Thankyou Warren Malkin, Mark Malkin and Chris White. JL8 Z28
 

Many of you knew the late Warren Malkin and what a obsessed perfectionist he was when it came to Camaro stuff. He collected the rare stuff to the nth degree. Warren bought this Z28 in the 80's and parked it shortly after he bought it. I think he was the second owner. The first owner was James Patterson the director of SCCA. A few years ago as Warren was becoming Ill he and Chris White worked up a plan to get his Z28 up and drive-able before he was to ill to drive. Chris added the NOS crossram hood, rare GM single four barrel adapter that screwed to the hood and a equally rare NOS snorkleless air cleaner. GM prop rod, Gm hood pins etc. It's a mostly orig paint 25K mile car. Warren didn't get to drive it when Chris had it ready but he did come to MCACN with it. Chris told me about the car and said he was going to market it for Mark, Warren's brother. I couldn't stand it after being tortured by Chris with pics and info so I bought it. I'm very proud to own it and very sad Warren isn't around to enjoy it. This is a special Z that was owned by a special guy. Thanks Warren. R.I P.
Kudos to Chris White for helping Mark with a bunch of stuff and doing it because Warren was his friend.

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Jon Mello I stole some of your MCACN pics.Car isn't here yet but had to post.

Congratulations what an iconic car.!!!

The Z when new.

I thought I recognized those. LOL

Congrats Charley. I'm very pleased the car has gone to you. I think Warren would be pleased as well.

Great car. Warren was proud of that one…spoke about it when we were dealing on some rare parts.

I’m tempted to say shame on you for not mentioning it is a JL8 car in the description :)

Killer car. Congrats, Charlie.

Thanks for the kind words Charley, Warren was without a doubt the most knowledgeable 69 Camaro enthusiast I will ever have the pleasure to have called friend.
His passion for everything 69 Camaro was certainly unsurpassed. You are getting an incredible car. Only correction The picture I sent you today is a picture of his brother Mark behind the wheel, 1 last time. Here's a nice picture I took of Warren helping prep his car before we brought it to MCACN...

Beautiful car !! Congratulations , impressive history .

I saw several people walk by it at MCACN cause they thought it was repainted - the paint is that nice.
Congrats!

That is impressive! Thanks for sharing Charley.....glad to see it in your hands :headbang:

Warren's car had a brother; N651702 Fathom Green JL8 from the same dealer. Consecutive body #s.

Truly outstanding car....Congrats!

Was such an honor to have Mr. Malkin with us when he showed it. Some of you know the Vintage team honor him with a very special Memorial Award at MCACN annually.

Bashton

Awesome car! Congrats Charley!

As Warren's brother, Mark Malkin I can't think of a better time to make my first post to the group. Warren asked me to join and actually wanted me to take over his user name, but told him it wasn't right, hence mine of WorkinProgress2. The overwhelming support from his friends has been amazing and I would be remiss if I didn't specifically thank, Chris White, Tommy White, Robert Lodewyk and Bob Martin. I would like to thank Steve Shauger for honoring Warren with the annual recognition award given at MCACN. I am glad he was finally able to show the car which he did at MCACN in 2019. Having Charley Lillard as the next caretaker of the car would make him pleased and I thank him for doing that. I am sure I will reaching out to the group as I get more involved in trying to finish what Warren started with some of his other projects.

----Charley will be a great caretaker for Warrens pride and joy. Congratulations, Charley!

Welcome Mark. We're happy to see you here......Joe

Charley, did you get the Schukei Chevrolet dealer badge with the car? I presented it to Warren at MCACN '19 after he had reached out to me looking for info on the correct badge. (I was in the Service Dept at Schukei in that time period). - Bill W

Mark, welcome, good to see car is going to a good home. Miss Warren all the time as he was truly an encyclopedia.

Warren came to my house to buy some parts he showed me pictures of the car now seeing the vin number it's very close my 05E JL8 Z28

Warrens individual contributions to the 1st Gen Camaro body of knowledge remain unmatched to this day. He logged every car he saw and freely shared the info, going back to the early '80s. One of the last quandaries we noodled out was how an 08D COPO could have an original welded tab deck lid dated D11. He also had a bare COPO block; T0122MN with a VIN. Most importantly, it is a 3955270 casting, not the 3963512 casting widely believed to be the only one used. A great example of how we learn about the cars.

Unfortunately, his spirit is all but gone from the hobby. Not much sharing going on these days; what little I get often arrives with 'do not share' or a 'proprietary' agreement. Or, my request is simply ignored for no special reason.

I sure miss him.

Was talking to Warren about car at MCACN , if I recall he said all paint was original except top of driver fender and of course the hood . I asked him where the paint was blended and he said I’m not sure but my brother did the work . Then waved his brother over to explain how paint was blended . He did an excellent job !

I was lucky enough to know Warren and I think he would be happy that it is going to a Good Home. Good luck with it Charley

Robert L sent this pic of Warren at MCACN.

Ditto welcome Mark!

Congrats Charley!

Beautiful 69 Z-28 and story here.

Congratulations. Great car

Doesn’t get much better than that!

Warren
 

I wasn't a friend of Warren. I talked to him for 2 minutes once. I've heard all the wonderful things that were said about him over the years. I am sorry for all of you who were his friend, for the loss of your buddy. It seems we have lost a great man who had some incredible knowledge of the hobby. I hope he didn't suffer.
On a lighter note... Congratulations to Charley for not only getting a spectacular car, but getting one that was formally owned by a dear friend. That makes it even better. Danny

such an impressive car. I wish I knew it was what it was when I had to have walked by it at the show, I too probably thought it was restored. Cars like this at a show almost need their own 4 post lift to show off what they are (which is a treat to see from underneath).

Had the pleasure of spending a lot of time around this car on Friday of MCACN 2019! Stunning is an understatement. Congrats to all involved!

Glad to see Warrens car getting a great home.
So many truly rare components on that special car.
Warren's passing was a great loss to the Camaro community.
Like many of us older guys I first knew of Warren because of his many "Wanted" ads in Hemmings Motor News.
He was always looking for stuff I had never heard of.
Our friendship grew later with the advent of cell phones and email.
He was always willing to share his vast knowledge about all things 69 Camaro.
However, getting parts from him was another story......
His passion for the Camaro was in addition to his love of old watches.
He wanted to be remembered for that as well.

What an amazing Camaro! I never got an opportunity to meet Warren, but my most sincere condolences go out to family and friends that knew him. People like him are what make the hobby so great. Congrats Charley for having the privilege of owning a great piece of Camaro history!

Awesome car, and a moving story. And great owners (past and present)! Congrats, Charley.

That induction setup is fascinating, with the crossram hood being converted to 1x4. For the uninformed like myself, what was the reason for that being offered? Was that the over-the-counter workaround before the production steel cowl hood became available?

If so, was it available from the get-go when the cross ram hood came out, or was that someone's creativity later to figure out, "Hey, we can fab up some parts to make this hood work on a single carb."

And was that snorkel-less air cleaner specific to this set up, or was it available later with the regular steel cowl hood?

Can't image there are many more of those set ups known to survive. This is certainly the first one I have ever seen.

Congrats again!

There are a lot of configuration, but to make it simple a flat hood Z28 would have open element air cleaner. What is unique is the car is equipped with a fiberglass hood designed for a crossram air cleaner assembly, however a very rare adapter plate was installed that accommodate a special single 4 barrel open element air cleaner. So in effect you still get cold air induction.

The crossram manifold could be configured for a standard flat hood or other hoods as well by changing the air cleaner assembly.

If my memory is correct.....
According to Warren's research they only made 100 fiberglass hood assemblies. That included the hood, prop rod and the hood pin assemblies.
I know the hood pins could be purchased separately but don't recall about the prop rod.
Would have to dig up copies of the Chevrolet "Green sheet" for each year to see what was available when?
I will say the hood was clearly intended for the Trans am racers because of the oval hole to meet the cross ram air cleaner.
The rules changed for 1970; multiple carburetors were no longer allowed in Trans am.
I will add that there were TWO hood adapters; one for the small block and another for the big block.
That tells me they thought it may be used on drag cars as well?
The air cleaner was specific for this application.
These were service parts so they could be purchased and used however the buyer chose to do so.
Be careful as some air cleaners and prop rods have been reproduced over the years.......
I hope I got this right Warren.

They did not allow the fiberglass ducted hood on Camaros in the Trans-Am series but I have seen them in use on Camaros in SCCA A/Sedan. The pic below shows a steel ducted hood in use on a '69 Penske Camaro. The A/Sedan class had some slightly different rules than Trans-Am. They were still allowed to leave off the bumpers even after Trans-Am wanted them left on. They also were not mandated to use fuel cells until several years after Trans-Am had required them.

They did not allow the fiberglass ducted hood on Camaros in the Trans-Am series but I have seen them in use on Camaros in SCCA A/Sedan. The pic below shows a steel ducted hood in use on a '69 Penske Camaro. The A/Sedan class had some slightly different rules than Trans-Am. They were still allowed to leave of the bumpers even after Trans-Am wanted them left on. They also were not mandated to use fuel cells until several years after Trans-Am had required them.