DANA Chevrolet 1967 Trans Am Camaro

[Pantera]

Is there any series for later (79) vintage TA cars. I have a 69 vette that ran in the TA in 79 just before I bought it. It still has a TA sticker on it.

[DANA/TA]

We run with HSR West but I believe your car is eligble for HSR. I have the 1969 Corvette that won the SCCA regional at Riverside in 1970 in AP. It is originally an L-89 car. Traco built the motor to L-88 spec's a number of years ago. It still has the original block and heads in it. The engine pad barely shows the end of the serial #. It has a Greenwood phase 1 wide body on it now. I believe it was raced in some local Trans Am and IMSA races on the west coast. Also we run a 1976 DeKon Monza. We are trying to get enough cars from that era to make our own race group in the future, with a few different race clubs. Some place for the later T/A, IMSA, GTO and GTU cars to play. A friend just bought one of the real Greenwood customer cars so we are looking forward to running it soon also.

Mike

[Pantera]

I have taken this car to the Runoffs twice in B/P. It also was there once in A/P with the second owner before I got it.

It was bought new by a Colby Hillman of Ohio and has been a race car all its life. (I still have the original title) It was driven on the street for the first year and that is all. It still has all of its original bodywork and frame. It was a blue car when new but is now Red.

I was on the crew of Herb Forrest of Tulsa that ran in the trans am series back in '76 - '80 and I was his body and paint man. I saw this car at The Ponca City Grand Prix and then again at the Trans Am race at Hallett and the then owner Mitch Lambert said he was going to sell it after the race as a roller. I bought it and have had a hell of a good time with the ole gal.

I qualified it 2 nd in MW division, for the Runoffs in Atlanta GA. in '81 when there was a huge protest of every car in the class but mine over the hoods. I got away with it because mine was a stock L-88 that came on the car.

In the race I got spun out on someones water when they blew a motor in the short straight before the back straight.

I still finished but down in class.


I also ran it in ASR and was 2 nd in division and got the invite again in '83. Not competive again a Lola on that long track.

My logbooks for it show it winning lots of races in A/P.
I can turn almost as fast a time with a small block as they were with the BB. Especially on tight short tracks.

[DANA/TA]

Nice documentation. I wish I had the complete history on my DANA/Lynch Camaro. It sounds like you have really enjoyed the car. I hope I get to see it someday and maybe even race against it in the future.

Mike