NorCam (Graeme Browne's) Lemans Blue 1969 Z/28

[napa68]

Looking great Graeme!

[NorCam]

Can anyone tell me how these L/R rear axle stop brackets are supposed to be finished? I pulled both of these off and they had a bunch of spray paint on both sides so I dumped them into some cleaner degreaser and it softened the paint which then wiped right off and I think it may have taken these a step too far.

I'm assuming they were originally black from the factory and I'll be painting these again. Just want to make sure they weren't bare from the factory? I mean I like how they were cleaning up but doubt they were left unfinished from the General.

[ZLP955]

Nice to see such a solid underside. I recall crawling under mine and finding '12437' stamped in the floor near the axle pinion snubber, assumed that denoted coupe floorpan, and that a 'vert would have '12467'..... pretty sure I can just make out a similar stamping in your pictures.

[NorCam]

Cool...never even saw that one. Thanks

Looks like I can see the ending 437 followed by 141 which I'm assuming is the date code of the floor. I'll get clean shots of the stamps next time I'm out in the shop.

[ZLP955]

That looks like T41, stamped week 41. A while back I tried to determine (http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=12764) all the stamping plants by their designation letter, but not much info out there. Every sheetmetal stamp I've found so far on my Camaro has been 'T' or 'H'.

[NorCam]

Found an old fisher body plant video that DW Cook had posted on CRG several years ago. From the 19:00 minute mark, it shows the floor structure as its welded to the body panels of a 70 Chevelle tub. It then shows it going through the painting process. I thought it surprising that one of the guys painting the side panel (21:40) of one particular Chevelle wasn't wearing a respirator, even back then? I'm sure it was just a spot repair but still. Nowadays that would be scrutinized by every safety officer on the planet. It does show bodies going through the primer stage, and paint stage on hooks, but nothing to show them elevated on the front. Wonder how those drip lines were directional unless it was the gun pressure that blew it out like it is on this car of mine. Neat stuff to look back at.

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by ZLP955

That looks like T41, stamped week 41. A while back I tried to determine (http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=12764) all the stamping plants by their designation letter, but not much info out there. Every sheetmetal stamp I've found so far on my Camaro has been 'T' or 'H'.

My grandfather retired from Fisher Body in Hamilton Ohio, not far from the Norwood plant. His job was doors. They stamped their stuff with "H" from what I remember and I always wondered if that coincided with the fact that the plant was in Hamilton. For what it's worth everything on my 69Z is stamped with "H", and it's a Norwood car.

[cook_dw]

http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#sheet

[X66 714]

Originally Posted by NorCam

Can anyone tell me how these L/R rear axle stop brackets are supposed to be finished? I pulled both of these off and they had a bunch of spray paint on both sides so I dumped them into some cleaner degreaser and it softened the paint which then wiped right off and I think it may have taken these a step too far.

I'm assuming they were originally black from the factory and I'll be painting these again. Just want to make sure they weren't bare from the factory? I mean I like how they were cleaning up but doubt they were left unfinished from the General.

Those brackets appear to be dip painted & then the rubber installed. I looked at mine this morning. They were never off the car till a few months back....Joe

[m22mike]

Agree, lacquer dipped by the vender that supplied them. Even large stuff like radiator supports were dipped.

Mike