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Model Specific Discussions => Trans-Am Camaros => Topic started by: beighes on January 06, 2012, 05:34:19 AM

Title: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: beighes on January 06, 2012, 05:34:19 AM
I did not want to hijack John's thread. So, here, I offer the following.  Enjoy.
Steve
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: wrongwayron on January 06, 2012, 03:39:50 PM
Wonder piece of history!
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: Jon Mello on January 06, 2012, 03:56:02 PM
Steve, thanks for posting that list. I just hadn't gotten around to it.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: oldtransamdriver on January 06, 2012, 05:13:04 PM
I see that my car was the 24th built (City Chev-Olds).  Mo Carter took this car on the Shell 4000 Cross Canada Rally early in 67 (20th o/a) before building it into a road racer for club racing in Ontario. I can remember him battling Bill Brack's famous mini at Mosport.

Do we know how many of those cars on the list went road racing?

Robert Barg



Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: beighes on January 06, 2012, 05:41:00 PM
Steve, thanks for posting that list. I just hadn't gotten around to it.

I was sorting my F/5000 data & found it buried there.  It seemed like an appropriate time to post it & start a new set of files.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: JoeC on January 07, 2012, 06:30:18 PM
Nickey has 3 cars on that list.
Did Nickey Chev have a Z/28 race car?
I don't recall seeing any with Nickey sponsorship and have read that Nickey cut way back on racing in 1967.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: Jon Mello on January 07, 2012, 07:06:56 PM
Joe,

None of the Nickey Z-28s has been located so far. There has been some conflicting info as to whether Bill Thomas got any of them to prepare before the rug was pulled out from under the Nickey racing effort in '67. I will try and put together a more detailed report on these historical "first 25" when time allows as I think people would enjoy that.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: leadfoot4 on January 19, 2012, 10:16:07 PM

Do we know how many of those cars on the list went road racing?

Robert Barg


Car build #17, the Henrich Chevrolet car, went road racing...that I can vouch for. Although I'm new to this forum, Gary Morgan, an old friend of mine and driver of that particular car, recently directed me to this discussion forum. I saw Gary race the car a couple of times in the 1967-68 time frame, at Watkins Glen.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: Jon Mello on January 20, 2012, 03:59:24 AM
Welcome to the forum. You can find a write-up on Gary and his car if you click here (http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=7770.0;all).
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: beighes on February 06, 2012, 11:08:56 PM
Regarding chassis 5, 6, & 7 that were shipped to Alan Green Chevrolet.  Any idea which one became their TA entry?

Steve
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: Jon Mello on February 07, 2012, 03:06:56 AM
At this time, I'm not able to figure out which one of those three became the one driven by Gary Gove and Jerry Grant in the '67 Trans-Am series. Hopefully, through more research, that information can get determined.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: beighes on February 13, 2012, 05:28:34 PM
Thanks Jon.  Here's another one for you.  We know where one of the cars went, any idea what happened to the third chassis?

Cheers!
Steve
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: Jon Mello on February 13, 2012, 10:14:25 PM
Steve, it's a little complicated as there are four or five possible cars, not just three, so I am always trying to seek new information that will ultimately fill in all the details.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: Jon Mello on November 28, 2015, 03:54:17 AM
Update: One of the Nickey Z-28s has been found in the last year. It is a red standard grille car with black interior. It was not a road race car but may have been drag raced a little.

Through a lot of research, the list is not organized by VIN. The big-name dealership cars with multiple orders are lumped together even if the VINs from other Z-28s are between them. Chevrolet built 16 Z-28s in the initial batch and then waited two weeks before building the others Z's on this list.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: RUNUTZ on November 29, 2015, 03:32:33 PM
Where was it found Jon?
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: Jon Mello on December 01, 2015, 04:45:16 AM
Tim, I'm not sure I'm supposed to publicize that at this time but it was west of the Mississippi.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: RUNUTZ on December 02, 2015, 01:15:24 AM
have you seen pics of car/vin/trim or was it just someone saying they found it ?
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: Jon Mello on December 02, 2015, 04:44:25 AM
Pics of the car, the VIN, cowl tag and hidden VINs. It's the real deal.
Title: Re: 1967 Z/28 Trans Am Anniversary Customer List......
Post by: naparsei on December 20, 2015, 07:56:00 PM
It should be possible to find out which is the Alan Green T/A car, since that car is around, live, and well.