72 TA : New Project

[CamarosRus]

FYI, It is Jack Seymour,(a member here and fellow Carlisle LEGENDS Judge) who is the person reproducing the 70+ Camaro muffler and tailpipe hangars. Jack works for G.M. and was able to secure original drawings and then had new tooling made up to mfg the very rare muffler hangars. Honestly I dont know the "differences" between Jack's new hangars and originals, but the ACA judges at Carlisle accept them as we would N.O.S. vintage pieces.
Gardner Exhaust and other misc vendors and shops, ALL buy these hangars from Jack Seymour.
Jack Seymour was one of the 1st 70 Camaro owners to restore his exhaust system with a N.O.S. muffler and NOT use the aftermarket IMCO muffler, that GARDNER provides with there complete 1970 Camaro system.

Respectfully submitted,

[njsteve]

Here is a photo comparison of my original hangers and the Gardner ones. I don't mean any disparagement concerning the quality of the repros. They look awesome but maybe there was a running assembly line change by 1972???

The muffler hanger definitely uses a different rubber bushing and method of containment for it. Smaller bushing with bent retaining tabs on the repro vs. extended shoulders on the original bushing. As for the rear pipe hanger, the triangular support bracing is shorter on the repro but interestingly enough it uses the same type of bushing as the reproduction muffler hanger (with tabs.)

[njsteve]

Some more body shop progress from ENOCH. I guess he is also working on a 69 Z/28 at the same time. Don't know which one though. Anyone care to fess up as to who is delaying my car's finishing date?

[Xplantdad]

Isn't the 69 Z SamLBinJ's?

[kwhizz]

Look'in "Good" Steve.........

Ken

[njsteve]

Look what I just found on ebay! A buddy from the Performance Years website gave me a heads up. A good buy at $15. Looks like vintage 1970's from my car's original dealership (which is still in business today!)

[njsteve]

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Look what I just found on ebay! A buddy from the Performance Years website gave me a heads up. A good buy at $15. Looks like vintage 1970's from my car's original Roseville, California dealership (which is still in business today!)



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Here is the major restoration on the license plate frame: I cleaned it in the kitchen sink when the wife wasn't looking. I used 0000 steel wool which brought the chrome back very nicely.



I then sprayed a bunch of gloss black enamel into a cup and used a Q-tip to soak up the paint. I then applied the paint liberally to the background area, letting it run and moving the frame around so the paint would flow into the letters. (It's a lot easier to use the "sprayed out" spray paint than trying to thin out regular paint from a can).



For the letters, I then used white touch-up paint from the wife's old mini-van. Those little self-contained bottles with the built-in brushes sure come in handy after you sell the car.



After all the paint was applied I put it in the oven at 250 degrees for 10 minutes to cure it. (Wife still out shopping, of course)

And voila! All ready for the car...and this vintage California license plate I picked up, which still has the 1972/73 registration sticker on it!