67 Camaro Build

[regan wilson]

The car looks awesome. I can't wait to see the finished product.

[Lost in the 60's]

Aftermarket push pins and original size holes don't play well together. I know you don't want to size those holes up for the pins, but I've found they hold much better than shaving all the ribs off from forcing them thru a hole being too small.

[7dee2]

Originally Posted by regan wilson

The car looks awesome. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Thank you Regan. Final assembly is the best, it's cool seeing it become a car.

Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's

Aftermarket push pins and original size holes don't play well together. I know you don't want to size those holes up for the pins, but I've found they hold much better than shaving all the ribs off from forcing them thru a hole being too small.

With the aftermarket body tub, I felt fortunate that there were any reference holes at all!



Finishing up both sides. I decided the same style screw used to attach the weatherstrip channel would work better than push pins.

[7dee2]

Eyeballed the right quarter window, the final adjustment must wait till the door glass is present. I had just a heck of a time with the speedometer cable firewall grommet. Could not for the life of me get it to clip on correctly. After several tries, I made one from an extra universal one that I had on hand. That finally worked out, so I painted the retainer clips, ran the speedo cable, and was done.

[7dee2]

Ditto with the left quarter window install (eyeballed). Next, I installed the new AAW bulkhead/dash harness and found the repro firewall has a larger opening than the original. I confirmed this by measuring the gasket impression on our original harness, surprise!

[7dee2]

Yep, daylight on both sides of the fuse box dagnabbit. We can’t have that, took a minute to decide just how I'm going to fix this. In the meantime, I popped the dash speakers back in along with the Y-duct and the firewall insulation, double checking everything. I’m still fitting the driver’s side firewall insulation for the final install. Last pic is strip caulk/dum dum on the backside of the speedo cable clips.

Believe me, I will seal up this firewall!!!!!