I bought a lot of parts off a Privatateer Trans Am racer back about 10 yrs ago. He was a local Long Island guy, Larry Matera was his name I believe. As he told me, he raced against the "big guys" back in 67/68/69/70 and raced 67-68 Camaros, used off the shelf Chev parts most of time. I went to his shop located in Pt Washington as he sold the bldg his shop was located in. He had not been in the shop for over 25 yrs, and when we walked in there it was like a timewarp. He had a Carlife magazine from 1970, covered in a 1/2" of dust on one the workbenches. Virgin CE BB 272 and 854 Blocks/840/291 heads with dealer tags still on them lined up on 1 wall. Muncies on another, Holleys/Intakes in another area.
I bought the whole stash and i took 2 days to clean out, he eventually raced Panteras and had a bunch of Pantera parts there as well. One of the coolest items was all the vintage cabinets he had on the walls, place was a total museum
Would love to know more about guy, but lost touch after that
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