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General Discussion / Any info on Willapa Harbor Motor Company?

« on: July 11, 2014, 04:13:27 PM »

I got my shipping info in the mail a couple weeks ago and so far I'm coming up empty handed on info on my 68s original dealer. The car was shipped to Willapa Harbor Motor Company in Raymond Washington.

I used that database of dealerships on the NCRS site and have hit a roadblock. A result is noted to have complete factory invoices on cars but their is no email to get in contact with them about inquiring if they have my cars. Also is a factory invoice like a window sticker or like a inventory list? Last 67 my grandfather has came with a inventory list from its original dealership that showed the car on the lot.

Any info is good info just trying to find anything on my 68.

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General Discussion / Re: Original dealer info for 1st gens is available

« on: July 11, 2014, 03:12:35 PM »

A week ago I posted that NCRS sent me my car dealer #166 in zone#35. they had no info on that dealer #. During an extensive on-line search I found on
www.drnew.com and one other site that a "Judge Chevrolet" and sometime after added olds and geo to there name. It was a 60s thru 80s dealer changing to "Beacon Chevy" after that, going out of business around 2000 in Hightstown NJ. This dealership name would fit perfectly before "June Chevrolet" that was dealer #167. I even have a pic. of it before it was recently torn down and rebuilt as part of a strip mall area. Any thoughts on this. Any one from that area? Thanks, Gary.

You can submit info on dealers to NCRS, to help fill in missing database information.  See the bottom section of this web page:

http://www.ncrs.org/dealercodes.php

 

Is there a way to contact someone who added to the list? I searched my original dealer and found on the notes that one person has complete invoices for cars from 64-72. But I have no clue who posted it.

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General Discussion / Re: Original dealer info for 1st gens is available

« on: June 29, 2014, 04:21:11 AM »

Got mine today! dealer code 455 in Zone 42. Original name of dealer was Willapa Harbor Motor Co in Raymond Wash. a quick google search comes up dry. any info would be greatly appreciated.

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General Discussion / Re: Do You Still Have Your First Car?

« on: June 29, 2014, 04:17:00 AM »

My 68 Camaro is my first car. its been with me since I was 8. My grandfather found it in the paper and bought it. we spend the next 7 years restoring it. He only worked on it when I could after school and sports. we did all the bodywork, engine work. had a guy shoot the color on the car and then we did all the reassembly. Got it finished right before my 15th birthday. I learned how to drive a stick in the car. Im now in the process of putting original parts on the car to replace some of the cheap stuff I threw on when we put it together originally to get it on the road. My car will never got back to 100% original. I hate the factory colors (Matador Red with a black vinyl top) but I love the factory 327 ive just dressed it up like a Z/28. Kinda doing a what if chevy built a L79 Camaro.

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General Discussion / Re: Columbia River Camaro Club Memorial Cruise

« on: May 29, 2014, 11:49:26 PM »

I know where your coming from Gary. 

 Thanks for the link for the  AACA, if only they could provide a babysitter so i could get away....

I started taking my granddaughter to meets when she was two....

My grandpa did that basically the day I was out of the hospital. Whole reason I'm addicted to old cars. 

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General Discussion / Re: Columbia River Camaro Club Memorial Cruise

« on: May 29, 2014, 09:50:26 PM »

All my cars and family's cars are drivers except for one. It's a trailer baby for at least another year. Almost all of the clubs camaros are drivers we have only 1 show car that I can think of in the club.

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General Discussion / Re: Columbia River Camaro Club Memorial Cruise

« on: May 29, 2014, 09:21:55 PM »

I've probably talked to you or at least seen your car. I'm always looking at Z/28s. Have you ever attended goodguys puyallup with your Z? I remember talking to a guy that had a early 68 Z/28 in green on year at night on the fairgrounds. I was with my grandfather. We talked for awhile about the Z28

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General Discussion / Re: Columbia River Camaro Club Memorial Cruise

« on: May 28, 2014, 04:14:24 PM »

The blue 68 RS is my car and I've been going to papas toys for years. The dodge is a members car that has his camaro down and has a few medical problems that doing a long drive like we did not much fun in his camaro.

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General Discussion / Columbia River Camaro Club Memorial Cruise

« on: May 28, 2014, 04:30:50 AM »

This last Saturday the Columbia River Camaro Club out of the Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA area had is its annual Memorial/Anniversary cruise. this year we cruised up to Mt St Helens and in total almost did 300 miles of driving. Took my 68 instead of my 4th gen. We had every generation present and had a blast. here are some pics from the event and a dash cam time lapse from a members car.

Link to video - http://youtu.be/5gaSWYcmglY

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General Discussion / Re: Yellow 69 Camaro Design car

« on: May 23, 2014, 04:52:05 PM »

From that picture looks like it has the endura bumper. You can make out the seams of it, definanly does not look molded.

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General Discussion / Re: Yellow 69 Camaro Design car

« on: May 22, 2014, 10:45:10 PM »

They might have been looking at carrying the body over one more year. The corvette has the 70 style side vents. Didn't they have a hard time trying to stamp some of the panels on a 70 1/2? I heard that was one of the reasons for the longer 69 production.

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General Discussion / Re: 1967 Camaro Pacesetter Sale

« on: May 20, 2014, 08:42:48 PM »

Hugh that closely describes a 67 convertible my grandfather sold about 2 years ago. It was a #s matching 250 car with a powerglide that had the N30 wheel (first time I've ever seen it on a Camaro) had black nose stripe, but was a column shift and lacked power steering and brakes. The interior did have trim package if I remember right. Car didn't have paper work other than a lot inventory sheet from the original dealer. It's probably coincidence that it was optioned like this. Also details are fuzzy because I'm going completely off memory.

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General Discussion / Re: I'd like to introduce myself and my Camaro.

« on: May 16, 2014, 02:04:21 AM »

Also here is a picture of the my other classic, Its a 33 Ford Pickup with a 70 LT-1 350  out of a Z28 built really stout, th350 and a 12 bolt posi out of a 68 Camaro. Paint is a 3rd gen Camaro teal color. My grandfather built the truck before I was born, he painted it in is garage 25 years ago. About 5 years ago we redid the suspension and motor because it was tired after many years on the drag strip running 1/8th mile every Wednesday. Im now in the process of cleaning it up and getting it ready to completely blow apart to repaint it. it takes up more time now than the Camaro and the other projects at his house.

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General Discussion / Re: I'd like to introduce myself and my Camaro.

« on: May 16, 2014, 01:55:19 AM »

No problem on the underside. my park brake cables have never been touched. I never touched the underside of the car during the restoration, only thing I did was run new exhaust and flush and bleed the brakes.

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General Discussion / Re: pretty cool

« on: May 15, 2014, 10:40:39 PM »

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