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FED 387 · 03-17-2011, 01:09 PM

last year we got gigged on the vertical brace in front of the radiator on a 67 Camaro--this is the support piece that goes from the hood latch mechanism to the core support we honestly forgot it when we put the car back to gether after painting it------Tech said it absolutely had to be in there--so we went to a bone yard got one from a 1968 olds 88 4 door sedan sprayed it black and put it in with zip ties put the bolts in a plastic baggie did not fit but it was in there --He was happy !!! bunch of BS ---Also did not like the way the roll hoop behind the seat was bent but we had a letter and pictures from NHRA Tech ok'ing it kinda ruffled his feathers a bit but F him --He passed it after about an hour going back & forth over some other small stuff wrong knobs on the radio kinda **** if ya know what I mean---stuff that had absolutely NO impact on performance simply cosmetic crap---comp

03-17-2011, 01:09 PM	#9
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,422 Likes: 531 Liked 333 Times in 180 Posts	Re: REALLY, Letter to tech. last year we got gigged on the vertical brace in front of the radiator on a 67 Camaro--this is the support piece that goes from the hood latch mechanism to the core support we honestly forgot it when we put the car back to gether after painting it------Tech said it absolutely had to be in there--so we went to a bone yard got one from a 1968 olds 88 4 door sedan sprayed it black and put it in with zip ties put the bolts in a plastic baggie did not fit but it was in there --He was happy !!! bunch of BS ---Also did not like the way the roll hoop behind the seat was bent but we had a letter and pictures from NHRA Tech ok'ing it kinda ruffled his feathers a bit but F him --He passed it after about an hour going back & forth over some other small stuff wrong knobs on the radio kinda **** if ya know what I mean---stuff that had absolutely NO impact on performance simply cosmetic crap---comp