NorCam (Graeme Browne's) Lemans Blue 1969 Z/28

[m22mike]

Agree, lacquer dipped by the vender that supplied them. Even large stuff like radiator supports were dipped.

Mike

[ZLP955]

Nice to see such a solid underside. I recall crawling under mine and finding '12437' stamped in the floor near the axle pinion snubber, assumed that denoted coupe floorpan, and that a 'vert would have '12467'..... pretty sure I can just make out a similar stamping in your pictures.

[NorCam]

Cool...never even saw that one. Thanks

Looks like I can see the ending 437 followed by 141 which I'm assuming is the date code of the floor. I'll get clean shots of the stamps next time I'm out in the shop.

[ZLP955]

That looks like T41, stamped week 41. A while back I tried to determine (http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=12764) all the stamping plants by their designation letter, but not much info out there. Every sheetmetal stamp I've found so far on my Camaro has been 'T' or 'H'.

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by ZLP955

That looks like T41, stamped week 41. A while back I tried to determine (http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=12764) all the stamping plants by their designation letter, but not much info out there. Every sheetmetal stamp I've found so far on my Camaro has been 'T' or 'H'.

My grandfather retired from Fisher Body in Hamilton Ohio, not far from the Norwood plant. His job was doors. They stamped their stuff with "H" from what I remember and I always wondered if that coincided with the fact that the plant was in Hamilton. For what it's worth everything on my 69Z is stamped with "H", and it's a Norwood car.

[NorCam]

Found an old fisher body plant video that DW Cook had posted on CRG several years ago. From the 19:00 minute mark, it shows the floor structure as its welded to the body panels of a 70 Chevelle tub. It then shows it going through the painting process. I thought it surprising that one of the guys painting the side panel (21:40) of one particular Chevelle wasn't wearing a respirator, even back then? I'm sure it was just a spot repair but still. Nowadays that would be scrutinized by every safety officer on the planet. It does show bodies going through the primer stage, and paint stage on hooks, but nothing to show them elevated on the front. Wonder how those drip lines were directional unless it was the gun pressure that blew it out like it is on this car of mine. Neat stuff to look back at.

[cook_dw]

http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#sheet

[NorCam]

Do you know if originals were flat, semi gloss, or gloss black?

[X66 714]

They're on the glossy side but not full gloss...Joe

[NorCam]

Sanded and repainted some engine parts while the weather has been decent of late. This included the original fan, original pulleys and a few odds and ends that needed refinishing. In particular, the engine peripherals to match the original engine which was rebuilt and repainted. Back on the car this weekend and working inside the engine bay now.

I also wanted to give props to Lloyd Costley who was kind enough to share a lower rear leaf to replace the broken one that was found in this car. He reached out last week and quickly shipped me the much-needed part which is going to work out great for this car.

Thanks again, Lloyd. I really appreciate you hooking me up with this leaf.


Repainted the fan to match it's surrounding in the engine bay.


Pulleys were all in different finishes so these were all repainted.


Also painted some small parts that each had some paint loss.


Radiator is recored and paint. Need to spray the core some more.


Broken leaf is now matched up with an original given to me by Lloyd.