Special order Blue Z28 crossram car on Ebay

[69zman]

I am one of the owners of this car. This car would not have gone up for sale, but I have a partner on the car I can not seem to talk to anymore. A word of advice - Don't go in partnerships, something always seems to happen. This car is as real as real gets. It was purchased from Spencer July 2004 and went from Longmont, Colorado to Lone Tree, Colorado. Look at the order forms it shows 4 wheel disk breaks. The car is as real as real get. I hope that helps.

[Jeff H]

Joe, I see the 4 wheel disc brakes on the order form. But do you know from the previous owners why the car never received them? The order placed in Feb 69 was right in the middle of the JL8 option time frame. I also see the HD clutch listed which would be the MN6 option but that does not show up on the window sticker either. This car can offer some great insight into some options that were listed and ordered, but never installed.

[69zman]

All I know is what was told to me by Spencer and the Mag ad. The car sat for 2 to 3 weeks to receive the parts needed for the JL8, then the option was cancled. Hope that helps.

[Mr. T]

First bid - $35,000
Second bid - $150,000

IMPRESSIVE!!

[Lynn]

No doubt a very nice car. However, the puffing about the factory installing the 140 cam, hd valve springs and lifters, and cross ram? Not buying it. I would think that with Jerry's documentation in his fact book, no one out there would continue to believe these "factory installed" stories on cross rams. Not even any mention on the order sheet. As far as why it didn't get JL8 and HD clutch, I think that is explained on the order sheet. "Subject to invoice pricing" Car was probably held up while they were waiting on pricing info. When customer saw the pricing, those items were cancelled. Nothing against the seller. Maybe a great guy, just as honest as they come, and I certainly don't mean any disrespect. The first owner may have even told him the car came from the factory with the cross ram and 140 cam. Doesn't mean it did. Seller states:
"All I know is what was told to me by Spencer and the Mag ad" Well we all know there has NEVER been in misinformation in a magazine, right?

Ditto Charley Lillard on the black grill.

Further, Jerry states "dealer installed striping". That may also apply to the cross ram and camshaft change. These cars had to meet emissions standards. Why do you think GM calls the 140 cam an "off road" item? Don't get me wrong, I like the 140 cam. Have installed it on 3 different 302's (a 67, a 68 and a 69, just by coincidence), but that doesn't make the car worth more IMHO.

Again, I know we tend to nit pick these ebay listings to death, and I am not trying to do that. It is what it is. A very well optioned Z/28 with special paint, in this case special color and probably stripe delete so the dealer could paint the wrap around stripes on. Not the only - - paint car out there for sure. A friend of mine had one this exact same color with a white vinyl top (not a Z). Wasn't ordered with 4:56 gears, but according to the documentation, 4:10 gears. I would think the sellers are joyed beyond belief to get 150k for this car.

Just my 2 cents.

Lynn

[Kurt S]

Great car. Is that original paint on it?

The order form and window sticker tell a lot of the story. Crossram, extended stripes, cam, etc were all done after the car was shipped.
I doubt the car sat anywhere. Norwood had no facilities like that and would not retrofit parts after production.

Rear belts are deluxe, fronts are standard.

[Redneck]

I hate to be negative about this guys car, and my 2 cents really doesn't matter. Until someone knowlegdeable ( Kurt, Jeff, Darren)personally checks this thing out, I don't know what but something just doesn't seem right about this whole dilema.What happened on the 1st E-bay auction??? Again sorry for the negative thoughts but just saying what a lot of people are thinking. Has anyone looked at the car??? No doubt it's a very nice car and I hope they do well with their auction

[Jeff H]

I believe the current owner(s) bought the car when it went across the Ebay auction last year so it did sell then. As for the current bidding, I sure hope they are legit bids or it's a big waste of time.

[Kurt S]

Hi Ken! Running with the big dawgs!

[Jeff H]

That's good to hear that the bidders are for real. There are a lot of guys out there playing games on Ebay(and I'm not referring to sellers, referring to bidders who bid things up trying to enhance the value of a similar car). I can't imagine where the bidding would be if the car actually got all the options he tried to order. So are the top bidders UCLA fans or UNC fans? And don't let the negative comments get to you, look at it as constructive criticism. Good luck with the auction, it's doing great already.