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Old 05-07-2023, 04:49 PM
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Great picture Jon, interesting that the right side stripe looks too inboard to completely encompass the deck lid emblem. Also interesting that it has wheel lip trim and none of the other typical trim package bright work. I wonder if they were a dealer or owner install after purchasing? These cars all have a story to tell!!

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Thanks for the new pics, Mark. The car looks nicer with the grille redone in silver. I just got this pic sent to me. It was a local Santa Barbara car to me, another December '68 Van Nuys car that was still in original paint and owned by a lady who worked at the Danica House furniture store in town. Same rear stripe pattern as your car. This pic was taken about 1980.
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Old 05-07-2023, 05:47 PM
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Hard to know for sure, Mark. The car has deluxe houndstooth and remote side mirror. Might have been ordered with style trim and somehow got built without it, hence an owner addition of wheel lip trim later? If only the cars could talk!
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Old 05-07-2023, 07:03 PM
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I found some identical Lions time slips in my 70 Z28,But mine were about a 1/2 second slower than your's. My Cars OO was from San Pedro
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Old 05-09-2023, 04:03 AM
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well, today i was able to speak to the original owner of the car. here's the story....

after graduating high school, chuck wanted to go but a muscle car. his dad insisted he buy an amc or amx (he couldn't remember)but chuck really wanted to get a yellow z28 camaro like he had seen in all the latest magazines. after getting a summer job working in a business that made large steel dumpsters, chuck had enough of a down payment saved to buy a camaro and he told his dad it was his money so he was getting what he wanted. his dad conceded and helped with the hunt. his dad came across a rally green one about 45 minutes from their house where they had lived at courtsey chevrolet in los angles. they went down there, negotiated a price and chuck drove home in his brand new z28 at the age of 18. his dad was nice enough to let him park the car in the garage while living at home. for the next three years, chuck began to take a liking to street racing and racing at the drag strip. with the money earned he made his car payments as well as bought plenty of speed parts. being in southern ca, chuck knew TRACO was the place to go when it came to speed. so he took his cylinder heads down there to get a nice port port match to them. then with welders at his disposal, he made his own traction bars. during the first couple years, chuck got a few speeding tickets in the car and even got two in one day. with all the abuse he put it through, the only thing he ever broke was the rear end. he was running a 4:56 gear in it and at a launch, he sheared all the ring gear bolts and sent some parts through the rear end cover. after three or four years of working and racing, chuck decided it was time to go to college so he did. the camaro sat safe and sound in his dads garage. once out of college, chuck moved to the san diego area and eventually bringing the car to his house but never putting it back on the road. fast forward to the late 80s, chuck put the car into a storage unit where is sat until 2020 when he decided it was time to pack up and move back east and let the car go. to this day he still carries a photo of the car in his wallet.

i told him today at end of our conversation that this will always be your car. we are just the caretakers of it for this next chapter of its life.

i was so curious about the TRACO work done and knowing TRACO usually stamped their work, i had to see if the heads were stamped. so after work, i went straight to where the car is stored and sure enough my suspicions were correct!!

below is the traco stamp as well as the photo from his wallet.
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Old 05-09-2023, 05:30 AM
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Man, what a story!
That is one good looking car!
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Such an awesome story Mark! What a special car. It is in good hands for this next stage of its life :beer:
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Old 05-09-2023, 09:29 AM
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So awesome you were able to speak with the OO! He must have been ecstatic that his car is still around and will be preserved for a lifetime. Thanks for sharing the story!
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Such a great story! Thank you for sharing.
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Awesome update, so cool you’ve connected w/ the OO also Traco thing simply icing on the cake!
The 08/09/69 concert tickets were indeed a tragic date as Lee noted above but on a happier note, may’ve been for the Led Zeppelin show at the Anaheim Convention Ctr?

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Ask Chuck what concert they were for.
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