Wow, that's not much time. Be careful and don't damage anything. I hope you have trustworthy friends to help.

At long last it is in my hands for good:biggthumpup: Lots of work to do in the next 7 days!

You gots to be STOKED!!! :3gears::3gears::3gears:

Good luck in your final push. If you get a chance please take a photo or two!!:biggthumpup:

Very cool! Get 'er done :) :biggthumpup:

Made some progress tonight, there's more to do than I had in my head....

beautiful resto! the door panels made me jealous! I bought TMIs best offering and they did them 3 times for me and I am still disappointed with quality and how many times I've had had to install them and yet your originals are "pristine" my Z is a 09C so this is a great date resto to look at thank you!!

Glad you're enjoying the thread. I'm trying to document as many details as I can, some people are into it, others aren't - I'm fine either way.

My brother and I spent another 5 hours on the car tonight - had to wait out a local tornado that touched down about 20 miles from us. Anyway, got the engine compartment finished up for the most part and fired the engine up to verify we were leak free. All was good. Air cleaner is a "runner", have a vintage fly eye for it. We have a few more exterior items to address then we're down to the interior.

another update
 

Underside wrapped up for now. E-brake cabling will have to be "post-Nationals" as the front cable installation with inner fender in place will be a time consuming challenge.
Driveshaft loop is the one that was on the car in 1971.

Awesome

Getting the front e-cable to bend tight enough from the firewall to subframe is a challenge without the inner in place...:no:

Car looks awesome.

The alt harness seems odd to me. Is that how they ran in '69 with the side switch from left in '67-68 ?

Nice progress. I was able to install a front cable on a '68 with the fenders installed by fishing a heavy gauge wire through from the interior side, through the hole and down the firewall. I tied the end of the wire to the leading end of the brake cable, and pulled the wire through from the interior side until the cable emerged. Not the easiest thing to do, but not terribly bad either. Good luck!

Thanks for the tip on that, we did discuss the idea of using and electricians fish tape so we'll give that a shot at a later date.
Got more done today, installed the Ray Bryant bumper decal, installed package tray reusing the original jute padding, got my restored trunk divider back in place and installed the rear inner panels and seat back. Tomorrow is carpet, door panels, seats, and hopefully a little test drive!

That dealer decal is over the top! I love it.

I think we're going to make it!
 

There's a lot of "tweaking" to do but we've gotten enough done to take it to the Nationals - display only. After the show, I have plenty to tidy up. Tomorrow night is cleaning up and getting the hub caps installed, Tuesday is load 'er up time to head east.

Love love love this COPO

Ryan W31

YOWZAAAAAAAAA!

She looks terrific! Have fun & Good Luck! :3gears:

What he said....:worship:

Be safe and have fun!:beers:

Awesome car and great job. Have fun with it at the Nationals.

One of the best things about this project is the great people I've met in this hobby. For those members here whom I've never met, if you are attending the Nationals, please stop by and introduce yourself, I would love to meet you.:beers:
Despite my brother's tremendous help and a marathon 5 days of working well into the evenings and all weekend, the car is not done yet, but done enough to bring it out - hopefully see some of you this weekend!

Jim

5 days from paint to road is phenomenal enough. You'll have plenty of time after the show to finalize and detail.
Congrats on getting to this point, this fast.:worship:

Beautiful!!!:headbang:

Great car
 

Its been fun watching you get to this point with your car. Thanks for the photos and info you've shared with us. I hope to see it in person some day.

Best regards,
Richard

Camaro Nationals are in the books! Humbled by all the great cars there. I learned a bunch of new stuff (things to fix on my car) thanks to the group of knowledgeable guys there. It was a fun experience!

Beautiful car - I wouldn’t change a thing! Great owner too :-)

Thanks Bruce, I really enjoyed meeting you! And yes, your car was one that I was humbled by, it is stunning!

Great job on the car Jim. It was nice talking with you on Friday.

Chris

Working on some punch list items since I got back from a family vacation. Got the e-brake cables assembled. I dreaded the thought of trying to fish that front cable up through the floor pan with the fender and inner fender on the car. Wasn't too bad of a job after all. Front and intermediate cables are repro in stainless, back cables, hook, joints, and clips are restored originals. Still needs adjusted, but that won't take long.

Adding more Day 2 goodies to the inside. NOS Sun SuperTach and a nice trio of Sun blue line gauges. All dated early '70's. Had to laugh at myself tonight. Went through a lot of work getting the tach mounted to clear the dash, get wiring routed so it looks neat and clean. Oh yeah looks great! Then I went to turn the steering wheel. Uh oh. Tach is in a great spot as long as I never need to turn since the horn shroud hits the tach housing:hmmm: Closed up shop, grabbed a beer and called it a night :beers: So, enjoy the pics, it's the last time you'll see the tach in that location.

I found the same problem on my 68 as well. I had to rotate it toward to passenger side to slide it forward on the column.

Great build......really enjoying the progress and result!!!

Tim

Napa I don't think that will work for him because the ignition is on the column where yours was on the dash. I think the ignition is going to prevent him from doing what you suggest.

Good point!!

I think I can rotate it to the driver side below the speedo pod to get the band clamp behind the ignition switch. There is a dead space to the right of the wiper switch but below the speedo. A couple of the idiot lights would be covered, but it might work out ok.
If it doesn't work, what's a good period correct (early 70's) tach that has a smaller body?

I have a Stewart Warner 977J. You can see how I mounted mine in my build thread. I mounted it to the plastic dash gauge cluster, granted my car is a 67 and the dash is different that a 69. I have seen this tach mounted to 69 dashes and it looks pretty cool, common on the Yenko cars.

Have I mentioned your car is totally AWESOME. Great job!

Thanks Chuck. I thought about the Yenko style mount but I don't want to do any of my day 2 stuff in a way that can't be undone without leaving holes. I agree it looks great on the Yenko cars but since that's what Yenko did BITD, it makes sense.
Thanks for the compliment on the car, I'm having the time of my life!

Way early in this thread I mentioned that the son of the 2nd owner (Rat's Nest pilot) and the guy that painted Rat's Nest back in the early '70's still race together today. Thought I would post a couple of pics from this weekend with both of them in action. I owe most of the important history of my car to these two gentleman.
2nd owner's son in the black '69 and the painter in the D.A.R.E. Sheriff car. Great guys with drag racing in their blood their entire lives.

Rick painted my Camaro black when it was practically new..

Rick won his class at Indy's "Beat the Heat Championship" last weekend.

Still working on small punchiest items on the car and getting my garage cleaned up. Hung up some parts that will go on if I ever take it to 100% stock.
Mocked up the engine torque bracket. The bracket that bolts to the subframe was made/installed by the above-mentioned Rick Wilkin back in the early 70's. The bracket was still on the car when I bought it. I made a new strap based on a description from Rick. During the resto, I had the mounting holes in the subframe welded up. The bracket now has dummy bolt heads JB welded to the bracket with a soft pad stuck to the underside to prevent scratching the subframe.
Plan to bring the car up to the COPO Shootout in Norwalk this weekend. Not ready to take it down the track yet, just plan to display it next to Don Marten's ZL-1. Stop by and say hi if you're going to be there.

Very nice!!:biggthumpup:

Wish I could be there for that, but will have to see it via photographs.

Have fun and say hello to Don for me. :biggthumpup: