Yard find 1969 Z/28 RS

[controlledperformance]

This photo appeared on the cover of the June, 1969 Sports Car Graphic. It was an early production VN Z/28 also featured in the January 1969 Hot Rod and March 1969 Popular Hot Rodding.

The Petersen Archives has many photos of the car; this is the only one that shows it was built with two grille emblems. Maybe Chevy asked them to remove it?

Now I know why my wiper transmission has white paint on it.

[x66 714]

I'm supposed to go back & see if the car has some over spray in some certain areas. That will be next week....Joe

[bcmiller]

Could you see about getting a pic of the underside of the trunk lid? Especially near the area under the emblem?

[x66 714]

Will this work or do you need more detail?....Joe

[bcmiller]

Thanks for posting that, it has what I wanted to see.  Were you able to tell the date code at the front center underside (bottom center if looking at the pic shown).

[x66 714]

I'll look the next time I see it. William wants me to check out some things also.....Joe

[Jon Mello]

I always wondered why the RS emblem was added to this Baldwin Motion '69 Z because I thought it looked stupid with both on there.  I guess it may have been on there from new and they just moved it up for unknown reasons.

[Jon Mello]

Wiper area.....Joe

That's not the first car I have seen that had the wiper transmission with white sprayed over the black.

Same here.  It warrants further research.

[KurtS]

JohnZ said that the linkage was installed later, after paint. Most that I've seen do not have stripe paint on them.
Plant sequencing difference, repair, etc - there was something that caused this to vary.

[cook_dw]

For clarity I was not saying ALL white stripped Z's had white (or orange on the Z10/11 cars) overspray on the wiper transmissions but that I had seen it previously on other examples from original paint cars.  I fully expect it to have been a internal repair, order change or a goof type of scenario.

[Jon Mello]

I have never seen original examples where the splined stubs for the wipers and the associated mounting screws for those had stripe color on them so I agree it was mounted after the cowl was painted. The long horizontal part of the linkage is the one that occasionally has some stripe color paint on it where you can see it through the cowl vent.  Whether that is due to "internal repair" or some other reason, I don't know.  For guys who have their car judged, I don't want that little splash of stripe color to be considered wrong because it did legitimately happen on occasion.

[cook_dw]

I have never seen original examples where the splined stubs for the wipers and the associated mounting screws for those had stripe color on them so I agree it was mounted after the cowl was painted. The long horizontal part of the linkage is the one that occasionally has some stripe color paint on it where you can see it through the cowl vent.  Whether that is due to "internal repair" or some other reason, I don't know.  For guys who have their car judged, I don't want that little splash of stripe color to be considered wrong because it did legitimately happen on occasion.

Jon, I am in 100% agreement with your statement.

[william]

The wiper transmission was obviously over sprayed white prior to installation on the Chevy side. I think it would have been a simple matter to maintain a small inventory of those in production. Maybe painted in enamel in the wheel production area?

[cook_dw]

Certainly possible William.  For the record, I have seen it both on NOR and LOS cars.

[Jonesy]

Cool car. Hope to see more pics of it.