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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 / 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?