I got some info on that SRD built 70 Camaro

[RichSchmidt]

The car looks to have originally been orange before SRD worked on it. The VIN comes back to a June built Norwood car which matches the 20-22nd week sheet metal dates. I have found a car that I am looking into further. A guy by the name of Lou Oleynik who ha a buiseness in Michigan that builds truck bodies. They built car haulers for many of the big name racers of the day and did a brief stint in 1973 with an orange Camaro in pro stock running aluminum slot wheels like this car had in the earliest pics. It is just one of many leads right now. I need to scan the early pics I have,because the ones I posted here are just crappy cell phone pics of those pics.

[Peter426]

Rich,

Thanks for the additional pictures and information. That era of Pro Stocks (pre-tube frame with some exceptions, e.g., Grumpy's Vega) was that category's <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">best</span></span> as far as I'm concerned.

Here's a photo of Lou's &quot;Hauler&quot; from 1973.



Pete

[Peter426]

Here's one more photo:



Pete

[RichSchmidt]

I decided to replace everything north of the bumper. I separated the panel from the quarters and trunk floor at all the factory welds,and then cut off the lower half of the replacement panel. I held it all in place with self tapping screws. I will cut thru the old and new panels together right behind where the bumper,just above the factory welds so that the original welds stay,then butt weld the top and bottom panels together and grind the weld flat. When done the entire job will be undetectable. I wont do the final fitting and welding until after I fix the ends of the quarters using corners that I cut off a donor car. I will probably leave the panel unattached until I do some reworking of the tin work in the trunk as well.

I am debating on if I want to fill over the gas tank filler hole and plate light and trunk lock holes.

Just having it looking more like a 70 is really motivating me. The fact that it look like a blacked out big block tail panel is cool too. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[ChevyO]

My fathers car had twin aluminum master cylinders on the firewall and the front subframe was welded to the floor. He also said he cut the firewall back 2-3 inches. The original color of the car is under the orange and was blue metallic paint.

[RichSchmidt]

This car is orange even under the headliner and inside the structure of the car,at least that is what I can see. Are there any pics of your dad's old car? did he own/race it prior to 1975?

[RichSchmidt]

I looked up,down and sideways at this car,and the only other thing I found other then orange or white,was a few little pieces of yellow inside the trunk jam,the yellow started and stopped in matching areas like there may have been yellow stripes on the orange. The car has all the original brown oxide primer on the interior floors and other areas that have orange paint,but the orange overspray is heavy in some of the typical areas(like under the headliner and A pillar moldings,yet non existent on the original brown oxide on the floor. All of the exterior wa tripped to bare metal when the car was painted white,and the orange is under the white in some of the jams. Does anybody remember yellow stripes on any orange 70 Camaro in the early 70's?

[RichSchmidt]

Well Lou's Oleynik's on had his dad look at my pics,and it isn't his old car. Oh well,the search goes on.

In the mean time I went ahead and mounted(mostly) the pro nose. In terms of period correctness,it mises the mark by about 1 year,so it isn't the end of the world. Plenty of local little guys were probably running pro noses on their backhalf Camaros in the later years. I had the wheels off to clean and free up the sliders and I decided to try on my early style Super Trick caps. They don't fit as well as with the correct early wheels,but I may be able to tweak them to make them fit better. I have another brand new set to use if I ever get the correct early wheels.The front end fit well after a little grinding and tweaking. I cant complain.

[RichSchmidt]

This is the &quot;New England&quot; car I am looking for info about. The guy who bought it in about 1975 picked it up in or around Hartford Conn,and it was already painted white,but under that it looks to have been yellow with narrow black stripes,and factory orange under that. Possibly the old PV speed shop car? It had slotted mags at the time. It was probably associated with McBetts at the time. It came with a 4 speed trans that had Sam Auxier engraved on many of the internals. I have already posted about it on the Connecticut Draway face book page and got a response from Brian Peavy's grand daughter who is looking into it. If anybody has any info let me know.

[RichSchmidt]

The only thing that concerns me about it being this car is that this photo says Aug 4 of 70,but my car's VIN and sheet metal dates all point to mid June build date. It would have to been a very quick buildup for it to be racing so soon,but back in the days of a prostocker being just a stock body with a bolt in roll bar,and the shop probably having ordered and received the parts and built the drivetrain before the car arrived could make it possible. If the stripes down the back are like the stripes up the hood,the spacing and width is spot on,but my yellow looks a little brighter.