Got a little work done on the firewall the other day. There was still a little stripping down of parts to do on it. The hood adjustment bolts were stuck, so I started spraying them to help loosen them up. Also ordered a new wide tip screw driver to use on these. Hope to get some more garage time in this weekend!
Got out to the garage tonight. Took the car off of the Rotisserie and moved it to give me access to the firewall so I can begin cleaning and stripping the dash/cowl/firewall area:
Made some room to move around:
Will re-mount the rotisserie to the bumper mounts when I start on the street side of the floor:
For now, plenty of room to move around – can’t get much lower with the rotisserie. I am looking at a new lift though.
Now to remove any remaining items, clean and strip.
Bought a NOS Casco style cigarette lighter and a used defogger switch – I needed some clips from it to use on my nos switch to mount it in the holder. Hope to have that write-up this next week.
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The 12-bolt has been sand blasted & has been Epoxy primered… This was done by someone else (the friend I bought the engine from knows someone who did this for me) – I will paint this Spring once it is warm enough. Tried to find a before picture:
and after – it looks even better in person!
I will need to clean the inside again before rebuilding it.
Bought several more items this last week – most new old stock (nos) and one in very nice condition:
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nos A/C Blower Fan:
nos A/C Blower Motor:
Very nice A/C Heater Controller – 1 year only for a ’73 Camaro – very happy with this:
nos Spoiler for a fraction of the cost of a brand new repo spoiler (one picture shows a crack which I am unable to find on the physical spoiler) – super excited about this one:
Bought a NOS Floor Shift Boot today:
Not much other progress working on the car. Most likely won’t get any more done until December \ January – until then, keeping my eye out for parts still needed. Trying to go with as many original or nos parts as possible.
I found a very nice original center console. I had a reproduction console I was going to use, but prefer the original ones as they are a better quality – there are a couple spots that will need restoring. Click the images to cycle through the pictures:
Located a nice grill for the rear defroster (click image to cycle through the images):
Been busy getting things at home ready for winter – still have some leaves to rake, then hope to get back out to the garage to work on the Camaro within the next few weeks \ month.
Bought a working a/c housing (click image to cycle) – I am going with the stock a/c rather than an after market a/c system because the stock a/c uses outside air and I believe to be better than the after market systems.:
Finally got the car primed in Epoxy primer. 2 coats inside, 3 outside. Click the image to cycle through the pictures. I was worried with the primer when I saw that some had leaked out and gelled. All turned out just fine.
