I had contacted the SCCA Archives for anything they may have had on the Morrison Cook Camaros and at first they couldnt locate anything. A few months later they sent me that pic. I'm guessing it was from the first race at Sears Point in 88. Notice the lack of sponsor decals as seen in later pics and the Hella lights.

 

It doesnt show well in that pic but there were 2 metal clips just in front of the lights and it just had a piece of plexiglass slid into them. At one point the SCCA Pro Racing decal went from being on the hood to being on the block off.

 

A few more hours this morning and got the hatch blocked in 320, scuffed the hatch jamb, scuffed the rear bumper cover and scuffed the rear spoiler pieces. They will get gray epoxy next. Also pulled the tail light harness and mostly blocked the hood. I have a few small areas to address on it.


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Went back down this afternoon and sprayed the gray epoxy on the spoiler, rear bumper cover, front of hood and a couple other low spots.


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The front edge of the hood had several low spots so sprayed the front edge and will block it back in.


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The spray gun had dripped some water on this fender a few days back so took it back down and resprayed it.


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Spoiler in gray epoxy.


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Bumper cover in gray.


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Busy couple of days sanding epoxy, fixing small spots and more epoxy. I'll post the pics in groups.


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Front fender blocked out in 320 for the last time.


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Spot on the door blocked out.


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Hatch blocked back out.


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Bumper cover scuffed in prep for 2 more coats of epoxy.


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Door blocked out in 320 for the last time.


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Driver fender blocked in 320 for the last time.


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Sanded the spoiler ends and have a couple spots that need putty.

 

Putting putty on a few small places.


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Small spot on hood.


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Spot on both spoiler corners.


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Driver rear wheel opening.


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Hood putty blocked out.


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Quarter sot blocked out.


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Putty on spoiler ends blocked.


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I had a spot on the front edge of the roof I wasnt happy with so a little putty there.


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Hood spot sealed in.


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Roof spot sealed in.


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Quarter spot sealed.

 

2 more coats of epoxy on rear bumper cover.


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Sanded the door opening jambs and starting to strip parts of the cage.


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2 more epoxy coats on the rear spoiler and then sanded the hatch jamb and put 2 coats on it.


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Sanded the hatch jamb in 320 today and then cleaned 2 years worth of overspray off the hatch glass. Also sanded the door opening jambs out in 320.


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Also sanded the rear bumper in 320.


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Blocked the spots out on the hood this morning so now all that is left on it is to fix the hole where the safety cut off switch was and 3 small chips on the front.

Sanded the 3 rear spoiler pieces in 320 and then blocked out the last repaired spot on the front edge of the roof.

I wasnt sure if I was going to spray any epoxy today but was making pretty good time so went ahead and scuffed the mirrors, gas cap door and the front bumper cover in 180 and then sprayed 2 good coats of epoxy on them. I have some cosmetic repairs to make on the bumper cover but wanted a good sound base before doing so.


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Worked this morning on installing the hood latch and hooking up the new cable and making it function. Also worked on repairing the safety switch hole.


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The one on the right is off my parts car. I ran it in the ultrasonic, swapped over the tension spring from the other and then bolted it in.


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Installed, cable hooked up and functioning like new.


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Plugging the safety cut off switch hole from the bottom side with a large washer. Once the panel bond sets up then I'll bondo and epoxy the area.


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Went back down in the afternoon and washed all the dust off the car, installed the headlight bar into the bumper cover and just set them on the car. Still have to make repairs on the bumper cover and finish the hood but both will be coming back off to set the engine and trans in it.


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Got a lot more done the last few days. Tried to update a couple of times but pic wouldnt load on here. Will post them in batches.


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Sitting in the car for the first time since buying it.


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Afterwards pulled the seat, console and back carpet out.


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Blocking on the front bumper cover and spoiler.


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Test fitting the new hood louvers.


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Starting to sand and respray part of the cage.



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Dug the transmission out of the basement.

 

Pulled the drip moldings and weatherstrip run channels off one of the parts car and the gray interior panels out of another.


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Weatherstrip channels and rain gutter from the 89 parts car.


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Pulling the gray interior plastics out of the 88 parts car.


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Rear carpet.

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Thats what I was worried about. Will have to modify them to go back in.


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Needs to go forward.


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Ended up having to modify all of the panels except the rear center one. I'll clean them up before the final install but can finish painting the cage now.


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/modified and moved forward.


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A pillar molding.


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Had to cut it in half and then split it horizontally.


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In place.


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Second group of modifying and installing the interior plastics for mock up.


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Modifying the other a pillar molding.


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Back to working on the front bumper cover and lower spoiler. Wiped the spoiler with a flexible glaze for repairing bumper covers.


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Pulled the console and passenger seat out of the 88 parts car so now I have the correct one with no switch holes or carpet.


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Blocking out the lower spoiler.


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2 thick coats of epoxy.

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Pulled the interior plastic back out today so I can clean them and then sanded the parts of the cage that didnt get sanded the other day. First coat of paint on those and second coat on the others. I'm not doing the door bars until I'm mostly done climbing in and out of the car working on it. I also need to sand the underside of the roof [keep forgetting] and then paint it in flat white like the cage.


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The hood repair is done and blocked in with 320. Sanded the lower spoiler a couple of times and epoxy coats and then pulled it off and 2 final coats on the bumper cover and a light one on the spoiler. Both get final blocked in 320 next.



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The grill looks to have been repainted several times and was rough due to lots of rock chips. I sanded the large areas but to get the area around the letters clean I had to bead blast them. It has 2 coats of epoxy on it now.


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Bumper cover, lower spoiler and grill sanded out in 320 so now all the actual body work is done. Will get a final sand and then a wet sand after the engine is setting in it.


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I'm at the point where I need to push it outside and pressure wash the shop but we've had rain day after day and calling for it again all week so I started cleaning up the interior plastics today. They will get 1 more cleaning but looks like none of them will need to be painted.


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Started scrubbing up the passenger seat also. It still needs more work so I have a different cleaner coming.


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what did you use to clean those interior panels?? they cleaned up way better than i thought they would.

 

Chemical Guys SPI_191_16 Lightning Fast Carpet and Upholstery Stain Extractor. I wasnt real happy with how it worked on the seat but surprised at the plastics.

 

Playing musical chairs with the weather in pushing the car in and out of the shop between storms but managed to get the shop washed out, walls, roof, floor etc and started putting a light coat of paint on them just to lock anything in. Ran out of paint so waiting on more. Also got the shop floor sealed in today with an epoxy. My shop isnt really suitable to do an all over paint job but going to try it anyway around September.

Also worked some more on the original grill. It was pretty rough to start with but its much better now.


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Outside for the first time since its been in the shop.


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All this was under it.


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Starting to put a light coat of white on the shop walls.


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Floor sealed in with epoxy. Trying my best to alleviate as many dust sources as possible.


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Back in the shop.


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After sanding and sandblasting and then sanding again sprayed a coat of black on it.


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Painting the letters back in silver. Its not perfect but then I'm not an artist, lol. I'm happy with it.

 

Back out in the sun and resanded everything from the center body line down with 320 as well as the jambs and then back in the shop and pulled the hood off.


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Some of the paint started coming in today. This morning I got the welder out and welded one of the supports back on for the window net.

This afternoon I finally sanded the underside of the roof and sprayed it in gray epoxy so now I can go back and finish painting the top part of the cage.


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Looking better and better.

 

A little bit each day. I was hoping to pick the engine up tomorrow but its still not done so going to try and jamb it out next couple of days. I've never sprayed any of these products so hoping I have no issues.

 

Resprayed the top of the cage today and then started taping up the jambs.


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Sprayed 2 coats of base and 2 thick coats of clear on the door and hatch jambs today.


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Set the hatch carpet in it today and trimmed it for the cage bars. I'll clean the carpet after its painted. Also set the rear interior plastics back roughly in place but wont mount them until after paint either as the tail light harness has to go back in plus a new hatch rubber. I also still need to clean the sill plates.


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Picked up the engine for it today and went ahead and installed the flywheel and clutch. Valve covers need to be swapped to the correct sides.



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This project is coming along great. Engine looks awesome.

 

Thanks, it started off slow plus having to track down lots of parts and pieces but its finally picking up a little steam. Funds are and have been tight so just having to do what I can to keep it moving along some.

 

Swapped the valve covers around today and then installed the sensors and exhaust manifolds / heat shields.


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Putting anti-seize on the exhaust manifold bolts and then torqueing them.


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Fan sensor.


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Swapping the valve covers to opposite sides.


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Removed the plug.


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Oil pressure switch for the fuel pump.


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Temp gauge sender.


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1 step forward and 2 steps back. Got the spark plugs gapped and installed but the smog check valve broke off so had to pull the manifold back off. In trying to swap out the smog tube one of the nuts rung off in half in the manifold.

Going to run another manifold by the machine shop to have it surfaced before cleaning and spraying it with cast ceramic. Also worked today on plug wire routing.


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Gapping the plugs.


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Not all plug wire sets are alike. After 2 sets got one that was the correct length.


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The mount for the dipstick tube where it bolts onto one of the exhaust manifold was broken and missing so I cut the tab off a universal one and welded it onto the original.


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Getting ready to mig weld the 2 pieces together.


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Back in place.

 

Ran by the machine shop today and they resurfaced the replacement manifold for me. Came home and tapped the smog tube nut holes and test fit the tube.


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Picked up some more original GM reference materials. This is an original Chevy counterpersons parts book.


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