I am in awe you have made as much progress as you did in the time since the first post. I didn't do my own paint, didn't have the resources or place, but my idea of taking my time with a project is going on 6 years.

Glad you decided to keep the car and it is turning around for you. The 91-92 Zs are a great looking car! Glad to see another one being turned around.

 

Thanks man! 6 years huh?whew!
View my sig. albums,the gta took me 3years to bring back to life!And about 3 weeks to sell to another f-body enthusiast.Who knows,I may sell this one when its finished and move onto another.I enjoy doing this,kinda my hobbie.

Anyway,btt here.

I found that w/s channel I was missing yesterday and will be installing the d/s w/s on sat. am and then onto the interior!

 

sorry,my lawn tractor isn't for sale!lol
You were referring to the 72 right?Sorry,not for sale just yet.Maybe in about 2-3 years.

 

Hey Timmy, I was able to find (3) of the (4) weather stripping channels new from GM, the 4th one I am going to have to reuse my old one.

Did you find the channel new or used? Did you do anything to the (3) existing channels you had or even the new one you got to referbish it to prevent any leaking, such as new rubber strip on the body side, a lot of RTV, etc? Or were they in good enough shape where you just painted them up and slapped them on?

When I removed my weather stripping, they were starting to corrode, they seem like they are made out of some pretty cheep metal. The one I was going to reuse, I was going to paint up and get a new adhesive rubber strip (supposedly can be got at Home Depot).

Thanks

 

The one channel I needed I got used and in good shape like all the rest on this car.None of mine have any corrosion and all I used to clean them up was a small screwdriver for the a-b pillar areas and a wire wheel for the roof channels.

 

todays progress involved finishing the t-top seals,mounting the hatch and getting rid of what was left of that nasty interior!Got the floorpans cleaned up and vacuumed and added a little por-15 to some surface rust areas.Hoping to get some interior work done tommorow

 

Well,got some of the int. work done today.That ABS headliner is sweet!Kind of a tough fit around the sunvisors though!

 

TIMMYS89GTA--The quality work you do is outstanding! Great work & dedication! I have 1 question-- did you use GM t-top stripping? I ask 'cuz mine doesn't seem to fit the roofline as well as yours. again--drooolll!! (PS--I used repro stripping)

 

Thanks for the kind words.
I used the Soffseal weatherstripping and it worked out real nice.

 

That's good to know. I have a set of it ready to go onto my 91.

 

yup,... a 70-73 is my camaro holy grail..
never can find one when I have some cash..

same with a '79 Z28...

 

Haha!Yeah bud,the 72 is next on the resto list.After I get this one finished of course.
So probably won't see me around here much when I start that car.

 

I got extremely lucky when I found this 79 for my father-in-law:

It's an all original (except for the rims) mint 66K mile 350/4spd car. We got it CHEAP too.


.....thread jack over.

 

YEAH FYRCHKN!Thats a nice looking 79! btt

I'm just about done.Maybe next week it'll be finished?Heres yesterdays progress.Installed the new window reg. assm. and got the p/s window adj.(eesh what a pita!)

 

Wow, I can't believe that I missed this thread from way back...

Glad to see that you saved the car. It looks awesome!

 

Finally all back together and road ready!Spent the weekend finishing up stupid little stuff and cruising it around.Turns out I did a pretty good job on my first tranny rebuild!woohoo!Yay me!lol Heres a few shots as of today.Still got to put in the d/s d/p (I lost the int. door handle)waiting on the new one to button that up.
Other than that,all new black int.-speakers and stereo!bah! What ya'll think?

For those of you that haven't seen this thread already,take a look at the first pics on post number 1 and look at these again.Same driveway,same truck and same car but no tow dolly.I'm quite pleased right now.

 

man.. I sure do love those style camaros. great job savin' this one so far!

..needs some black Zo6 wheels to set it off though!

 

Yeah man,currently looking for a set of z06's or something similar.I need to give her a good tuneup as well.Maybe tom.?We'll see...

 

well,decided to give a little twist to the gauge cluster today.And no,your eyes aren't deceiving you,that odometer is right!haha.

 

awesome job man...... i just went through the whole thread, excellent job and good luck with the ride

 

Thanks man,finishing up the interior still...Dang alt. died on me yesterday!AARRGH!

 

I can't believe I missed this one. Very nice job man, the car looks great!

 

haha..was just looking back on this car..completely rebuilt in 9 months..she was a fun little ride..kept it for about a year..sold it to some girl in Orlando on Christmas day 2010..wonder if its still alive?

 

Did you ever finish that '72?

 

To each their own passion and vison

 

How did I miss this therad? Nice work on the car. I hope that girl is taking good carea of her. Hows that '72 doing?

 

well the day it left my driveway was the last time I saw it so,no idea if that girl took care of it or still has it..I am assuming she does..she was very third gen knowledgable...that girl knew her stuff..lol..she climbed all over that car inside and out..asked about the tranny rebuild,test drove it with me as passenger..she had just her trans am and was looking for exactly what I had..automatic 91-92 z28..

as far as the 72...never happened..after several months of trying to get the title problem fixed..I gave up on it..it was sold to a company in South Florida that wanted it to use as molds for fiberglass pieces..