72 Z/28 - Day 2 Brainstorming

[DarrenX33]

Ok since seeing Chuck's car I have been doing more thinking. Here is what I have to work with. This car will be a Day 2 car. The original color is Mulsanne Blue with no stripes. Interior is supposed to be blue but now has black. I think I will stay with the black since most of it is there. The console is gone and it has a B&M floor shifter in there. I was thinking Hurst Dual Gate might be nice. I'm not thrilled with the hood and was thinking of going with an L88 hood. Need something to clear the motor. Gauges are newer Autometers mounted on top of the dash. I was thinking of relocating them to underneath. I like the thought of a Grant "Motion" type steering wheel to. Lots of ideas and not enough $ at the moment. But I want to start gathering parts.

Opinions, comments? Go ahead and start throwing them around. It's Day 2 talk!

White inner fenders on the wheel side with blue bulbs? Anybody ever hear of that??

[Salvatore]

Leave the inner fenders alone. Paint the brake drums white if you want and no lites. Headers should be white also. Mount the tach on the column or even the dash. Screw it down. Remember there are several day-2 combos. Some for just looks and some for performance. A little of each if you don't get carried away. I think performance should come first. I love lace!

[Xplantdad]

Here's a couple of different scoop ideas for your car, Darren...taken from http://www.up22.com/camaro70.htm#top

L88



Aero Scoop



Example of Aero Scoop


Snorkel Hood




Plus you'll need THESE too!

There's a start for you

[Xplantdad]

And you might think about one of THESE TOO! if you don't want to do the tunnel ram...

[djunod]

The L-88 scoop is the way to go... that hood looks awesome on those cars.

If you don't want to spend a lot of money on it, you can just pull off the existing scoop and order the L-88 scoop (fiberglass or ABS) from JCWhitney... easy enough to do. I bought a couple different (L-88 & Stinger) ABS hood scoops from them so that I could make fiberglass copies of them. They are good quality, for not a lot of money.

[njsteve]

Predicting the future:
I think the hobby is moving more toward restoring cars to the day2 condition. A lot of us are getting tired (and broke) after searching for that last damn date-coded, dog dish hubcap from 1969. There's nothing like having a car look just like you had it in high school: a time machine that takes you back to "funner times". Here's a shot of my charger back from 1987, it had been sitting since 1974 in this condition. https://www.yenko.net/attachments/82252-charger1987a.jpg It looks a lot better than it would have with the orginal 14x7 stock wheels. Here it is now, it has never had a set of stock wheels on it since January 10, 1970 the day after it was delivered. https://www.yenko.net/attachments/92664-front34a1.JPG

I think you will enjoy your car a lot more if you do it the way you want it and not the way it was originally. I would go with a set of fat Cragers in the back and skinnies up front and use the L88 hood. That would look sweet.

[djunod]

You can buy those Lakewood Traction bars for $39.88 brand new from Summit.

Here's the link.

Don't forget to get Hood Pins too.

[Xplantdad]

David...that's actually what I had in mind...when I was looking on the internet...Thanks!

Darren, you NEED these!

[djunod]

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Predicting the future:
I think the hobby is moving more toward restoring cars to the day2 condition. ...
I think you will enjoy your car a lot more if you do it the way you want it and not the way it was originally. I would go with a set of fat Cragers in the back and skinnies up front and use the L88 hood. That would look sweet.

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I agree. That is totally the route that I'm going with on my '68 Camaro... although the 2nd day look I'm doing is after it comes back from Motion as the Mind Bender Only cosmetic thing left that I don't have is the mid-year Corvette side pipes, but I have a local friend that will sell me an unused set for $500.

There is so much that can be done to make the 70-73 Camaro's look bitchin' I'm jealous! That will be my next project (after I finish with all my current ones).

You're going to have so much more fun with the car doing it as a Day 2 car!

[396L35]

Darren give me a call we need to talk... I have some stuff you need for your day 2 look... The hood is up in the air, I like the L88 but I am attached to the Grump Lump. It all depends on what intake and carb set up. Just call me tonight. Mark