Thread: 1971 Camaro RS

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Last time I checked scrap was $85/ton here. I'm almost afraid to call and see now. But, I'm tired of it setting around too. I have lots of stuff that is going this time too. I have 3 sterling 10.25 rear ends I was using for parts, an IFS front suspension from a 99 F350, a 460 Farmall Diesel rear end and short lock, plus 2 big piles of misc junk. Oh yeah, I have a 79 K10 suburban that is getting stripped and going. There's one less project to jack with.

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Over the weekend I didn't get much time at all to work on the car. I did get the LH lower door weather stripping on. I shut the door to see how it fit/shut and low and behold my door wouldn't open again. I had a problem back in January where I locked the door and it wouldn't open at all. This morning I went and robbed the LH door off my parts car. I think I'll steal the latch out of it to put in my door to make this problem go away. I did manage to get my door back open and it is currently working. But I don't want to deal with this when the door is all back together.

I looked online to see what guys were doing to put the holes in new door cards and really didn't see much info on it. A guy I work with mentioned I should get some hollow punches to do them. He was right. They worked out pretty slick. So far I have the LH door panel done. I had to paint/dye it to match the rest of my interior. I also had to do some work to my lower plastic arm rest panel. It was warped bad on the ends where the retaining screws go. My door cards were recovered so they were extra thick. When they installed the screws, the screws sucked that panel in and over time it curled the ends. I used a heat gun and warmed up the ends and straightened them best I could. I was going to buy new ones but that's another $240 plus over size shipping charges.

I have a 2g spring kit coming from Keith at Custom Works which is supposed to be here Friday. It comes with new coils for the front compatible with a LS, new leaf springs for the rear, delrin upper bushings, new HD shackle plates, new u bolts, and a piece to eliminate the rubber pad these used under the rear axle to leaf spring. I also set my intake on to see how it looks with color on it.

I guess this isn't going as bad as I think. I haven't had the car quite a year yet and have made pretty good progress. It took me 10 years to get my Longhorn to a place it was considered a truck again.

I need some input....

Should I leave the valve covers bare aluminum, or paint them the color as the intake?

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Think I'd paint them to match the intake. Then maybe add some bright work

Eventually I want to build some covers out of some BBC valve covers but I haven't reached that point yet. Haha

Really nice project.

Thanks Bam.

Paint'em... fwiw..

Less maintenance to paint them.

I vote along with the rest. Paint them, it will make the motor more of a complete looking unit.

Last night when I came home I had a surprise outside the garage door. A pair of leaf springs and u bolts showed up. It would be nice if the rest of the stuff shows up before the weekend. Unfortunately, the tracking info says it won't be here until Monday.

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I would paint the covers as well, parts at the door are always fun until the bill comes at the end of the month

With my projects I pay before they even ship. That's why it is taking so long.

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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

With my projects I pay before they even ship. That's why it is taking so long.

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Yeah...that's about my credit rating too.

(Just pokin' the bear! Just pokin' the bear! It was too good to miss!)

How's everyone doing on their projects? I've been doing pretty good on everyone else's projects lately. It warmed up a little and I did manage to get a load of junk hauled in. It was a 5 ton load. I still have another I'd like to take in so I'm rid of most of the junk laying around. The price is decent so I best do it before it tanks again. Haha

I finally got my lower control arms done. One of them the sway bar must have been loose and the link ate into the control arm. I fixed that as well. Now I have to install the del-a-lum bushings in the uppers and replace the upper ball joints.

I also got my power steering lines done. I'm not thrilled how the pressure line looks but it was cheap and it will work. I'd sure like to be knocking items off my list faster than I have been.

Since I'm a project hound...... This weekend I'm going to the Topeka are to pick up a 1972 GMC Sierra Grande. It has no engine but is other wise complete and is in pretty nice shape. I'm just going to hoard it for now. I'm trading for it so the only out of pocket I'll have in it is fuel costs. These keep going up in value so maybe I'll cut the frame and bed down and make a short box truck and sell it this summer.