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General Discussion / Re: 1969 Z28 Garage find after 20 years!

« on: May 07, 2015, 03:58:41 AM »

One more thing on the 69 Z28 above. It had the "cable" throttle linkage with a funky bracket hanging off it. No power steering but it has power disc brakes.

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General Discussion / 1969 Z28 Garage find after 20 years!

« on: May 07, 2015, 03:51:43 AM »

Hello CRG. Not sure if it's ok to post this but, if anyone is interested, a real deal 69 z just popped up in Northern Cal on Craigs list. You can find it in Sacramento listings but the car is 3 hours North near where I live. I was the first any only one to look at it today after some serious smoozing and convincing the owner I wasn't there to offer him $3-$5 grand like everyone was doing on the phone. He has a long term history on the car and has owned it for over 20 years (parked in a garage I've driven by 100 times). 1995 reg on the plates. I don't want to give a full write up here but it is a correct survivor. The car is basically complete and all the important stuff is there including VIN correct DZ, carb, intake, Muncie, 4 leaf 12 bolt etc. The car has one repaint and codes to be Rally green (79-79). And mid night green standard int (723). This car was driven home and parked, motor pulled to be freshened up (it's apart), the muncie got restored and that's about it. Perfect body with ZERO rust except two small dents from the rear guards below the bumper. He can tell you the rest but I'm sure he's worn out as he mentioned messages coming in from as far as Texas while I was there. I think hes looking for an offer of mid to high $20's. One more thing that was interesting is it has a fold down rear seat. no trim options, has incorrect rear spoiler and probably was a flat hood car. Great car to restore for sure. Better than all these cut apart and re-bodied things that keep showing up. Good luck! 

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 30, 2015, 02:02:42 PM »

What does the T 32 indicate on the deck lid?

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 30, 2015, 06:25:45 AM »

Dang!

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 30, 2015, 02:32:38 AM »

I was thinking like "68ragtop" along the lines of a dealer ordered car to sell off of since it was so plain. Add in the sell date of 12/6 and it does make sense.Still holding on to the idea that the seat inserts were original (special ordered maybe?). Also FYI it does have the front sub frame without access for the rear bumper bracket bolts. What a pain those are. Here are the other inner trunk lid pics. The date "code" is T 32 similar to the number mentioned above. It is upside down when looking at it standing normal (for reference). Thanks again for all the input. This one may be up for sale soon as I've got a lead on a 68 Z28!

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 29, 2015, 05:49:58 PM »

Unfortunately due to the engine and trans swap somewhere along the way makes me think previous owners may have tried to add an emblem on the drivers side. After examining the pass. fender closer it doesn't appear to have been messed with and there are NO lower holes. So that would indicate 230 L6 correct?

As for the 12  6 on the VIN, I had no idea that it denoted a delivery date. And does it mean sold to a customer on 12/6? Or could this car have been ordered by a dealer and left on display? Thus the long time between build and delivery or is the 12 6 showing when the dealer received it? Just want to be clear.

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 29, 2015, 04:24:57 AM »

Last two pics of trunk emblem

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 29, 2015, 04:23:01 AM »

John,

Here are the pics. Also added the seat belt buckle style, trim tag and VIN plate. The fender emblem holes are from the driver side (could be L6 layout).There's quite a bit of distance between the "Camaro" and the other holes, height wise. Hard to tell from the pic.  Passenger side looks to be covered over with "bondo" as was the header emblem. But as you can see, there are access cut-outs for the trunk emblem and part of the original emblem is still attached. This car had one repaint of red and they didn't even do the jambs or inside the trunk. Still has jack instruction decal "glue" residue.

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 28, 2015, 11:14:45 PM »

Thanks for the input guys. I just got back on here after 4-5 years of not messing with Camaros but I'm back in! I may take the back seat apart and see if there is a GM part # sequence like i've found before on original upholstery materials. It really looks like it came that way. Could it be material from another car line from 1966 like Impala or Malibu etc? Is there any appreciable value added to these early VIN cars just for that fact or no? Thanks again!

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 28, 2015, 02:07:54 PM »

The build date on my tag is 08D. So the trim tag looks like this:

   08D                                  S067
ST 67  12437      LOS      70    BODY
TR 741 Z                       R-R    PAINT
       3K

So 4th week of August and low body sequence #'s. Curious about the 741 Z (red standard vimyl and custom bucket seat trim?) what does that mean?

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6-cylinder Camaros / Re: New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 28, 2015, 06:09:42 AM »

A couple more pics of the red 67. Also, it does have incorrect 15 x 7 FW rallys and at some point had a V-8 4 speed installed (hole in tunnel and old dual exhaust still in car). Still has column shift in it.

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6-cylinder Camaros / New 1967 find! Early VIN 7L100118 L6 3 speed

« on: April 28, 2015, 05:57:57 AM »

I recently picked this one up locally sitting in a garage for many years and found a hand written bill of sale from 1991 in the glove box. It appears to be from one family member to another (same last name). So I believe it to be a fairly untouched survivor. What I'm curious about is with it being the 118th Camaro built in Van Nuys, would it have been a "day one" car with that low number? Also it has a weird vinyl insert pattern on the seats. It codes as a 741 (red standard) and R-R (Bolero Red) car with only the 3K for any options. I worked in my fathers upholstery shop in the 1980's and know my way around seat repair etc. and these look to be original in every way I know to look for. Could this be a short lived vinyl option that was discontinued? Promotional colors? Also, where do I put the full VIN and trim tag info on this site for the registry?