67 C10 with Camaro running gear

you could probably grab some clear marine epoxy, thin it, make sure it's warm, and brush it on? or check out whatever the marine guys use on wood boats?

or like you said it'll never be outside, so soak it in boiled linseed or teak oil or something and call it a day?
 
budget76 said:
you could probably grab some clear marine epoxy, thin it, make sure it's warm, and brush it on? or check out whatever the marine guys use on wood boats?

or like you said it'll never be outside, so soak it in boiled linseed or teak oil or something and call it a day?
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I don’t hate the soak it in oil thing, I’m doing the flat poppies patina treatment to the outside so every time I do that just get regular Linseed oil and do the bed
 
Blacksheep10 said:
I don’t hate the soak it in oil thing, I’m doing the flat poppies patina treatment to the outside so every time I do that just get regular Linseed oil and do the bed
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I'd wager some good oil holds up / looks better than poly that would get all scraped up. Just keep feeding it oil and eventually it won't soak up anymore. if it sits in the sun all the time, when it looks dry hit it with another coat

I have zero firsthand experience so take the thought with that content
 
If anybody remembers the brake saga, the Camaro master cylinder has an incredibly weird thread in it and adapters essentially don’t ****ing exist. I finally found some on eBay and the taper was wrong, I found a similar one on a racecar site and it was the same spec, too big of taper so it didn’t make contact in the right spot.
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I was able to make the ones off eBay work on the lathe, but they sent me a 10 mm and a 12 mm and it was supposed to be two of the same part number. To get it to the dyno I said **** it and made hard lines from the master down to the proportioning valve and did not put any curly cues in them.
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That Hardline finally failed and luckily it wasn’t while going really fast or doing anything too crazy. I was able to use the turning brake to skid it in and get stopped. Pulled it in and modified the other adapter that came after I was already driving it. I also used copper washers under the head and kept shaving and also changing washer thickness until both of them got tight at the same time. No leaks
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Then he reminded me that I had bought a line lock and while we had the system open I should have installed it, I absolutely totally ****ing forgot I had even bought that
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Mounted the flowmasters that came on the Camaro. After driving it my son came back disappointed and said it sounds like a minivan,it’s so quiet and you can’t even hear the cam. It sounded so ****ing good with two resonators per side and just open exhaust at the back so we will put some cut outs on it
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Going to a cars and coffee about 45 miles away at 7 o’clock in the morning tomorrow and that was the main reason for me to get the mufflers put on, it was cool to rip around in but on highway trips the drone in the cab was unbearable. The other problem is there’s nowhere to set a cup of coffee or water or anything where it won’t spill, even hard to hold between legs because you’re always using a clutch as well. Started the design for a console, the notch out on the driver side for the parking brake, having to shut it off every time you get out so it won’t roll away can be a pain in the ass so that’s on the list as well
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After cruising it a bit more and doing some highway stuff, it just needs more power to overcome this bad aero. Pushing a big wind trying to maintain 80-90 mph it just doesn't have the power to cruise (unless your idea of cruise is go down a gear and let it scream). Really thinking LSA blower is the ticket. I'll get it together on the stand on an aluminum denali 6.2 and swap it in when we do the chassis powder and cab floor and all that this winter. Bought a donor Friday night, I've missed 2 other Denali/escalade in the past 2 years by not jumping right when I saw it, this one still runs, sounds good, good pressure, trans goes in gear both ways (couldn't drive as it was missing a front wheel and being AWD, the diff was just spinning) It was an hour away so I told the boy to hook up to the 30'er and put the skid on. We just picked up the front of the rig, drove right up the ramps, strapped down and headed back. Quick turn.
 
Trying burned/sanded/stained etc for bed floor. Everything on the far end is lightly burnt first then stained over.
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Also going to try steel wool dissolved in vinegar later this week, takes about 3 days
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Once we were done staining we had our favorite, then wiped the boiled linseed oil on and all our previous opinions changed.
We are throwing out a few hard no’s and doing a much larger area of each of the maybes later when the vinegar solution is done.
 
This is non burned first, no oil end
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This is burned end with oil on top and no on bottom. The Ebony and Espresso were too dark and not enough contrast before the oil went on.
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Shows burned with oil left and not burned with oil right
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You can use any rusted steel in the vinegar to make the solution, rusty chain works great. Filter thoroughly with coffee filters or you’ll get little black flecks that will look like dog ****, trust me on that one :laughing:

If you want to use steel wool, be sure to wash the oil out with acetone before dissolving it in vinegar.
 
Didn’t do that, will start another batch, thanks for heads up.
Now a zl1 running and driving came up for 15k, salvage ***le. Reaaaallllly tempted to grab it and…….well I don’t know what really. Pricing LSA blower parts you are a good six grand into it by the time you get a decent front accessory drive system. Then the rear third member and larger axles are very expensive to get. It is an auto car, but then the other thought is being a convertible just cut the outer body off and slide a square body shell on it like my buddy did with that white 69 earlier in the thread. I don’t need more ****ing projects and I would have to really do a bunch of parting out to come out ahead other than how good I would do just using the whole engine top to bottom instead of trying to put a blower on a Mom wagon engine.
 
Blacksheep10 said:
Didn’t do that, will start another batch, thanks for heads up.
Now a zl1 running and driving came up for 15k, salvage ***le. Reaaaallllly tempted to grab it and…….well I don’t know what really. Pricing LSA blower parts you are a good six grand into it by the time you get a decent front accessory drive system. Then the rear third member and larger axles are very expensive to get. It is an auto car, but then the other thought is being a convertible just cut the outer body off and slide a square body shell on it like my buddy did with that white 69 earlier in the thread. I don’t need more ****ing projects and I would have to really do a bunch of parting out to come out ahead other than how good I would do just using the whole engine top to bottom instead of trying to put a blower on a Mom wagon engine.
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might be worth a phone call

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Ok, sounds good, looks pretty good, half price of any around, 4 hours away. kinda drunk now but we will see what the AM brings. Really leaning heavy towards go get it, drive it this summer, sell donor mom wagon from last friday, part/strip/cannibalize this winter unless someone wants to offer me 5k over what I'm in on it. Or something else. Also, I don't need anymore projects and am trying to clean the place up.....but it's a cheap ZL1. ****
 
Yes, had a hell of a morning trying to get out of town but after I got all of my ****ty equipment on the road I am less than an hour away from the guy. If I get it home and don’t want it my friend is building a 69 and will take it just for the engine and transmission and I can have the bigger stronger rear diff and axles for going and getting it
 
Blacksheep10 said:
Yes, had a hell of a morning trying to get out of town but after I got all of my ****ty equipment on the road I am less than an hour away from the guy. If I get it home and don’t want it my friend is building a 69 and will take it just for the engine and transmission and I can have the bigger stronger rear diff and axles for going and getting it
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Check the ratio on the final drive, I'm wanting to say they're quite a bit taller on the auto cars.
 
For that kind of ******ed money I am regearing the one I have. Thats stupid money for ANY used diff, let alone an IFS center section without a complete suspension and brakes bolted to it. Nope, **** that
 
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