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Might as well be part of the furniture.
79 white Camaro z28
It looks like we are all going to have time on our hands, (Cov 19) which will give me plenty of time to fit my full carpet, but before that lets start from the beginning.
In a nutshell I am happy with my first American car, whilst viewing I noticed a few things that were in need of fixing or altering, the interior was a thousand different shades of brown, which at the time I thought "oh well at least its not red" but now I think its just as bad.
The very first thing I did was to remove the stripes that ran down onto the rear bumper.

before above, and after below.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
Now the sharp eyed ones of you, will now be saying what the hell is going on with those rear lights, the truth is "I have know idea"
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
so they became job number two, a friend who had followed me, commented on how dim the lights were, which soon became apparent once I pulled them apart, below is what was the reflective surface.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
but were quickly turned into this
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
and put back onto the car with new lenses.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
Still not quite happy with the way the stripes seem to run, when you approach from different angles, it was time for the spoiler bits to be removed, I now think this looks a lot cleaner.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
stay tuned loads more to come !
Last edited by camaroSid; 05-06-20 at 06:08 PM.
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Old enough to know better
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Might as well be part of the furniture.
Liking what you have done already, definitely smartened things up
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Might as well be part of the furniture.
Wife always wanted a Camaro. Think she be be OK with yours.
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Might as well be part of the furniture.
time to turn my attention to the interior, a good vacuum and a rub around with a damp cloth, this is when I came to the conclusion that the previous owner must have been a carpenter, as everything is held together by wood screws.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
even if some had fancy washer around them, he still managed to over tighten them and crack the plastic.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
whilst trying to clean the auto shifter it became apparent the dirt and grime had found its way below the glass, so the unit was removed.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
pulled apart and refreshed.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
and repaired the surround.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
this is a lot more tactile than it was before.
"i'll be back" with more
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Might as well be part of the furniture.
Excellent, just keep going one thing at a time and before you know it will be just as you want it.
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Might as well be part of the furniture.
did I mention that the interior is made up of around "50 shades of tan" the more you look the more things you notice.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
such as too many after market gadgets, screwed into things that shouldn't be screwed into, and my favourite bodge/repair why not put a replacement Rev counter with a shift light (this car is an auto) into the broken original, then drill/screw holes into the dash, and if the new unit taps against the glass of the old one, fill the back with black silicone.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
out of the six dash clocks, only two worked the fuel and speedo, even then the needle is snapped so read wrong, the amps and temp had been replaced by installing a set of 3 into the centre consul.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
Last edited by camaroSid; 21-06-21 at 03:10 PM.
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Might as well be part of the furniture.
Now I have to agree, the rev counter into rev counter is a bodge too far
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Might as well be part of the furniture.
time to tone down the brown/tan/beige, the A pillar cappings had some stains which would not wash off, these got removed along with all the trim strips that meet the roof liner, I found a nice wood screw had been used to replace a broken clip.
trim got a good rub down and sprayed black.
The tin air vent panel (just in front of windscreen) also got sprayed, leather parts of the dash were dyed black.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
new steering wheel, resting in place.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
centre consul was removed, striped of its fire extinguisher, holes filled, a few internal cracks were reinforced.
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
found some money
FDV 315T by shagracer, on Flickr
cleaned, dyed and polished
Z28 by shagracer, on Flickr
Last edited by camaroSid; 31-03-20 at 10:13 AM.
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Might as well be part of the furniture.
Looks a LOT better in black. Mountain of refinishing to do.... crack on.
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