Second-gen Camaro parts
07-18-2010, 09:06 PM
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Second-gen Camaro parts Friend of mine just picked up a '79 Z28 as a project car, and we've started to look for parts for it (primarily suspension), and we really haven't been able to find much of anything for it. BMR makes a few basic parts, plus the monster chassis assembly, but I haven't seen anything else, really. Am I just looking in the wrong places, or is there really that much of a dearth of parts for the late-year 2nd gen cars?
Also, when he picked the car up, the seller told him it had a "modified" 1988 10-bolt in it. Took a look under the car, and there are no torque arm provisions on the diff and it's set up for leaf springs (the first reason I thought the guy was full of **** about the axle). The axle has disc brakes, but the calipers are staggered - driver's side is on the rear of the axle and passenger on the front, I believe - to clear the staggered shock setup on the axle. It's an open-diff 10-bolt, but the whole axle was painted a couple times and we can't find any casting numbers or tags on it...absolutely no clue what it could have been from.
Also, when he picked the car up, the seller told him it had a "modified" 1988 10-bolt in it. Took a look under the car, and there are no torque arm provisions on the diff and it's set up for leaf springs (the first reason I thought the guy was full of **** about the axle). The axle has disc brakes, but the calipers are staggered - driver's side is on the rear of the axle and passenger on the front, I believe - to clear the staggered shock setup on the axle. It's an open-diff 10-bolt, but the whole axle was painted a couple times and we can't find any casting numbers or tags on it...absolutely no clue what it could have been from.
