69 Camaro - JKnight

[dhutton]

Have you considered an Art Morrison rear clip? It might be easier to install with the new trunk floor and mini tubs.

Don

[JKnight]

Hey Don. I definitely considered it. Needing to remove the rails made it a logical option. However, it's more coin than I need to spend given my intended usage of the car. I think I've concluded that I'll never be the guy traveling to road course and USCA events regularly. Plus, when I do make it out, I won't be the guy who gives a **** about competing near the top. Not gonna happen.

[JKnight]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Many have tried... many have filed! LOL

Seriously, good luck with it and post it all up!

Yeah, I may join the club. 4 weeks can go by pretty fast when you're as slow at working on cars as I am.

[WSSix]

No idea how I missed this post originally. I love the tilt front end. I can't help with the work you're planning other than to say plan ahead and to wish you good luck.

[djorgensen3]

Originally Posted by JKnight

Really? Must have been a while ago. Poor car hasn't run in over 5 years. We bought and moved into our house in 2011 and everything car related was out-prioritized by house stuff.

If thats the case, there is one running around that looks like it...lol. Although I haven't seen it in awhile. Are you in the NW Peoria/Phoenix area?.

[JKnight]

Originally Posted by djorgensen3

If thats the case, there is one running around that looks like it...lol. Although I haven't seen it in awhile. Are you in the NW Peoria/Phoenix area?.

Yes indeed. Although I prefer to call it the "upper west side", lol...

[JKnight]

Originally Posted by WSSix

No idea how I missed this post originally. I love the tilt front end. I can't help with the work you're planning other than to say plan ahead and to wish you good luck.

Thanks Trey. The front end is a love-hate kinda thing. It saves a ton of weight over the front end, right where it helps most, and makes working on anything forward of the doors super easy. But...the grille opening is the incorrect size for factory parts, necessitating something custom for the grille and headlight mounting. The 80's-rific L88 hood scoop isn't exactly the hip look these days, but it's not horrible enough to make me want to get out the cutoff wheel and fiberglass to replace it with a smaller cowl scoop.

[minendrews68]

There's nothing wrong with the L-88 hood!! I like it.

[JKnight]

I'm refining my project plan as much as possible and ran into a packaging challenge. I'm trying to figure out how to mount the shocks inboard of the frame rails for tire clearance. But, the Fays2 watts link frame interferes with mounting shocks (using DSE lower plates) behind the axle. Upper mounts would be an issue as well.

Are there any inherent problems created by mounting both shocks in front of the axle?

[JKnight]

I'm working on some of the little issues now so that when April comes I can be focused on a smaller list of tasks. I decided I would tackle the drivers' door panel today. Around 2011 I installed one of the reproduction deluxe door panels I had acquired on eBay in 2003 for about $200. Subsequent I ssues encountered with this panel include 1) the door never shut properly, as if the panel was misaligned, and 2) window crank wouldn't reach the splines on the regulator.

So, first order of business, make absolute sure I have deluxe regulators. Based on the 1 3/16" length and 4 markers on the stub, I confirmed they are deluxe regulators. Whew...



Here you can see the thickness difference between the repro and original (I removed the vinyl in hopes of re-covering the originals,but the foam was probably too damaged to look smooth under new vinyl, thus the repro install)

Original


Repro