67 Camaro Build

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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Very nice! I've been trying to get the guy that used to reproduce the Hurst Ram Rod shift pattern sticker to make some more but he hasn't yet. I so badly want to put this shifter in my current car but I don't want to have to chop up my console.

Thanks Ryan, you sound like me, I’ve been on the fence but finally got to the point of “Just Do It!” on my build. After seeing some pics of 1st gen Camaro’s online with the console cut up for the shifter quickly came to the conclusion, no console was the cleanest install. Besides then there’s nothing to block the view of that antitheft device!

Originally Posted by KevinK7

How did I just stuble upon this thread, ...Definitely going to follow along

Hey KevinK7 hope you enjoy the build, gotta say I’m liking your avatar!


Back to catching up on the build thread. We opted for a big block treasure hunt next, found a pretty good deal on some Mark IV 454 cores on our local online classifieds. Both have a 14015445-casting number which is 78-90 454, 2 or 4-bolt, Mark IV, short deck. Both are out of heavy-duty applications with remote oil cooling provisions. Could they be 4-bolt main cores, I decided we needed to find out.

The previous owner told me one of them had come out of his motorhome, it had gotten hot climbing a hill and failed. The other he’d purchased as a rebuilt replacement and was told it was good to go? Either way, he wanted them both gone and for $300, I was game.

The one on the engine stand is out of the motorhome, it’ll be the first to be torn down. The other is supposed to be rebuilt from a 1-ton truck. They’ve both got pudding on the dipstick.