My 1979 Camaro Z28 Project!

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Thanks Canadian and venom.

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Saturday night i got some more work done. Decided to have some fun and coat my valve covers. All in all it went alright. Goofed up and grabbed gloss black instead of silver vein and coated one valve cover. But i got the other one done. Then sunday i stripped the black back off and redid it and my master cylinder. I think they turned out pretty good. I like this look alot.

Valve covers before:


Blasted them and powder coated them











Here is the master Cyl. The silver vein isnt as heavy i assume because the metal wasnt as hot as the aluminum.





Yesterday i bought the rest of the stainless steel brake lines i need. Didnt get a prop valve yet. I plan to rebuild the booster and if possible powder coat it semi gloss black.

I still need to get the frame adjusted. I dont have a tram gauge so a tape measure is all i got to use. Anyone have a link to different points to measure and get me all squared away? Thanks for the help and looking at what ive gotten done. -Matt

[81forme]

Very nice work Matt, valve covers look great.

[jmykel86]

Good job Matt keep up the great work.

[hendrickson2]

Very nice job man! You're getting pretty damn good with the powder coating process! Those valve covers are BA!

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Thanks everyone. Im trying to get better with it. Progress is slow. Im waiting on some brake lines that should be here monday. So this weekend i might try to figure out how to get the subframe squared away and ready for the lines. Thanks for checking it out. -Matt

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Got my brake lines in. Progress has been crawling lately. Heat index has been 110-115 for about a week. Im finally getting to go back to work tomorrow so money will start coming back in. I got some touch up painting done yesterday but im itching to really get things moving. Hang in there and ill be back on it soon.

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

So last night i got the sub frame pretty dang close to square. I will recheck it later on just to make sure. Works been very slow and the heats finally backed off so hopefully i can get some work done. I have plenty to do. I picked up the parking brake cables from classic industries Friday, they should be here this Friday. I sold my air induction air cleaner and some leaf spring parts and managed to pick up this bad boy.



Man that thing really pops against the silver vein. I was going to coat it silver vein since cast aluminum doesn't stay so pretty for long. I wasn't wanting to spray paint it either. I'm looking into putting clear powder coat over the intake but im not 100% sure on that either.

Not much else to really show for. Im sure ill have more soon. Just trying to hang in there. More to come. -Matt

[72350RS]

What a cool thread...

Jeez, those valve covers are simply outstanding, too.. What a cool touch, and a great idea!

I want to do that too, to my master cylinder...

Your attention to detail is truly fantastic, and enviable....

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Originally Posted by 72350RS

What a cool thread...

Jeez, those valve covers are simply outstanding, too.. What a cool touch, and a great idea!

I want to do that too, to my master cylinder...

Your attention to detail is truly fantastic, and enviable....

Thank you for the kind words. Id do the best i can. I try to make everything as perfect as possible but im still learning as i go. I will let you know how the master cylinder works out.

[Ghostof76]

Wow .I haven't been here since page 73. i got some catching up to do

[973800CamaroRs]

Blu, Valve covers look sick ! Wanna trade me intakes haha. When I get my car done I will be switching to an air gap !

[ratpatrol71z28]

Coming out killer!

[Blu-By-U 79Z]

Originally Posted by 973800CamaroRs

Blu, Valve covers look sick ! Wanna trade me intakes haha. When I get my car done I will be switching to an air gap !

lol just powder coated it so idk if you would want it anymore lol

Cleaned it up and masked it off:


Applying silver vein:





Here it is done. Its far from perfect but i think it turned out alright:








Ive gotta say this was a very challenging part to coat. With all of the angles and the raised plenum. I guess i cant complain with the turn out. What do you guys think? Thanks for checking out my progress. Time for bed. -Matt

[Cowman]

Originally Posted by Blu-By-U 79Z

What do you guys think?

I think it looks awesome! Now where can I find an old oven...!

Just been catching up on your build, inspiratonal work on the powder coating, thought the calipers turned out great too. All starting to come together now, keep up the great work!