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Love the '69. D blue is a great color. Thanks!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick,
Glad to see your bringing out all your old cool pictures :-) This is a Dusk Blue SS396 300 Deluxe Coupe.....Love It [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Dan </div></div> I missed a few 300 Deluxe items... Non park wipers? (I noticed the spears but didn't think these were installed on SS cars) one sexy car!!! |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick,
Glad to see your bringing out all your old cool pictures :-) This is a Dusk Blue SS396 300 Deluxe Coupe.....Love It [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Dan </div></div> I missed a few 300 Deluxe items... Non park wipers? (I noticed the spears but didn't think these were installed on SS cars) one sexy car!!! </div></div> Ah, but there lies the rub.......here is a picture of the car's other side that was taken before he left Evanston to the AF base. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...ps0xxryytz.jpg Engine compartment when new. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...pse9b1a8xt.jpg |
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Yup, no spear and the square non park wiper motor (300 Deluxe SS 396 Style)
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rixls6</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick,
Glad to see your bringing out all your old cool pictures :-) This is a Dusk Blue SS396 300 Deluxe Coupe.....Love It [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Dan </div></div> I missed a few 300 Deluxe items... Non park wipers? (I noticed the spears but didn't think these were installed on SS cars) one sexy car!!! </div></div> Ah, but there lies the rub.......here is a picture of the car's other side that was taken before he left Evanston to the AF base. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...ps0xxryytz.jpg Engine compartment when new. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...pse9b1a8xt.jpg </div></div> Simple solution.....left side assembly line plant employee made the easy mistake of reading the model number, installed the left side rocker spear and failed to read that this Chevelle was receiving RPO Z25. I bet this mistake was made a few times. Especially with the early built car, such as this Chevelle. Obviously no one caught this mistake and she rolled out the assembly plant. A Great Chevelle that certainly got its nickname early in life.....I would have named her <span style="font-weight: bold">"The Southpaw Spear"</span> Hey Sam, could this be your former DB L78? Now owned by Grady :-) Dan |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rixls6</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick,
Glad to see your bringing out all your old cool pictures :-) This is a Dusk Blue SS396 300 Deluxe Coupe.....Love It [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Dan </div></div> I missed a few 300 Deluxe items... Non park wipers? (I noticed the spears but didn't think these were installed on SS cars) one sexy car!!! </div></div> Ah, but there lies the rub.......here is a picture of the car's other side that was taken before he left Evanston to the AF base. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...ps0xxryytz.jpg Engine compartment when new. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...pse9b1a8xt.jpg </div></div> Simple solution.....left side assembly line plant employee made the easy mistake of reading the model number, installed the left side rocker spear and failed to read that this Chevelle was receiving RPO Z25. I bet this mistake was made a few times. Especially with the early built car, such as this Chevelle. Obviously no one caught this mistake and she rolled out the assembly plant. A Great Chevelle that certainly got its nickname early in life.....I would have named her <span style="font-weight: bold">"The Southpaw Spear"</span> Hey Sam, could this be your former DB L78? Now owned by Grady :-) Dan </div></div> That would be so cool, with 9K original miles the history should be easy to figure out:-) Ryan |
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Grady's car is bad ass for sure! Educate me here as I am still in "Grasshopper Status".....wouldn't that air filter have been square mesh?
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"Grasshopper Status".....they came in both style air filters [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
I prefer the Square Mesh [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] Dan |
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1971 Rod Shop Hemi Charger going to a new home approx 1979. A friend of mine in HS dad owned this car from 1979 to 2006 or so when it was sold to a collector in Florida.
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----The picture of this Chevelle shows that it had a newer set of tires on it by this time. Those are Dayton Wide ovals. I used to love the checkered pattern from the stripe out to the outer edge. Cool 69!......Bill S
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----The picture of this Chevelle shows that it had a newer set of tires on it by this time. Those are Dayton Wide ovals. I used to love the checkered pattern from the stripe out to the outer edge. Cool 69!......Bill S </div></div>
From what I'm told by the original owner, those pictures are from the first week he owned the car. |
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----Rick,,,The tires appear to be possibly a size or two bigger than an "F". Maybe that's why the change, but they are definetly Daytons......Bill S
----I should add that I cant quite see the fronts as clearly as the rears, so maybe only the rears were sized up. Being a 375 it would certainly be necessary. |
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I realize they are Daytons, but my contention is that they were put on when the car was new, as the original owner did not change them the first week of ownership, but I'll ask him again.
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There was talk about Charlie Jacobs and his Camaro in Ebay sectorn.
Found this picture on Facebook. Kind of Cool because my 69 El Camino was sold at H&H Chevrolet Omaha NE http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u...psspdibfvu.jpg |
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Okey Dokey here goes a few observations before work:
The '69 Chevelle could've had a tire change at the dealership before it ever left the dealership. We used to do it all the time. The finance manager would upsell tires and compare them to "builder grade" carpet. The take-offs would then be sold (or stolen) to employees, etc. As a kid, my cars ALWAYS had brand new take-offs and I went through them quickly. Heck, a teenage gearhead with an unlimited supply of free tires? What could be better? The "Charlie Jacobs" Chevelle has been substantially modified as it looks to be a leaf spring rear suspension with an altered wheelbase. The "Tire Town Rat" (I'm darn near positive, unless there were two) is the Yellow ZL-1 that was found and owned by Bill Porterfield. If my memory is working, that was a double COPO from Berger, and the #3 ZL-1. |
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Love the last two pics. Some of the '60s-'70s "panel" paint jobs are really cool and this one "ain't bad"!
The "Motion" Camaro was bad-a$$.....not the prettiest, but one tough car. Funny thing back then, not all race cars were aesthetically pleasing. Some looked good up close, some looked good from the stands, some didn't look good at all. |
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Looks like a cool 1968 Hurst Olds coming down the return road
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Yes that is a 68, was my friends car for a while. Thought someone might know the chevy. Pic was taken at the Grove.
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That deuce has tags on it.....wonder if someone was driving a D/MP on the street?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DW31S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That deuce has tags on it.....wonder if someone was driving a D/MP on the street? </div></div>
Sure. My mom used to drive our B/MP GTO to the corner store. K |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Seymore</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DW31S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That deuce has tags on it.....wonder if someone was driving a D/MP on the street? </div></div>
Sure. My mom used to drive our B/MP GTO to the corner store. K </div></div> On the other hand - it usually wouldn't start when we came back out... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] |
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Carleen do you have any pic of your El Camino?
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HUBERT PLATT BARN FIND at the Gasser Event at Greer Dragway Greenville SC
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There may be some awesome history here ...
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There may be some awesome history here ... </div></div>
Agreed...cool stuff! |
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Waay cool!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...attshaker3.jpg |
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Just posted a bunch of pics of the current Georgia Shaker III
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DW31S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The "Tire Town Rat" (I'm darn near positive, unless there were two) is the Yellow ZL-1 that was found and owned by Bill Porterfield. If my memory is working, that was a double COPO from Berger, and the #3 ZL-1. </div></div>
The #3 ZL1 Camaro was never a race car. It remains unrestored and still has much of its original paint. |
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Not sure if this fits in this thread but here's a pic that one of my friends posted on facebook. This was his '58 Pontiac and his buddy's day 2 '70 Chevelle SS 454. He didn't know if it was an LS5 or LS6, just that it was fast as hell! lol
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William, you are right again, sir. My memory wasn't 100% correct. Seems the #3 was raced a little by some "locals" and powered by a SBC. I think it had a amateurish black stripe that Porterfield removed.
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1969 U.S. Nationals. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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Looks like the Lehighton Lightning 3rd car back on the left! Benny was at it back then too. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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