The Camaro Club (UK)

Where's all my pictures in the above posts gone.......... ??? This thread is nothing without the pics so whats happened as they all still reside in my Facebook album?

Anyway............ long story short the Camaro finally went off to Bristol Classic & Sportscar Ltd in nearby Clevedon a few weeks ago for the final bodywork finishing and to be painted.

On the trailer ready to go...........



Unfortunately it was a Ford that towed it to the paintshop



And today it finally got its coat of Hugger Orange



All the pictures to date of the extensive work I've had to do on this Camaro are in this album on my facebook page if anyone is interested in seeing what a few years of effort has produced.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 714&type=3

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See the sort of stuff we get up to here https://www.facebook.com/colin.fox.359# ... tos_albums
Its only a hobby that keeps us off the street !!

Very strange... This is the below link to a pic below that we can see:

https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot ... e=55A01975

This is the below link to a pic below that we cannot see:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 3911_n.jpg

Here's me looking at the album and choosing one of the first few photo's on there:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 2a5b79bd26

Lookin at the middle link, it is a lot shorter than the third (second does not work, third does work). The third link is the same until the .jpg section, and then it has this added on: oh=178fbd76c984e6e77abc5f2dc9140536&oe=55A92C88&__gda__=1437022106_b914563d2c7d9875c034b72a5b79bd26

Which looks like a hash sequence, so it appears that when facebook made their recent upgrade to https from http , (https is an encrypted version of a site, making it more secure, hence the hash sequence - a random generated set of numbers and letters on every single item), it added at the end of every image, a hash sequence. So the old posts are referencing a link with no hash, which is why it can't find the image.

The simple (but not fun - i've done this before so i know how unfun it is) solution is to click on edit in the post, find the pic on facebook, and copy and paste in the new URL to replace the old one. PITA! Thanks FB

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How to post pics: When writing a message, scroll down and use the "attach file" option. Where possible, a photo sharing service can be used such as Flickr, Imgur etc. The image location (usually ending in .jpg) can be copy and pasted between the ][ brackets that appear when you click the 'Img' button (you can find this button at the top of the message box).

How to post youtube vids: Click on the 'youtubeHD' button at the top of the message box and in the middle of the ][ brackets that just appeared, copy and paste everything from the youtube web address that appears after the = sign i.e if this is the url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cNqaPSHv0 just copy "K2cNqaPSHv0").

Seeing as I am off work sick at the moment that's exactly what I have now done.............. gone back through the albums on FB and reposted all the new URL's and its worked Having done this exercise has made me realise what an epic restoration this was. Right from the start there was no going back.

I now laugh at the original Ebay advert which said................"Solid as a rock, new rear quarters, bulkhead and cowl all good, small repairs to lower front wings......only the bodywork to prep up and a re-spray required...... " YEAH right !!

Here's a couple of the final product.... some new wheels and tyres are on their way though.

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See the sort of stuff we get up to here https://www.facebook.com/colin.fox.359# ... tos_albums
Its only a hobby that keeps us off the street !!

Looks fabulous !!!!

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

Great to see it finished and looking transformed !
Probably one of the bravest restorations of a 1st gen. in the UK that has been posted.
These cars are rare now because many people gave up on project cars that were in a better condition when they started than your car ...
Takes determination as well as skill and money .
Good to see the result of all the effort