I second everything Shano just said.
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I second everything Shano just said.
Probably one the BEST restorations i've ever seen!!! and you did, almost start from a "Skid Mark" didn't you Myles!!! LOL
Question Myles, did Bob ever race this on Goodyear Blue Streak tyres, if so what size?
Dale
...Steve,never believe anything a KIWI:cool: living in the land of OZ, shows you!!!!!:p
The Bob Camaro is actually shod with 'Hoosier's,from 'Mr Sprintcar',Max Dumsney, who has a 'race tyre' shop in Melbourne,shop manager Freddy Baker (Race Tyre 'Guru') helped greatly in getting us a tyre that had the 70's look/profile,Fred also got us a tube that fits ,as the Minilites are a little 'porous',vertually go flat on a trip from Melbourne to Sydney,then,I had Jamie Whincup's Uncle, Graham (WINKY!!) make me some stick on stenciles and I sprayed 'GOODYEAR' on in Gold, Dam cunning those Kiwi's !!!:p
Problem was that the Tie-downs,in the transporter where a little harsh on the 'handy work'......but what was funny ,a very creditable punter hauled me aside one day and asked me how long had 'Hoosier' owned 'Goodyear'........I'll post the size's next day or so,also I will ask 'Our Fearless Leader' (O.F.L) the Goodyear 'Blue Streak' question.......regards thunder427/MJ:):)
Kiwiboss, thank you!!, for your appraisel regarding my favourite 'Skid mark',having seen the standard of your work I feel Im in Good Company.........regards MJ:D
HOOSIER imfo; tyres on Bob's Camaro at this time, Front / Hoosier -R33 -#43390 /-24.0 x11.0 x15 Rear / Hoosier -D2613-#37685 /-27.0 x11.0, With Sprintcar Tubes / Demo Laps Only!!
Rodney suing Bob all cars on the law list,ATO for 70mil
What caused the holes in the floor - had it been drilled for bolts or corrosion?
This is unbelievable stuff guys! The attention to detail is incredible. And I love that you restored it as a 1971 race car, true to the period in which it raced. That is the most important key to resurrecting any old race car. Beautiful job.
.....the holes where all 'Man Made' at sometime or other durring its racing years......It would have been right at home as a 'Spagetti' strainer........hard part was in the early stage of .."How do I do this"????....was to work out which holes we would need in the final assembly stage...So!!!......'Fill'em and re-Drill'em'.....seemed the best policy.................regards thunder427/MJ...Shano, pleased your enjoying the re-Build by photo process...........regards MJ
..Steve, you posed a great Question there,regarding 'Bluestreak' tyres!!!.....I thought how come we didn't ????....then thought, Dam!!!...October this year it will be 10yrs since her/'Big Red's' official 'Debut' at Bathurst/2002......Shocked!!!...I then realised that its 16yrs since we got the 'GreenLight' for Project Camaro Reserection.......Dam!!! time flies when your are having 'Fun'!!!......so the answer Steve, was, that in 1999/2000 no one was manufacturing 'period Correct' profile tyres,so I went to the 'Hoosier' Team (being American) as they had a crossover of genders from 'Street to Nascar to Trans-Am etc........but it is a great thought/Plan for the when we consider Re -Tyring;) ............regards thunder427/MJ;):)
Just a little teaser to show what will be coming along further down the road during this journey.....
This is the prototype of the model of the Camaro before it went into prodution...... none of this would have been possible with out the tireless amount of hours and dedication that went into rebuilding the actual car on which the model is based
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3880/camaroprotoc.jpg
That is a superb model. I assume a special bodyshell mold specific to that car must have been created due to the rear wheel arch flaring?
...Funny!!!!!!!!! I'm even enjoying this thread myself, seeing it all again, puts a perspective on the time it took,not only in 'Labour' and 'Parts',but the continual counter check of research,maintaining the period '70-'72, there was a a lot of personal 'pressure',to trying and get it right !!........like, I lived at the Factory for the last 18mth,there was an tidy old house on the front of the property,,I used to practice the 1Hour 'Power Nap' around 6/6-30,then work till 2 in the Morning,
In the late 90's I found visitors to the project confused ,some in the project,others as to why would you bother,then there was the trade people that would rather 'sell'you what's ava rather than 'back check old stock'... "just use X"!!!......
But having said that I did have fantastic support with this Project,some truly skilled 'trades' people,with out thier commitment and thier belief (in my Insanity!!) and read major 'Effort' the Camaro would never have come about in time for Bathurst 2002,the closer we got to the 'Deadline' the bigger the Volunteers group became....a huge 'Thank You' to them all..........and there's 'Lots' more to come.....regards thunder427/MJ:p:p:p:)
One of the things that impresses me most with this restoration is the flaring for the rear wheel arches. I see you've said it was all done with a hammer and dolly! Did you have to heat up the metal as well to help stretch it? Is this how the Camaro rear flares were originally done when the car was built in 1970 or were they allowed to make the flare then weld it on?
...This is/was one of the 'conditions' I asked Bob to consider when we first considered the restoration/reserection of the Camaro,I wanted to maintain the 1969 'styled' rear quarter,otherwise it could be 67/68 if the 1969 model 'styling line' was lost,being that it was a Genuine ZL1,I did not want to confuse its 'True' Heritage....
Smiling, Mike Kerry, is the man responsible for the fantastic job, Mike,a 'trade school' teacher by day,now semi retired, is a master with the 'Hammer and Dolly', when I asked for his help to 'flare' the NOS 1/4's, Mike subjested ,..."you mark it out and I will Knock it out"......so I created a template,marked out both 1/4's,rang Mike .."Ready to Go"!!.....(Mike drive's a Lada,supose 2 outa 3 aint Bad!!)......two weeks later Mike arrived back with the said item...Wow!!..I was stoked, on the money Mike, the 'Styleline' was perfect, the contour was perfect...I had thought some effort on my behalf would be required, but no!!......'Hi-fill and paint .......Mike your the Man!!!
Sidebar/ the USA supplier of parts got wind that I was going to 'flare' a pair of NOS 1969 Camaro 1/4 panels....the deal proposed,was that I send them the NOS parts, in return, they will supply a matching set of 'repo's and $1500 for each fender (=$3000usd)
......The answer was a Rather Large NO!!!!!...I reminded them that I was restoring a Genuine ZL1, nothing was to good to use on this project......I think the Big problem was that they thought I had had my hand on the 'Gear shift' to long and the Knob was getting Shinny !!!..........regards thunder427/MJ:):)
Thats really impressive work Myles! I assumed the flares were created from completely separate sheetmetal and run through an english wheel or something, then once to the right shape and size, were welded to the rear quarters. To have been able to produce such quality work from the existing quarters is just amazing.
Good to see another update on this. Have been missing these. Where did the seat and Minilites come from? Were they with the car when Bob purchased it back again? Is that the original seat?
Isn't it about time you slackers updated this thread? That car is only half finished!
......Ive said it before,the people with 'all' the money are the hardest to get money from....so Mr Holmes,I'm guessing your going to hit me with that age old 'Cleche'..."The Cheques in the Mail".....as you would understand I'm obliged to remind you of our arrangement, 'No Pay ,No Way,Can the Project Stay,Another Day,Its on its Way,TODAY'!!!!!!!!!!!!.................................OK!!! I'll speak to 'Leo D' and see what we can Muster!:p :p..........regards from the 'Working Class'..... thuner427/MJ...PS; I Can't afford the 'D':(
Well, how do I put this? The cheques in the mail.....
Ok.... I can take the hint..... I'm warming the scanner up now....... some more pages will be up before the weekend is over.....
Just make my cheque payable to.... " Camaro All Scanned Happily"...... or the abriviated title "CASH".... :cool: