69 SS nova big block car ????

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This might be the final nail in the coffin! After a few more title info request to the PA DMV, they have replied that the first owner info is unavailable due to a system error. A few phone calls netted nothing except a dazed response that some records were lost. So, it appears that I've exhausted the DMV's, and am now chasing people leads - apparently Bill Miller of Carlisle Events worked at Sunderland for several years.

I'm going with Sunderland Chevrolet as the original dealer. There is a Sunderland Chevrolet in Jerseyville, IL, and I stopped by on my way to SCR8 to pick up some dealer decals - just have to cut off the Jerseyville portion

Now, If I could just find those original seats - so I could pull out that broadcast sheet

Added pic!

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Lifted the tailgate of a '69 El Camino in a junk yard on Saturday, and to my utter amazement there was a 'Sunderland' emblem staring back at me

It was very brittle after all these years, but hey - one exists

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Spoke to the nephew of the first MD buyer last week, he was with Elmo when he test drove the Nova in Baltimore back in August of '70. He tells me that it was an L78, but does not believe that they have any pictures of the engine. He reports that Elmo had the engine completely redone at the House of Speed in Baltimore, and soon after had 4.56's put in the rear - no wonder the car was parked in '72 from too many tickets

Apparently, the car is a rally wheel car, not the XT version I thought/hoping for. For now, I'll keep the XT look going - since that's my favorite look, but will eventually put the rally's on it.

[scott s]

Marlin it was called the "house of balance"they were right next to the speed shop....They did a few mtrs for me back in the 80,s

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In Baltimore?

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Some updated pics:

July of 2005, have the rear out and broken down, and all of the undercoating melted off the underside. An amazing amount of overspray under there - all the way into the tunnell!

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July of 2006:

No real progress on the rear, or the underside - but have welded up some holes in the trunk from air shock fittings and battery cables. Somebody was planning to race it at one time. No rust in the floors, trunk, tunnel, rockers... I love it!

It took about 6 hours to remove the paint, amazing what a straight razor blade in a pair of duckbill vise grips can do