Someday, My 68 Camaro will be...

[Ron in SoCal]

Welcome to the jungle Robo-Orange!

[Roberts68]

Moved another item off the want list today with MATTS CLASSIC BOWTIES intro special on digitails.

Other than that I can still catch glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel but it looks to be a long winding tunnel... parts are piling up and I have some time off in a week. The garage is beginning to have a visible floor.

I also sourced another subframe a few hours away but finding time to retrieve it where my schedule meshes with the other guy is a challenge.

Grad parties every weekend in June and I am on call this week which means 12 days straight then 3 off, after which I burned a week of vacation intended for Camaro time.

[Bucketlist2012]

Originally Posted by ROBS6T8

My first post!

How about a MOMO? I love the feel of it. Italian leather! Christmas present from the wife!


Liking the project and the background leading up to it. Keep it up. SOMEDAY will be there.... soon.

That is the exact one that I have and i love it. Momo Race.

Congrats on building your car.

I had mine car 28 years and it sat for 15 years before i got back to it to have mods done..keep at it..

[Roberts68]

Originally Posted by Bucketlist2012

Congrats on building your car.

I had mine car 28 years and it sat for 15 years before i got back to it to have mods done..keep at it..

Thanks! I'm getting somewhat closer all the time. I have taken on a little bit of advice from another member and tried to live by it, "Do one thing on your car every day, and it WILL get done." Lots of days that is just a quick look at a part or perhaps ordering something, doing research or making a call, but it all adds up in the scope of the project.

I can't recall who I got this pic from, he was a member on one of the car forums and I think a pastor as I recall. It is a little pixilated when blown up but I still like it and it's various meanings. I use it as my Avatar on the local club forum.

[Roberts68]

I am mocking up some parts for my rear suspension and was evaluating a rear differential I bought last summer. I was pretty disappointed when I saw this when I took the leaf springs off of it. These are 1/2" U-bolts already.
Passenger side, good to go.


Drivers side, not so much...



While I realize the u-bolts are not even captured on some rear diff's and do the job just fine I was going to use Global West's mono-multi kit 1038 which uses some plates on top and 7/16" fine thread grade 8 bolts in place of u-bolts or the OEM t-bolts.
I do not like the sloppy holes on the drivers side where someone got over enthusiastic with a large bit and power drill, and it appears the holes elongated from there even. There was 1" lowering blocks drilled and tapped for locating studs or bolts but the studs to locate the axles were not found when I took it apart. I could move the drivers side leaf left to right 4-5 inches if I held the front eye and the u-bolts were only finger tight... although I do not know if they had been loosened prior to removal and just left snug.
My girlfriends little brother is a machinist and we are collaborating to make this right and I will be using a hybrid between what DSE and GW offer for mono-multi leaf conversions.
I'll post pics when we have some hard parts in hand.

[Roberts68]

I have a couple of acquisitions to report.

First, from 15 miles North of Duluth MN



The subframe has light surface rust on it from sitting for 15 years, but came from AZ 20 years ago as part of a '69 which donated it's shell to a restoration.

AND more recently, in fact it is in transit due here Wednesday...




Also, in the interim since posting we moved again ... back to where I lived before so setting up my garage how it had been was pretty easy, stuffing more parts in it not so much. I have most of the things on wheels or dollies now so moving this/that out of the way is less tedious.

Two moves in 10 months and all the time leading up to and settling back in from basically cost us a good year.

[makoshark]

Good looking frame. Who's radiator is that? Stop moving!

[Roberts68]

Believe me Bro' I have stopped. Lesson in futility there lemmee tell ya.
The house I am sitting in "sold" for my asking price in 8 days once I listed it after a bunch of fuss to make it "just so". The appraisal came in lower than the purchase agreement by too much to make up... The buyer was doing an FHA loan.

Property values and market instability killed the deal.

That is a PRC radiator. similar to what Todd has in Payback which is testimonial enough for me, he even bought another after drilling a hole in the core of his first one.

I may have snow accumulation until I up my horsepower and run the AC on high in July!

[Roberts68]

Who can tell me what those two tabs are off the crossmember adjacent to each motor mount perch? What engine would those be used with?

[Musclerodz]

Originally Posted by Roberts68

Who can tell me what those two tabs are off the crossmember adjacent to each motor mount perch? What engine would those be used with?

pretty sure those are part of pontiac mounts.