1969 Camaro Special Order Paint Process

[clem]

this site is to be about the preservation of camaros and I saved a rare Z/28 from being lost forever because the experts did not know what to look for and all I get is static and the experts are praised.

[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: clem</div><div class="ubbcode-body">how about a 74 chevy pickup with a 482 cu inch BBC with aluminum heads, headers,corvette cam,850 holley and a 400 turbo with 3.70 gears that would scare the hell out of corvettes. used to street race them with dirt bikes or a snowmobile in the bed for traction. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img] had 2 22 gallon fuel tanks because it need them. </div></div>

No doubt; you speaking of scaring Corvettes reminds me of this. Ours was an '85 stepside with an all aluminum 454, TH400, 9.5 ring gear rear axle drilled for 5 hole 5&quot; bolt circle. Best ET was 10.71 (see &quot;Is it True?&quot; below).

K

[cook_dw]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: clem</div><div class="ubbcode-body">this site is to be about the preservation of camaros and I saved a rare Z/28 from being lost forever because the experts did not know what to look for and all I get is static and the experts are praised. </div></div>


OMG.... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img]

I give up..

[Keith Seymore]

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[watk69]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cook_dw</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: clem</div><div class="ubbcode-body">this site is to be about the preservation of camaros and I saved a rare Z/28 from being lost forever because the experts did not know what to look for and all I get is static and the experts are praised. </div></div>


OMG.... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img]

I give up.. </div></div>





Lord please take us all now.....LOL

[clem]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think we need to remember that any so-called experts on any type of car probably never worked at the plants when they were built. Their knowledge is accumulated from viewing lots of original cars and taking diligent notes. Their knowledge tends to reflect typical production. When an anomaly comes along, they need to be open minded and willing to learn that some strange things do happen at the plants that do not conform to what might be expected.
As an &quot;expert&quot;, they must be open to learning new things, rather than feeling they already &quot;know it all&quot;. There's a big difference between 30 years experience and one years experience 30 times.

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] </div></div>the trouble is if there is $$$ involved they don't want to learn about the anomalies as it could hurt their bottom line. you got the same thing over on the NCRS people who make the $$$ from the hobby make the rules

[novadude]

What's really funny to me about all of this, is all the emotion surrounding original numbers, authenticating factory details, etc. While I can appreciate preserving a piece of history, I think too many people get caught up in it and forget about why the car was made in the first place.

It's a lot more fun to wind up the 302 and powershift 2nd gear than it is to agonize over whether the 45 yr old paint on the cowl was silver or purple. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: novadude</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What's really funny to me about all of this, is all the emotion surrounding original numbers, authenticating factory details, etc. While I can appreciate preserving a piece of history, I think too many people get caught up in it and forget about why the car was made in the first place.

It's a lot more fun to wind up the 302 and powershift 2nd gear than it is to agonize over whether the 45 yr old paint on the cowl was silver or purple. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] </div></div> Good point. This topic has drifted to the ridiculas.

[markinnaples]

I think if any one of us was put in Clem's place, they would have been insulted.

Basically, people were calling him and the other people who claimed it was EO from the beginning, liars.

No one likes to be called a liar, so cut him some slack because any of us would have felt the same way.

[clem]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think if any one of us was put in Clem's place, they would have been insulted.

Basically, people were calling him and the other people who claimed it was EO from the beginning, liars.

No one likes to be called a liar, so cut him some slack because any of us would have felt the same way. </div></div>thank you as it amazes me people just take someone else word who have no knowledge of the car.