Way cool!:beers:

Very nice restoration and detail. Looking great.

Should be able to bring the Z home by next weekend. Sheet metal is assembled and the stripes will be painted this week. The stencil kit is pretty good but for some reason the top of the trunk stripes along the rear window are curved down so that had to be redone but overall, nice kit. Can't wait to start final assembly!

Looks awesome!!!!!

The car is looking awesome and DWB is a fantastic color!

This has to the first DWB Z I've seen, what a gorgeous car!! Kudos to whomever ordered this for their excellent choices.

Inching closer......

Almost there.....

Agree with Steve, just one great color with those white stripes. WOW....

You have an awful lot to be proud of and excited about Paul:headbang:

That car with that color and that DZ is so fricken cool !!!!!!!

Beautiful car and an awesome history/story! Awesome!!

Congrats,looks fantastic!!

Amazing car! Any chance it might make it to MCACN? Would love to see it when it’s done.

The car came home almost two weeks ago. Was grateful the flatbed driver rolled it right onto my four-post. Started assembly in the rear and getting close to installing the harness. Was kind of disappointed as I pulled out the original gas tank and determined the car needed a better piece so I ended up buying a new US made tank from NPD. The original, even though I had it powder-coated the perfect color had a few dings that bothered me.

Unpacking some parts getting ready for assembly. Thankful the OO bought NOS parts years ago like these:

Paul, nice to have those J56 metallic brake shoes for sure. On the original gas tank, maybe a paintless dent repair guy can get those out for you.

Looking for some help on this, I noticed in a vintage pictures of my car, a Chevy bowtie in the corner of the windshield. Do any of the GM folks on the forum recognize this decal? I asked the OO and he thinks its a parking pass for the GM Tech Center but can't recall.

Looks similar to a parking pass on my old L72 Biscayne (see picture). IIRC the first owner worked at the Flint engine plant.

Tony, many thanks! Since Ned worked at the Tech Center and the Flint Engine Plant, it's likely the same/similar decal. Again, much appreciated!

How's the car coming along Paul?

Proving Ground test cars had similar Bowtie decals.

It’s coming along nicely, Tim. Just finishing up on the wiring and will then dress the engine compartment. Just got a call from my stainless/chrome guy and my plating is done….need to pick it up and (ugh) pay. I’m terrible at documenting the progress and posting pics. I’ve been taking short videos and sending to the original owner.

On a separate note, I’m thankful this project came with three tubs of NOS fasteners. I didn’t realize how hard it is to find some of these like speedometer cable clips as an example.

Making progress slowly but overall pleased so far:

Looking for some ideas on my fan shroud. No damage other than scratches. Has anyone had any luck with reconditioning these?

I would try successive fine grades of wet dry sand paper on a block to attempt to smooth the gouges however I think you can not remove enough material to eliminate them.
another option

https://www.gmpartsdirect.com/oem-pa...shroud-3893812

I'd try that on an old part first. I don't think you'll be able to duplicate that molded finish.

Thinking the same thing. I've tried to "clean up" plastic parts in the past and it never turns out well. The gouges are part of it's history and should just be left to live on with the car. If it needs to be concourse for show, find a mint used, or NOS shroud.

Okay, sanded many of the scratches out of the fan shroud, experimented buffing with various compounds and was not fully pleased with the results. I then thought about the black trim restore stuff for exterior trim. Tried a spot on the inside of the shroud….not bad. Here’s the results (sorry for the dust/schmutz from installing).

just wondering but why didn't GM put a CE replacement motor in the car instead of the DZ replacement

Just read this whole thread.. My 67 Z had an NOS MO302 and I thought that was cool.. but a real ‘factory’ DZ 302 67 Z-28 ! Love it !
Sweet car !! ����

Tommie, check out my post earlier in this thread. It explains how the DZ was swapped in.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showpost...0&postcount=48

With only 41k miles on the car, upon closer examination then disassembly, the lower steering column bearing was shot. After some research, it appears the bearing is no longer available but several places sell a retrofitted end piece with new bearing for around $80-$100. So I started looking for a bearing that’s close and found it on Amazon. The OD of the bearing was just a little too big so I used my brake cylinder hone and after about 45 minutes of working the plastic end piece, it fit perfectly.

Here is What I used:
https://www.ss396.com/camaro/FBK-678.html

The Bearing is encapsulated into the Lower Bearing Housing, I never thought about extracting the Bearing ONLY and re encapsulating it into the housing - If that is even possible. Credit Darrels preservation for turning me onto this option.

I just finished Restoration of my 1968 Z Column

That's exactly what I did. I incorrectly called the lower bearing housing "plastic end piece". I pressed the old bearing out of the lower bearing housing, using a brake cylinder hone I opened it up for the larger OD of the new bearing then pressed the new bearing in. Based on pics of your new bearing housing, it looks identical to mine so thinking Darrels, SS396 and HB City all doing the same as I did only they are likely more efficient at opening up the lower bearing housing to accept the new bearing than I am using the hone. Here's the completed column. I saved the original paint on the interior side of the column. buffed it with some 15 year old Einszett and it came out nice.

I used the original grille and headlamp trim. They aren't perfect but are still pretty nice so couldn't bring myself to replace them. When I tested the original headlamps, I kept my fingers crossed and for a second I thought they were good, they were not. High beams work, low beams appear to have burnt-out when I powered them up. Bought replacement T3s at Lectric Limited and they work great.

Had a few minutes to mess around with Youtube today. Here's the last and best dyno pull from last year:

https://youtu.be/lVOSkblZ1BU

Here's dialing-in timing and idle in-car (open headers):

https://youtube.com/shorts/aUArW_R5l...4La7Tv8LPANC3J

https://youtube.com/shorts/FwqIw_7gi...Ku6zB5oiLnSENw

Sounds killer!!!

Killer killer Paul!:biggthumpup:

Makin' the right racket, for sure! (cool clutch 70!!)