79 Z28 Gets A New Life

[gray86hach]

Starting to build my wifes 79 z28
29k one owner.

Her dad bought the car new in 79 drove it till sometime in 82 then parked it behind the house. It sat there until about 94 then he had the car painted. This was finished in 97. It has been sitting in storage since getting about 800 miles on it since 97. The interior is like new.

Being what it is driving it is not fun with a auto and 175hp 350.

The car is black on black with silver stripes. No t tops and ac.



We are going to turn it into a daily driver autocross car.

Will be a 6 speed with a ls either a 5.3 or ls2. Just depends on the price of the ls2

I have Koni shocks for the car.
C6 brakes
Bonspeed 18-8 and 10 gt-b
Mast oil pan
Holley EFI

Plans are for DSE springs and bars
Holley and hooker ls swap parts
Dakota digital dash
Vintage air

Adding pics in a few

[gray86hach]

[gray86hach]

[gray86hach]

Picked up a clean subframe this week.
Good spindles and steering box.




Machined the rotors down to make hubs for the c6 brakes.

Going to clean and blast everything to prep for paint.



Rotors need a clean up pass and some paint on the calipers and abutment brackets.

The Holley efi is a donation from my mustang.

Tim

[camarorider]

Great project! Subscribed.

[srh3trinity]

That is a nice looking starting point. Cant wait to see the bonspeeds on there.

[ACONLP]

Looks great. very nice

[CampbellshotrodsAZ]

Cool car, looking forward to seeing the progress!!!

[gray86hach]

Thanks guys

I got the hubs and abutment brackets blasted and painted today.

My new shop should be done the end of August then it will be full steam on the Camaro.

Tim

[gray86hach]

I have been picking away at it a little. The rotors are cleaned up and centers painted. The calipers are painted.
Spindles are modified and painted. Picked up a set of Hawk HPS pads. Mast oil pan. DSE 2" rear springs. Switch to put modern delay wipers on the car.

[gray86hach]

I have started on the car. LED lighting.

[gray86hach]

Kore3 brackets installed.



C6 ordered kore3 hubs friday.

[gray86hach]

Yes 29136

[gray86hach]

1.75 hours the housing was on the floor.

All the bolts came out with no hammer, wd-40 or heat.

I picked up spring bushings yesterday those are going in the dse 2"drop springs.

Have to get the housing apart and prepped for the brakes. Install the arp studs. Turn the axle flange down to fit inside the rotor. Weld the tubes and have it straightened.

Wheels are going to start production next week.

Tim

[gray86hach]

[Motown 454]

Nice car ! You did a nice job on the brakes. Looking good!

[gray86hach]

Thanks

I will have the rear of the car done this year. Big brakes on it. Wheels and tires.

Next year the front end comes off for subframe engine trans and finish the front suspension. Vintage air and other interior stuff.

Tim

[gray86hach]

[gray86hach]

Kore3 hubs and rear brackets came.
Waiting on DSE front springs then I will pull the spindles and clean and paint them.

Have to make a run to the local speed shop and pick up the lines for the rear axle.

All the bolt on parts of the rear axle have been blasted and painted. Springs are ready to go in the car.

Tim

[RMMiller]

Man that is a clean car, I would say shame on you for tearing into a survivor but I would do the same!