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- 1979 Z28 Chevrolet
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The owner of this 1979 Z-28 would like this car to return from restoration looking like a brand new ’79 Z-28.
However, this Z owner would like much more than the feel of a new ’79 Z-28.
These cars were very cool in 1979 and still are.
The drive trains in these cars were not so cool. The y were the product of a decade of government intervention and the product was a sluggish, weak inefficient gas hog that made no power and really missed the mark of clean emissions as well.
Spinning forward about 30 years GM now offers a seven liter small block Chevy crate engine called the LS7 that out performs any GM power plant from the seventies in every arena.
The LS-7 is a 7 liter or 427 cubic inch small block that produces in excess of 500 horsepower and is clean and efficient enough to be used in the Z06 Corvettes.
Our Z-28 will wake up from its restoration with a deep set of LS7 lungs, an overdrive automatic and four link 12 bolt rear differential to hook up all of that power to the road.
This restoration began by disassembling the body & boxing up the parts to be refurbished and used later.
The body shell, doors and fenders were stripped down of all their parts.
To produce a flawless body we usually start with a process that bakes old paint, bodywork and seam sealer off in an 800-degree oxygen deprived oven. The body is then dipped in phosphoric acid to clean the grime smoldered down in the oven. The body panels are then dipped on a hot caustic soda tank to remove rust. Next the body is lowered into a 5% caustic soda tank, which is positively charged to heat the metal. A positively charged zinc bath then plates a layer of rust protection onto the metal anywhere liquid will flow. The last step is to submerge the body & parts in a cathode bath. This coating is sometimes referred to an e-coat.
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