The "Sam Griffith Mobile" showed up in the mail the other day. Details are very cool on the model car!! Congrats again Sam!!

Rich

Thanks Rich and Happy Turkey Day - glad you dig it! I got mine recently and think it is pretty cool :cool2:! I am so happy that they used the back story about the OO, Wayne Tuck, in the description on the box. That will surely bring a smile to his face and a neat story to share with his motorhead buds! :biggthumpup:

:3gears::3gears::3gears:

Nice!!

Very cool!

The perfect Christmas "Stocking Stuffer" :-)

Dan

It's already in my die cast car cabinet with the others.

Rich

Honored to be in your collection Rich!:worship::burnout:

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Magic stuff, big congrats Sam and Wayne!:headbang:
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~ Pete

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:laugh: Wayne sent a snap shot of the special delivery he received from “Santa Claus” in time for Christmas. His comment: “The 69 looks so real!” ....

You are the man Sam...:biggthumpup:

Sam, that is very cool. I'm sure he never imagined that his old race car would still be this treasured, appreciated and duplicated after all these years later. Phil Woj.

I’ll post here once a year whether I need to or not. :hmmm:

Back in June, I was skimming a new FB page that I had joined, “GM Chevrolet Memorabilia”. Saw some of the guys were from Southern VA area so I posted a photo of Wayne, the OO, getting his keys from Wickline Chev’s salesman and a bit about the car. First off, Wayne’s buddy, Mike Saunders, chimed in and introduced himself (Wayne told me about him years ago) - he ran a ‘68 L89 Camaro around Roanoke streets/tracks and influenced Wayne to a get a solid lifter BB for his Chevelle. Then a fellow in the Roanoke area, George Frye chimed in.

“I have some paper work about each of the new and some used cars sold by Wickline Chevrolet in 68 69 70 71 72 and maybe some other years.”

Got my attention!:shocked:

The first doc is the original copy (yellow) of the order form that I got when I bought my Chevelle. The rest are the docs as George had them. The final doc is the original order form which now is with me in Dayton (51+ years after Wayne drove his Chevelle home)!

That's really cool....:headbang:

Those invoice binders are pure gold!!!!

Ryan W31

Good going, Sam. I love to see original documents and even better when it belongs to your car.

----Sam,,,You have a way of scoring home runs over and over. So cool!!!......Bill S

very cool!

I missed this thread previously, Awesome Chevelle, Awesome story!!! :headbang:

I needed some good news today!

Thanks for sharing and Congrats!

This is Fantastic!

Dan

Woohoo! Nice going Sam!

X-2 What Dan said. Thanks for sharing

Only read the last few pages, but WOW, to have your car as the template for a die cast car and then come up with more original paperwork is beyond imagination.

And the sales price... $3,300 !! I know from being there, it was a large enough purchase at the time , but look what these cars selling for now. Houda thunk back then. I sure didn't, or I would've kept a bunch I ran hard and then sold for the next one.
I like the notation in the upper right corner for Potter...he got paid 10% of the sales price $33...:shocked: Rather indicative of the wages back then too. Can you imagine a salesman getting 10% of a $60,000 vehicle today ?

Way cool Sam...

And so nice of you to take the time to chime in for your annual check-up. And since it's now December again...may I extend the best of the holidays to you in case we don't see you back before then?

Love the docs and the story. Thanks for sharing.

----Projects,,,Your math is a bit off. 10% would be $330. 33 would have been 1%.....Bill S

On the original order form I am curious as to what the $3030.34 and the $5.50 below refer to. They are only showing on the original order form and not the customers copy. So, it is some internal business transaction. Could be dealer cost for the 1st number and maybe a bonus for the business manger for the $5.50???? :hmmm:

Those darn zeros always get me.
Must be why I drove/wrenched on a truck most of my life and didn't become an accountant...:rolleyes2:

Documentation...
 

Very nice Sam!! I'll copy the docs and put them with my 1:18 die cast of your car.... LOL

Rich

Sheesh, unreal! Way to go Sam.

Oops, best get my head outa my arse :blush: !!! Yes, of course Tom, that is the CAR INVOICE. So here is the original customer’s copy of the Order Form.

Remember when Ronnie Staples had this car...gorgeous car!

Sam, ur living on the right side of things.......congrats!

Congrats, just awesome.