Trans-Am Series back in the 60's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Am_Series

The engine limit was 305 ci (5 liters). Peak HP is at 5300 rpm and they were designed to run at high rpm's.

Yep. The headlights are on and are working great.

Dave weren't the 302 engines 10,000 rpm screammers? I remember seeing a he I head 302 concept engine gm was trying to make for the trans am series cars. That was a wicked high rpm engine if remember.

I do believe they were around 8000-8500 rpm motors. There is a guy near me that has a black one fully restored and painted with black laquer. Has the DZ302 with a 4speed. Just a great driving car. He has taken me for a ride after I have detailed it. They are badass!!!

I'm not sure Frank. On my car, I never went that high. On my stock DZ302 on the engine dyno, it looked like Max HP=356 at 6400 rpm. The graph looks like it could have kept on going though.

Edit: The motor is 30 over, but other than that it's completely stock.

I did read about a 1968 Z/28 with a stock DZ302 that makes 456 HP @7700rpm and it ran 10.80 @122.30mph.

See here: http://www.z28camaro.com/oldrel.html

http://images.mecum.com/SC0508/SC050...d=051808133800

New pic of the Z:
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/...69Z/BR/z28.jpg

Love it

wow that car is gorgeous David!

The green z looks awesome. That's a great article on the red z.

Sweet David!

Yup, she's a keeper!

About 2 weeks ago....loading it into the trailer:

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/...Z/DSC_8631.jpg

new engine pic:
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/...Z/DSC_8599.jpg

simply beautiful.

Just awesome.

looks better with the naked eye!

Yeah I'm claiming PhotoChop!!! I bet you got a 4 cylinder in that thing - "Ricer":klab:

Oh Wait - Now that's a V-8!!:coolpics:

Looking good - Don't know how you keep it that clean!!:foshizzle:

No photoshop Eric! lol.... On this car, clean is not a problem since it only drives on and off the trailer. For now, she's a trailer-queen. After a few years I'll be cruising around.

never seen a green first gen like that myself. Car is gorgeous. Nicely done dave cant wait to see this one at a car show.

hey ummmmm i dunno if any one told yah but yah got some over spray on the intake...... HAHA :bek068:

HA HA. Good one Pizza!

I checked out loads of original car pics and all are loaded with overspray since the intake was on before the engine was painted. At the factory, they had a box called a "dog house" that they put over the intake and then painted the engine. Overspray was everywhere.

It's funny that a guy who knows a lot about GTO's stopped by today and when I showed him the car, he leaned over and tried scratching the overspray off with his fingernail since he thought it was not right. :hanged2:

As soon as I saw that overspray I knew there was a reason it was there.

yeah haha i knew it was right. have seen quite a few originals and all had loads of it on bell housing and intake. the ones that dont are not originals..... and try saying they are.

Classic GM quality. It's still pretty cool seeing how far quality control has come

Yep, you got it Mike!

Here are two more engine pics:

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/...BR/dz302-r.jpg

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/...BR/dz302-l.jpg

One of my favorite pics.

It was edited to remove the other car that was behind the Z, but no other changes.

This pic has the 1974 owner and Vietnam vet Larry in it.
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/.../Larry-z28.jpg

Damn, throw some dust on that car will you!!! Way too clean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Lol

HA HA!

Not yet Ron! My daily driver looks like crap, the old truck looks like a nightmare, I put a dent in the good truck, the 68 is not clean, the big block 69 is not too bad, and the Z is spotless. I'd like to keep the Z that way for a little while longer.

The rust bucket nightmare blew out a oil cooler line this morning. I'm probably going to get frostbite from this pos truck, but I'm thinking about plugging up the two oil cooler lines since I only run the truck in the winter and only on my driveway.

better get the driveway paved in frt of your garage!!!!
then youll have no muddy tires!

At some point Dawg. When I recover from everything else I definitely want to put something nice in front of the Camaros.

A high school buddy of mine printed out some posters of the Z.

If anyone wants a poster, send me a pm with your address and I'll send one ....no cost.

The Z is on the front page of the CRG: http://www.camaros.org/