My '69 Z28 Find

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Is that a 9 hole shifter attaching bracket? I think they are 9 holers for the '69 Z - just wanted to make sure....

[Salvatore]

That would be correct M.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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).

[firstgenaddict]

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.

[firstgenaddict]

OR

Use some KERO in your wash bucket... lol

[Tracker1]

<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

[PeteLeathersac]

This thread just keeps getting better and better!.
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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!.


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~ Pete

[1969z280]

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

[MosportGreen66]

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

[jannes_z-28]

Not sure but I think that they are datecodes for when the brakes were assembled.

Jan