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Was going to change the grill but the paint shop needs to paint it first... oh well, good intentions.
I did manage to change one thing for you guys. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...P1010021-1.jpg Better? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] |
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[quote=MosportGreen66]Original oil drain plug?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...1010001-22.jpg Yep Thats correct for 69, also beautiful broach marks and raised/worn areas around the impressions. Looks like the broacher had freash cuters when this went through!!! Rich |
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wow. really nice patina. thanks for the photos. how much paint is original? door jambs and trunk?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MosportGreen66</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Was going to change the grill but the paint shop needs to paint it first... oh well, good intentions.
I did manage to change one thing for you guys. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...P1010021-1.jpg Better? It is better but still not in the correct spot. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div> |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MosportGreen66</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Was going to change the grill but the paint shop needs to paint it first... oh well, good intentions.
I did manage to change one thing for you guys. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...P1010021-1.jpg Better? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div> move it up one row ... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] |
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look at the back of the emblem, it will help you get it in the right spot. awesome find
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Spent some time installing little items... got a new blinker light socket, license plate bracket, and got some of the interior back together. Just sorting out the issues.
I have never installed traction bars before. They go in easy! Ran out of time before evening plans to install the driver's side and with a few adjustments yet to be made, we'll be all dialed in. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0326-00052.jpg |
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Dan - <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 20pt">Holy Cow</span> </span> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] - <span style="text-decoration: underline">looks great</span>. Day-Two baby!!!! Keep your updates regular and plentiful!!!
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Done for the weekend... almost finished with the interior. Traction bars went in easy and the rear of the car is firm - major difference!
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Ooooochee Mama!!! That looks just GREAT! Like the extra <span style="font-style: italic">meat</span> at the rear. Just terrific Dan. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
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Agreed....looks great!
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Take a buffer and bring some shine to that zee.....i bet you could make it like night and day.
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Love it!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MosportGreen66</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...DSC0006-11.jpg </div></div> Every high school kid's dream car back in the '70s. |
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looks great! nice to see another guy running G 60 on the back with traction bars.
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Had some time this weekend to rack the car...
Virgin rear stamp http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._DSC0040-1.jpg Original trans #s http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._DSC0035-4.jpg Body mount bushings with GM part #s... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._DSC0041-1.jpg |
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Be still my heart!! Good stuff Dan!
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very nice Dan/Dave. I would not change any of that stuff. I like real soft wire brushes (brass) and WD-40 to make it all come about. Boeshiled is also real good for that stuff. Just keep spraying and wiping!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: resto4u</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Take a buffer and bring some shine to that z
zee.....i bet you could make it like night and day. </div></div> Please buff that paint. I would love to see how it would shine up. |
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Thanks for the compliments guys! Dave and I appreciate it!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sixtnine</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: resto4u</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Take a buffer and bring some shine to that z zee.....i bet you could make it like night and day. </div></div> Please buff that paint. I would love to see how it would shine up. </div></div> Its sunburnt lacquer. I'm not making excuses but not much will happen. Gots to give us sometime... its a weekend project that is being sorted before cleaned... and boy do we have cleaning! Thanks! Dan |
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you could consider checking out the blue turtle wax (it has color filler). I used the black stuff on 'blackie', and it works great. I convinced another chap on this website (has a black 69 motion camaro) and he loved it.
I have used the red wax they sell on an old laquer 61 vette I have and it really made the paint pop. all hand application, no buffer. it may hold you over....and could bring the color out. I don't think they are making the blue too much longer, but black and red are still available. take with a grain...(I would go get some though) -bob https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=e...mp;aql=&oq= |
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Update...
"XF" on the IBM card must mean 3:73s/M21. Thats what my car has. Had the body bushings replaced along with the clutch. Trans gears look good but its going to be gone through along with the diff which is original (dated 10/68). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...green66/-5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...een66/-3-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...green66/-2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...een66/-1-1.jpg |
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Sorry for the crappy Blackberry photos... left the camera home, mistakenly.
Axles are good but the diff needs new seals and bearings. Same with the trans. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00087.jpg stamps on the drums http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00086.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00088.jpg |
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NIce Dan. Love the shots! Not bad for a Crackberry. Do you have the metal ID tag on the drivers side of the tranny. What is that code?
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Dan:
Really cool! You're into the fun part now... the Archaeology. Great car, Ed |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">NIce Dan. Love the shots! Not bad for a Crackberry. Do you have the metal ID tag on the drivers side of the tranny. What is that code?</div></div>
Thanks Sam. Agreed not bad. I do have the tag but not handy. I'll get a photo next week when I see more progress on the car. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1969z280</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dan: Really cool! You're into the fun part now... the Archaeology. Great car, Ed</div></div> I appreciate the compliment, Ed. Its a cool car indeed. A car with character you'd get along with! I owe you an email too... haven't forgotten about it. |
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Uploaded the rest of the photos:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00101.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00100.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00098.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00097.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00096.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00095.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0430-00094.jpg |
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Dan - what does the "295" and "296" stamp indicate on the brake levers?
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Is that a 9 hole shifter attaching bracket? I think they are 9 holers for the '69 Z - just wanted to make sure....
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That would be correct M.
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Ah - Ok, I picked one up at Carlisle, just wanted to make sure I had the correct one! (It is used for the Deuces as well).
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If you just want to make it shine a bit, take some 2000 on a soft block with plenty of water and liquid soap in the bucket, lightly knock off the worst oxidation. Then fine cut on an orbital, and hand swirl remover.
I typically go for the least destructive first, and then determine how much further things need to go to make where I can live with it. Lawrence Shaw (sixt9rsx33) has a Gold 69 RS/Z28 which had original paint when he purchased it, basically from photos it looked to be the same condition as William's Black RS/Z. I though (by the photos) it was salvageable with a little touch-up and figuring on some tinting to match some of the sun-bleached paint. However after he brought the car down and I took a look at the paint in person, the effects of sun on the gold paint were evident, the paint held up nowhere near as well as the black car, even though in photos it appeared much better. The car needed to be taken down and done right, there was no option besides doing it right. Over the past 25-30 years the vehicles I have seen lead me to believe that the Metallics hold up nowhere near as well as the Solids. |
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Use some KERO in your wash bucket... lol |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1969z280</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dan:
Really cool! You're into the fun part now... the Archaeology. Great car, Ed </div></div> I like to call it Carchaeology [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img] Nice Z |
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This thread just keeps getting better and better!.
[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] Personally this car somehow feels more like what us commonfolk gearheads were ending up with back in the day, not new or day 2 but more like year 4 or 5 when previously enjoyed but intact cars were everywhere and still potent packages in the right hands!. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete |
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Pete:
I agree completely. Growing up in Chicago, most of the cars that you would find in the early 70s already looked like this one. Sheetmetal was always the issue. Ed |
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Thanks guys!
Sam - I do not know what the numbers indicate. I'm sure someone here does though. More photos to come this weekend... this time with a camera. Dan |
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Not sure but I think that they are datecodes for when the brakes were assembled.
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