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This used dealer sticker was on my car when I bought it in 2009.  Previous owner told me his brother bought the car in the early to mid 70,s from this dealer.   Dealership has been closed for years but was actually  located near my hometown in Carlisle,Pa.   There lot was beside the gate 3 entrance to the fairgrounds where all the Carlisle car show events take place.
I had the old sticker scanned then had a new one made to put on a thin magnet.  I thought it would be neat to put on the car when I have it at local shows since a lot of people still remember this dealership

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I just redid my standard black wheel and I used single stage (PPG Concept).  Very durable topcoat .
  A base coat with a good high solids clear works  also.
I tried to post a picture of my finished wheel but always have trouble loading pictures on this site.

The thin magnets work great!    When I bought my car a few years ago , it still had a local used car lot decal on the taillight panal from the early 70,s.   Thought it would be neat to  put it back on after I restored the car, but didn't want to put a sticker on the paint.   
I will try to post some pictures of it later

Just make sure for a Z/28 you get the right headlight bezels. They are different for X77, and X33 cars.

Are you referring to the chrome ring on the outer portion of the bezel as the difference?    I have a x77 and my bezels have no chrome trim on them.   But then I did some work on another x77 last summer and his had the chrome on them.    I just assumed his were replaced because the owner did tell me the previous owner hit a deer years ago and the car had some front damage.   
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My 02d norwood Z had similar markings on the spindles.   

Nice pair of Camaros!    This is a good site for any Camaro info you will need

n612961 for my 02d z/28

That is a beautiful car! Great job in the resto. We have "matching" 02D norwoods, mine is x33, tho. Congrats! You should be very proud!!

Brent I love the before and after pics. It's cool to see what the car looked like before. You did an awesome job on your restoration. Congrats and enjoy.

Thanks guys.

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Here is a little walkaround video of car running.   I had trouble posting so I hope it works ok

Great car!!  Does it still have the original trunk lid?  If so can you post in this thread?

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=12390.0;all

Yes I still have the original paint non spoiler trunk.. I added the spoiler but used another original trunk that was already drilled.  I just couldn't drill the original trunk as it was in to nice of condition.   I will try to post some pics in the other thread when I get a chance

That car appeared to be pretty clean. Were there any suspension or driveline markings documented prior to restoration? And if so, did you document and duplicate them? I would have had a hard time completely repainting what looked like a decent original rot free car.

The car looked a lot better in the pictures than what it was up close in person.  It was  rust free but the fenders had been resprayed back in the 70,s and looked bad along with the hood had the paint burnt off.  I am guessing a carb fire at one time?    Plus mice had got in the interior and it smelled nasty so it all needed redone.   I considered trying to only repaint the frontend and redo the interior  but the rest of the car had so many minor dents and scrapes it just made more sense to completely restore it.    It had sit so long that all the brake/fuel lines and hoses needed replaced and I just figured the car deserved to be done the way it is now.
I did find a lot of markings on the spindles/tie rods etc. and tried to duplicate them the best I could.  I also duplicated the blue overspray on the floors and rear wheelhouses.   
Now that the car is done I feel I did the rite thing in a complete resto imho.

great pics Brent! That motor is cleaner than most of the plates I eat off of....
The Blue with the black stripes and black Vinyl top, with the flat hood....wow

(looks like BITD, they painted to the grill black and added fender trim)

Any docs, what month was it built?

No documents came with car ... Couldn't find a build sheet anywhere on car either.  Its a 02d norwood build so it does have the x-77 code on firewall plate and handwritten x7
on the rear bulkhead which I saved and did not disturb when I restored car.
Good catch on the fender trim and black grill/light bezels.  I believe the grill was probably damaged and replaced when the front fenders were resprayed back in the day?  The bezels were silver underneath the black when I sanded them down so I figured they probably repainted to match the black replacement grill?   Not sure when the chrome was added to wheel wells but I decided to leave them off although I think they do look better on the car

great pics Brent! That motor is cleaner than most of the plates I eat off of....
The Blue with the black stripes and black Vinyl top, with the flat hood....wow

(looks like BITD, they painted to the grill black and added fender trim)

Any docs, what month was it built?

No documents came with car ... Couldn't find a build sheet anywhere on car either.  Its a 02d norwood build so it does have the x-77 code on firewall plate and handwritten x7
on the rear bulkhead which I saved and did not disturb when I restored car.
Good catch on the fender trim and black grill/light bezels.  I believe the grill was probably damaged and replaced when the front fenders were resprayed back in the day?  The bezels were silver underneath the black when I sanded them down so I figured they probably repainted to match the black replacement grill?   Not sure when the chrome was added to wheel wells but I decided to leave them off although I think they do look better on the car