(Graeme Browne's) Lemans Blue 1969 Z/28
 

Graeme: Have you thought about using some kind of protectant underneath after you had stripped everything to Original Paint? I used kerosene (process related to me by an old heavy equipment operator) on a rag and wiped down the whole underneath of my '71 Monte Carlo. It dries to same sheen as original and can be recoated as necessary to keep the look fresh. It works well on firewall, radiator support and inner wheelwells also!
Don.

Great tip Don...

I was thinking of simply waxing the bottom end with some Meguiar's product and protecting what's there. Likely the same with the firewall. The car will never see water as long as I own it so not terribly concerned about any moisture. My shop is also a heated dry storage garage and our climate here is dry for the most part so it's in really good hands here as far as preservation goes.

Didn't get too much done the past week, but back onto some cleaning and detailing today. I started cleaning up the original brake lines to get rid of all the black paint that was sprayed on them. Chemicals did a good job of softening it up and the wire wheel did the rest. Nothing too sparkling, just enough to eliminate the spray paint that covered them prior. These will be going back on as seen. I also painted the water pump which was the last of the engine parts being corrected. This one is dated J-10-9 More coming soon...

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Spent the rest of the day detailing the engine bay and cleaning up the original booster. Used some cleaner and a brass brush to knock most of the surface rust off the front face. Next up will be the 309 master cylinder and the original lid. I also got this receipt emailed to me by George Kulp. He's the one that rebuilt the 302 back in 2015. I'd say he has a good memory as the parts are exactly as he described from memory when we spoke a couple of months ago. Nice of him to send me this copy of the receipt. I wish I could get a small block rebuilt for this kinda dough nowadays. (chuckling at that thought)

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Taking a break to watch the Daytona race here today but made some more progress cleaning up the engine bay prior to the race. The driver's side fender is now clean with a couple of small spots to hit one more time before I get to the cross member and control arms next. I'm really liking this car more and more every day, and love how it's cleaning up. Hopefully all y'all are not getting tired of all the pictures. (lol)

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Keep 'em coming! I'm looking at every one of them.

Great car and love all the pics! Thanks.

Been a hectic week business-wise, but still finding some time to get out to the shop and work on the brake system here and there. All of the parts have cleaned up nicely and are now going back together. This includes all the hard lines, clips, bolts, check valve, distribution block, proportioning valve, and the master cylinder. Here's another group of pictures to share as the car starts going back together with parts starting to go back on from the rear forward. It's really great putting parts back on when they actually fit as they should. It's also been great knowing that many of these parts came off rather easily as well since this car was not rusty, to begin with.

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Original paint mark on the proportioning valve.

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Cleaning up all of the parts on the bench. Not replating anything here.

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The lid is cleaned on the master, but not being restored or replated.


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#3952757 Line Bracket. I never knew there were numbers on this part.


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Started installing the hard lines working from the rear diff forward.


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Check Valve cleaned up nicely. I had to replace the flare nut on the right side.

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The original clips and bolts cleaned up nicely. Again, not replating anything.

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A little patina left behind after cleaning the floors and lines back here. Love it!

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The master back in place with the front lines coming soon.

Weather has been really decent for the past month or so in western Canada. Plus temps for most of the last 4 weeks and not long before spring arrives here. I can't wait to get the rest of this cleaning done and get the car back to looking like this. It's only a few weeks away from being done and getting it out for a few rips on the mountain roads.

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Top notch Graeme. Lovin’ it!!!!!:headbang: