Grandfather's 68 SS Camaro.

[L_e_e]

JRC99,
I am not too far away from you, if you are motivated I am willing to teach you what you need to do and I have a bunch of BBC parts to donate to the project. Send me a PM.

[WILMASBOYL78]

Originally Posted by L_e_e

JRC99,
I am not too far away from you, if you are motivated I am willing to teach you what you need to do and I have a bunch of BBC parts to donate to the project. Send me a PM.

Classic example of the SYC family and how we help each other.

[JRC99]

Originally Posted by L_e_e

JRC99,
I am not too far away from you, if you are motivated I am willing to teach you what you need to do and I have a bunch of BBC parts to donate to the project. Send me a PM.

Words can't say how much that means to me. We'll see here- I know exactly what I want to do with it, I just need to save up first. I want to keep the combo exactly as it is- I want it to be the car I grew up with, just fixed and dialed in right. Maybe come tax season we'll see where I'm at lol

[BJCHEV396]

Originally Posted by L_e_e

JRC99,
I am not too far away from you, if you are motivated I am willing to teach you what you need to do and I have a bunch of BBC parts to donate to the project. Send me a PM.

Very gracious and generous offer Lee!

[olredalert]

----Lee and I are good friends and I can say that he can more than do what he offered. Lee knows his stuff!!!.....Bill S

[JRC99]

Today would have been Pappaw's 72nd birthday. I'm not sure how much I saw him wear them, but the two Dorman hats he had were always part of my mental image of him. So one sits in the Camaro and one sits in the Mustang at all times.

The old intake bolts were so cruddy they're never going back on the car. I will probably order a set soon so I can pull the engine via carb lift plate. One of his genius decisions when building the garage was an iron beam across the ceiling with a chain setup specifically for pulling engines so I already have a cherry picker set up.

[RALLY]

Iron beams been popular for years. Have one myself.

[JRC99]

Originally Posted by RALLY

Iron beams been popular for years. Have one myself.

Doesn't surprise me. But dad's garage doesn't have one so to me it was still a neat idea I'd not seen, y'know?

[Too Many Projects]

Wish him a happy birthday from us too. Sorry he is gone from your life. Only 72, dang, he went way too early. He is only 7 months older than me...

[JRC99]

Merry Christmas y'all!

Didn't get any Camaro parts this year (did get a buffer I can use on it though) but I've been slowly prepping to pull the engine. First time I've ever seen it without a hood.

A(nother) good friend of mine is coming up next week and offered to help pull it. If memory serves (and I'll obviously double check before yanking on it with the chain), I have to unbolt it from the torque converter and bellhousing, remove the starter and battery cables, remove the oil PSI sender, remove the fuel line from the pump to the tank, unbolt the headers (I may pull them out entirely and paint em white- I would coat them but you're not supposed to break in an engine with them freshly coated from what I remember. That'll be a project for another winter), motor mounts, out. Rad hoses are off, alternator wiring is off, heater hoses unhooked, and distributor and wiring for it unhooked and pulled already. I'm sure there's more but like I said I'll go over everything before pulling it.

Oh, I still have to bolt the intake back on first too lol. It's just resting on it.

I'm still holding foolish hope that I can do this *relatively* inexpensive in terms of maybe just rings and bearings and then put the real money in the cam and valve train.