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------I wonder if any of the tooling from Kustom is still around?Cant figure out how they went out of business with all the money I gave them over the years.They made a good product.I havent lived here in Michigan all that long but ought to be able to find out something about that.........Bill S....ol red!

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Joe, I have a august 85 issue of Car review that has an article on this Camaro when it was owned by the second owner after leaving Mexico. There is a copy of the original window sticker that is readable under a magnifying glass, I will post here what is ledgable to my eyes.
Phase III SS427 Camaro
4.56 Rear
Custom Interior
Rally Sport
::::;Drive Fan?
Operating Conv Group?
H.D. Battery
Special Bumper
Console
Tinted Glass
Aux Lights
AM Radio
Rear Spoiler
Comfort Tilt Wheel
Daytonna 3BBL Carb
Gear Drive Injector
Racing Cam and Kit
Full Schiefer Assy? (Alum Flywheel)
High RPM Shutoff
Hurst Shifter
Super Bite Suspension
Special Headers (Loose)
Side Mounted Exhaust
Duel Electric Fuel Pumps
Fibreglass Hood and Scoop
Wood Wheel
Hood Mounted Tach (Scratched Out Deleted Initialed)
Oil, Water, Amp Gauges
Weld Rear Axle Tubes
Anson Sprint Wheels
Goodyear Indy Tires
Raise Car For Tires
Mach I Mirrors
Phase III Striping
Special Drag Front Tires
8.90/9 Inch Tires
Hood Locks Installed
C/D Ignition $175.00
Front Tow Hitch Fabrication
Free Wheeling Tow Hubs
Chevelle Tow Hitch Installed
R/S Emblems (Both Cars)
Tow Bar
High Performance cam Shaft.
no warranty
Sold To: Roberto Schneider 124379N575518
2436 Laura 7/8/70
Chihuahua, Mexico Rallye Green
$8520.10
NY inspection
In Transit Permit 10.00
Total Cash Price $8530.10
Storage 800.00
Total $9330.10

Hope this help some of the questions for those interested.
Thanks,
Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

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Bill....I did some reasearch on Kustom not too long ago. They were here in Flint, working out of a small shop for a while. They then moved the operation to Sanford Mi. The guy that ran the place in Sanford was a friend of a local interior guy named Gary Benway,AKA The Mad Pleater. No equiptment or tooling is left. Gary said he had a few mounting flanges left that had the Kustom logo stamped into them.......Tony

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Motown, I was trying to think of where I saw the order sheet on that car and it must have been that MCR article that you describe.

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Geeze...Sell a high dollar car like that and then have the Cojones to charge 800.00 storage......

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Looks like it sat at Motion a long time. The N575xxx vin is Jan or Feb 69 build date and the car was sold on 7/8/70

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Charley, I was also wondering about the storage bill, I would say they saw this guy coming or he had more money then common sense not to be able to work around the storage bill. $800.00 was a good chunk of change back then, that would equate to almost a $3000.00 storage bill today.
Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

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the green camaro is one of the best ive ever seen.it really shouts out musclecar to me.are there any other photos of this car around?i would love to build a replica of that motion camaro.can anyone help me with more shots of this killer car.thanks also any shots of the chevelle?
thank you very much for sharing this history with me

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Could he have been charged the 800.00 storage fee because he kept putting off when he would pick it up,and they got tired off preping it and waiting for him with no one to show day after day after day?..He did have to ship them all the way to Mexico,and maybe the fact that he asked for a Trailer hitch,and tow bar attached to the two cars shows the frustration he had to go through to get the cars,then taken to a ship port for coastal shipping. Just a thought...still an unusual Fee non the less.