Power steering cap detail

[70 Forest Green Zee]

With arms like yours Dan....you don't need power steering!!

[Bill Rose]

Wow, 8 replies today. I spent the whole day repainting the doors on my El Camino, and didn't get to the computer until now. Thanks for the replies and the pictures. I agree with the consensus, that the cap should be black, especially after looking at Rick and Phil's original, un-restored cars.

Mark, I wouldn't go by anything that was on the car when I got it. I think the only thing that was correct on the motor, was the power steering pulley. There was a big difference between what you sent east, and what I got. Nuff said there.

Good idea Dan. Two caps. No power steering seems to be very popular. When the judge told me it was wrong, I walked around the MCACN show, looking at what other L-78's, and I couldn't find a 69 big block, with power steering, in the short amount of time I had, since the judges were waiting. I did eventually find some but only one with the cap painted black. It seems silly to paint the p/s cap and leave the radiator cap plated, but apparently, thats what they did.

[x Baldwin Motion]

Not to get too far off topic, but why did you have to repaint the El Camino doors Bill?

[wheelhop]

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With arms like yours Dan....you don't need power steering!!

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you two should get a room!

[Bill Rose]

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Not to get too far off topic, but why did you have to repaint the El Camino doors Bill?



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Christopher, This is my story, and I'm sticking to it.

When I was putting the pass side fender on the El Camino last spring, I was adjusting the door and fender to get the gap between them right, and at one point the two were too close and it chipped the paint on the edge of the door when I opened it. Not a big deal at the time. I touched it up with a brush, but wanted to fix it right, when the last show Chicago/MCACN was in the books. I had to remove the door, and disassemble everything , to do it right.

The driver side was just carelessness on my part, when I was painting the car. I missed a spot on top of the door, on the horizontal area, that goes up to the window fuzzy. Also a small area, that had to be repaired. Again with the driver side, I had to remove that door, and take all the glass, door handle, lock, etc off to do the job right.

All that was done a few days ago. Then I scuffed, clean, and masked off both doors. I also had to remove the SS stripe on the doors. All this for a few bad spots in the paint, that no one ever knew was there, except me.

On a side note: The judges at the MCACN show were going over the car for 20 mins, and didn't see it to the best of my knowledge, but I knew it was there. Now the doors are both touched up, and re-cleared. I did the re-paint at a friends shop.

Tomorrow I will be bringing the doors home, and start the sanding/wheeling process. Then all the reassembly, and installation, glass, hardware, handles, srtipes, etc, all hopefully without scratching anything, or I'll be doing this again next week.

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Bill I spent a little time checking out your ride at the MCACN, (at least the pass side) and it looked flawless!!
It was great to see it in person after watching the resto here on the site.

Great Job !!

[Kurt S]

I'll add that most of the ps caps I've seen on 69 Camaros are the plastic type. YMMV.

[Bill Rose]

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Bill I spent a little time checking out your ride at the MCACN, (at least the pass side) and it looked flawless!!
It was great to see it in person after watching the resto here on the site.

Great Job !!

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Thanks Mr Stone for checking out the Elky. Glad you liked it. Did we meet, or was I off checking out the other 500 muscle cars. I must have talked to a couple hundred people at the show, and I certainly can't remember them all. Man, was that a cool place to be, even if it was 13 hours away.

[Steve Shauger]

I have inspected 69 camaros built 09B (of 68)and they had black plastic caps. 67 and 68 were metal. The pump for 69 was changed and this may have has something to do with the cap change.

[Woj]

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I have inspected 69 camaros built 09B (of 68)and they had black plastic caps. 67 and 68 were metal. The pump for 69 was changed and this may have has something to do with the cap change.

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Steve,

Here are a couple more survivor photos of ps caps. First one is a 12K original mile 69 Camaro SB car, it has the plastic cap (built 6A). Second picture is a 26K mile 69 Chevelle SS (engine painted, ps pump unrestored/unpainted, built 2A).

Phil Woj.


69 Camaro:



69 Chevelle SS: