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General Discussion / Re: 25 Camaros For Sale at Estate Sale
« on: May 12, 2018, 10:31:54 PM »
I must have run into this Merle guy at some point in the 90's. I used to attend Pomona and Long Beach swap meets all the time. Does anyone remember if he had a regular spot selling at the swap meets?
I do know another guy that bought a car from him and was not so lucky. He didn't know as much about Camaro's as ol' Merle did, lol.
I also used to get up early on publishing day and go get all the Recycler's to look for Camaro's, long before Craigslist. Lost out on a few deals to a guy that showed up with a trailer just before me. Maybe it was him too.

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General Discussion / Re: Typical price value for a 67 convertible.
« on: May 10, 2018, 12:41:37 PM »
Don't know the value, but it sure has nice options and colors!

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Originality / Re: 1967 Survivor
« on: May 07, 2018, 12:02:00 PM »
CRG should put a note 3 on the interior chart for the 1967 Yellow code 707 interiors stating just that.

(3) Carpet, instrument panel, and steering wheel are gold.

http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#InteriorColors

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Mismatched Cowl Vin to motor and gearbox
« on: April 24, 2018, 10:08:31 PM »
GM Australia kept records? Like Canada did?
That w
Thanks for the info so far,

Unfortunately, all GM records for this year (and others)  was apparently destroyed by fire, so I can never know if it left the factory with this combination, though it seems logical that it did.
 :(
ould be interesting to see.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Need help decoding this cowl tag
« on: March 31, 2018, 04:24:26 PM »
From what I read that 4L just started when this car was made.

What that means is there where a few early Z/28's with the code 4P before they broke it down to further define the code.
All 1967 Z's had a 4 code.
Lack of any 4 code means it is a 327 car at this point with a 124 VIN start.

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: Need help decoding this cowl tag
« on: March 31, 2018, 04:17:52 PM »
It's a blue on blue 327 car with tinted wind shield and rally sport option. Not much else.
Muncie and 12 bolt are not original.
Not sure what you saw that led you to believe it was a Z/28?

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General Discussion / Re: 68 z/28 question of authenticity
« on: March 23, 2018, 04:19:49 PM »
Too much work for me.   I was just asking because 68 seems to be the most difficult year to determine a real car, either SS or z/28

It seems to be, but it isn't really. The only thing 67 and some 69 have extra to help is the trim tag, which is easily reproduced or replaced from a real car. Reproduced is sometime easy to spot, but not always. Replaced with a real tag from another car, not so easy to tell.

There is no short cut to determining a real car, and if you reply on a trim tag alone you will get burned. In addition, all 1969 LOS cars and early Norwood cars have no X codes, so same as all 68's.

I once checked what year was the favorite owned among the people who know these cars best, the CRG members. Can you believe it is the 1968 Camaro?

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: 1968 Trim Tag Build Date 1SD
« on: March 15, 2018, 02:43:59 PM »
4th week of December car, must have had a few key people out for Christmas holiday that day. Perhaps a newbie on the adressograph machine?

One not to far away from my 1968 tag pic collection.


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Decoding/Numbers / Re: 1968 Trim Tag Build Date 1SD
« on: March 14, 2018, 10:17:35 PM »
Are the 4's crooked, or is it a funny angle photo?

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General Discussion / Re: 67 Camaro with four bolt door hinge?
« on: March 11, 2018, 07:28:47 PM »
Ed I have pictures that I can send you of this car it is unrestored and not touched for years.
In the pictures you can see what looks like original door hinges (68 style) top of metal door like 67 interior, 67 dash and I have trim tag picture. You can also see round hole for wiper motor.

That is a 1967 Camaro with a drivers side 68 door cobbled on. Unbolt those hinges and you will find the original 3 hole pattern underneath.

You are correct, it is not restored, but saying that like it's some kind survivor is far from the truth. That car is the opposite of a survivor or restored car. Its a bastardized need everything basket case.

Not worth buying unless you know what you are doing, can do it yourself, and get it cheap, with good title and VIN's/tags.

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Ed McComas is the owner/author of that little book (now a pdf file); it's about all I've used for the last 30 or so years, since I helped him put a first listing together...  He sold this book via NCRS and at car shows for years, but he's decided not to do another printing.  I suggest downloading it and saving it to your desktop for easy access.. :)

It covers Chevrolet V8's engines from the '55 models thru the 1991 year...  This is his 5th revision since he first began selling it...




It's a handy guide and nice of the author to allow it's use, but I can't believe in all the editions and printings that Tonawanda is still spelled wrong.


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General Discussion / Re: Help in finding this car
« on: March 04, 2018, 02:48:52 PM »
I am curious why the paperwork didn't go with the car. Especially the title.
I can see the window sticker being kept as a memento, but how do you sell a car and keep the pink?

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Originality / Re: 1967-1968 Bill Thomas 427 Camaro's
« on: March 01, 2018, 01:33:00 PM »
Nice chalk marks on the dual quad car. 1967?

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General Discussion / Re: 68 Z28 motor listed on CL
« on: February 23, 2018, 04:18:37 PM »
How things change...  :)

In late 1974, I paid $1000 for a complete good '68 Z28, orig engine, trans, etc... and drove it daily to school/work/etc for 2 yrs before trading it.

Now a part of an engine is $5500~!
But if you consider it, had you put that $1000 in the bank back then in '74, you'd have a lot more than $5500 now

I think you missed the comma. The $1000 was for a complete original car. That would be worth more than the $5500 asking price of this partial motor. A lot more.

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