Regarding replacing the hood:  Early cars are known to have slightly different hoods.  You should try to save it if you can if you ever plan on selling the car.  Crazy Z people know about the different hood and will want it to be on the car vs. the later one.

Yes, the 69 hood is different in several areas. I compared it to my later Series 1( #8701) and Series 2 (#23381). The most striking different is that reinforced piece at the upper corners. The 69 hood doesn't have them. So yes, we're trying to save the hood of #187. As you can see, the front lip of the hood was originally bent down and in, and shows a lot of fillers once the paint was stripped.

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Happy Holidays to all! It's been awhile since I last posted. Here are some updates. Final alignment before the panels were taken off for paint.

Panels were painted separately and jams were painted before the panels were put back on. 

Edited December 28, 20222 yr by drpchuynh

Of note, the 69 builds don't have the padding around the spare wheel well.

Suspension components were powder coated.

Edited December 28, 20222 yr by drpchuynh

We are going to restore and put away the stock brakes and go with the bigger brakes for optimal braking. 

A few other unique oddities of the 69's.  The discs have these cutouts and the dust covers are different than the later models.

Edited December 28, 20222 yr by drpchuynh

Brake lines were too rusty. Most fell apart upon disassembly. Rod had to source from a donor car. Luckily the brake lines are consistent throughout the early years.

Pedal box.

We went with the Kia blower motor for increase efficiency. 

 

Edited December 29, 20222 yr by drpchuynh

Apologized for the sequencing. I should have posted these before the others. Rod lined it with the vapor barrier, rubber barrier for acoustic shielding, and threw the old jute back on.

Replaced the dash with one of Hung Vu's dash and upgraded the instrumentation lights with LED bulbs for better illumination.