Thread: 1971 Camaro RS

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Originally Posted by shine

Harwood builds race car stuff . none of it fits well or holds up. never intended to be street or show quality.

Like any other fiberglass manufacturer these days, they make parts for both. The bottom of this hood is way nicer than most "race only" glass parts.

I got curious about the manufacturer - Here's what they say;

Welcome to eHarwood

For nearly 40 years Harwood has been the leader in new product design and innovation for the racing and street performance industry. Every part manufactured by Harwood is built exclusively in our 6 acre facility by experienced composite technicians who take pride in their work and appreciate seeing the final results of their efforts on a customer's car.

Harwood's Street and Race Car Products have set the highest standards for aftermarket fiberglass and race car components. With multiple N.H.R.A. Best Engineering Awards, Composite Industry Awards and countless honors for product development, our technicians work hard to stay on the forefront of leading technologies.

Every Harwood part is hand-laid by skilled technicians using only the highest quality composites available. Molds are constantly renewed to ensure quality fit and finish. Harwood's sales staff and new product design team work closely with customers, race teams, and other manufacturers to ensure every new product works as well as it looks. Each new part is tested and proven on the street and/or track prior to production.

From new product design, construction, to the final boxed part ready to ship, Harwood takes no shortcuts. Each part is inspected several times prior to shipping. We are committed to providing the quality products you have come to expect from Harwood, "The Most Respected Name in Fiberglass."

They wouldn't tell an untruth!! Would they?

A page without pics? We can't have that.

This weekend I drove the car as much as I had time to. The kids request I take them to school everyday. I also took them to their soccer games on Sunday. We were going to take it to dinner but rain came through so I went and put it up. Here are some pics of when I had it on the hoist.

Last Thursday when I was driving home I heard a big wap on the windshield but I didn't see WTF had hit it. Well Sunday I realized the scoop insert in the scoop opening had flew out. I need to get another now. Thinking back, I don't think I removed the protective film from the 2 sided tape seeing how I was going to remove it to paint the hood. It sure had me leary after that big noise. Haha

It was nice to drive it to a parts store and get parts and they actually weren't for it.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

A page without pics? We can't have that.

Last Thursday when I was driving home I heard a big wap on the windshield but I didn't see WTF had hit it. Thinking back, I don't think I removed the protective film from the 2 sided tape seeing how I was going to remove it to paint the hood. . Haha

It was nice to drive it to a parts store and get parts and they actually weren't for it.

Darn right! No pics? Never happened! Forgetting to attach parts is a sure sign of old age!

Glad you can use the car more than work on it. Now... about that 40!?!?!? None of us are getting any younger!

Originally Posted by 34_40

Darn right! No pics? Never happened! Forgetting to attach parts is a sure sign of old age!

Glad you can use the car more than work on it. Now... about that 40!?!?!? None of us are getting any younger!

All I have left from it is an open storage area............................

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It's looking less and less like the Camaro that left my shed a year and halfish ago, it looks good! I gotta ask, is there a reason why the mufflers are not installed the same way ?

Spend a buck and get the exhaust to the rear of the car. It will sound so much better and perhaps not give you headaches while driving.
Yep, needs to be done.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

It's looking less and less like the Camaro that left my shed a year and halfish ago, it looks good! I gotta ask, is there a reason why the mufflers are not installed the same way ?

When I built the exhaust last year I didn't even think about the orientation of the mufflers. I was just trying to get it running. I actually am cutting the exhaust apart to replace the flex joints since I scraped them at good guys. I'm going to raise the mufflers up and add tail pipes. I have tail pipes for it, just haven't taken the time to get them put on.

Originally Posted by Scooting

Spend a buck and get the exhaust to the rear of the car. It will sound so much better and perhaps not give you headaches while driving.
Yep, needs to be done.

Yes sir. I'm working on that.

Man oh man have things been busy. I did get the tail pipes installed and raised up the RH side of my front portion of the exhaust. I also installed my rear sway bar. It was nice to get that box out of the garage. I took it to a show last weekend as well.

Seth, did you notice I fixed the RH muffler for ya?

I didn't like how the tail pipes were going to hang under the quarter panel so I cut them even with the bottom of the quarters so they are hidden for a cleaner look. Overall the car sounds the same but does cackle less when you are decelerating. It is quieter in the interior but honestly it wasn't horrible before.

I also got the front license plate on since Iowa requires them. I also got the hood painted. Someone got a little carried away and there will need to be more work done. I should have used my good gun. I used a cheap one and it sprayed like an undercoating gun. I'm not sure why but I'm done with those now. Haha

One more sag pic. Here are 2 pics from the show. They had a pretty good turn out. My friend's Dad's 68 4 speed 442 got best unfinished project. It has been setting for 30 years and another friend of ours had it this summer and did the mechanicals for them and got it running and driving for them. I'll try to get pics of it.

purrrrrrrtttyyyyy

I finally got my RH window wiper seals installed, and the door panel put on. It is just temporary as I have to replace the door seals next. I also got the stripes painted on the nose and hood. They turned out pretty nice. Now to get a radio and a couple of speakers installed and it is getting down on the to do list.

I took it to our town's car show yesterday even though it was rainy and not such a good weather day. They still had around 100 cars and trucks. I was grateful for them. That is a crap load of work and time put into putting a show together to get rained out.

I guess it isn't such a turd wagon after all. It got a top 30 award. I didn't take any pics of it at the show. This was the only pic I have with it there.

The 'Maro looks good, the award is a heck of a lot better then another silly trophy sitting around gathering dust! Well done! (even if it ain't done)