1969 L-89 Convertible 4 Speed For Sale

[69L89RAG]

I hit the same problem with Michigan. They purge their records after 10 years.

I do have statements from the previous owners and they are happy to talk with a serious buyer.

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

I ran across the same thing on my car in Texas,only went back to 1974 and that was the guy I bought it from.I even offered to pay them if they would do some research into the storage boxes.The guy flat told me no that that was not a nice place to go where they have the records stored.I even offered to do the search and still pay! No dice couldn't even come close! So some of us will probably never know!But as long as you enjoy your car that is what counts to me.I don't have to worry about making any money on my cars because I will keep them till I am gone.Then my Wife,Daughter and Soninlaw can deal with them.At least my Soninlaw is intelligent and knows a lot about old cars,he also knows what I have tied up in them,hell he probably knows more about them than I do.Good to have someone like him taking care of my Babies!Sometimes I think he does a better job than I do.

Bobby Dodson

[Mr. T]

Ok, the bid is currently at 185K. Will it reach the 200k mark before the auction ends, which is 10 hours away? This could be interesting.

[COPO]

I guess you are assuming those are all legit bids.

[Mr. T]

Assuming, yes.

[ssl78]

I always wonder why when a person is restoring a car of this caliber usually the pictures seem to start after dissasembly.I would think if it was my car with no docs but complete original drivetrain I would want to take pictures of the car prior to dissasembly. Those pictures I would think could be some documentation as of what the car started life as. I understand if the car was purchsed in pieces and no original drivetrain you might want to leave those pictures out. I am no way talking about the car in the thread I know nothing about it. It just seems there is a lot of original drivetrain cars that are restored and no original pictures.

[Mr70]

That's an interesting perspective.....

[Steve Shauger]

John I was thinking the same thing. Your L78 pace car is an unrestored car, and contains a wealth of information and documentation. This information should be can be extracted prior to its restoration. Without documentation, full ownership history and without documenting the cars originality during the disassembly process, you leave yourself open to a lot of questions and not many answers. The provenance of a car is critical.