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Phil. Any chance you could furnish the Social Security numbers of the older fellows in the parking lot? I'd like to quickly make sure they are who you say they are.
Please thank the owner for spending a 1/4 of a million dollars for our collective hobbie. I honestly appreciate the car being saved in such a well executed way.
I'd like to thank you personally for the thousand + hours you have spent researching the factory the proper and correct was and then putting it to ink for all posterity

Tom McGinnity

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You included one above. But here are the two pics.

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Leave this poor car alone! It's cool that someone found it and restored it as best as he thought necessary. If it was "fake" then the sniffers would expose it as such. If you had a financial interest in the car, as in buying it, then yeah, some kit-picking would be in order. This car is an interesting part of Camaro--and automotive--history. Relax and appreciate it for what it is.

The Internet is ruining the car "hobby."

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This car is historically significant and I appreciate that it's being discussed. I sense this thread is starting to get personal, so lets keep it on topic and informative.

Re: Camaro History On Display Tomorrow Evening
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcmiller</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> The early Pilots left the factory with no primary name emblems. The build at Norwood was called the &quot;F car&quot; only at that point. </div></div>

What did the emblems say then on the header panel and on the deck lid? I am talking about the pics posted that were in the original ebay auction that were supposed to be of this car when new. They clearly show emblems in those two locations. </div></div>

I addressed this point a ways back in the thread:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jan,

That is a good observation. June 29 1966 was the official announcement date. The emblems for the header and the trunk easy to apply later. The fenders not so much. </div></div>


Now to expand on what I think the question is (Panther or Camaro?) I just watched the converted video of the pilots on display - and the header and the lid are both &quot;Chevrolet and camaro&quot; as you would expect for production.

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Very neat, historical car. I believe it is what you say it is. I'm happy someone stepped up and restored it.
It certainly deserved it. I would not have left the weld seams like that but I respect the owners' right to
restore it as he saw fit. I have had to wrestle with certain decisions in the restoration of my own car.

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Here is a pic of a 67 camaro trunk gutter[quarter]I owned Date code is last week June 66 [30th week]. Trim tag was a 08D and the vin and body number were around 30 and 80..... trunk lid and other sheetmetal was dated as well. Car was a gold/gold 3 speed on tree, 6 cyl

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I think it's great the car was restored as the owner wanted. Look at the re-bodied super cars and pace cars. They caused a lot of debate the way they were done. I have no problem with the way this car was restored, just never thought about it being restored this way.
I have 2 questions.
Was the front subframe replace to the correct early version?
Should the rear light housing be black? In the early promo pics they look to be not painted.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1967Z28</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Very neat, historical car. I believe it is what you say it is. I'm happy someone stepped up and restored it.
It certainly deserved it. I would not have left the weld seams like that but I respect the owners' right to
restore it as he saw fit. I have had to wrestle with certain decisions in the restoration of my own car. </div></div>

The decision to do the restoration as was done was by intent in anticipation of all the howls of &quot;rebody&quot; that were sure to arise upon completion.

2200 photographs were taken during the restoration.


[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] I appreciate your positive commentary and your ability to rise above the noise.

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what I think is cool, is the back of the raw rough trunk lid, it looks like they had some custom work done to get access to the emblem pins. There is just enough material left in those pictures as a clue (curved around the pins, not straight like the restored pic), that shows this car was unique, as if done by hand so you could put nuts on). I almost feel like they had to make the emblems work on a decklid that never had the cutouts for the emblems in the superstructure, because it was a pilot. But all that pilot info maybe was lost when they cutout the superstructure to make it a drag car. Very cool!

Love this car!