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Old 01-07-2021, 08:37 PM
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Good to hear Bruce!!!

Having fun here today as Kraig (my glass guy) showed up at my gate this morning at 9:00 AM. Although he was a day early by appointment, I said let's do it and he stuck around to install the front and rear glass. We finished up the glass and installed all of the freshly polished stainless. I'm not real happy with the gaps around the stainless on a couple of the factory corners...but hey, that's the way they built these cars back in the day. Nothing truly perfect in terms of gaps or with original panel alignment. The glass is now finished up although I need to drill a few more clips to the cowl panel for the front windshield. Now I can get back to work under the dash as I'm ready to head back out and install the pedal carrier and the steering column. More later...



















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Old 01-08-2021, 03:48 AM
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Had to tend to some tedious little things with the car tonight but did take a couple more pictures to show that I wasn't sleeping. Also, glad I trimmed out the perforated section on the firewall pad around the column and didn't try to install the end of the column through the small opening in the firewall pad. I forgot what a PITA it was to get those little 5/8" screws through the lower seal and into the caged nuts on the firewall. I would have been cursing if the firewall pad was also under there as it took everything I had to to get those screws to bite with only the foam seal in place. Pedals are now swinging free and the booster is sitting pretty as well. Things are moving along here.




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Nice to see glass installation using a dam. Looking good!
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And using wooden craft sticks no less.

Kraig and I laughed yesterday as he told me he was reading an old factory encyclopedia that referred to the use of "a wooden craft stick" to spread the urethane around the glass. He used to have a bunch of fancy plastic spreading tools and tried using a craft stick (actually a wooden popsicle stick) to spread the urethane to the edge of the glass. It worked great and he's been using them ever since he read the article on factory glass installation. One of those little things...
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Wooden coffee stirrers also work well to spread/shim stuff. Can’t figure out what’s better....the rate of progress, or the quality of the resto.???
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Hey Dave...good to see you drop by.

Here's a little video of the progress to date. Hope you like the ending on this one buddy.

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Well done on the video Graeme... Car is looking great!!
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I will be following your post for the reassembly of my camaro LOL it is a perfect step by step.
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This Z/28 lost its motor back in 1974. In researching the car I've heard 2 different reports of it being the original 302 vs a built 327 that was reportedly scattered when the clutch exploded back in 74'. Depending which story was correct, maybe the old 302 is still out there? I know the transmission was said to be with the car in the mid-'80s but it was scavenged before the car was parked in 95'. In either case, this car is now getting a crisp solid roller small block that I built for another project but ended up keeping. It was broken in a couple of years ago with around 300 miles put on it and is now ready for some fun in the yellow Day 2 car. I'll keep looking for the original motor and should also share that I also have a line open on a dated DZ motor and hope to have something worked out on that later this spring.

In behind this built solid roller will be an AutoGear M23 build with 345 gears. This ratio includes an Italian made gearset with 1.000 (4th), 1.353 (3rd), 2.043 (2nd), and a 2.994 (1st). It should stand up nicely to the power this motor will make (approx 500 hp). In the rear is a strengthened original 12 bolt with a new Posi carrier and upgraded axles. Running 373 gears and multiplied by the 2.99 first gear, this car should launch like it has 5:13 gears out of the box, so it promises to be a fun little streetcar. For those who like details but didn't see this motor when it was built, here are some pictures that were taken while it was assembled.

























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