Day 2 67 Camaro restoration

[Chuck_Burg]

You can see how the J bolts weren't sitting square...

I know these traction bars aren't real Lakewoods. I have a set a Lakewoods and I'm not thrilled with their condition. I believe these are Moroso (Competition Engineering) pieces but are very similar to the Lakewoods. I would like some real deal perfect condition competition J Bolt style Lakewoods but these were a fair price and they're in great shape!

We also got the subframe installed along with the front calipers after I sourced the correct hard lines for them. We also installed a new gas tank with the original tank straps. I painted them black and intentionally applied the paint thick with some runs as I understand they were originally dipped in black paint. I didn't realize the tank I ordered was stainless steel but I actually like it, I think it'll get a little duller as time goes on.

[Too Many Projects]

As usual, it's ALL looking great. I noticed in going back over the last few pages that your heater core looks questionable. Are you having it pressure tested and cleaned before install ?


The bolt holes off center in the perches was a GM thing. I ran into the same issue on an '80 Trans Am at work a couple months ago. I can't turn the upper nuts to adjust the tension of the bottom nuts without taking them out of the perch and guessing how much to move them down. Time consuming PITA and it's waiting to get on a drive on lift to tighten the spring ends and set the snubber height under full weight.