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When you mentioned headers I was thinking of after market. You bought the real deal early Z-28 and that is the way Chevrolet shipped them. A Z-28 ordered with the 2 - 4's and or headers they were in the trunk and the dealer did the final install. Most of these were ordered for SCCA spec. racing. The early Air Cleaners were ducted to the firewall for fresh air and that area in front of the windshield that also served as the intake for the air for the inside of the car. I'll bet you knew when were getting on it, you wouldn't even have to look at the tach, just smell the cabin air. That may have been one of the reasons for the introduction of the Cowl Hood option in 1969.

So many fine looking builds.

Beautiful looking Corvette. I like that you used the original color and the finish looks real smooth. The engine is clean looking and the foil around the cove turned out perfect.

This system started for the Calif. production cars and was adopted later to fulfill the emission requirements in other states. I bought a used one owner '69 Camaro around '76 or '77. The car was sold new in Los Vegas NV. and it didn't have the system and California didn't require me to retrofit it. As I understand it almost all cars GM sold with a manual transmission had this system since it was the only way they could get the cars certified for emissions. Many of the automatic transmission cars could pass without the system. The how's and why's of which I just don't know. The high performance GM cars all had this system. I bought several different GM cars starting with a '66 Impala SS 396 and 4 speed with the AIR System on it. As for the Headers you mention. Because so many of the Headers were sold in California as well as other parts of the country they would just manufacture their Headers with the provisions for the AIR and if it wasn't required you would just install the plugs. I'm sure many would do that even if required and this gave them an easy way to remove the system. The state of California suddenly realized this was happening. Their reaction was to have CHP Safety Inspections check points, think DUI Stops, They would just have everyone on the street drive thru for random visual inspection thru out the state. Very big ticket if you had removed the system.

Now that is cool looking. You really should try and find a way to send some pictures to the 1:1 builders, I think they would like this also.

The dreadful Air Injection Reactor Emissions System. This was GM's answer for the outrages California Emissions requirements starting with the 1966 models.

The gold color on the hood and sides in curtain light look almost like Gold Leaf. Great paint work.

This guy did offer us just such an option. My biggest surprise was at the appliance section when the sales lady said that we got 10 years out of the old one that was good. I have had just your basic old GE unit last me 20 years in the past. One thing that the service guy pointed out was that there is only 3 or 4 different companies making refrigerators under many different names. We did a lot of comparison shopping on line and in the pictures of the interior and shelving it was easy to see just how many of them looked the same.

Remember them all to well. I had to attend a company Christmas Party in San Diego one weekend. I lived north of Santa Barbara in Lompoc right next to Vandenburg AFB. A good drive any day let alone at that time. Got up Sunday morning to head back north. I was driving my new '74 Chevy C10 step side with a 454 engine that was good at keeping it's mileage out of the teens. San Diego County at that time closed all gas stations on Sunday. I was able to get into LA County and get 10 Gal. This got me to Santa Barbara city and another 10 Gal. As I'm heading up 101 I remember there was a little station off the highway in Isla Vista and that guy let me fill both of my 16 Gal tanks. The big advantage to this truck compared to my '72 Nova SS was that with commercial license plates I was allowed to buy gas any day I wanted to in Santa Barbara County instead of the odd - even days for regular cars.

The Compressor gets power but it will not turn on. By the time we got the final idea about the cost of replacing everything we were more than half way to a new Refrigerator. We have the Nebraska Furniture Mart just down the road. They delivered the new Refer. the next morning. Not as quiet as the old one but seems to have more useable space inside. Only $400 more than fixing the 10 year old one that died on us.

Great clean looking build. The Wheel and Bumper paint treatment is a little interesting. I like the way you did the Chassis and Engine.

Great looking build. Makes you think the tarp got blown of the Roadster in the last rain storm. The Sun Visor and Rear Fenders on the Green Truck look interesting also.

That's a lot of work for a crossmember that most wouldn't even realize existed, but it sure looks good to me. Fantastic work here.

As everyone else has pointed out you really nailed this one. I was working in a Chevrolet Dealership at that time and often drove Z-28's and IROC's for Demos. They never looked this good. For me the most impressive is the way the engine compartment is done. All of the hoses, and there were many, look to be routed correctly and this is a crowded area even on a 1:1 car. The paint finish is exceptional and all of the exterior trim looks dead on. You captured the interior perfectly.

Great looking chassis crossmember addition.

Looks like you get a choice between blue or yellow body, top and doors.

Your paint design is really coming together nicely.

Sorry to hear of his passing. I always enjoyed his music.

Like so many others who have experienced what has to be the darkest days of your life it can and will get better. Don't be feel bad about getting some professional help to get you through all that you are facing. Many of us have been in this or similar situations and it does help to have someone to help you when it's so hard to think straight. Life will go on and there will come a day you'll meet someone who you'll want to spend the rest of your life with and it will work. My wife and I have both been there before, and we've been married for over 33 years, through thick and thin we have always approached life as a team. I wish you well in life going forward from here.

Great looking little pickup. Very cleanly detailed.

Beautiful looking paint and finish. The interior colors look great. Very nice detailing on the chassis.

This is a beautifully done Camaro. Like so many others, I always thought the Baldwin stripes were a little much. Besides the yellow Slapper Bars on the Differential the Side Piper, AKA Weed Sprayers, look perfect on this.

I enjoyed watching your build progress until finished. This is a very interesting build and how everything came together in the finished build. I'd love to have that propeller on the back of my 1:1 car for some of the tailgaters around here.

Great save on these two Impalas. While it might have been easier to start with the reissued '67 Impala SS, sometimes you get to use more of your skills rebuilding something some else has given up on.

Very clean Showroom theme build.