Since I had the glass out, I polished the rear window before putting it back into the car with a kit I purchased from Classic Motoring Accessories and my Porter Cable 6” Random Orbit Sander (model 7336). A few of the deeper scratches didn’t come out, but overall the glass cleaned up really well for 40 years old! Next I got the rear window and the rear interior re-installed and polished all of the rear window trim with a little 400 grit sandpaper followed by steel wool (000) and finally some aluminum wheel polish. This left the stainless steel trim with a bit of matte or brushed stainless look to it. I was ready to run for the January 20th race day, now with a red/black entrant, no leaking rear window, and a new trunk floor. We thought we had fixed the gas tank sending unit by cleaning the contacts up some and ensuring we had a good ground, but I was still getting erratic readings from it so had to continue to try to keep the tank topped off. I did adjust the rear shocks to one click shy of full hard before putting them back on the Camaro though, and pulled the alternator out as tight as I could on the belt in hopes of not throwing it again at the races. My goal was to place higher than at least one of my competitors in ESP so as not to be the last in the class, and to break into the top 100 places overall.
