1967 Camaro Restoration Project
Page Twenty
After installing the speedometer cable I can now install the insturment cluster.
The dash is now all but put back together. All I'm waiting for now is the radio and then I can install the ash tray and trim panel. Dash and wiring stuff is not my strong points as I've been an under car nut and bolt kind of mechanic all my life so thats why I tackled the dash first to get it out of my way. It came out pretty good if I don't say so myself.
Here's another field modification I had to do. The brackets that hold the rear emergancy brake cables to the body were not on the new car. Much like the pinion bracket I showed you before, these could not be found anywhere so they had to be made from scratch. You can see by the first picture that removing them from the old car was not an option.
A little fabrication work......
....and we have new brackets installed that work just fine.
Now it's seat time. All the seats had to be disassembled down to the frames so they can be cleaned, repaired, painted, and recovered. Big difference on the seat backs after a trip through the blast cabinet.
The rear seat was to big for the blast cabinet so I had to "RandyRig" a sandblast unit to use outside. It's working pretty good so far. If it were summer time it would be like a day at the beach. Start with one old freon tank...
...add a few beers and a gun handle and Presto! A outdoor sand blast unit.
** Note to operators,, do not chew gum while using this unit unless you like crunchy gum.**
A picture of one of the front seats after the cover was removed and before being cleaned and repaired.
One seat bottom blasted and ready for some repairs.
And now this seat is ready to make the trip to the paint shop for a coating of POR15 paint. One more front seat and the back seat to go.
We have two rear seats to work with. Here's the bottom seat before and after sandblasting.
After everybody but my buddy John left for the evening I decided to go ahead and drop the engine in. These are the kind of things I'd rather do with just one indian and no other chiefs. Took about 20 minutes and fell right into place with no problems. Thanks for your help John.
Now the engine is sitting in place.
Another job is reconditioning the window regulators and cleaning the window glass.
The sill plates off old blue are all cleaned, painted, and ready to be installed.
I got the radio and speakers the other day. Not an easy job getting the radio wired and in the dash right but I think it will work just fine.
Slip the ashtray in and call it done.
Starting to put the accessories back on the engine that I had to remove to get the engine installed.
