1973 Z28 project rusty gold.

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Old 01-07-2012, 11:50 AM
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Theres one on my local craigs list for 30.00. It's worth a shot,even if I don't like it.
 
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Old 01-07-2012, 10:26 PM
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Well what I want for my car is mixing today with back then. Thats one reason for the wing and I like them but most tuner wings are just for looks I want mine to actually function and create some down force to the rear wheels but no I can't render the spoiler on it in forza due to it's lacking in customizable options.
 
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Old 01-07-2012, 10:38 PM
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Right now I'm not interested in buying accessery parts for the car though I'll wait for those till it's ready for them.
I didn't get anything done to the camaro today like I had planned, my youth pastor asked if I'd try to fix his car that's been sitting for 4 months it had been dying and his fuel pump had been whining more then usual and it would run for a few minutes then die so I had him get fuel and air filters and I changed those for him and it started up once I stuck my battery in it seemed to run fine and drove fine. Guessing the filter was restricted, I checked the old one before replacing it and fuel was getting through and was clear but it was 4 years old after all but no filter filters better then a plugged one. I'm guessing the reason why the fuel pump was whining louder then usual was due to it trying to push fuel through the restricted filter cause once the new filter was on it seemed fine.
Hopefully gonna get to work on the camaro after church tomorrow though.
 
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Old 01-08-2012, 09:35 PM
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Didn't get much done today Cleaned the shop up a bit and loaded some scrap but I got one support welded in each door jamb think I'm gonna stick with that instead of doing a cross brace in each jamb tomorrow since I have the day off I'm gonna get it braced some more and start the cutting once I'm satisfied with the bracing.
Here's another rendering of what my car could look like but with the scheme I had on the 79 which is basically a baldwin motion plus a design color matched top which I like but I'm having the hardest time on a color I really like the green tones cause I don't see many green 2nd gens but I also like a dark silver with either a darker tone or black for the designs.

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Old 01-09-2012, 08:35 PM
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Made some good progress today. I got the braces welded in cut out the front portion of the frame rails and got the body down on the frame, then I cut out the rest of the frame rails except for the rear most portion untill I know if I need that out.

It took I think 7 sawsall blades and my arms and hands feel like crap but I got alot done.

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Old 01-10-2012, 09:39 AM
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Good work. You can probably sell those frame sections. You got some heart trying this all by yourself. Keep at it.
 
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Old 01-10-2012, 01:26 PM
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looking good its all gonna be worth when ur done and finally driving it,bet its gonna ride nice with them coil overs.what gears u gonna run in it,i loke that rear housing really looks sharp in there.
 
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Old 01-10-2012, 01:46 PM
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Looking good so far! Might consider removing all of the inner rear wheelwell, as it appears the axle flange is far enough in the wheelwells will need new tubs to clear tires anyway. Maybe just leave the horizontal portion so you can widen off of it to relocate them inwards.
 
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Old 01-10-2012, 08:20 PM
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rear tubs have to come out I'm thinking making custom tubs just to save money and work them into the floor. I'm not gonna cut the tubs out till I get the new floor made and fabbed in to stiffen things up then I'll cut em out.
Once I get this stuff done then I can actually start with the body work lol.
 
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Old 01-10-2012, 08:23 PM
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I'm thinking 3.42, 3.73 gearing but it depends on what I can find for a 9 inch that will take 31 spline axles
 


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