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General Discussion / Re: CRG Code Names

« on: April 15, 2012, 09:26:12 PM »

I owned a 69 Z/28 from 1978 till 1983, I missed it from the day it went down the road. I married a great woman had three kids, my wife knew haw much I wanted another 69 Z and on Christmas of 2001 she told me to go find another. I put on many miles and dollars looking at cars that were claimed real Z's and hot tips on cars that did not exist. I guess the name comes from that (rua69z)

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General Discussion / Re: A BIG thank you to CRG

« on: February 01, 2012, 06:42:20 PM »

Kurt

Still kind of learning about the site but I agree the orphan site is a great idea.

Thanks again!

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General Discussion / Re: A BIG thank you to CRG

« on: January 30, 2012, 01:10:49 AM »

If you have posted on the 69 orphans Kurt may have followed up on already as that is how it worked for me. If not maybe send Kurt a PM?

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General Discussion / Re: A BIG thank you to CRG

« on: January 29, 2012, 03:39:13 PM »

You would not get any argument from me about that.


Congrats Jim       

Kurt and Warren are the true embodiment of what makes this hobby fun and CRG is an excellent way to help all us Camaro nutz!      

Glad to hear about this ~
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General Discussion / Re: A BIG thank you to CRG

« on: January 28, 2012, 09:25:34 PM »

So what was the deal with the incorrectly stated color?    How did that shake out?? 

It was the guy who had the invoice he mis-stated and said it was butternut yellow and my car is Daytona yellow.

That is why I asked for Kurt's assistance no big deal.

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General Discussion / A BIG thank you to CRG

« on: January 28, 2012, 03:18:56 PM »

I had a great thing happen to me and had to share my story.

Just after the New Year I received an email from a guy who said he had my original dealer invoice for my early non X code 69 Z/28. I thought how great that would be but have to say I was a bit skeptical and waited a while to respond to say I was interested. I received a second email with some of the options I have on my car but the color he stated in the email was incorrect. I shot Kurt and email asking him for his thoughts on the email and he responded that is was very real and he had seen the invoice and gave Warren my contact information. This erased and doubts I may have had and I quickly contacted Warren and we made the deal and a few days later I now have the document in hand. I had a few pieces of documentation for the car but nothing like this it has the factory options listed along with dealer costs and suggested retails along with the shipping date from the manufacturer to the dealership.

I am so grateful for guys like Warren who is a guy trying to do the right thing for the hobby and guys like Kurt and CRG for having this site and the knowledge to unite the documents to the car.

If I can do anything for the people involved in this please let me know.

Thank you again Warren, Kurt and CRG!

Jim

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Decoding/Numbers / trying to identify car block to find owner.

« on: December 05, 2010, 01:45:04 AM »

I have a block I was told may be out of a 69 350 SS 4 speed car but I am not very knowledgable on the numbers but am trying. If it is I sure would like to get this to the rightful owner.

Here are the numbers I have block cast L-17-8 pad is VO113HA it has the vin stamped on it also but I do not have it written down and it is in my storage unit. If it is something out of a car that may have some value to someone I would be happy to get the vin number.

Jim

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Decoding/Numbers / do these number line up for build dates?

« on: December 04, 2010, 07:47:10 PM »

69 Camaro has a fischer body date of 01C, 618 block cast date L-17-8 pad stamp of V013.
Jim

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General Discussion / Re: Anybody ever use GovDMVrecords.com??

« on: November 25, 2010, 01:10:19 AM »

Yup I did and got nothing, if I remember right it was only good for vehicles after 1977.

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General Discussion / Re: Rough running 69

« on: November 17, 2010, 08:57:02 PM »

Thank you I will go find one.

Jim S

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General Discussion / Re: Rough running 69

« on: November 17, 2010, 02:03:11 AM »

It sounds exactly like mine so I will look at the power valves as soon as I know what they are? Can anyone suggest a good book on rebuilding of Holley carbs or a carbs for dummies book?

thanks Jim

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General Discussion / Re: Rough running 69

« on: October 31, 2010, 06:02:35 PM »

John
As you can see in my rant I was concerned as it was running great and I shut it off and started it a week later and this started to happen. I have been freaked out about wiping my cam and was worried that my be the issue but I have been doing some of the things you aske about and I think it is down to a carb issue I held the tac at a steady 1000 rpm and it ran smooth but it seems to be rich I have a pretty good Holley carb guy here so maybe he has an answer.

thanks for your response

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General Discussion / Rough running 69

« on: October 31, 2010, 06:02:40 AM »

I am looking for a little input on my car I have a 69 Z with a 302 and pretty much all stock components carb, intake, solid lifters etc. i just got the car running this summer for the first time and have been running the Shell Rotella and a 110 and 93 octane mixture. The car has been running great and has about 1000 miles on it I live in S.D. and the temp here has dropped to aroung 50 degrees and I started it lastweekend and it started running different I noticed it does not idle at all and it seems to be running rich now and developed a slight miss when running. I did quit using the 110 mixture on the last tank so it is about all 92-93 octane pump gas now. If I start the car and run it up to 1000 rpm it seems ok but again seems to be really rich running. I have not touched the carb at all and it continues to run this way after it is warmed up. Any thoughts or suggestions?

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General Discussion / Re: Driveshaft question

« on: July 31, 2010, 04:05:41 PM »

William

that may be true on the trans yoke I lost the original and replaced it with one from Ricks....I have since found the original so I will dig it out and compare it to the one on the driveshaft now.

I am not sure how much of the yoke is in the trans today but will check car is in a buddies auto shop and is locked up for the weekend but I will check on Monday.

thanks

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General Discussion / Re: Driveshaft question

« on: July 31, 2010, 03:33:21 PM »

Does anyone have a measurement of how much yoke should be showing?

I have the original transmission and rear end in the car the cross memeber is stock and the driveshaft is the correct length. So the the way I see it is the pinion may have been changed out in the rearend and may be shorter? Or the frame mounts are backwards along with the trans mount?
would it make sense to double check the measurement from the tail housing to the pinion?