James D. Patterson, anyone remember him?

[WorkinProgress]

Nick,

I picked up the NOS ducted hood setup about 20 years ago. Been stashing parts till the right time to install them.

                                                  - Warren

[firstgenaddict]

30 years ago at the Charlotte Spring swap meet there were a couple of F-glass hoods and more complete NOS cross rams in the shipping crates than I could count... 1200-1500 was the going rate at the time for a complete unit and intakes were under $1000 THOSE WERE THE DAYS!   

[Trans Åm]

Thank you for the reply, Warren, I just now saw it. Definitely served you well to stock up on this stuff.



$1000 wasn't cheap 30 years ago. I mean you could've probably gotten a solid first gen Z28 with 80k miles and little to no rust in running daily drivable condition for what, 7-10k max?
Me being a pontiac guy, heck you could have the same condition 1970 T/A for probably $1-3k.
Ok enough rambling.

[WorkinProgress]

Just received two pictures today from Hugh Patterson. Thought I would share them with everyone on the site.

One picture is when the car was brand new with the window sticker still attached to the window. The picture also shows the NON-RES TRANSIT Iowa plate attached and ready for the journey back to Connecticut.

The second picture shows Jim Patterson in the drivers seat. Picture is dated June 1980, and the Z/28 has a Connecticut license plate on it.

                                                              - Warren

[ZLP955]

Fantastic pictures Warren, great to see your car when new - and capturing the factory ride height nicely.

[Jon Mello]

Those are wonderful pictures, Warren.  Thanks for sharing them.

[william]

Outstanding job of researching the cars' history and preserving it Warren!

[WorkinProgress]

Thanks everyone for all the positive comments. Research is half the fun of owning the car. The other fun half is driving it.

                                                    - Warren

[MO]

Great pics, love the stance!

[firstgenaddict]

Last year, when we bought my brother's 73 vette it had NEARLY NEW BFG's with the small lettering like shown in your 1980 photo, they were dated 1975.

FWIW the snorkel less aircleaner looks VERY similar to the 68 GTO RAM AIR I Air Cleaner base (the seal looks the same too)