My 72 Z THANKS to the Nasty Z28 community

[69venture]

I just want to thank all those that are active on this forum. I bought a 72 Z28 project in 2014 and began the tear down in 2015. 7 years later after alot of persistence it is on the road again. Regretfully I did not do a build thread but do want to give back a little and encourage anyone out there in the process of making your car what you want it to be to keep digging.
As bought

Tear down

Alot of metal was bad

AMD metal installed

on the rotissorie

 

[69venture]

 

[69venture]

 

[69venture]

Here is the reward

 

[mallard]

Very nice car! Love the “modern” gauges. Curious about the hood. Clearance issues or just your preference?

 

[69venture]

Very nice car! Love the “modern” gauges. Curious about the hood. Clearance issues or just your preference?

Well the hood was on it when I bought it and just went with it. I have the original hood but never really considered trying to use it until I had already painted the car so ship had sailed. I do think the set up I have would not clear a stock hood. I know there are varying opinions on flat hood vs. cowl hood.

 

[gutted72]

Very nice, that is some seriously bright white. Mine was originally a white car and I was going to go back to that but wife picked a different color.

 

[69venture]

original color was fantom green but the car had been several different colors in its life. It is Porsche carrara white.

 

[sprink]

Nice job saving it!

 

[1978 Z/28]

very nice looking Camaro