How can you tell if a car is a Rally Sport

mas90241 · #1 10-20-2003, 10:25 PM

I bought a rolling Z/28 shell with a crossram even after some very intelligent people told me it was not a good idea. The car has no front end sheet metal,dash carrier asm,windsheild wiper or washer. Is there any way to tell if a car is an original rally sport? The rear valance panel has the reverse light holes but I was told that the car was going to be converted to a R/S and the square hole that the light fits into does not look like a factory cut. But there is always a possibility that the panel was replaced in the past and this was cut in at a body shop. It seems to me that towards the end of when GM had sheet metal being sold through the dealers, they superseded the part to a non R/S panal. Are there additional holes stamped in the firewall that would give me a clue?

jg95z28 · #2 10-20-2003, 11:18 PM

68-69 Rally Sports used a vacuum system to work the headlamp doors. If its a real RS, the headlamp switch should still have the provisions for the vacuum lines.

mas90241 · #3 10-21-2003, 12:43 AM

The car has no front sheet metal. There is only the front subframe that is forward of the firewall.

**allcamaro** · #4 10-21-2003, 01:03 AM

Look in the trunk near where you put the bumber bolts through the rear body pannel and on the trunk floor will be a small hole in the same place on each side of the floor,thats where the wires come through for the back up lights.Also there is a hole in the firewall next to the master cylinder for the vacume lines to come through,I think its one inch across and its between the fender and the master if I remember correctly.

jg95z28 · #5 10-21-2003, 01:12 AM

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The car has no front sheet metal. There is only the front subframe that is forward of the firewall.

[/ QUOTE ]The headlamp switch is still on the dash is it not?

**92646** · #6 10-21-2003, 02:22 AM

The car does not have a dash carrier. Because of this it has no gauges or switches.

**scuncio** · #7 10-21-2003, 03:52 PM

Allcamaro's advice is dead on. Look for the holes and let us know.

mas90241 · #8 10-21-2003, 04:44 PM

I do not see these holes on the firewall or the trunk floor. On the firewall I found two vertical holes close to the fuse box plug and a threaded hole to the left of the brake master cylinder. Thank you for your help. I hated the thought that I would finish the car and I went the wrong direction. It will be nice when its done after a whole bunch of money is spent on it and its better now because I prefer the regular front end.

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