Introducing........RAT’S NEST

[69z2x4]

Jerry and Ray Daily from Dayton had some of the fastest hemi cars around. It was something to see back in the day with COPO's and Hemi car going at it in SS/D and A and B/MP.

[R68GTO]

Finally in a phase of doing more tightening than loosening Restored my original cowl induction frame and flapper. Started putting the front subframe back together. Car should get painted later next week, going to stop in and check it out in a few days before they shoot it.

[R68GTO]

Went to visit the car today and took some pics of some previously unseen areas. One important part of the mission was to document the hidden VIN's on the car so for you guys that are keeping track, there's a few shots for you - BTW they both match the dash VIN plate. Also included a pic of the trim tag after a rag and lacquer thinner took several heavy layers of paint off. Removed the original package tray for the first time since the guys at Norwood put it in - nice shot of original body color underneath. Floors are pretty well stripped down to good virgin metal. There's still a punch list of things to do yet before paint so it might be another week or so before she gets some party color on her.

[Mr70]

Nice photos,thanks for sharing this with us.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

I haven't checked in to this site for a while.

Looks like the CopoCamaro has you completely under its spell now.
Glad it's turning out to be such a really clean body.
Great Work you are putting into it.

It's going to be an extremely righteous car

[R68GTO]

Made some more progress today. Started cleaning up my original disc brake valve. It had remnants of "ice blue" paint that was applied in 1970. Dated 155th day of '69. Also finished up the rear end by mounting the leaf springs - pretty happy with how that all turned out. Cleaned up my original parking brake cable hook - any idea if this was originally natural metal or phosphate? Guy I met at a local car show told me he had an original jack assembly from his car sitting on a shelf. Now it's going to be part of this car, it cleaned up really nice!

[R68GTO]

Well, got the front subframe pretty much completed today. Let me know if you see anything wrong, now's the time to fix it. Most everything you see is original to the car including brake lines/clips, all steering components, 2 pc. rotors. Ball joints, and bushings replaced with OE quality stuff. Brake calipers are originals and dated correct, just not original to this car. Natural metal stuff is all cleaned and coated in Baoshield.

[big gear head]

I don't know enough about it to know if it's correct or not, but it sure looks good!

[JKZ27]

This is really looking nice, Jim. Thanks for sharing!

[69LM1]

I agree with BGH, not a purist but looks good. Especially with mostly original stuff.

/Rich