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!!!!!

[7dee2]

I think the best solution is to make a bigger gasket. Using an original as a template and some of this sticky foam material (also used on the dash speaker mount). We’ll see how this works out.

You may have noticed the “Xtra WW” blue tape stuck to the firewall. That’s the area where I’ll add a AAW 6-wire bulkhead. This will make it so I don’t have to modify the new dash wiring harness for the aftermarket windshield wiper motor, fuel pump controller, etc. etc.