Friday, August 31, 2012

Steves Camaor Parts - 1969 Cowl Induction Parts

 
Cowl Induction Parts
 
 
The following parts are meant to work with the optional 1969 cowl induction hood.
 
The option was offered for the 1969 SS350, SS396 and Z28 Camaros. They can be purchased individually or as a complete package.
 

 
Cowl Induction Air Cleaner
 
 
reproduction of the original air cleaner which includes the base, paper filter element, and the correct black lid.
 
 

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Steve Camaro Parts - We have Weatherstripping and Seals

Steves Camaros - Weatherstripping and Seals




This is the correct pair of door weatherstrip complete with the clips and molded ends.

These are sold as a pair only and made in the USA.  They are almost as soft as latex without the CRAZY cost and longer live.

1967 Coupe or Convertible Door Frame Weatherstrip includes both RH and LH 

1968 - 1969 Coupe or Convertible Door Frame Weatherstrip includes both RH and LH  




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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Steves Camaro Parts - 1968 Trans Am Series




After winning the Manufacturers Trophy in 1966 & 1967, the Ford team had some stronger competition for 1968. Chevrolet was about to get involved in a very big way. Vince Piggins at Chevrolet saw the great potential for sales of Camaros by racing in the Trans Am series. He committed to SCCA that Chevrolet would support the series.
Piggins personally took charge of the Z-28 project. The first Z-28s were powered with the proven 283 cid. Chevy's production engine was a 327, but it exceed the maximum displacement allowed at 305 cid. Piggins came up with the idea of putting a 283 crank in a 327 block. The resulting 4x3 bore and stoke yielded 302.4 cid, a 13 cid advantage over the Ford 289, as much as 25 horse power. It took more than cubic inches to beat the experienced Ford team. Penske was enlisted to champion the Z-28 Camaros. The Z-28s won the last two races of the 67 season.
The 302 Camaros had a clear horse power advantage over the Mustangs. The ports and valves in the 289 heads were too small to produce the horsepower needed. The best head available was the hipo heads with small valves and ports. The new Ford 302 would be ideal for Trans-Am racing since it under the 305 cid limit of class limit, but the hipo heads would be even more restrictive on the longer stoke of the 302. Ford started a crash development program to fix the problem at Ford Engine and Development during 1967. This effort would lead to development of the Boss 302 in 1969. It was also during this development time that the famous Ford "tunnel port head" came about. There was a pull out the stops effort to maximize the flow of the heads. The Ford engineers developed a brand new head with straight intake ports and the pushrod tubes running through the port. In the past the ports would twist around the pushrods. The intake valves were a huge 2.12" compared to 1.77" for the 289. The exhaust valves were 1.54" versus 1.44". Each port feed an individual cylinder. These heads became known as "tunnel ports." On paper this combination of the head design with the new 4 bolt main 302, looked unbeatable.
Ford dropped the "Terlingua Racing Team" image and provided full support to the Shelby Racing Company. Two Group 2 Mustangs were built for the Shelby team.
The first Trans-Am race was the Daytona 24 hour endurance race. This was the first time that the Trans-Am cars were included in the primary event. Trans-Am races were held prior to the main endurance races in 1967. The Mustangs dominated the Group 2 race. Jerry Titus and Ronnie Bucknam 64 laps ahead of the nearest Group 2 car, Donohue's Penske Camaro. In fact, the Titus/Bucknam Mustang finished third overall just behind three Porsche 907 prototypes. It was a great showing for Ford, the Shelby Team and the Trans-Am cars. Half of the 30 cars that finished the race were Trans-Am cars. But Daytona wasn't the beginning of Ford's 1968 success, it was the end.
You have to finish races to win them, though. The tunnel port engines just didn't have lasting power. Engine failure after engine failure keep the Mustangs from finishing the races. Penske's Camaros dominated the 1968 Trans-Am racing. Mark Donahue, driving a Z-28 won eight consecutive Trans-Am races, beginning with the second race, the 12 Hours of Sebring late in March 1968. Donahue actually won a total of 10 out of 13 races in the series. As for the Shelby's team, the only races they won were the 24 Hours of Daytona in February, 1968, and Horst Kwech won at Riverside in car #17 in the next to last race of the season. The Manufacturers Trophy was already sowed up by Chevrolet.
The eventual blame for the Mustang's poor showing was the laid on the "tunnel port" engines. The engine has a bad oiling problem at the top end of the rpms. Many engine came apart during the season. The Shelby Team even asked Ford to let them go back to the tried 289's but Ford wanted the 302's to win. Which they didn't. The "tunnel port" quickly faded away after the 1968 season. The Donohue Camaro was awesome on the track. The Penske team got more horsepower from the Chevy 302 then the Mustangs and flat outran them. As the season matured so did the Camaro team. But with the Ford team's bad luck, it didn't take much effort to win the season. Chevrolet finished the season with 105 points to Ford's 63.
Before the '68 season was over, Ford was already working on a new block design, the 351, for the 1970 production runs. The 351 heads had huge canted intake and exhaust valves and ports. Someone decided to try those heads on the 302 block. With some slight modifications to water passages, the heads fit on the tunnel port block.
During 1968 SCCA opened up some of the rules. The cars could have floating rear ends, four wheel disc brakes and wider tires. Wheel and fender flares could be added to accommodate the eight inch tries. Fuels cells were mandatory.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Steves Camaro Parts - Kenny Hubert's 1968 Camaro Project


Kenny Hubert wrote a wonderful recap of the history and current work on his 1968 Camaro SS



The car specs.
1968 Camaro SS RS with a Courtesy Chevrolet installed 427/390hp engine with stock Turbo 400 transmission. 3.55 ratio 12 bolt differential.

Originally purchased from Courtesy Chevrolet San Jose Ca September 13 1968 (Friday)
By Ron and Nancy Chalmers (My sister and brother in law.)

The engine was replaced under warranty in the early 70s. The 396 was burning oil and Ron worked at the dealership as shop foreman at the time. He had the parts department order a 390hp 427cid short block. This was installed under the 5 year 50,000 mile power train warranty.

 The first time I rode in this car I didn’t like it because I could not see over the dash.( I was 9 years old)

In high school I borrowed the Camaro because my car was in the body shop. The short story is, I got caught by the local law enforcement drag racing at lunch time. The cop knew my buddies mom and I was so shook up he let me go with a warning. (I waited a few years to tell Nancy and Ron about that one.)

Nancy’s daily driver for many years.

In 1997 the Camaro was non-oped at the DMV and stored in mom’s garage.

July 4 2010 the car was signed over to me (Ken Hubert) and restoration began.

David (My son) and I are doing most all the work on this car at home with the help of friends.

We started with sandblasting the trunk and repainting inside with GM spatter paint.

Removed the gas tank and cleaned and reinstalled.

Aftermarket mag wheels were replaced with 14 x 6 rally wheels and BFG Radial T/A tires. (P215/70R14) White letter tires if course.

Removed Carburetor and my friend Greg Willis rebuilt it with David and myself helping.

Drove the car for about a year till the cam went flat.

June 2011 we removed engine and sent to Marino’s Machine Shop to machine as close as possible to factory specs.

David and I reassembled engine complete with the help of a friend Dave Toriumi  making sure we were doing everything correct.

We cleaned the transmission then resealed by another friend Ed Ponce.



We removed everything in the engine compartment as well as front suspension brakes and steering.

While the engine was out, we cleaned and prepped engine compartment, firewall down to the end of the frame, the sub frame and front inner wheel houses.


My friend John Ortega came over and painted all with two part paint in the garage.

David and I then reassembled the suspension, steering, brakes and reinstalled engine compartment components. We replaced worn parts as needed or media blasted small parts like control arms and refinished.

We then reinstalled the engine and transmission.

Dave Toriumi came over for the first fire of the rebuilt engine. (this was the scariest part of the process for me)  All went well.  Engine started and with a few adjustments all was ready for the first test drive.

It took a few hundred miles to work out the bugs. After 500 miles the oil was changed and it was time for a rigorous road test. We smoked the tires through the first two gears. (I apologize now to the neighbors down the street)

It took about three months to complete the engine, suspension, brakes and paint under the hood.

January 2012 We installed a new Alpine stereo CDE123 (with wireless marine remote) in the trunk with 6X9 speakers in the package tray a two small speakers in the front dash location.

We entered the car in the Twin Lakes Church car show July 7-8 2012 and won our first trophy. We were pretty much stoked to the max!

August 11-13 2012 Another friend Mike Brumit came over and removed and resealed the back window.

 While window was out David and I replaced the carpet, package tray and glove box. Painted the inside garnish trim below the back glass.  David prepped and refinished the console complete with new flocking in center compartment and compartment door.

That’s where we are at this time. Saving money for front seat covers and exterior paint job. We want to do as much of the prep work on the paint job and will be looking for someone to do the skilled work.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Steves Camaro Parts - Body and Sheetmetal for 1st Generation Camaro


Steve's Camaro Parts

We carry Body Sheetmetal



Front End Sheet Metal
Valance Panels

1967-1968 Standard - Fits both coupe and Convertible

This is for your 1967 and 1968 Camaro

Comes completely EDP coated to prevent rust.  Ready to prime and paint.




1967 Rally Sport (RS)

Fits both coupe and convertible

This is a brand new reproduction Valance panel for your 1967 Camaro. Ready to prime and paint




1968 Rally Sport (RS)

Fits both coupe and convertible

This is a brand new reproduction Valance panel for your 1968 Camaro.

Comes completely EDP coated to prevent rust. Ready to prime and paint.



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Friday, August 10, 2012

Steves Camaro Parts - Product Review 67-68 Camaro Header Panels

67-68 Camaro Header Panels
A few manufactures have just introduced newly retooled header panels as of (Nov. 13, 2009) so we ordered up a few just to see who has the best part out there

First as a control subject I opened up a N.O.S. (new old stock) GM header panel





FIRST TEST;
Basic visual test(comparison of fit and finish)
SECOND TEST;
Basic measurements compared to NOS GM so out to the warehouse
This is what we do with our free time, and after this we picked a Quality restoration piece!
That is 1.1 pounds heaver than factory GM with Cleaner than factory Stamping and Finish!!
Its a part that GM wishes they would have produced
and we also found a GREAT service part thats the almost the same weight as GM with decent stamping and a GOOD finish and less expensive price point!!




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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Steves Camaro Parts - What Color Grill for your 1969 Camaro

What Color Grill?



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What grille style and color was applied to what 1969 Camaro model?

The following two tables illustrate the rather complicated use of grille styles and colors for 1969:
Grille Color*
Model
1969 Camaro Grille Selection
Non-Rallysport
Rallysport
SS
black**
black**
Z28
silver
black**
All else***
silver
black**

* 1969 Ordering Information and
Detail Exterior Charts
** except Tuxedo Black exterior,
which rec'd silver grilles
***incl COPO
Model
1969 Grille Part Numbers*
black
silver
Non-RS
3957062
3957044
RS
3938641
3949759

*1969 P&A30 Chassis Manual


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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Steves Camaro Parts - Features Tom Armanino's 1968 Camaro NHRA Super Stock




The car is a 1968 Camaro legal NHRA Super stock
It has a small block, 350C.I. engine with Rochester Quadrajet carbuerator. The transmission is a 2 speed powerglide with transbrake and high stall converter. Rear suspension is 4 link with fully adjustable coil over shocks.

It has a full chrome moly race cage , Kirkey race seats as well as a racepak data computer. Brakes are 4 wheel disc from Lamb components.

Wheels are Weld Racing and tires are Mickey Thompson drag radials. Rearend is Ford 9" style .
The car is owned and driven by Tom Armanino of San Mateo

The engine was built by Gary Hettler

The car was built at PMR Racecars in southern California
The best the car has run in SS/GA weight is 9:78 at 133 mph at the recent Sonoma Nationals
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Friday, August 3, 2012

Steves Camaro Parts - 1968 Camaro Rallysport Headlamp Hose Layout




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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Steves Camaro Parts - Camaro Front Spoiler Installation Diagram



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