69 Z on BAT - was it orange or silver originally?

[William]

Space saver spare? Geeez...

[cruiserofland]

A few pre-resto photos added by the seller - looks like Rex O’Steen Chevrolet out of Greenville SC...

[Billohio]

A couple pictures posted today.

[Lynn]

Seems like a lot of uniformed bidders on BAT. On second thought, I guess the uninformed are everywhere.

[cruiserofland]

There are a few errors like the space-saver and the cowl seal, but otherwise seems like a pretty well-done car? Not exactly uncommon for the cowl tag to be replaced in older restorations, sadly.

Here are the block and trans. BV rear seems like the right date.

[jeffschevelle]

Could you really get a 4.10 with an M20 in 69? That's a hell of a first gear!

[Billohio]

My 03D axle is the 25th.

[Kurt S]

Originally Posted by jeffschevelle

Could you really get a 4.10 with an M20 in 69? That's a hell of a first gear!

Yes, they didn't have trans/axle combo order limitations.

[Jonesy]

Originally Posted by cruiserofland

Not exactly uncommon for the cowl tag to be replaced in older restorations, sadly.

I would say the opposite. It would not be common on a real car to change out the cowl tag. Like in this instance where they kept the old one.
Most get put on to either make a car what it isnt or because it was missing in the first place.

Those driveline stampings look legit. I would say that hes lucky he found that original cowl tag.
Body number is the same on both. I would like to see the pad stamping bare, but initial thought is that its good.

I think that original cowl tag was on that car. What would be nice is to find a pic of it attached to the car pre restoration.

[RSSSfan]

That transmission stamp still looks kind of weird to me - at least the VIN portion.