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0gravity, I should have posted earlier, but could not see how the cars could be connected since mine was made in S. C. in 1989. There are a few pictures of it and a manufacture’s brochure in my gallery. But your body and frame look strikingly similar as best as I can tell from the pictures. Although I didn’t see a good body profile, it looks like the rear fenders slope down and back like mine. The rear trunk inner wells and sloping floor look identical and were unfinished just as yours. The only difference may be that the distance from the foot box to the rear of the inner front fender well maybe a little longer on yours. The “droop” you have in the doors, especially the right, looks identical to the way mine looked. Yours even has the same gap in the left lower trunk lid area. The tail light areas seem to have the same angling up and out. The trunk and hood hinges look the same. The interior is different. The dash has different instrument locations. The door panels look like EM to me but that is just a guess. It doesn’t matter those things were not included by the company. One thing that seems unique about mine compared to other replicas is that the front of the rear wheel well has a low wide lip kind of like an FIA. I cannot see your pictures clearly enough to tell on yours. The manufacturer did not put any identification markings anywhere so there is no need to look for them.
From what I can see the frame is the same. Mine is a 4x4 tube base like yours. It has the leaf springs and a Mustang II front cross member. I could not see the steering columns and couplings but mine has a notch in the frame to accommodate the piece going into the steering box. There are no metal supports for the steering column mount under the hood but ¼ in plate was fiber gassed in from the bottom of the dash. The door mounts are similar. The body is very thick and can easily be walked on without any problems. Mine is 20+ years old and there are no fiberglass cracks except for one place where the body filler has cracked. The frame too is way over built. The body on my car did not exhibit any undue concern for quality control. J Which is the same comment another fellow made about his.
That being said, here are a few thoughts. The Camaro gas tank should fit. For a while I used one from a Buick Apollo, probably the same thing as the Camaro. It sat low and had to be shimmed to have the bottom flat. It worked but I never liked it. Later went with an aluminum one made by some good friends. The car was probably built to take a Mustang II tank where your present tank is now. Mine was. The Mustang II rear leaf springs worked well except a leaf broke in one of mine and they had to be replaced. But I think it handles well and really would be one of the last things I would change. It is a piece of cake to change the wheel lug pattern and go to GM calipers with Granada rotors. I purchased the kit from ECI but several companies offer it. To straighten the doors, we cut the tops up and reglassed them in better position. I also added substantially more glass to make thicker lips on the doors for appearance and safety. The frame was made to accept a Mustang II/ Pinto rear end. But I used a shortened 9” housing. A Maverick or Granada rear end should fit without problems except changing the spring perches and some of those had disc brakes.
If they are not made by the same manufacturer, they are still strikingly similar. Probably, I have been through about every problem you will have and would be glad to share with you what I did if it would help. Plus I have the advantage of having done everything all the wrong ways first to get to the right solution. Well, every problem but the Ca registration. J Indiana is much more user friendly.
Let me know if I can help.
Rick
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