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Fortunate the rear is still with the car - god would that be a difficult one to find!
Is the bulkhead wire fitting on the firewall for the reverse lights?
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Awesome car, factory 4.56 gears, I'm looking forward to reading about this restoration.
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Congrats! What a great find!
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Any luck on finding past owners or history?
I'm helping a friend research a day2 L34 Nova that purchased from Nickey, we might have found the name of a long time owner. |
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Great car ! Wow, good luck on your drivetrain search !
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No updates on drivetrain or ownership history but here are more photos of the car. I did make use of my son's chalk to reveal some stamps/castings as best I could.
Looking closer the front drum backing plates are not original. Who swaps backing plates? The subframe is a '67 only unit. The master cylinder is coded for manual drums and dated 206. The booster appears to be stamped 8515 and dated 82 which would be March 23rd 1967. Also, I found a "P" Ink stamp on the front LH cowl panel and what appears to be factory markings inside the lower front valence. (not sure why images flipped) I'm still gathering sheetmetal and glass dates. Last edited by jbtech; 10-02-2021 at 06:07 PM. |
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I have the OE front brakes off my 67. I’m never going to use them, I was gonna Chuck (no pun intended) them. They’re yours, just pay the shipping.
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The 8515 brake booster is for disc brakes, not drums. That's a rare and desirable piece. Maybe your car had power discs when new.
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I think that is what Jose was saying. It looks like the car originally had power disc brakes. Later, it had drums swapped from a manual drum car. Is that right Jose?
Jason |
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The booster seems to be the only part of the front brakes that would pass as original to the car and like Jon said is for disc brakes. It is clear the current master cylinder and front drums are not original to the car. As much as I wanted the car to have factory disc brakes all along, it is nice to find evidence it could have been a disc brake car from the beginning. I've been patiently waiting for a response from Alan who may be able to confirm what brakes were on the car in 1980. I did find the contact information of Ron Perry who worked at Bobb Chevrolet who may have sold the car when new, but I haven't had a call or message back. I tried calling again and it went straight to his personal voicemail greeting. Oh well. He stated on an old Facebook post he worked at the dealership since the 60's and that's when I tried to make contact. I also found a Bobb Chevrolet Pace car image with his name on it. Last edited by jbtech; 10-03-2021 at 09:33 PM. |
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1967, 396 ss, l78 camaro |
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