Interrupting this trunk mat broadcast*...
...And now for something completely different**

I haven't been dead... just resting** (sorry, couldn't resist. I'll stop now...)

There has been SO MUCH STUFF to cover in the last few months. I have been insanely busy with the car, so much so that I am WAY WAY behind on a lot of COOL stuff. I hope to come back to fill in the gaps sometime soon. But at the moment, I have GOT to skip forward a few chapters...

Posting-up a couple quick pix, to update & summarize some recent developments...

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* borrowing sound bite #1 from the oldtime radio news...
** And borrowing #2-#3 from Monty Python...

Under the hood...

Interior- FINALLY complete (though before vacuuming... sorry)

Trunk... lighting better (but even still, the photos don't do justice)

yah, i know the tire is dirty (this was 2 weeks ago)

I really like this one...

Tire pressure sticker from the collection of MR. INCREDIBLE (aka MIKE ROSSI in real life)... THANK YOU [once again])... if it's not PERFECT, it's about as good as they get...

The MEDALLION; I scanned to sticky label paper (same stuff I used for the YK spring tags). Would hate to see that disappear... TOM... THANK YOU TOO...

Also to note (above); relating to another flashback... GLOVEBOX DOOR WHERE IT BELONGS

As I mentioned... it's been a pretty crazy last few weeks...

Flashback (2 short weeks ago): If you look VERY VERY CAREFULLY... Knowlegeable auto enthusiasts may notice there is NO REAR AXLE on the car...

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Here's WHY... Spring-perch bracket broken off axle!

This was discovered after the previous week's disaster... Front brakes (4-piston disc) blew out (for the 3rd time). Shrewdly noticing a pattern here... we decided to send them out for rebuild (and immediately regretted it)... Still waiting for turnaround on the rebuild...

Tracked-down what may have been (at least at the time) the only left/right pair in North America. Had them sent overnight air. THANK YOU-- CAMARO CENTRAL...

The left caliper seemed readily available at many places; from specialty houses to Auto Shack. But the RIGHT SIDE... UNOBTAINIUM!

When bleeding the system... it was noticed the AXLE BRACKET was broken. A hard way to learn, that evidently this has been a known issue since 1968
(Rear axle (CRG link))

Because this car was used for racing in the late '60s-early '70s... equipped with aftermarket traction bars (MOUNTED WITH U-BOLTS)... evidently the stresses on the weld point(s) were more effectively mitigated. When removed for 'restoration'; the weak points were exposed, unprotected.

An EXTRA EXTRA SPECIAL THANK-YOU to JOHN BAULER & RANDY (Tech) at AZ CAMARO RESTORATIONS !!. Originally expecting 2-to-3 weeks to pull axle; take to welder (and get back); reinstall (etc.)... they pulled the axle on Wednesday... and REINSTALLED IT on FRIDAY

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I hear Morgantown is very nice this time of year. If anyone here would like to meet up, say maybe next week? ...let me know?

BEST TO ALL... Charley

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It looks incredible!

Thanks for taking the time to share the process and knowledge with all of us.

Misery loves company Charlie! One was so broken it all but fell off mine

After I sand blasted it and let set a week or so on the bench I started to see oil weeping from cracks and the tube slots that I was otherwise unaware of! Leaky show car is a sad thing. Glad to catch it early

Haven't though much about how to stem the leak at the tube without an incorrect looking full weld around the perimeter.

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Originally posted by Charley Maule:
I really like this one...

Tire pressure sticker from the collection of MR. INCREDIBLE (aka MIKE ROSSI in real life)... THANK YOU [once again])... if it's not PERFECT, it's about as good as they get...

The MEDALLION; I scanned to sticky label paper (same stuff I used for the YK spring tags). Would hate to see that disappear... TOM... THANK YOU TOO...

Also to note (above); relating to another flashback... GLOVEBOX DOOR WHERE IT BELONGS

Glad I could help Charley. The Tire Pressure decal is an exact replica. The car looks GREAT!!! I am sure your attention to detail will pay off in the show field.

Mike

From the very start, I've been both humbled and inspired by the Jedi C.A.R.T. Masters frequenting this board. I hope the work we have done is deemed worthy of the esteemed C.A.R.T. legacy.

I recall being profoundly impressed years ago, by the detail series in Camaro Enthusiast (mid-90's). Would never have imagined back then, that someday I would be collaborating directly with the author!

Pete thank you for your feedback, though it is I who is in debt to the whole membership, for the collective knowledge and contributions before I got here. A great example being the paint charts you (Pete) posted maybe 10 years ago(?), these served for me as a starting point. I have received so much value from this group, that I can only hope I've contributed something that 'pays it forward' in a small way.

While I'm at it... THANK YOU !!! (more than I can express) to BILL BRADLEY and TOM McGINNITY for establishing the site itself and fostering the ongoing discussion. If I had not happened upon this... my whole project would never have happened! THANK YOU...

Anybody in MORGANTOWN later in the week look for me... i'll be the guy with a white convertible

I'll see you there!