Day-2 69 Z/28 "barn find"

[big gear head]

Looks like nobody has had a punch on the bearing caps yet. Please don't put punch marks on the left bearing cap. The left cap carries most of the load and punch marks make weak areas on the cap.

[Derek69SS]

Originally Posted by LetsFNgo

Please leave the 6.14’s in it. That’s awesome.

As much fun as it would be to try them just once, we do intend to make the car driveable. 4.10s are bad enough, 6.14s with 28" tire would be 4400rpm at 60mph. Also, the chipped teeth on the pinion left some chunks of metal floating around inside.

[69 Post Sedan]

Wow…..6.14 gears!!!! That pinion had to be REALLY small……not too many teeth touching the ring gear. Which can lead to broken teeth very easily.

Kurt

[jerry455]

Awesome project!
Does anyone know if a fiberglass hood like that is available??

[Derek69SS]

The hood was from Moroso in the early-70s.

Unlimited Products still sells the scoop, but I'm not sure if anyone sells the hood.

[Too Many Projects]

It will be fun to see if the carrier/pinion gears are still the original or if they were swapped for OTC COPO parts with the gear change.

The posi springs look rather beefy...

[big gear head]

You are right Mitch, those are not the original 200 pound green springs. Those are the 800 pound springs used in the heavy duty Eaton and Moroso units. If it has the 16-10 gears then it's a COPO unit. If it has the 17-10 gears then it's a HD Eaton or Moroso. If it has 18 - 10 gears then it's a standard unit that has had the spring pack changed. Those 800 pound springs are a lot of fun to get in there!