1967 Z/28 drag car

[HustleRussell]

http://www.brightonmotorsports.com/chevrolet-camaro-z28-drag-car-1967

[KurtS]

Car was blue a few years ago, so it looks like someone made it shiny to race or to sell.

[69Z28-RS]

That ad made me laugh..       In the very same paragraph, the seller was attempting to market the car as a *real '67 Z28'
with the original trim plate, original interior and with a 9" Ford rear and 800+ hp bigblock...  both a 'collector car'.. and a drag race car.... (talk about being all things to all people!)....  I'd wonder about anyone that believed that BS...

[1968RSZ28]

VIN: 124377N225721

"#173 in the 1967 Z/28 Registry."



Paul

[ds1]

They have had it a while.   The price has come down to a more realistic number

[69Z28-RS]

In thinking about this car, I began to wonder: "What is the possibility that this is the same '67 Z28 that was once owned/raced by Jack Cooley and then Paul Vanderley?"   I'd bought the short block from the Cooley race car in 1971-72? after Paul purchased it from Jack... and I'd often wondered the past few years what happened to the car..   Paul passed away 3-4 yrs ago, and Jack was very old when I spoke to him a few years ago, but I knew that Paul's son (Dan Vanderley) now owned and operated VDL Fuel Systems in Theodore, AL, so I called Dan to find out what he remembered.   He did remember the car, but couldn't recall whom it was sold to when Paul quit racing it.   (Both Jack Cooley and Paul Vanderley were added to the Drag Racing HOF many years ago).  Even though I didn't find out anything that would allow me to trace that car, it was nice to speak to Dan and recall some old times..

Note:  VDL Fuel Systems web site:     http://vdlfuelsystems.com/

[ds1]

Trim tag says its a gold car.   Vin 124377N225721

[jdv69z]

What, if anything, is left of a 67 Z/28?

[1968RSZ28]

What, if anything, is left of a 67 Z/28?

The cowl tag! 

Paul

[cook_dw]

Yep the part that matters..  Lol.

[69Z28-RS]

The seller doesn't know whether he wants to market the cowl tag/body combo..  or the drag car... 

[RUNUTZ]

A Barrett Jackson attendee.

[X33RS]

Aren't we all?   We all want to sell for as much as possible but when it comes to buying we turn cheap 

[miket1]

So is it a real 67Z,  if so it can be put back  together /restored  like lots of other high dollar restored and rebodied  put together cars on the market that have the high dollar cowl tag.

[vr1967]

In thinking about this car, I began to wonder: "What is the possibility that this is the same '67 Z28 that was once owned/raced by Jack Cooley and then Paul Vanderley?"   I'd bought the short block from the Cooley race car in 1971-72? after Paul purchased it from Jack... and I'd often wondered the past few years what happened to the car..   Paul passed away 3-4 yrs ago, and Jack was very old when I spoke to him a few years ago, but I knew that Paul's son (Dan Vanderley) now owned and operated VDL Fuel Systems in Theodore, AL, so I called Dan to find out what he remembered.   He did remember the car, but couldn't recall whom it was sold to when Paul quit racing it.   (Both Jack Cooley and Paul Vanderley were added to the Drag Racing HOF many years ago).  Even though I didn't find out anything that would allow me to trace that car, it was nice to speak to Dan and recall some old times..

Note:  VDL Fuel Systems web site:     http://vdlfuelsystems.com/

I got copies of a few pictures of the car when Paul owned it taken at either the LaPlace or Houma, LA strip circ mid 70s