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Excited to hear updates on this beautiful Z!!
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juliosz (12-12-2023) |
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Hard to believe Mike Savoie is still in business after all these years. Not too far from where the original location is.
Great car, great story and the Deepwater Blue color is the cherry on top. Love it.
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juliosz (12-12-2023) |
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Yes, and I believe Jon M pointed out earlier in this thread that Savoie also delivered a 67 L88. My vehicle was delivered from their first location on Woodward in Birmingham not too long before they moved to their current location in the Troy Motor Mall.
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Who and when was the rear spoiler added to the car?
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The rear spoiler was added by the original owner sometime in 67. Since he worked for Chevrolet Engineering, I don't know if he got it internally or bought it over-the-counter. I'm not putting it back on the car as I like the look of no spoiler better on a 67 Z.
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Great progress being made!!!
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juliosz (12-13-2023) |
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What a great car & that’s the largest cowl plenum hole I’ve ever seen on ANY car but also trimmed open very nicely. If I was in the market for a ‘67 Z28, it wouldn’t bother me one bit having the “DZ” motor in there. In fact, I think it makes the car more interesting with that factory-authorized DZ swap and the only official 4-bolt main ‘67 Z28! Thank goodness those 50-plus year old documents have stayed with the car!
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Great story. I'm amazed at all the high quality photos you have from when it was new. The original owner obviously loved the car, and was excited about it, to have such photos taken, and to have kept them all these years. By the way, the sub frame and engine in the recent photos look top notch. Great job so far.
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juliosz (12-14-2023) |
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"That design was my own personal design. I had the pieces made and it is a one off. The race cars had some first gear seizures to the mainshaft at extended high speed operation at places like Daytona. The Vince Piggens group designed a version that had a full width needle bearing and a special sleeve. I know the Penske cars used it. I do not know if it was ever packaged a service parts. It was never for production. I was working in Transmission Development at the time on another first gear seizure issue on the big top loader 4 speed truck transmission. I developed a lot of knowledge on first gear seizures. The full width bearing closed off the oil feed slot in the gear. That design required grease packing the bearing. I did not like that. My analysis said that two narrow bearings would carry the load and not depend on grease or grease maintenance." I am fortunate that the original owner is as excited about this restoration as I am. Going into this project I didn't realize there's a great amount of payback not specifically for the effort but for the support and enthusiasm from the original owner during this process. It's a great feeling. |
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