Gibb Show in La Harpe

[kwhizz]

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It's actually gets worse Ken. Robert's sister Jerri, who was selling the car was telling me about how devestated her mother was at losing Robert at just 19 years old. I offered my condolences and said that it must have been devestating. She then told me how she too lost her son at 19 in a motorcycle accident...and had lost her job a few years earlier and was still unemployed!!! We must have talked for over 2 hours and I truly felt for the woman and family. Very sad indeed....

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Did the car sell and if so .....what was the asking price??

Ken

[sYc]

One of the highlights of the show was the presence of Jim Hayter. On October 8, 1971 at the AHRA World Points Finals in Fremont, CA, Jim set a new record running a 9.63 @ 143 MPH to win the Pro Stock World Championship. He was driving the Fred Gibb sponsered 1969 ZL-1 Camaro, #1, now owned by Bill Porterfield.

Accordning to Bill, the car may be retired from racing, as he just recently put the original engine block back in the car. Glad I got to see Bill hammer it a couple of times.

BTW, Jim is still racing today.

Here is the car on the 2006 Gibb show plaques.





At the Gibb show.

[1970Ls6]

Ken,
It was nice to meet you and put other faces to names also.

Reid

[Zedder]

Dave Miner ended up with the car and is the person who took it to the show...

[Schonyenko2]

I second that. Just when you think it can't get any better, it does. Many thanks to all those who put this on. And as always great to see everyone again, and really cool to see all the new faces. Thanks to Ken for shooting all the pics, and was great visiting with you.
And of course, thanks to Helen, and the Gibb family.
See you again soon. Schonye

[Tim Penton]

Mark, Where was this Camaro advertised at when the family decided to sell? Do you know how much it was sold for? This looks to be the best L78 '67 Camaro that I've ever seen! Do you or anyone else have any more pictures of the car that you could post? I'd like to be able to read the display.

[Zedder]

Tim, it's a bit of a long story, but the car was on ebay for about 12 hours before I called. The ad was poorly written and many thought it was a fake. I called and spoke to Jerri and knew that the car was real. She gave me an asking price that was likely fair for such a significant car, but it was more than I could afford. I told her my maximum price based on what I could afford and said that she would probably get what she was asking. Much to my surprise she said that I could have it for my offer if I wanted. I sent her a $1,000 non-refundable deposit over night and then hired someone to look at the car for me. He reported back that they car was what she described and I called her to finalize the deal. That's when she told me her terrible story and I knew she needed the money. So, I told her that I could get her more money for the car, but couldn't afford to pay more myself. She insisted that I buy it or she was going to put it away again because she couldn't go through the pain of showing it to anyone else. I asked her to give me a few hours and I would see if I could find someone to buy it based on my word and some pics. I called Dave Miner because I knew he had a love of unrestored cars and he had the resources to buy the car. Also, he bought a car from me in the past based on my word and I felt he would trust me again. Dave agreed to buy the car for more than I could afford, but he still got a very fair deal on this amazing car. I called Jerri and told her about the deal and she must have thanked me 100 times! I took nothing from Jerri or Dave for setting the deal up except that Dave refunded the money I spent to have the car inspected and he got Jerri to refund my deposit. I was happy to have helped her and I know that Dave will do the car and Robert's memory the justice it deserves As for the price, that's really only Dave's business now...

[Xplantdad]

Mark...thanks for the "longer version" of the story. It kind of puts everything in perspective, doesn't it? Thanks for being there for her...

Dave...we want to see more pics, too!

[sYc]

Barnhart's hauler.

[sYc]

I think these two snuck in the back way.