I think you have a shot at given A12pilot a run for his money!! Love the urgency, I suffer from the same disease in many areas of my life and people just don’t get it!!!

I have never seen a set of 50 year old seat tracks that clean and rust free.

LMAO :haha:

Love that last part. I can totally relate!

I know right? Even the bolts are "spotless". I don't think they've ever been out and there isn't a mark or any discoloration on the original phosphate threads. It's just uncanny. I peered up under the dash and the underside of the cowl panel and top of firewall are just as clean with no evidence of any condensation or flash rust ever. Must have been driven on sunny dry days and always been back into dry heated storage when not being driven. Underside of the package tray is just as clean and fresh in all the hidden spots where you normally find evidence of moisture.

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A real gem...

Anyone else not able to see Graeme's pictures as of late? For some reason as of about 2 weeks ago I can no longer see them, home or work computer...…...Arrrgh. Sorry for the hi-jack.

Jake,

I'll send you a direct link to picture folder

Jake, I can see them....

Pics show fine for me.

Beautiful, awesome car. It is hard to believe the condition it is in! Congrats!!

Stunning car. Love everything about it.

Love this z!!

WOW, crazy clean and corrosion free, your gonna' get spoiled with this one .:drool:

Amazing car, super enjoying this thread.

Here's an update video taken while cleaning and detailing the original interior yesterday. Seats were removed and the carpets were treated with an odor neutralizer before being wiped down with a cloth soaked in warm water and a dose of Citra-Solve. Also wiped down the headliner, all of the vinyl upholstery and the seat belt fabric to rid the car of an odor I suspect was from moth balls. Final step was to add some coffee grinds to a tin pie plate and leave it sit once the interior was reinstalled.

A few pictures of the interior after cleaning the carpets, wiping down the vinyl upholstery and buttoning everything back up. This should leave it smelling clean and fresh inside the car with little to no odor. Next up is to correct a few things in the engine bay and detail the undercarriage over the winter months.

https://i.ibb.co/Qn9y9Tt/IMG-7420.jpg
Original headliner was wiped down with a soft cloth soaked in warm water w/ Citra-solve cleaner.

https://i.ibb.co/dgZn9fH/IMG-7431.jpg
The original seats were also wiped down before being reinstalled in the car.

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Finally, the seat belt fabric was treated to ensure everything was properly cleaned and deodorized.

Aside from cleaning the glass and applying some upholstery protector onto the vinyl, the inside of the car has been thoroughly cleaned and detailed. Also added a pie late with coffee grinds to the interior to help with any residual odor. Mission accomplished!

maybe im a little weird, but it's nice seeing a 69 camaro WITHOUT a rosewood wheel, I do like them, but just nice seeing a black wheel

Got any updates? I'm starting to go through withdrawal. Cannot make it to MCACN, so I am living vicariously through you Greame!

:haha:

Now you know how I felt when I was following you with your little red Nova. :laugh:

But seriously...I'm waiting on a bunch of parts that are coming for the mechanical end of things. Most are already sitting in Montana waiting for me to pick them up but I want to wait for the rest to arrive. It's like an early Christmas for me with this next parts run.

And why aren't you going to MCACN. :hmmm:

It's so close you could just ride your sled down for the weekend.

You beat me to it Graeme! Tim, you live so close :)

Tracey and I are building a storage building and I have had to keep my foot stuck in their a$$ to keep moving on it. This was a project that was supposed to be completed in the end of September.

Business before pleasure. Gotta pay for these toys somehow;)

So you're hopping on a prop plane and buzzing down for the day? See you Saturday then right?

:beers:

Meanwhile in Wisconsin...

https://www.facebook.com/HammerDownB...7804174935807/

Lmao^^^^^^^

LOL Graeme!

Just found this thread. Awesome car! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.

Jason

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Love this car too also have been enjoying the updates and whole thread.:biggthumpup:
:beers:
~ Pete

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airborne sled...
 

I had that happen to me one time a few years back....some yahoo on a sled was racing across a farm field that bordered the local two lane highway. He must not have realized where the field ended and the road began because he landed about 50 ft in front of my Tahoe one nite when I was heading home. Sled hit the road, flipped, rider went sliding down the pavement...sled was upside down still running with the track spinning. Just missed hitting him...before I could grab my cell phone to call the cops he had it right side up and was back in the woods.

Snowmobile accidents can be scary, we have deaths here every year...mostly drinking related. Those big trees don't move :eek2:

-wilma

Wanted to offer up a quick shout out to fellow sYc members who've been stepping up to help out with some great parts. Everything from ignition parts, to plain old missing fasteners, to rare dated parts. That and I wanted to say thank you for helping supply some of the stuff that was missing from this car. Because of you fine folks here on the site...this Camaro will be rocking it real soon.

https://i.ibb.co/BBdvsHh/Locks-Bolts.jpg
Exhaust Fasteners & French Lock from Chris Gore (Thanks Chris)

https://i.ibb.co/dkBsyVh/IMG-2207.jpg
Ken Alexson for the Ignition Tune Up kit

https://i.ibb.co/Mknnp89/IMG-2340.jpg
Kennie...thanks again for the choke rod too.

https://i.ibb.co/hdLRbG3/92742-E4-F-...6-EBB14-C6.jpg
Rob Richter for the R43 AC Delco Plugs

https://i.ibb.co/Z2tk7DG/Dizzy.jpg
And Jeff Boone for the Distributor and it's MacNeish rebuild last week.

It's all coming together now and won't be long until I get busy with some work on the car. Hoping to see a bunch of you at MCACN this week. :youguysrock:

One thing under the car that's been bugging me are those gold colored front stabilizer links on the sway bar. No doubt they were added when the front springs were serviced by the previous owner, but they have to go. Picked these NOS ones up from eBay and will soon have these mounted up on the front sway bar.

https://i.ibb.co/CsMSffn/s-l1600-5.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/P4H2FVn/s-l1600-4.jpg

Fresh back from MCACN with the freshly rebuilt distributor thanks to Jeff Boone and J. McNeish. Learned some new things from Mike D and Benny while hanging around Chi-town this past weekend and can't wait to get back onto the Z/28 now. Lots of work ahead with all the parts that have arrived. The distributor turned out just great with the right amount of patina. Now to find some dated wires.

https://i.ibb.co/9qfKfVT/IMG-7847.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/Fnmt7mH/IMG-7849.jpg

Ok GW......... you're back from MCACN. Let's get busy!

OK Tim...

Made it down to Montana today to pick up some parts. Smog pump is back from Bill Hodel, the rebuilt water pump and starter are now here, and so are some important fasteners along with a few new replacement parts. I'll need to paint the radiator and water pump before getting busy with the car later this week. Lastly, I've picked up another set of Firestone Wide Oval Radials that will be used as drivers for this car while the original wheels are stored for shows and such. Once things are cleaned up and detailed under the car, this stash of parts will start going on and I'll follow that up by hanging the Gardner exhaust which has also arrived. It's like an early Christmas with all this stuff timed for December says my wife.

Guess it'll be socks and a lump of coal for Christmas as she says my spending is done now. :dunno:

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Good morning!!
Very very nice '69 beast.
Ted

Starting the project off right with a new shop tool to make working on the car a little easier and a little safer. Yesterday I picked up an SJ-35 sliding 3500-lb lift jack for use with 4 post lifts. It'll make lifting the car a little easier for suspension work and changing wheels and tires. The thing weighs about 300 lbs and was a bit of a challenge to offload by myself and slide into the rails of the lift, but nothing an engine crane and some pry bars wouldn't manage. Just got it squared away on the lift and will start using it today. These sliding lift jacks are pretty slick if you plan to use a 4 post lift for working on your car.

https://i.ibb.co/VH6kmPN/IMG-7915.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/0hmQZwK/IMG-7917.jpg

Very Nice!

First item today was to see how the TT's and the new Radials look on the car. These are the drivers I will use to help the car handle a bit better than it did with the bias ply wide treads. I'll see how the arm strong results are come spring and if warranted, I may add power steering to the car. More changes in the days and weeks ahead.

https://i.ibb.co/6H8zbkV/IMG-7927.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/B4zzjsg/IMG-7931.jpg

Love the TT's! What size rims and tires are they?

looks killer. :beers:

TT 15" x 7" all the way around with FR70-15's

How about backspacing? 3.5"?