Just Bought a 69 Z28 Project

[Bad67300]

Bit of an update on the Z/28. The last time the car ran was around 2005. The gentleman who owned it for the last 20+ years told me his son had "blown up" the 327 that's in it. He couldn't give me anymore detail than that, so I thought I'd figure it out.

After draining about only 2 quarts of oil from it and not seeing any metallic in the oil or after cutting open the filter, I put in some Rotella. Checked all the valvetrain, used a remote button to bump the motor over a number of cycles to make sure there wasn't an issue with valves or rocker arms. All looked good. Pumped it twice, it fired right off on crappy gas, and settled into a decent idle with a couple lifters making a lot of noise.

So, I put some tune up in a can seafoam in the crankcase and dumped the rest in the tank. Lifter noise is gone! Tightened a few header bolts eliminating the exhaust leaks. The lights, turn signals, brakes, and tach all work. Heck, still have to even depress the clutch to start it!

Three of the 4 wheels only have 2 lug nuts....the other one has one. Thinking about putting some lug nuts on it, fresh go juice, and taking the ole beater out for a drive to the next cruise night! Car keeps getting better and better!