Thanks, I kept Betsy org. for the first 10yrs. She was with me when I was stationed in Yuma Az. in the early 80's. I was a founding member of the Yuma Sidewinders Rugby Club, so she saw a lot of Az.& southern Ca. and little bit of Mexico, all in org. trim. The grill, running boards, bummpers and frt splash panel, and spare tire brackets were all chrome at that time. (20min to wash, 2hrs to polish the chrome) In 86' the camaro was offered to me so I thought if I did the work it would still be O.E.M. and it did have a 6cyl in it. (drove it two blocks when I moved house and garage so they could put a school there and knew she didn't have enought power, she wanted an V8, A bodyman friend always called me chopper so when he passed I thought, what the hell, I'll chop it, 3 1/2" front 4" in back. While I was at it why not swap the jambs and make suicide doors. (No kits to purchase at that time). WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY. Did you notice the step at the back, the 3/8" steel bummper used to be there with a strap the went up to the top of the stake channel and a humongous bolt through the fender I removed it and cut a piece of the fender, moved it back, cut & welded a piece of a 5gal. thinner can to fill the voids. Must have looked good G.M. did it to there beds two years later in 88'. As for the 54 4-door I stumbled onto it in 87, redid the uphoistery and located some missing chrome. (there proud of that stuff) Was driving it once a year to take the kid's to the lake for a while, there grown now so she just sits there gathering dust. She get's a wash & waxed now and then. Not hurting yet with the economy the way it is so I'll hang on to her awhile.
