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.
Click on images to cycle through:
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:
(click image to cycle through them)
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.
I also worked on the bezel. Got a New Old Stock washer switch unique to this bezel (1973) and installed it along with the light switch.
To get the light switch removed and installed, there is a screw you need to press and then remove the handle.