Evening folks. First post. I have gleamed a ton of very useful info off this site in only a few days. Thanks to all for sharing. Just bought 1980 Z28 350 4 speed. Got it Friday, started working on it Saturday. With help of my neighbor, fixed exhaust (many missing bolts, blown gasket ect), new wires and plugs (2 bad wires and a bad plug) needless to say runs a lot quieter and smoother today. Tomorrow shocks, maybe power steering pump and hoses and a little carb work. Was a lot of fun. My 3 1/2 year enjoyed helping out all day as well and getting right in there. "Daddy we're putting headers on the Z!" LOL. Never thought this would happen. Last Z I owned was yellow 1977 Z28 4 speed.....over 20 years ago. This car is silver now, originally Tan as I found out today. I am thinking of going black with the appropriate stripe kit. The one thing that was great was that every piece of paper came with this car from the time it left the lot in 1980 including window price tag and Dealer bill of sale. Very interesting to read the life of this car from day one. Original owners manual ect. More later

Cool, post pics when you can.

I will try to do that. Reading Ricardo's restoration was quite inspiring. A lot more in depth than I'll be though LOL

Hey...met you today. Glad to hear you got it together. We are very pic orientated here so look forward to seeing the car.
Welcome to the site.
Jeff

Thanks for your help for sure. Was nice to take the quiet smooth car out LOL. I'm pretty sure I'll be seeing quite a bit of your guys. Heater core ect :-) Will take pix along the way and include during the updates

Finished off the shocks today. Decided to ditch air shocks in back after doing some reading and put a nice set of Monroes in. So, I figure while the back tires are off, I'd pull the drum. This lead me to see why the emergency break wasn't working that great. The bar right below the wheel cylinder had fallen off at some point. grinding the spring and the bar down. The spring was mostly gone. No drum damage was lucky and surprising. I went to 3 parts stores, no one has the spring and amazingly, spring replacement kits do not include this spring. Every other spring but that. So now I have to hunt for a spring. Another 2 hour job turns into 6 LOL. I have to say, a lot of hack mechanic action went on for this car. Nothing spectacularly major just laziness. Whether it was not putting in the header screw in the right back or not seating this spring correctly. Found a few more surprises but overall, she'll be a beauty when I'm done. Adjusted the window on drivers door to close gap toward back. Will need all new weather stripping plus the outside trim and rubber on outside top door. Also looking for black seat belt cover. The cover that goes over the back seat housing. More later.

Yes we need pics lol
welcome to the board

I sent you a PM

Thanks for the PMs! Was a good day. On my 4th try to find the "Emergency Break strut spring" (thank you new Chilton's book) I went to a GM dealer. Nope Would have to order. Staggering when you think this would/should be a common drum brake part. So, off to North Las Vegas and pick a part. There they were. Carcasses of Camaros gone by. Made my way to the slim pickings of a 1978 and there, drum off was that little spring that gave me 6 hours of futile searching. I walked away thanking the generosity of Camaros who made the ultimate sacrifice so that my Z28 emergency brake would work and not roll down my driveway into my neighbors truck! Plus they had the seat belt cover and Vacuum canister. Forgot how much fun those places are. Like pumpkin patches for big people LOL. Next up, rebuild the front end and put new power steering pump and lines on. Pix to follow!

Nothing like driving a car like this

Her new Wolf Blankie ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ28
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interior with the 4 speed which makes her so much fun
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I had mentioned one of the things that was great about this car was the amount of original paperwork that came with it. Below are some (not so good cell phone pix) pictures of the original 1980 Camaro sales flyer and also the window tag from the dealership $8904.32!

When I get a bit more time, I will try to scan these for better viewing

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Wow that car looks realy good.
Glad ya got your spring.

I was kind of surprised it lasted so long on Craigs list. About 4 weeks. The day I agreed to buy it, that night he had 4 inquiries. Was meant to be I guess. Few more things to do, then smog, then register, then vrooom vrooom on the highway and down the strip! LOL

P.S. Just joined for Gold here. I have saved in spades just from the info on this site. Thanks to all for sharing.

good looking 80 man!

if you get a chance be sure to check us out.

www.lvcfo.org
AJ

Thanks Skatin. Will check it out for sure

One wild looking shifter though I have never seen or been in a stick 2nd gen before so it could be normal ?

As my heater hoses are bypassed, I figured a heater core is on deck. with A/C
http://www.nastyz28.com/index.php?page=camaroheatercore

Gonna need a bigger cooler. Looks like a day job min LOL


Link added for easy find
http://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/camaro80.php

wiper motor thread added for easy find
http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120491

Hit some salvage yards today for a look around. Not many 2nd gen Camaros around in the acres and acres of cars. Went to one and he said sadly they have none. They would shred them right away as they are great money! Wowsa. Many disappearing on the recycle heap it seems. Got a few catalogs coming and then will decide where I go next with the interior.

Hit some salvage yards today for a look around. Not many 2nd gen Camaros around in the acres and acres of cars. Went to one and he said sadly they have none. They would shred them right away as they are great money! Wowsa. Many disappearing on the recycle heap it seems. Got a few catalogs coming and then will decide where I go next with the interior.did you try the one called pick-a-part. i heard they had a few 2nd gens.
not sure if you heard of this but me and a few of the member from our club will be there if you can you should take your kid go out there its a pretty cool event. AJ btw its tomorrow morning lol
http://lasvegas.carsandcoffee.info/

Indeed I did. First stop. Right there on N Lamb and the 15. Only 3 1978's and they are pretty picked over. I did see your meet but not going to have her registered in time. Will keep track of the schedule though and when she's done will come by for sure.

That car is clean I like it a lot.!!! Good purchase welcome to the Z familia!!

One wild looking shifter though I have never seen or been in a stick 2nd gen before so it could be normal ?

Yes stock shifter.

Yes stock shifter.


Guess maybe so espically if you had long legs. That shifter comes out ay forward. Could come back a few inches. Did they use someone 4' 2" to lay out the interior in the stick???

Took a few closeups for you.

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Thanks for the welcome KJ. Took a 25 year break between Zs LOL

Looking for an entire seat belt set. PM if anyone has one, knows where one is ect. In black please TIA Also cigarette lighter assembly. I'm sure they'll be more but that's it for today :)

Another scorching day in Vegas. So, of course head out and do some work. Replaced the wiper motor today, all belts and the flasher (slow blinkers) found the engine code and unless I read it wrong, might not be happy

V1215TYZ

also another set of numbers to the left 06A1166883

any opinions welcome

oil change man says block casting code is .010020146 though I am not bringing anything up with that. Will try to get under later today to confirm. But she's got all new fluids. A lil carb adj and off for smog

Seems no smog yet. Carb needs rebuild/replace. Unexpected project. 1st of many I'm sure. Any carb suggestions welcome. Nothing over the top.

does it have a smoger q-jet on it now?
just rebuild it... or just get a bolt-on holley or eddie. both around $300
650 would be a fine size for you.

One wild looking shifter though I have never seen or been in a stick 2nd gen before so it could be normal ?

not only stock shift but stock shift knob. its coned shaped. mine sits in a storage container just like the one on my first car i ever owned.

OK now we're cooking. Replaced the carb with a new 600 Eddie. What a difference. and she passed smog! weeeeeeeeeeeee Slowly but surely she's coming together mechanically.

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all ready to go!
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OK now we're cooking. Replaced the carb with a new 600 Eddie. What a difference. and she passed smog! weeeeeeeeeeeee Slowly but surely she's coming together mechanically.

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all ready to go!
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Thats gotta be a good feeling.
How do ya like that carb? easy to install and tune?

Nice to have some more local blood ... there are a handful of second gen guys at LVFBODY.COM too. :D

Nice to have some more local blood ... there are a handful of second gen guys at LVFBODY.COM too. :D
LVFB is essentially dead. try LVCFO for more action.

Was extremely easy to install. Had friend hook her up to a machine after to fine tune her but to be honest, she fired right up out of the box and hauled. So the answer is I like the carb very much LOL. Now the big decision is whether to register as a classic auto (less than 2500 miles per year) or not. Would get better insure rates plus no smog again. Certainly some benefits. Will decide tonight as I do want this registered this week.

Will probably head down to the Sat morn 215 and Eastern meet up for first time. Say hi to all.
http://lasvegas.carsandcoffee.info/

Will probably head down to the Sat morn 215 and Eastern meet up for first time. Say hi to all.
http://lasvegas.carsandcoffee.info/
dont think anyone from the lvcfo club will be going this week and im not sure what ill do...
i would suggest this for this weekend though, it gonna be a great time.
dyno and track sat. and bbq at mt char. sun
http://lvcfo.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1154&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Thanks for the welcome KJ. Took a 25 year break between Zs LOL

Well that break is more years than I have been alive...maybe you should be welcoming me to the Z family!!!

Anyway, You are getting some good progress, I like all the work keep it up!!

Makin me feel old KJ thanks LOL. Welcome to the Z family. A life long addiction as you'll soon see :-)

Looks like fun. I'll see if I can make the Sat Morn event

dont think anyone from the lvcfo club will be going this week and im not sure what ill do...
i would suggest this for this weekend though, it gonna be a great time.
dyno and track sat. and bbq at mt char. sun
http://lvcfo.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1154&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Makin me feel old KJ thanks LOL. Welcome to the Z family. A life long addiction as you'll soon see :-)

Sorry..... So far 5 years and more addicted then ever. It is all I think about..cars...cars and more cars. :bowtie: :bowtie: :bowtie: :bowtie:

look like we will ALL be going to cars and coffee so see you there.

so cars and coffee back on? LOL ok will try to make it there

so cars and coffee back on? LOL ok will try to make it there
yea ur telling me lol
check the link i gave u before its been updated with details
this weekend the last time my cars gonna be out for a while... after this event its going in the garage and getting a pretty good tear down!

Is it still the Sat morn thing or the nighttime event? Nighttime a no go for me but will try for Sat morn.


Ahh I just saw 6:30 AM. man you guys get out early LOL

OK sorry for the very long break between updates. This past year just got swamped but now ready to roll. Will start the makeover of my baby. Looks like front end, floor pan and trunk pan replacement will be on deck.

Amazing what a move and a few kids will do to slow down a job LOL. Well I had to cave a bit and I had the heater core, steering gear box and other goodies done by a pro. (Ed at http://www.sunautoservicenv.com who is having a good time on my baby) Had that Heater core out and in very quickly. Has to have been some sort of voodoo magic :-) Got a bunch a bunch of pixs I'll upload shortly. Going to reinstall new dash, guages, cluster and circuit board. Looking at Ecklers and Fbodywarehouse for those goodies and will be ordering tomorrow for expedited ship. I see they have an oil gauge that can install in lace of clock. Nice. Seeing as how the after market one that came with car sprung leak and deposited a quart of oil on drivers floor. That was fun. Will hold off on A/C fix till Summer approaches and start to re-do interior completely. pix to follow

replaced front speaker, bezel area as well. wiring getting neatened and dash re-assembled. Was going to put in after market oil gauge in clock area but supplier dropped ball. Very aggravating. Will look in near future for new supplier as I'd like it in my bezel area.

http://gaugemarks.com/

Daniel is a forum member and deos nice work from what I have seen on here. I am sure others will comend his work as well.

His progress thread

http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162002

I will try to do that. Reading Ricardo's restoration was quite inspiring. A lot more in depth than I'll be though LOL
lol welcome to the board nice Z/28 :bowtie:

thanks Ricardo. Was just reading your forum last night. Sorry you have to piece out your baby. Good luck on your other project however. :-)

http://gaugemarks.com/

Daniel is a forum member and deos nice work from what I have seen on here. I am sure others will comend his work as well.

His progress thread

http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162002

Thanks Brooks. Will look it up

thanks Ricardo. Was just reading your forum last night. Sorry you have to piece out your baby. Good luck on your other project however. :-)
no once again i have decided not to part it out .i have too much time blood sweat and money in that car to just sell it off in parts plus it's a rare red/orange Z/28 4SPD CAR :)

no once again i have decided not to part it out .i have too much time blood sweat and money in that car to just sell it off in parts plus it's a rare red/orange Z/28 4SPD CAR :)


Outstanding. I'm fairly certain most are glad to hear that

well will have to change my avatar soon as all the silver is off the car in the body shop. Some rust repairs on the right side windshield posts and both inner rocker panels. Also will replace radiator core support. Looks like I'm going to go with black paint with some blue pearl in it and a blue strip kit. though I am seriously thinking of using the 79 rear strip as I like the Z28. Interior also getting makeover.

Mechanic did a great job. I now have working A/C, heat and horn. pix to follow.

Door taken off and some minor spot welding done

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Some additional minor spot welding and dent repair redone. On a few places they had just filled in big dents rather than pulling them out first

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Again same minor repair. Outside body work almost complete

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Hood was in pretty good shape. Might replace nose as it's a touch warped in center.

http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/VegasZ28/Jan%202010/th_Jan2010086.jpg (http://s516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/VegasZ28/Jan%202010/?action=view&current=Jan2010086.jpg)

She's coming along quickly now. Interior is stripped and being painted. Dropping off inner rocker panels that took me a bit to find. Going to order strip kit today as well. Will post more pix later today hopefully

Seat questions. I am thinking of upgrading my seats. Ricaro? etc. thoughts and opinions appreciated. Also if suggesting another car model for used seats which work well with 1980 Z28 BMW etc.

Rolling along now. Body work done and being primed tonight. Interior stripped and floors in excellent condition. Will clean surface rust and sound proof floor. Going to replace nose with new flex-glass nose

http://www.ss396.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=camaro7081&Product_Code=LBC-7881F

My body and paint guy was concerned over existing nose warpage so I opted to put the more durable nose on. While off, radiator core support will be replaced. Found a very good one at junkyard for $45. Will be cleaned and painted before installation.

Under carriage in very good shape. Will also be cleaned and sound proofed. Rear end will be black gloss.

Also ordered today were new seat belts (black) for all 4 seats from same guys as above.
Door trim and felts ordered, new lock set (both doors, trunk and glove), new trunk latch, new door latches and handles. New fisher body sill plates

Also ordered strip kit today from Phoenix Graphics. 1980 Blue strip kit. I may leave off trunk strip as I really like the 79 trunk style better (it's Z28 in appropriate color) but they won't break up a kit. If anyone has a blue Z28 rear trunk decal. let me know.

On hunt now for gas tank emblem (easy find) and front grill Z28 emblem (not so easy.) Both blue

I have decided to also re-do my stock seats rather than install new ones.

Color of the car will be black with blue pearl. Multi clear coat.

Man my kids gonna have a nice car down the road LOL better install new locks on bedroom door :-)

things moving along quite nicely. All new parts, seals, moldings, door locks, handles and latches, etc have arrived. car primed out. All new metal welded in. Now moving onto removing surface rust on floors and trunk and shooting. New nose arrives and will be primed. All parts being painted separately then re assembled which should give fantastic paint job look. Here some pix. Enjoy!

trunk pre coated
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rear speaker area. very good shape
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side shot. Wheels off and primed
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Hood looking good

http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/VegasZ28/th_hoodZ28.jpg (http://s516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/VegasZ28/?action=view&current=hoodZ28.jpg)

Floor boards in good shape
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Door off car. ready for paint

http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/VegasZ28/th_doorprimerZ28.jpg (http://s516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/VegasZ28/?action=view&current=doorprimerZ28.jpg)

nose off. new radiator core going to be installed etc
http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/VegasZ28/th_coresupport.jpg (http://s516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/VegasZ28/?action=view&current=coresupport.jpg)

My baby was painted black over the weekend. adding blue pearl. then 2 coats of clear over it all. Pix tomorrow hopefully

Hey I have been watching you awesome build, Nice work and paint should be nice.