View Single Post
  #1  
Old 11-17-2020, 12:17 AM
Xplantdad's Avatar
Xplantdad Xplantdad is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: AZ
Posts: 32,390
Thanks: 7,440
Thanked 5,373 Times in 1,884 Posts
Default Mr4speed (aka Russell Rosales) 1970 Z28 Camaro

Hi Bruce-


Here's what I know so far.


Stephen (the original owner) was in Vietnam when the new 70 Z/28 Camaro came out and told his buddy’s if he makes it out alive he was going to buy one!



So when he got home the first thing he did was go down to Hubbard Chevrolet in Salem Oregon and buy one, in Daytona Yellow. He cruised the car around for awhile as is-then decided to turn it into a Street Freak show car.


In 1974 he had it painted as it is now and showed it the Portland roadster show with a super charged LT1. Soon after that show he took the car apart to do further mods and never got it back together. The Camaro sat until 2014, then was sold to the second owner. I bought it from the 2nd owner who never did anything with it.



Unfortunately the original drive train is missing so I picked up a 396 from a 70 Chevelle and a 4 speed and put it back together. Car is in amazing rust free condition and the paint looks like it was applied yesterday!



Thanks Bruce for sharing this awesome survivor!


By the way-It looks like it’s going to be awhile before I can get the Vintage pictures. The original owner is 73 and not tech savvy, so I’m going to plan a road trip in the spring to get them.





Name:  tn_1.JPG
Views: 285330
Size:  368.4 KB

Name:  tn_2.JPG
Views: 3288
Size:  357.1 KB

Name:  tn_3.JPG
Views: 3126
Size:  164.5 KB

Name:  tn_4.JPG
Views: 3269
Size:  377.0 KB

Name:  tn_5.JPG
Views: 2718
Size:  288.2 KB

Name:  tn_6.JPG
Views: 3382
Size:  245.8 KB

Name:  tn_7.JPG
Views: 3081
Size:  304.7 KB

Name:  tn_8.JPG
Views: 3253
Size:  166.6 KB

Name:  tn_9.JPG
Views: 3104
Size:  267.1 KB

Name:  tn_10.JPG
Views: 3225
Size:  264.0 KB

Name:  tn_11.JPG
Views: 2733
Size:  257.5 KB

Name:  tn_12.JPG
Views: 3249
Size:  292.0 KB

Name:  tn_12a.JPG
Views: 3338
Size:  223.3 KB

Name:  tn_13.JPG
Views: 3195
Size:  232.9 KB

Name:  tn_14.jpg
Views: 3251
Size:  160.0 KB

Name:  tn_15.JPG
Views: 3418
Size:  243.2 KB

Name:  tn_16.JPG
Views: 3275
Size:  282.6 KB

Name:  tn_17.JPG
Views: 3164
Size:  278.7 KB

Name:  tn_18.JPG
Views: 3415
Size:  226.2 KB

Name:  tn_19.JPG
Views: 3689
Size:  217.7 KB

Name:  tn_20.JPG
Views: 3147
Size:  207.5 KB

Name:  tn_21.JPG
Views: 3174
Size:  187.5 KB

Name:  tn_22.JPG
Views: 3410
Size:  237.3 KB

Name:  tn_23.JPG
Views: 3059
Size:  238.6 KB








At the Portland Roadster Show



Name:  tn_24.JPG
Views: 3141
Size:  277.8 KB
__________________
Bruce
Choose Life-Donate!
Reply With Quote
The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to Xplantdad For This Useful Post:
jbtech (11-17-2020), L_e_e (11-17-2020), markinnaples (11-17-2020), NorCam (11-18-2020), olredalert (11-17-2020), PeteLeathersac (11-27-2020), seventieshow (11-17-2020), SS427 (11-28-2020), Tenney (11-18-2020)
Attachments - The Supercar Registry tn_IMG_3898.jpg tn_IMG_3897.jpg tn_IMG_3895.jpg tn_IMG_3894.jpg
Click here to view all the pictures posted in this thread...