This is MY 67 Camaro

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by Che70velle

Love the progress Chief! Your valvecovers/ cylinder head will be awfully close to that relay panel mounted on the Finch plate. I’d do a mock-up with engine in, before I drilled any holes.

Excellent idea, I thought about that last night, think I'll wait to route the harness until the engine is in 👍. Still thinking of ECM on this panel but fuse box maybe on inner wheel tub.

Thanks for the feedback...

[Sonar Chief]

perfectly good firewall!!! Not a big deal really, after all it's only metal right?

The template on VA's website was not the same as the Finch firewall plate and it was a good thing I checked. Measure twice and cut once right


Centered and drilled 7/8 inch hole for AC connections!

Had to move the Camaro over to get to the firewall!



Figured I'd get the front driver's side brake line done too!


Thanks for looking ...

[Sonar Chief]

and somethings don't!! Thought I'd share some parts that work as designed and some that didn't.

First the good, I ordered the DSE throttle plate for the C6 accelerator and it is a well designed piece and fit perfectly. Had to run a 1/4-20 tap through the Sheetmetal but no biggie!



Next was the not so good … been frustrated with finding a blank dash panel for my car and thought Anvil would be the solution (they said their panel followed the contours of the dash) but it didn't fit for sh!te. The angle for the roll off at the bottom was all wrong and there was not enough concave in the panel.








If anyone has any solutions to this dash dilemma I'd love to hear from you!!!! Thinking of making a wooden buck and re-contouring the Classic Ind Sheetmetal dash panel to fit OEM dash.



And to share some things that I found that might help someone else out …
how to attach the upper and grille to the center piece. How about the attaching the turn signals through the grille? Ace Hardware to the rescue …


The course threads required a license plate nut!

Bought plastic nuts and bolts to hold the center dash to upper and lower panels!



Anyone with any input into the dash dilemma I'd appreciate your input. Anvil said they would refund the panel but that doesn't help my vision of a blank panel.

I sent a bunch of stuff out for powder coating and well see if they come through, thanks for looking ...

[Beechy]

Chiefy.......

Take an industrial heat gun to the non-conforming bends..


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[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by Beechy

Chiefy.......

Take an industrial heat gun to the non-conforming bends..


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Yeah I thought of that but everyone says you can't heat the automotive resins. Have you personally done this?

[Beechy]

Short answer...NO......I have reproduced taillight housings for my 68 in CF, and installed a lot of body panels on RACECAR applications in CF.

1: I would have thought those parts were thin and flexible enuf to push into place enyhoo......emphasis on THIN

2: If they're cold laid-up on a bench (vac-bagged), they won't be any more pesky than regular fiberglass resin. CF resin is optically clearer so it doesn't have that yellow tint, and better quality with UV sunscreen.

3: If they were autoclaved (HIGHLY UNLIKELY)....different story....they'd be a lot tougher but still so thin and flexy as to cooperate.

4: Call Anvil.

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by Beechy

Short answer...NO......I have reproduced taillight housings for my 68 in CF, and installed a lot of body panels on RACECAR applications in CF.

1: I would have thought those parts were thin and flexible enuf to push into place enyhoo......emphasis on THIN

2: If they're cold laid-up on a bench (vac-bagged), they won't be any more pesky than regular fiberglass resin. CF resin is optically clearer so it doesn't have that yellow tint, and better quality with UV sunscreen.

3: If they were autoclaved (HIGHLY UNLIKELY)....different story....they'd be a lot tougher but still so thin and flexy as to cooperate.

4: Call Anvil.

Thanks for the info, I'm not sure of their manufacturing process but I have been in contact with Anvil and they are not sure why the curvature of their blank doesn't match my OEM dash. So the plan is to send back the blank AND my OEM for inspection …. maybe get a custom blank made to match my dash, we'll see!

[bretcopsey]

Originally Posted by Beechy

Short answer...NO......I have reproduced taillight housings for my 68 in CF, and installed a lot of body panels on RACECAR applications in CF.

Not to hijack Chief’s thread, but do you have any more detail on the CF tailights reproduction posted somewhere?