Canuck finally finds a 68 Camaro in Corvette Bronz

[Canuck]

Well I finally did it,after searching for t he past 7 years I purchased a 68 Camaro in Corvette Bronz. The basis for my quest was my first car was a 68 ,327 Auto ,black deluxe Houndstooth interior, with CB paint. I wanted one again and was not particular about the engine type as long as it had that color and trim combo.
While attending the Portland swap meet a few weeks ago I spoke with a vendor who has his 68 since May 72 and was now ready to sell.
The Good
Original color one repainted in 1975.
Correct Black houndstooth deluxe interior. Removed from car in 1976 when car was drag raced.
Car was sidelined in 1984 when engine blew.
Engine rebuilt in 85 but after 100 miles car was not driven again.
Never left the Wilamette Valley of Oregon.
79,000 miles from 68 to 85.
Engine has most correct pieces except block.
All born with body panels and 0 rust.
Things to correct
Rear end is a 69 BV
Get correct rallye wheels
Needs headliner (mice)
Engine compartment too glossy.
Needs tires.
Eventual repainted
Remove traction bars and frame stiffners.
Get correct exhaust.

[Canuck]

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[Canuck]

Yes it's a real 68Z.

[Canuck]

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[Canuck]

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[GenOne]

Very Nice! Grats on the find -

[Xplantdad]

Very cool Paul! I know that you've been looking forever for one <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[markinnaples]

Congrats. I know how I felt when I got my '68, so I can relate. Cheers!

[Canuck]

More Photos
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[Canuck]

Just got my NCRS shipping report, car was sold new at Ed Rendell Chevrolet in Portland Oregon, Dealer location is now Wentworth Chevytown.
Anybody know or have any history on this dealership.

[cook_dw]

Nice score!!! Is it a cowl plenum car or open element? If open can you look and see what style the screen print is on the bottom side? I would like to add it to my data on the air cleaners.. Beautiful car and it is cherry as can be..!!.. Needless to say I am jealous.. Congrats!

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif

[Canuck]

Open element Air cleaner, picking up the car in two weeks, will get back to you.

[RJS]

Very cool car!!! Is that a extra cost color??
My neighbor bought a 68 Camaro when he got back from Nam in about 70-71 and it was that color.
His was a 327 4 speed with the stripe that wraps around the fenders and header panel.
A year or so later he swapped engines with his buddy's 69 Z-28. The 302 was heavily worked and sounded nasty.
Ron

[bashton]

Congrats Paul! I am also a big fan of Corvette Bronze on the Camaro.

Bashton

[Tracker1]

What is the zone number and dealer code Paul?

I only recently figured out that my black Oregon Z ( zone 19, dealer 361) came from Owen Chevrolet, Hood River, Oregon.

[442w30]

You know something's up with the world when the Chevy people are buying W-Machines and W-Machine folks are buying Chevys. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif

[Canuck]

Here are some updated photos of my 68 Z. I spent the 3 months since I bought the car correcting a lot of Underhood items, cleaning and getting the car in street worthy condition. The walnut wheel and bumper guards were added by me.
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Next to my other pride and Joy my 71 W30 convert.
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My spare is a 215-70-15 Goodyear Blue Streak Police Radial. I had a set of these in 1973 that were on my first Camaro in FR70-14. They were an awesome tire.
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[Ryan1969Chevelle]

The lack of a Spoiler makes the whole car:-)

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You know something's up with the world when the Chevy people are buying W-Machines and W-Machine folks are buying Chevys. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif </div></div>

Bazaro World!!! (Sienfeld)

Rya

[Lynn]

My favorite color for a 68. I have seen several in person (rode around in a 68 Z this color in high school). One of my friends here in the okc area has one now. I have NEVER seen a picture of one that did the car justice. I don't think it can be captured on film or by digital camera. So, all you guys wondering what the big deal is must see one of these in person to appreciate it.

Congrats. I'm jealous.

[ZAPPER68]

04C...built the same week as my 68Z. Nice car and the colour combination is beautiful.

[cook_dw]

Car looks great!! What did you use on the paint?

[markinnaples]

That Camaro is sick, whew. Beautiful.

[Xplantdad]

Paul...it looks great!

[Canuck]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cook_dw</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Car looks great!! What did you use on the paint?

</div></div>

Used Meguires Machine Glaze # 2 followed by Adams Paint Correcting Polish.

[al8apex]

prior statement:

The lack of a Spoiler makes the whole car:-)

Ryan

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My favorite color for a 68. I have seen several in person (rode around in a 68 Z this color in high school). One of my friends here in the okc area has one now. I have NEVER seen a picture of one that did the car justice. I don't think it can be captured on film or by digital camera. So, all you guys wondering what the big deal is must see one of these in person to appreciate it.

Congrats. I'm jealous. </div></div>

ditto to both statements, these cars are amazing in person and pictures don't come close to showing their beauty in the real world

[earntaz]

The Doctor is smiling ...

[Canuck]

The front plate frame is from the selling dealer, I picked it up off ebay the day I got the NCRS shipping report.

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[hiperf406]

Very nice car love the color!!

[DW31S]

Yea, you gotta watch those Olds guys that have Camaros!

[L78steve]

If you ever put the BV rear up for sale let me know.

[CJJeff]

Great find on a bronze 68 Z! This Corvette Bronze car is here at a Corvette shop in North Kansas City...
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/09/full-19488-31326-dsc06880.jpg

[cook_dw]

There was an L34 or 5 bronze car in or around Oak Ridge (Chattanooga) area back in the late 90's early 2000's.. It was a dead ringer to the one posted above..

[Canuck]

Update on my 68 Camaro,I have now had it 4 years and have enjoyed some nice summer cruizing. Over the past three years I acquired a correct date coded BV rear end ,same for an M21 Trans and a March 68 MO block. All components have been rebuilt and are ready to go in the car.
Step one was to remove the 69 Code BV and get it to the new owner,springs came out and a cleanup started on the underside.
Remember this car spent its entire life in the Willamette Valley of Oregon where they produce great Pinot Noirs and preserve 68 Camaros.
The underside is amazing, after alight cleaning with Zep 505,scrubbing and a drying evidence of factory over spray and undercoating in the wheel wells are evident .
I am not doing any restoration of the underside and just going to clean and preserve whats there. The car was drag raced extensively and had a roll bar. I will only fill the holes with plugs as I dont want to do any welding or re painting.

Rear end coming out:

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Used our big steel table to support front end in case of weight transfer,trunk had about 200 lbs of heads and cranks as counter weight,safety first.

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Got gas tank out and made room to remove springs, which will be cleaned up and all new bushings.

Next came the cleanup, happy with results from first pass, exhaust will be dropped to make more room.

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Can anyone chime in here and comment on the wheel well undercoating, it does not appear to be a dealer application as it is only in the wheel wells sand some over spray. This is a Van Nuys built car.

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[396L78canuck]

Congrats nice job cleaning the car up and getting everything correct fellow Canadian.Bob

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Looks amazing!!!

Ryan W31

[Tracker1]

Damn, that thing is solid.

[NorCam]

Very nice. Looks real clean under there.

[m22mike]

Has that car ever even been wet :worship:

[Canuck]

Has that car ever even been wet :worship:

Mike
The original owner traded the car in in 1972 It has always been in the Willamette valley, a very moderate climate. The second owner drag raced the car and I doubt he did drive it in any wet weather. I saw early photos with it on a trailer. Dont know how it accumulated 79,000 miles.

[westonz28rs]

All of the burn out getting ready for the races. That is a lot of burnouts to get to 79,000 miles.

[Canuck]

My last postings are over a year old .these next updates are from the summer of 2002. The front clip was removed and the subframe removed to replace with one that didn’t have a big dent in it. I had it blasted and epoxy prime red until I got around to finish and assembly.



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After many hours of prep it got the final coat.

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[Canuck]

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[Canuck]

With the new frame all prepped it was time to take the old one out.

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The handy dandy steel workbench came to good use again.

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Then the front clip was removed.

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[Canuck]

With the frame waiting, I assembled the final stages of the freshly built 302. It’s dated March 23 1968 and the car is an April 13 build. Notice the faint MO still on the block.

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[Canuck]

The rear suspension had all been finished and exhaust installed. I added a rear sway bar from a 69 Nova and installed KYB shocks painted Koni Orange ,that’s actually Chevrolet Engine Orange.

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[BJCHEV396]

Lookin' great Paul,keep up the good work!

[Canuck]

At this point I was going to re assemble the car and break in the new driveline. As my Olds 442 was about to come back to me I decided to send the Camaro for painting (Nov 2022).
So with the front clip loosely in place and all trim and door hardware removed off it went.

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All the detail work I did was carefully covered up and the frame will be removed for the firewall paint and preparation.

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[Canuck]

The car was dormant in Marks shop until 3 weeks ago as he had other work.
Remember ,this is a central Oregon car showing no signs of rust anywhere. Well none showing. There were some in the rear glass channel.

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All repairs were done and new studs installed,

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[Canuck]

Mark went on to rebuild the door hinges and then test fits the doors and fenders for gaps.

Notice the spectacular original paint on the cowl sides.

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[Canuck]

We are now down to the last 10 days. Factory seams were cleared of lead and all window channels cleaned, DTM was applied to bare metal while Mark works on other body panels.

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[Canuck]

The car had a few visible dents in it. Top of left fender,right quarter panel and a prev repair on the left QP.
One that surprised us both was one on the roof. The windshield appeared to be the original yet this old dent was there.
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[Canuck]

Last week Mark focused on the doors and fenders, all were rust free and both doors were free of any dents.
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That’s where we are as of today, more photos to come as the remainder of the body gets prepped.

[napa68]

Looks great Paul!:biggthumpup:

[Too Many Projects]

First time I've seen this thread and it is very interesting. The undercoating you referred to earlier appears very similar to what is on my '67 LOS car. The extension panel having some rust is to be expected, but what really caught my eye was all the "extra" holes in it and the right quarter panel flange. Wondering what that is for. My extension panel across the bottom was mostly non-existent, so I have no idea if it had those too. My original quarter panels don't have the extra holes. I like seeing the gobbed up braze in the corners too. I'm trying to replicate that, but it is a smoother application. My bodyman just laughs at me and said I should plug all those joint gaps with seam sealer and move on, but he was production for 50 years and doesn't understand how to slow down and preserve/replicate original detail.

The dent in the roof MAY have been done at the factory and repaired there. I worked at a Ford factory in St Paul for the 1972 model year and it was amazing the freak accidents that happened and were butchery "fixed", painted and sent to the dealer. If only they could talk. As I remove 4 layers of paint and gallons of high build primer from mine, it appears it was used in a demo derby in a past life...:frown: Yours is pristine in comparison, congrats...:biggthumpup:

[dykstra]

Very cool! Thanks for posting your progress.

[olredalert]

----Can't wait for more, Paul! That's one of my all time favorite colors. This Z should be stunning done.....Bill S

[Canuck]

Latest progress was getting the doors done in DTM, then work on the Left quarter. Prior damage was starting to show, paint was scraped off with a razor blade, then ground down.

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[Xplantdad]

Hi Paul, I am following along. I know that you had been looking forever for a Camaro in this color. So glad you found one!:beers:

[X66 714]

My Corvette bronze 68 Z/28 is the first Camaro I ever purchased. had it since March 1976...Love it. I'm following along also. Keep up the good work....Joe

[black69]

great pics of a really nice car. I know I have never seen this color in person on a camro unless at best if was used on a 68 vette.

In some of your pictures years back, you show a front tire that looks like a blue streak radial on the correct wheels, and the tires looks really cool, no rounded edges. Can you share more on those tires? I am having issues myself pulling the trigger on ordering goodyear E70 -15 tires for my 68/z (not wanting to wait that long).

great thread!

-bob

[Canuck]

Mondays work on the Camaro, found some prior damage on the left rear QP. Mark is an amazing fabricator and will make a replacement piece.

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I am pretty pleased with the condition of what’s been found so far. A few spots on the rear wheel lips , minor dents in a few places, otherwise a solid car.

[Canuck]

great pics of a really nice car. I know I have never seen this color in person on a camro unless at best if was used on a 68 vette.

In some of your pictures years back, you show a front tire that looks like a blue streak radial on the correct wheels, and the tires looks really cool, no rounded edges. Can you share more on those tires? I am having issues myself pulling the trigger on ordering goodyear E70 -15 tires for my 68/z (not wanting to wait that long).

great thread!

-bob

These are Goodyear Blue Streak police Radials 215-70-15 on Camaro 15x7 wheels. 3 are NOS and 4 are barely used. This size was used on Dodge Diplomat police cars. I had 2 sets of these in the 70’s and they are a fantastic tire. Kelsey is using these molds to do their new Polyglass Radial look alike. Only one size is available right noe and that is FR70-14.
I am restoring a 1978 Chev Nova 9C1 police car and that is what these are for. Right now they are shop rollers.

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[Canuck]

Should have included this engine,sub frame earlier. Rebuilt correct date coded MO block, all components are date coded between Jan 9 (distributor and Alternator) Water pump, fuel pump and starting motor are Mar. Carb is April 2, Block is Mar 23 and Heads are late Feb casting, trans is Feb 1968. I have all the smog stuff but decided to stick with headers.
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[black69]

thanks on the tire info, they do look good, just some white paint on the goodyear font and they look good to me!! way too nice to be rollers. Wish I had a set.

Again, looks like your car is coming along great. I got ziebart tar stuff all over my 68z, engine compartment, underbody. WD40 seems to take it off without damage, slow process.

[Canuck]

Thursday Feb 2 shop update. All the paint is now off and prev minor damage has been corrected to todays restoration standards.
Rear valance had a crease and was fixed with filler. Mark has re worked the metal back to O filler needed.
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Super clean quarter panel.

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This may be all until next week, next steps will be hood and trunk panels, valances and header panel.

[Kurt S]

Why did you remove the lead from the 1/4 seams?

[Canuck]

Old lead,might react to modern fillers and or paints.

[Canuck]

This week, metal finishing wrapped up, mysterious dent in room massaged out.

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Right quarter in DTM, very straight.

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Roof was scrapped with a razor blade, anybody need a cup of dried Corvette Bronze

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[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Turning out really well!!

I hope to stop by one day and go for a rip!!!

Ryan W31

[luv2sixty9]

Luv it! It's coming along nicely...Can't wait to see the completed version.

[cook_dw]

Looks great. Has there been issues with the original lead with certain paint types? I'm not a paint guy so just trying to learn.

[bergy]

Just catching up on this thread. Professional restorer for sure - great work!

[Canuck]

Looks great. Has there been issues with the original lead with certain paint types? I'm not a paint guy so just trying to learn.
55 year old lead can cause problems with modern chemicals. My restorer likes to eliminate any Come Backs created by taking short cuts.
His mission is to do the metal work, eliminate any issues that might originate from underneath.

[Lynn]

Old lead,might react to modern fillers and or paints.

Never heard of this. The lead was not smooth on my 69, so I took it down to clean bare lead and re-leaded it. I used epoxy primer over it, and have had no issues. If figured the lead was less likely to shrink over time as opposed to any other filler. That's been 15 years ago, and all is still good.

I didn't look back to see; did Mark use a different filler in place of lead? Or did he just use new lead?

Would be interested to know.

[Canuck]

I will ask what he plans to use, he has mostly done convertibles for me so leaded roof seams have not been an issue. On my Olds convertibles the QP seam behind the trunk lid was not lead.

[Lynn]

Guessing one of the aluminum reinforced fillers.

My experience is that even the regular two part fillers (with a catalyst) shrink some over time.

I haven't tried the aluminum reinforced.

[Canuck]

Here is Mark’s response as to why he removes old Lead.

Lead releases gases over the years. Looked at many cars in my 30yrs and lots of pimpling can be seen in these lead areas. So why then risk something like that on the body which can be very costly to fix after its all refinished ? To me its standard procedure I’ve done to every restoration in 30 years.

All I have ever used to replace it is short strand fibre glass reinforced filler over top of epoxy, never seen an issue on any cars I have completed and have seen many of my projects years to decades later. They have stood the test of time.

[Canuck]

Work continues,nothing to get excited about. High spot near back of roof reworked.

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Rocker panels had a few bruises, all metal worked back to straight.

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Former lead seams now done in Fiberglass.

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Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

[Too Many Projects]

Nothing to get excited about ??!! Who are you kidding, the metal work alone is perfection. I WISH I had a person to do that, instead of all the filler work most throw on and call good. I have a bodyman working on my Camaro and he filled the lead seam with the same, short strand, fiberglass. Unfortunately, as a production person, he doesn't see the need to do perfect metal finishing and uses too much filler, in my opinion, to get everything blocked out.

[Canuck]

These photos are from Thursday, maybe the last I can post for two weeks, as I am going off grid until Mar 6.
Mark removed a piece of damaged QP section, re formed it and welded it back in.

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Metal work on roof all done

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