Oct 28 2007 - 12:00am

The Camaro has been doing 90 miles a day taking me to work and back without too much hassle, apart from when we had a week or so of freak weather and it was raining so heavily it was a struggle to drive at 30mph on the motorway. The car got so wet that the optispark distributor got soaked and was...

Feb 25 2007 - 12:00am

I'd bought a complete Camaro LT1 and 4L60-E off ebay a few years ago and planned to freshen it and replace the Impala one. I got Zane to strip and check it and he found no problems so I ordered up a full set of gaskets and a beefier cam and he rebuilt it ready to swap in. While he had the car I g...

Jul 23 2006 - 12:00am

With the Camaro back on the road, I started driving it to work. The new brakes at the back squealed really badly, and got progressively louder. I re-bled them which made no difference and after double checking everything got the rear of the car off the ground and took them to bits. They looked pe...

May 2 2006 - 12:00am

With the Camaro back home. I set about the huge amount of wiring that needed doing to get it ready for using again. I decided to change some of it again, and got it tucked up out of the way. I also needed to fit the rest of the Vinage Air AC system so it was starting to get tight under the dash....

Apr 21 2006 - 12:00am

With the body all in primer, and the insides of the doors and shuts painted the body shop started putting it all back together. The replacement doors and wings were not even close to fitting properly, and they spent a day bending and pulling them to fit better. At the end of it all there was a hu...

Mar 21 2006 - 12:00am

The chassis work that needed doing after the accident was getting done by Zane at Zannetec and when I sat down with him to work out exactly what needed to be done, he agreed to fit the AC at the same time as the repairs. The rear axle turned out to have a bent halfshaft and was in need of a rebui...

Jan 15 2006 - 12:00am

The Camaro was suffering from soggy carpets, and after a lot of testing with a hosepipe I realised it was the cowl vents and the bizarre way they drain inside the car on a first gen Camaro. I'm taking the opportunity to fit air conditioning and heating to the car, so no longer need the cowl vents...

Dec 27 2005 - 12:00am

After seeing the state of the Camaro at the bodyshop that was storing it, I decided to pay to have it recovered back to the house and put it on the drive. It wasn't going to be going anywhere quickly as Christmas was in the way and it turned out that I had a load of rear chassis damage and a bent...

Jul 3 2005 - 12:00am

My Baer brakes arrived this week, along with a load of other bits and bobs for both cars. It had been raining overnight, so wasn't looking good to work on the car on Saturday. It was still wet, but I decided to get on with it anyway. I pulled the old disc and hub on the driver's side, then pulled...