New to me 70Z

[L16pilot]

Originally Posted by bbjohnny

One thing I thought was odd. There is no under hood insulation on the car. Original owner says there never was any! Are there other known cases of 70 Z’s not having hood insulation?

According to the 1970 Camaro Specifications doc, hood insulation was included if equipped with Z87 Custom interior or standard on all SS models...so your car is correct without the hood insulation.

[L16pilot]

BTW, this is the section from the general specs that addresses the hood insulation....

[bbjohnny]

Throttle return spring is incorrect! When the car was about six months old, the carburetor was stolen off the car. GM was on strike and the original owner couldn’t buy one from GM. So he went to the neighborhood speed shop and asked if they had a generic Holley carburetor that would work on his car. Speed shop guy came back with his stolen carburetor! The fuel line was cut in the exact same spot where his fuel was still cut on the car! So he got the original carb back! There is a rubber hose where the gas line was cut. I assumed that the throttle spring was lost at that time!

[Mr70]

Originally Posted by bbjohnny

Throttle return spring is incorrect! When the car was about six months old, the carburetor was stolen off the car. GM was on strike and the original owner couldn’t buy one from GM. So he went to the neighborhood speed shop and asked if they had a generic Holley carburetor that would work on his car. Speed shop guy came back with his stolen carburetor! The fuel line was cut in the exact same spot where his fuel was still cut on the car! So he got the original carb back! There is a rubber hose where the gas line was cut. I assumed that the throttle spring was lost at that time!

This,right here,is gold.
AI couldn't even begin to make that up.

[roadster]

Congratulations , could you post pic of trim tag ?

[BCreekDave]

Looks almost like the original green spring stretched way out, like they missed the tang on the bracket.

[Billohio]

Unbelievable find. Great car, way to go

[bbjohnny]

Here you go!

[1967 4K]

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[GrumpyJeff]

My 70Z was a Van Nuys 1st week of July build ,and it appeared to never of had under hood insulation , Which was confirmed by the Original Owner when I was finally able to speak with him after owning the car a few years.