Yellow Canadian L89

[camaromb]

The only question is where are all the original trim tags these days! Its too easy to build a car with only documentation, especially in Canada. As in the 5 ZL1's registered last year by one owner, its way too easy to register a car with no history in some provinces in Canada.
Only complete owner history will verify many of these cars.
as always do your homework on these big dollar restored cars.

[m22mike]

I am having a hard time understanding why some people get there shorts in a bunch when the obvious is brought to light.
Whatever this L89 car is or is not.......IT HAS A RE POP TRIM TAG ON IT !!!!!!
Send the pic to CGR and they will tell you the same thing, Jerry might even chime.
If you are going to put out a world class car like this L89, be ready to do some fast talking about the trim tag.
If it was replaced because the old on was jacked up, just say so.
Thanks for the rant.
Mike A

[Terry_z28]

Mr. English, you asked us to refer to your previous post about your COPO to clear up any questions we may have, so I did:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat...e=1&fpart=1

After reading it, I am puzzled. You said in the post from last year that you took parts of the car that were on Ebay and combined them with the original stolen car which you found. If so, why is there a fake trim tag on your COPO? I would think that if you had found the original car, the trim tag would still be on it when you found it.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

R.Peters, would you please pass the popcorn?

[HiHorse]

I'm confused, I thought there was only one documented canadian ZL1. Whats the story on the other 4, are they canadian?

[Jonesy]

Insert popcorn smiley here

[njsteve]

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I'm confused, I thought there was only one documented canadian ZL1. Whats the story on the other 4, are they canadian?

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In 69 there were several ZL1s (5, I think?) that were stolen from a dealership never to be seen again (this was after they sat for an extended time due to the unbelievable sticker price). Speculation over the years is that the theft was staged and that they were crushed for an insurance settlement on the cars since no one was buying them.

Recently someone in Canada applied for titles for all 5 VINs. So, the going theory is that they are creating a papertrail for non-existant cars in the future anticipation of cloning them and passing them off as real. Which is rather dumb since the moment one of them surfaces, they will be siezed and the winner will be the insurance company that originally settled the claim. And if you think that's unlikely, just look what happens any time a large sunken treasure is located. You have insurance companies from claims made 500 years ago claiming their maritime rights over the recovered booty. So, a 38 year old claim is a cakewalk for them to research.

The guy registering these titles is basically creating his own do-it-yourself, self-incrimination kit. Not too swift in a legal sense.

[nuch_ss396]

Steve,

That's an interesting perspective.

Steve

[Hylton]

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.... Speculation over the years is that the theft was staged and that they were crushed for an insurance settlement on the cars since no one was buying them....

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I must correct you Steve. Motown Madman has all 5 sitting in a barn somewhere!

[Hotrodpaul]

Beautiful job on the L-89 car even if the trim tag is fake. Did anyone notice that the putty used on both the L-89 and Green COPO look the same? Did the same person restore both cars? I believe the putty or filler was installed right after the rivets and then the black firewall paint was applied. The putty on these cars looks like an afterthought.

Paul