Note: if you are reading this, go back a page and read about my Chevelle and, like the late Paul Harvey, you will have the rest of the story. Below-Going to the track

My First car 71 Boss 351. Southfield High School.
https://www.yenko.net/forum/attachme...1&d=1549661260

My good friend in Michigan still has it. I go and see her every now and then.https://www.yenko.net/forum/attachme...1&d=1549661594

A picture of my 67 SS396 I ordered right out of high school.It is equipped with snow tires, the tires may even have ice studs. It was my only car so it got driven year around. We used to get drunk & go out on the highway & do burnouts, the studs would actually leave gouges in the blacktop. Used to do a lot of street racing, won a few lost a few but always had a great time. It was Plum Mist Metallic, black vinyl top, 396/ 350hp, 4 speed,
black SS interior. I traded it in with 28k mi, the salesman was astounded it had so many miles on it. He would have died if he knew I had the speedo disconnected most of the time.

heres a few pics of my old 69 nova SS396. I bought this from the original owner back in the 80's who said he put the flame paint job on it right after he bought it. other than that it was very original and low mileage. I thought it was strange he would put the flames on it and not change out the wheels. I had it for a few years and ended up selling it to a doctor in Washington state. never seen or heard of it again. I took these pics the day after I bought it you can see its still sitting on my trailer.

Dad in 1969 with his 426 4 speed 1965 Sport Fury. His cousin owned it before him and put max wedge heads on it and 4.56 gears. I think they used the stock intake and carb so it probably wasn't the upgrade that they thought it was.

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Dad with the car.
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Mom with the car.
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This was taken late 1971. I recently sold this car. In this pic it had just been purchased by Ronnie Staples from the Wheatley brothers. It was a 70 that never turned a tire on the street since brand new.

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Racing Pro Stock in mid 1972 at Suffolk raceway. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...pseca42644.png

When it was brand new. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psdbd6b5e4.jpg
In about 1976,fresh out of SRD race cars. This is the 4th owner.

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A little earlier running gas with the slotted mags still on it. The first owner used a Mopar Super Stock kit in the rear with a Dana 60 so at this point the car had Mopar springs and a pinion snubber still in it.

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When I bought it in about 2012. I had zero history on the car other than that everyone called it "The Jenkins Car".

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When I got it it had 1981 style bumper and tail lights. Luckily they didn't hack it much. I had to replace the upper half of the tail panel and the corners of the quarters. The white paint that is on it here was from the mid 70's,they did the body mods without repainting the car.

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I don't know if you could call this pic vintage. It is my 1973 Camaro that I bought in junior year of high school. This pic was taken in 1991. At this point I had replaced the stock 307 with a flat top,camel hump head 350 that I built myself. I still own the car today. 1991 might not be vintage to some but it almost 30 years ago!

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Probably the same day at Englishtown in 1991. I borrowed these wheels and tires from a friend and pumped up the air shocks to make them fit. It must have thrown the pinion angle off or something. On this run the car ran it's (then ) best e.t. of 15.4 but flipped the transmission over. The car sat for over 25 years before I put it back together.

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The stock interior in 1989. The mirrored dashboard bezel was ordered from Motion performance and installed in 1977.

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Same car today with a 408 small block,even the same plates.
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Same interior today. Same everything except the stereo.
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1989. Remember naming cars after rock rings? Mine is Power slave by Iron Maiden. Notice the same plates as the pic above. Also notice the area where a pile of Bondo was knocked out of the lower tail panel when one of my friends rear ended me in his even more decrepit 1973 Camaro.

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Not exactly "vintage" but from 1989 which was 30 years ago. My friend's 1973 Camaro with a target master 350 and posi rear. The L-88 hood and slotted mags give it a more vintage appearance.

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Heres me and my 69 Camaro the day I brought it home in 1980 and the way it is today. 39 years ago.

Nice Jonesy,I've always liked that color on an RS/SS.
what trans & rear did it come with?

https://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/s...42859&page=322
check out the chevelles

M20 4 speed and 3.31 BM coded rear. LOS car and broadcast sheet was on top of the gas tank. :biggthumpup:

66 Chevelle selkirk

never heard of this before. anyone ever seen or heard of it?
check out the warranty on it. wow. that's wild considering the factory 12month 12k miles

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Such great stuff!
The Mander Camaro is cool and we've looked at that ad a few times over the years, here's one of the more recent threads...
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=148915

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~ Pete

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has this been posted before? if so sorry for the duplicate post

Yeah, there's a discussion on here somewhere about the car and the owner standing by it. Cool pic.

Found it:

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...facebook+yenko

My first new car, saved the docs and owner manual for this one, too :)

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this was probably around 83 in my garage

Nice “bird”!

gm proving grounds???

I remember these new and dealers putting 30k price tags on them. seems like they stickered for around 10 or 11

thanks,
68 400 HO, 4 speed, posi, hood tach, deluxe turquoise interior, deluxe steering wheel, console with clock, am fm stereo, rallye 2's, 56k original miles, sold new here in tulsa, totally all numbers matching and original, interior is near mint. outside original laquer paint looks perfect from 10ft. up close has some eggshelling and blemishes. I bought it in 81. im really attached to it and actually just sold my all numbers matching ra2 special order paint car and kept this one.

lots of money on this showroom

my favorite car of all time.

Shoot wish I would of known you were selling. Been looking for a 68 for a while... my first car I bought in 80!

been liquidating a 300+- car collection for the last 13 years. very slowly with no advertising.

Yep. remember the local dealer ads when I was in high school. There were always one or two resale's(flippers) in the ATL Journal-Constitution.

I also recall that GM was selling a billboard sized poster of the car. IIRC it came in something like 16 panels.

Wow! Do you have a '69 Firebird convertible in Verdoro green?

no I don't should be the easiest color to get however.

couple of factory items. does it say L88 on the exhaust manifold?

I'll take a swing and say it says L78. Judging by the alternator bracket it's probably for a '65 Corvette.

Looks to me like the heads (appear to be cast iron?) and exhaust manifolds are painted - did the aluminum heads on an L88 get painted?

Road draft tube on drivers side valve cover?

Spark plug wires and shielding are for a car with a radio.

Non L88 air cleaner

----Early prototype L88 with iron heads. Scott Freeze would know for sure...….Bill S

----Just talked to Scott and he agrees!

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Note the SB in the background w/ smog pump = these may be 1966 engines?
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~ Pete

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There's some contradiction in what it might be. In 1966 they changed the upper alternator bracket (at least in production on big blocks for sure) which gave the alternator better support. This is 1965 style, but there isn't an inline gas filter which I believe BB '65 Vettes had. Exhaust manifolds look correct for '65 L78 or '66 L72. Vette wire/distributor shielding, '65 Vette looking thermostat housing. I guess it's possible it's an early 1966 mock-up from on-hand parts. It's kind-of a mix '65-'66. I wish I could read the part numbers better. I still lean '65 L78.

Here's another. Labeled as 1967 396.

Another shot of the first engine. Looks like L78 on the exhaust manifold but also looks to say PPD L88 (maybe pre-production L88?).

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