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General Discussion / 1 owner bench seat 1968 RS camaro

« on: March 07, 2016, 02:22:38 AM »

wife and I stopped by local grocery store and meet a very nice older gentleman as he got out of his car.  I commented on how nice his 68 was and he said "it's a bench seat" I couldn't wait to look at it, said he's the original owner and only 1 repaint.  He stated that he and his wife had just had a daughter, and told the dealer they wanted a bench seat or they would go somewhere else.  I thought it was pretty cool, I had to explain to the wife how rare it was

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General Discussion / Re: X33 Trim Tag on EBay

« on: November 22, 2015, 08:26:29 AM »

I've always had a soft spot for Butternut yellow Chevy's

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: NOR11 sticker on my doors

« on: November 06, 2015, 02:45:30 AM »

Thank you

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Decoding/Numbers / NOR11 sticker on my doors

« on: November 06, 2015, 02:15:14 AM »

found them on my doors, i searched and couldn't find anything so I figured I'd posted a pic

driver door



pass door

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Originality / Re: any ideas where this wire goes?

« on: November 04, 2015, 09:44:32 PM »

tank sender ground wire

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Decoding/Numbers / is this a real DZ stamp

« on: April 05, 2015, 08:30:57 PM »

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-camaro-engine-block-dz-302/331521892119?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29386%26meid%3D620a06b0278441368564d7ac96be95da%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D271829232373&rt=nc

thanks
Dave

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General Discussion / Re: pretty cool

« on: December 09, 2014, 03:19:48 AM »

Great pics.  Do I see hood pins?

yes, holes are still in core support, but were filled in hood before i got it

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General Discussion / Re: pretty cool

« on: December 09, 2014, 02:53:36 AM »

heres one with his wife

notice the plate, his name is Ken

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General Discussion / Re: pretty cool

« on: December 09, 2014, 02:46:49 AM »

got a picture from original owner, it still has the 8" rim on rear, he and his wife were at the local Pontiac dealer looking for a car for her.

pic was taken sometime in 1970

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General Discussion / Re: pretty cool

« on: December 04, 2014, 02:37:51 AM »

just thought i would update,

I have some pictures coming from the original owner who i spoke with earlier today, he informed me that both he and his son had failed to get in contact with the gentleman who owned the shop that he believed the original DZ was in, but gave me a name... Robert (bob) Lecce.  i did some searching and found Bob, and for $1.99 was able to locate a phone number for Bob.

well said what the hell, and called the number, and sure enough Bob answered the phone,  I advised him i got his name from Ken ****, he said how is old Kenny doing, and how can i help you.  I gave him the whole story and he remembered everything and even game me some more info, he said he remembered helping pulling the original 302 and that it sat under his work bench for as lot of years, confirmed that what he had was just a short block.

and here is the bad news, Bob sold the business quite a few years ago, and left parts he had no use for behind, including the motor to my Z, and last year the building was demolished   and unfortunately had no clue where the old motor may have ended up

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General Discussion / Re: any of you ever sued over a car you bought

« on: July 23, 2014, 02:12:50 AM »

Shawn have you tried talking with the seller and resolving this,sometimes reminding him about word of mouth or as I like to call it (The Internet Justice League) can change someones attitude real fast. Lawyers get expensive and the process is long and drawn out.

I would call seller(s) and let them know what you found and that the car is not as described, let them know that you would like to work things out as you believe they would not knowingly sell you a car in that condition, if they still blow you off, advise them that your next call will be to your bro-in-law (bs but tell them his a good lawyer) which wont cost you a dime, and that the money they'll spend in legal fees will far outweigh what your looking in restitution 

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Restoration / Re: 1969 Z28 Cowl

« on: May 16, 2014, 07:46:52 AM »

Subscribed, gonna need this info sooner or later

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General Discussion / Re: pretty cool

« on: May 15, 2014, 11:38:55 PM »

Wow! That's amazing hopefully the block is still saveable. Interesting he didn't want the console or tach in the car.

Yea, what it was is he didn't want a console, when he removed the console he no longer has a fuel gauge, so he removed the tach to install fuel gauge and added a sun tach, and oil, water were replaced with SW gauges below dash in line with trans tunnel

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General Discussion / Re: New guy to forum with Old first Gen

« on: May 15, 2014, 09:59:13 PM »

nice and welcome

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General Discussion / Re: pretty cool

« on: May 15, 2014, 09:29:28 PM »

Just hung up with Kenny (the original owner   )

it was a good 45 minutes, car was order new from Jack Chevrolet, which is now closed, it was ordered in September of 68 and not received until April, car was ordered with endura front bumper, 4.10 rear end, it did have a console and tach in dash which he removed (console and tach), he didnt want console but could not get it that way, also ordered 4 wheel disk brakes which he didn't get, he also asked the dealer not to install beauty rings as he didn't want the rims scratched.

he installed the 8" corvette rear wheels which rubbed, so he buddy cut the lip on the fender to relieve some of the rubbing


3k miles later it spun a rod bearing while doing 70mph going down the road, it went back to the dealer for warranty, and they said they wouldnt replace to motor due to custom work done (headers, among a few other things, every owner has been a gear head) so they rebuilt it, according to the owner it never ran the same.

At 6k miles the motor blew up and he bought the 327 from a pro stock racer buddy of his (maybe some truth to 10K rpm from earlier) and gave the original motor to his buddy for storage while 327 was being freshened up

here is where it gets exciting last time he visited with his buddy the motor was still sitting under the work bench where he left it   Kenny said he will be back in that area in a few months June/July to visit with his kids and grand kids, and said he will make sure he stops and visits his buddy and see if the motor is still there and see if we can reunite motor and car