Family 1 owner 78 z28 Resto

[camarolife78]

Epoxy coated




Notice how bad the passenger floor rust is! I knew it was bad but...its always worse than you think...

 

[3504SPD]

Nice work. Cool you saved your fathers Z.

 

[Da-bigguy]

Great story! I wish I had saved my dad's 71 but my new project is in memory of him and the car I learned to drive in.

 

[camarolife78]

Yea, some people do not understand what these cars mean to us. If it was not my dads car I probably would have got rid of it due to the condition of it. But honestly I do not mind all the work just because not many people are able to keep a car that has been in the family since day one. I hope it lives on long after I am gone.

 

[camarolife78]

Time for more pics! these are from the fall time frame.

 

[COPO]

Nice job so far.
Here's a pic of my 78 Z28 I ordered new in 77. I sold my 77 Z28 that I also ordered new and really should have kept the 77.
GF 78 Formula beside the Z.

My 77 Z28. Always ordered 4-spds. I ordered A/C in the 77.

 

[camarolife78]

 

[camarolife78]

Man that 78 Z looked great! my dad was never a fan of the turbine wheels. I thought they looked good for the time period. He almost sold this car a couple times when he stopped driving it back in the 90s. I think he just couldn't quite part with it, especially knowing me and my brother were both into cars...

 

[camarolife78]

Pic of the passenger side rear frame rail.


Drivers rear frame rail for comparison


Rear seat pan with new torque box

 

[COPO]

Those rims were so true, they were unreal. They barely needed balance weights. I wish I had both those damn Z's today.
If you make your Dad's Z look too nice, then he may want it back. It's LQQK'en good so far.