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#1 Posted : Wednesday, 21 November 2012 5:59:26 AM(UTC)
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Hi, I'm am looking at what suspension, chassis rubbers etc that would fit my hq, with say the early camaro or any of the GM cars, also would the air compressor motors be the same, I'm looking at bringing some parts back in the boot of a mate car that is getting shipped to OZ. cheers
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, 21 November 2012 9:39:09 AM(UTC)
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If you are trying to save money on parts it would be better to ship parts that are hard to get here and sell them to make some profit. You could then get the HQ stuff you need locally.

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#3 Posted : Thursday, 22 November 2012 2:48:14 AM(UTC)
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On my '69 Buick Skylark- and this applies to most of the GM 'A' bodies.
Chevelle, Tempest, Cutlass as well. I've found the following interchanged with HQ-WB.

Note the Camaro is an F body, so not all may apply.

Front upper control arm bushes. ( not all A bodies though)
Front shocks. The Konis from my HQ went straight in.
Rear control arm bushes (not much good to you on leaf sprung Camaro)
Front sway bar bushes.
AC compressors in Holdens were US made, so they should interchange.
Beware of differing pulley sizes though.
Rag joint at the steering box to steering shaft connection.I used the a HQ one on to the Buick brackets.
Pontiac Rally wheels.
GTS wheel nuts.
Not sure re chassis rubbers. I wouldn't be supprised though.
Even the brake pedal pad from a WB went straight on to the Buick.

Bottom line is that there's a lot of interchangability 'twixt Holdens & American GM. It's great.

I've used http://www.opgi.com/ with good results, but there's plenty of others.
Attn camry drivers. The accelerator is the skinny pedal on the right.
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#4 Posted : Thursday, 22 November 2012 5:33:09 AM(UTC)
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I think the balljoints are the same as one of the US vehicles too.
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#5 Posted : Thursday, 22 November 2012 6:31:15 AM(UTC)
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Basically find the part numbers of the bits you want and then Google Jegs & Summit Racing and feed those numbers into their search.
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