That looks good, are you ever creative

love all the finishing touches

joe

 

Thanks Joe!
Started on my poly bushings yesterday. Removed the front swaybar and replaced all the bushings. Had to do a lot of work on the frame brackets for those bushings as someone in the first two years before I bought the car had used the brackets to jack the car up, or support the car on jack stands! The brackets were smashed flat on the bottom and were square instead of rounded! Not sure why I never noticed them before, but it was a major task to put them in the vise and use a ballpeen hammer to reshape them to their original form and then get the holes back to correct spacing. Came out great, after an hour of forming them.
If the weather holds up for my driveway rebuild I'll start the control arms and ball joints in the next couple weekends. I plan to do one side at a time so I can get it back in the garage at night. I've got a 12 ton hydraulic press, so I should be able to press out the ball joints and bushings without having to take them to a shop, and that will save time. Hopefully I can get one side per day on a Sat./Sun. schedule! Then I'll take it back to the lineup shop to dial in the alignment.

 

little job ahead of ya, good luck with the time schedule hope it all works out for you,

 

Me too Joe! Can't leave her out overnight, as someone will surely strip something off it! Left it out once when we first moved into our home 21 yrs. ago and in the morning the tach and radio were gone! That's the only time in the last 31 yrs she was out overnight and I learned my lesson. No more nights out alone.

 

No, but a night out with a Louisville Slugger in hand would be more fun!!!
And the console looks good, especially without the rivet dimple.

 

Thanks! This design didn't require rivets, so being one piece I didn't have to epoxy it together either.
I was thinking something more persuasive than a Louisville slugger!
I'm hoping to take a trip overnight one of these days this summer, and still haven't figured out how I'll manage overnight in a motel with the Camaro in the lot? Hopefully I can find a motel that will have a 24 hr. office staff, park it in front of the office, and pay someone to keep an eye on it.

 

hey, everyone i have 95 ss needed second advice hears my problem car was starting with no problems. Went in to start it now it won't start...... checked power to all my fuses all were good turn key and nothing happens no dash lights or any what so ever on dash. i believe it is the ignition lock switch, open 4 other suggestions.......Thanks 4 all ur time..... 4 got too mention i have power every were else ....

 

You really need to post this as a separate thead or very few people will see it under my topic. Start a new thread in the 4th gen forum.

 

Went to the biggest auto swap meet on the West Coast today! Got through maybe 1/3 of it starting at 7:00 am and left at 3:30 pm! Way too much to try and see it all, and never enough funds to buy all the great bargains I wish I could have purchased!
I did pick up a few items for the Camaro, and at really bargain prices! Been wanting to change the old Edelbrock finned aluminum valve covers on my 427 engine, but didn't have enough room because of the huge brake booster. Well I ran into a friend there who was selling old parts off his Chevelle project and had a nearly new booster that's 2" smaller than mine. He told me to take it and if it fits give him $20 for it!
Then I stumbled across a pair of tall chrome valve covers for a BBC, and asked the price. Seller wanted $15 for the pair, and they're in great shape, so they came home too! A couple aisles down I found a guy selling brand new sets of Accel 8.5mm silicone spark plug wire sets. These are the ones that have the plug end made up, and two sets of ends for the distributor to work with std. or HEI caps. He wanted $10 for any set! Didn't care for the yellow for a driver as they get dirty pretty quick, so bought a red set for $10!
Then I began searching for a power steering bracket to get my power steering reworked in a better fashion. Found a guy who had tables full, and bought an old Chevy big block bracket for $5!
So now I've got my work cut out for me this weekend! The local Camaro club is having a little get together at one of the Chevy dealers to celebrate the 2010 Camaros, so I'll run over there for a bit, then come home and begin installing the new parts and pieces!

 

man that is one sexy car it is a beast and i think youve done a great job with all the after market parts without going over board and it is gorgeous and i wish they had some swap meets in birmingham