'69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month - Page 2

427TJ · #11 03-15-2006, 08:06 PM

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well he is at least still enjoying it and actually keeping it going...

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Yes, and try to image the hundreds, if not thousands of '69 Z's that have already gone to the crusher over the past 37 years. Just look at that "patina."

**Bill Pritchard** · #12 03-15-2006, 09:45 PM

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try to image the hundreds, if not thousands of '69 Z's that have already gone to the crusher over the past 37 years

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Whaddaya mean.....out of the 20,000 originally made, there are about 50,000 still in existence, so how could any of them have gone to the crusher??

**1969L78Nova** · #13 03-15-2006, 11:14 PM

By the looks of those hoses it looks like the car has had the very rare "heater delete" option installed at one time.
Who needs a heater in Florida!
Martin

427TJ · #14 03-15-2006, 11:34 PM

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try to image the hundreds, if not thousands of '69 Z's that have already gone to the crusher over the past 37 years

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Whaddaya mean.....out of the 20,000 originally made, there are about 50,000 still in existence, so how could any of them have gone to the crusher??

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I had forgotten about the "of 20,000 built, 50,000 have been accounted for" factor!

**PeteLeathersac** · #15 03-15-2006, 11:43 PM

I like it! . Better than a 'matching' fake and a whole lotta fun to drive hard without worry of hurting anything. . Reminds me of one of the cars we had as kids and wish we'd never sold? . The more I think and look at it, the guy's right on....kind've a time warp!

~ Pete

**Salvatore** · #16 03-16-2006, 02:36 AM

I love it. The musclecar answer to the RAT ROD. Dollars to donuts he will never restore it. Every car I see on the road up here that needs work is getting restored down the road, or I am saving it for my son, or grandson yada,yada,yada! Too much money to restore. Probably didn't need to let it get that bad.

Ngtflyr · #17 03-16-2006, 03:32 AM

The pictures don't do it justice. It's actually worse in person.

**Salvatore** · #18 03-16-2006, 03:59 AM

How do you mess a car up that bad? You have to try. Everytime you sit in it do you just reach over and kick the console till it breaks off?

**Jonesy** · #19 03-16-2006, 05:14 AM

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Original block is long gone but he has all the heads, intake and carb on a 350 block in the car. He also has a DZ block in a shed in his back yard, I couldn't get a good photo, but it has the Tonawanda stamp and a partial vin. I can get the numbers off it, would be interesting to see if the car it came out of is back on the road somewhere.

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If it is a Tonawanda engine, then it isnt a real DZ engine. They were all produced at the Flint engine plant.

Ngtflyr · #20 03-16-2006, 07:06 AM

I didn't get a good look at the stamp pad. I stand corrected on the tonawanda issue, not a Z-28 expert by any means. It was getting dark, too much junk in his shed and needed a wire brush. I did make out the DZ and it's been sitting there long before anyone thought about restamping anything. I will get back over there and take a good picture of both the eng stamp and the cowl tag when I get a chance.

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