Yeah, didn't feel like combing through the pages of '78 info there to find stock tire pressures. Especially since I just want to play with it and find the best combo as I tune the suspension to what works for me. Eventually curiosity will get the best of me and I'll look it up when I have time.
I already talked about how the dealership I bought the Camaro from had included the rally wheels I decided to use, but they also threw in a loose spoiler and the air induction hood bulge. With Burd's help the spoiler is currently going on, but the inline six does allow use of the air induction hood, so that's in a corner of the garage waiting for a future V8 project.
The dealership had purchased the Camaro from the original owner after her garage was torn down and she had the car street-side, so the dealership owner made an offer. There was a new radiator in the back seat, but the original was gone, so apparently that was the problem that sidelined the Camaro back in the '80s for a 25 year sleep. They put the radiator in, rebuilt the carburetor, and tore off the remainder of the exhaust from the catalytic converter on back. A Thrush turbo muffler was stuck on the header pipe in place of the cat which was very loud and smelly modification. They had also put on a set of air shocks on the back which is why there was no common F-body rear end sag, but even the shocks on the lowest point are still raked an inch above stock in the back and down on the front bumper.
The dealership had apparently been working on it in the back for a few years as a project car, taking off trim pieces to prep it for paint. So there was a lot of missing exterior parts:
upper and lower grille along with front badge
fasteners and spacer for front plate holder (although the holder was in the back seat)
headlight bezels
some of the windshield and rear window trim tabs
the driver side belt-line moving was shot
side fender Camaro emblems (but there adhesive was still there)
side moldings (again just the adhesive left but I eventually cleaned that off)
window channel retainers (guess they wanted to take the side windows out for paint?)
passenger B-pillar molding (?!!!)
So I spent a lot of time replacing all those parts along with polishing the original #75 bright red lacquer paint. The dealership had apparently polished it with an orbital buffer and burned through to the primer at a few places. While prying off the fender Camaro emblems and side moldings they dented the fenders some and may have taken some frustration out on them. There were also scratches on the hood and rear deck lid where they apparently placed the spoiler and induction bulge causing the studs to scratch the paint.
Being in the rust belt, there was surprisingly little damage. The quarter panels were still original, but the area ahead of the rear wheel opening has some rust through (pretty common for 2nd gens), and the lower area behind has surface rust on the passenger side. My assumption is that the car may have seen few to no winters early in life.
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