Dads '77 Z/28, the suspense is killing me

[bashton]

Awesome find and best of luck putting a deal together.

My Father, who was not a "real" car guy, but was a VP at Chrysler would always talk about his 63 Chrysler 300 Convertible. Whenever the subject turned to cars, (which it often did when my brother and I were around), it was his 300 Convert.

Well...after 32+ years at Chrysler, there was occasional talk about future retirement. Mom, my Bro and I decided to search for a 63 to duplicate that ride. We ended up finding a near duplicate in none other then LaHarpe, IL a year or so later.

We spent several years gathering parts and getting ready for a resto. Unfortunatly, Dad passed away before even retiring and he never knew we had that car along with a huge collection of parts stashed in the back of my garage...

Anyone in the LaHarpe area remember a guy with a bunch of cars in the back of his farm along with a variety of others in his barns in the middle 80's? I remember him saying the 69 Roadrunner belonged to his son?

Anyway, hope you can make this happen, you will be glad you did!

BA

[SuperNovaSS]

Here is a similar car for sale that may help you buy the car right. 80 Z28

[Xplantdad]

Any news yet???

[notstock71]

Well he didn't get the pictures taken so we didn't meet on Sunday. He said he will get them and will come over one night this week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Sorry for no update. I didn't really have an update so I thought I would wait to do another post until I had more info.

I will keep everyone updated when/if I hear something.

Lewis

[x Baldwin Motion]

one night last year a friend got a call from someone who said he was the original owner of his smokey and the bandit T/A. This car was very clean and my friend said not for sale, not for ten thousand dollars. before the phone call was over he had sold this car for $15,000.00 to the man who proposed to his wife in that car and was buying it back for an anniversary gift.
moral of the story; money talks.
if you really want the car tell him you'd like to see it. bring cash and a trailer.

good luck !!
chris

[Andy]

Great story. Glad to see in your later thread that you got it back. My uncle purchased a 78 Z28 brand new and still has it today. That car is what got me into Camaros and I'm glad he has held on to it all these years.