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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My brother's 69 SS396 four speed back in 1979 when my Dad bought him the car. This was the day we got it home in the snow. Stange car. Real Daytona Yellow car. California assembly line built with a full 68 style vinyl top that went down the A piller.
</div></div> I meant to say strange car not stange. Sorry I can;t spel to good. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] |
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My 70 RAIII black int 4spd non console.Summer of 77, Mulholland drive w/b going through grandstands
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That's OK Steve, even your worst spelling is still better than some! I'm sure you know the Yellow '69 Camaro had some prior "personalization" after in left Van Nuys..... And, one of my all-time favorite body styles has been shown here....a '64 Cutlass 2dr post. In my opinion, that body is geometrically perfect; a few others are too, but I really like that one. The one pictured looks to have had a vinyl top added (don't think The General offered it on A-Bodies then) and the stance is darn near perfect.
Would Day 1 or Day 2 race cars qualify as "Baby Pictures"? I own two cars that are/were bona fide, lettered, real-deal race cars in their infancy....both as NEW cars! I have pictures of both of them and others that were destined for track duty from the minute they arrived at the dealership. If they ARE acceptable, once I figure out how to post them, I'll gladly share. If they AREN'T acceptable, I fully understand why. |
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My '67 when new at the original owners family picnic...
And his brother-in-laws '66 L72 4 spd. marina blue super sport... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...-55215-025.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...-55216-026.jpg |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DW31S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's OK Steve, even your worst spelling is still better than some! I'm sure you know the Yellow '69 Camaro had some prior "personalization" after in left Van Nuys..... </div></div>
Oh yeah, that's why it was so cool. I liked the all black replacement grill. It was originally a 325 horse car but the guy we bought it from updated the top end with 375 horse heads, solid lifter cam, and aluminum intake. It was classic Day 2. I especially loved the Cal Custom valve cover studs and wing nuts with the self-ejecting wings that would fall in the road and puncture the tires of anyone following too closely. I believe that day was the only time that it had all of the valve cover wing nuts in place. After that day, it shed them on a regular basis til my brother gave up buying new ones and just put some bolts in. |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Love that 68. I do not think that car has surfaced anywhere but could be wrong. </div></div>
Rick it actually has survived, the current owner bought it in Oct. of 68 used, still has it and lives In Ohio, now painted black. He recognized it because of the astro ventilation, very rare option in 68 for a full size car. |
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Decided to pull out some photos of cars I have owned in the past. This photo is of my Z28 taken a Carlsbad Raceway in NM. The "shoe polish" graphics were applied by some of the regulars at the Machine Shoppe in Clovis, NM TAZ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...18-z28_001.jpg
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I don't want to ruffle any feathers -- so if there is a better place to show these photos, let me know. Here is a shot of a 72 RS/SS I did a "restifacation" on. It had a 468 w/4sp -- ran pretty stout if you could hook it up! TAZ
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Great thread.
My 68' Camaro when the third owner got it from So.Tacoma Chev & used the SS396 to commute to work at the Naval Shipyard in Bremerton From Port Orchard. Come gas crunch time she parked it in the adjacent garage. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9-scan0001.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-scan0002.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...1-scan0003.jpg Note She said the RS emblem was on the grill as she bought it used that way, it was still there after a few repaints when I got it in 83' |
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13 June 1969 - minutes after "baby" delivered...
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-img_0563.jpg Day two photo shoot... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-img_0564.jpg |
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Sam,you may have the coolest baby pics so far!https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5364-image.jpg
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.... Sam, I distinctly remember in 1969 while growing up in Roanoke, Va. that I walked into the showroom of Berglund Chevrolet on Williamson Road and they were raffling off a Black 1969 Chevelle SS396 with Black interior with bucket seats for Christmas. ... The reason I remember that car so well is because a friend of mine's sister .... WON THAT Chevelle ! ........ Her Dad made her sell it about a month later ! ... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cry.gif[/img] |
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Here's my dad, fresh out of the Airforce, with his 67 LeMans, 326 HO, 4spd, console, Rallye gauges, Mariner Turquoise, white top, green interior. I've been trying to find it but no luck. Funny part is, my uncle and cousin both owned the car until the late 90s. They keep everything, old checks, outdated newspapers, kidney stones. But do either one have an old insurance card so I can get the VIN and trace it? Nope [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif[/img]
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...104_115145.png Here's me with my 67 Goat back in NJ. Mariner Turquoise, 4spd, console, 66 Tripower unit, that was a fun one! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-mygto7_2.jpg Cheers [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: A12pilot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here's my dad, fresh out of the Airforce, with his 67 LeMans, 326 HO, 4spd, console, Rallye gauges, Mariner Turquoise, white top, green interior. I've been trying to find it but no luck. Funny part is, my uncle and cousin both owned the car until the late 90s. They keep everything, old checks, outdated newspapers, kidney stones. But do either one have an old insurance card so I can get the VIN and trace it? Nope [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif[/img]
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...104_115145.png Here's me with my 67 Goat back in NJ. Mariner Turquoise, 4spd, console, 66 Tripower unit, that was a fun one! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-mygto7_2.jpg Cheers [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] </div></div> Wow - you and your dad look like like twins! (I didn't know youz had a Joysey connection?) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Wow - you and your dad look like like twins!</div></div> Thought the exact same thing.. lol |
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Not a supercar, but you guys might like this. Dad was on a budget back in 1970, and he special ordered a very low-option Chevelle as his first new car. It was not a Malibu, just a base model. Being a "car guy", he wanted rally wheels as one of the very few options. Probably odd to see a low-option base model delivered with Rallys. Here it is in 1971-1972 after he blacked out the grille, "SS" style, added white letter tires, and SS wheel opening moldings.
I rode home from the hospital in this car when I was born in 1972. http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/...ps94xq6fhk.jpg http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/...ps36jqcrbx.jpg |
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Oh yeah, Stevey. Born and raised in Pennsauken : [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] And the uncle and cousins were in Cinnaminson not too far from Frank ( Flyingn) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
You can take the Boy outta Joisey, but......hey, you rollin' your eyes? What!? You got a problem with that?!?!!? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] And novadude, that was my Dad's dilemma too. He wanted a GTO but couldn't afford it so he got the HO LeMans and decked it out. Cheers [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] PS: I make a pretty funny Texan down here with my drawl [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] |
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Me in the 70s to late 80s. Baby pictures..
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-img_6369.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...4-img_7705.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-img_7789.jpg |
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Ken, are they 2 SuperStock camaros running in bracket class? SuperPro? COOL!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken, are they 2 SuperStock camaros running in bracket class? SuperPro? COOL! </div></div>
Yep, doing some shake down. First time out after two years of building my Camaro. I ran GT/AA and BA with the car. A few more old time shots me and my rides. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...386-top_12.jpg [img]https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/use...80986_105661423[/img] https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...389-top_15.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...390-top_16.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5391-top_2.jpg |
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Ken, I love seeing the old Detroit area track pics. Where did you grow up?
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Ken - what drivetrain was in that 3rd gen Camaro?
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I grew up in Southfield MI. If your talking about the Trans am race car. I built a 502 BBC with OEM aluminum heads. It ran 9.30s. The Super Stock Camaro was a 8to1 compression 454 with 049 heads and a Q jet. turbo 400 and 5.38 9" ford. She ran 9.80s
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First picture, if you look at the car behind, you will see a '57 Pontiac Bonneville, one of the 630 made that year. This picture is from around 1960 or 61, the Bonneville having been purchased by a very smitten young family man in September of 1959 after it was traded back in to Osborne McCann Pontiac-Cadillac by the original owner. Original $5700 list price had become a more manageable $2922 in late '59 and young Keith had to have it.
He and his lovely wife and family used it as their family car through the sixties then kept it safe. Second pic is October of this year when I met the car-still in original paint about 10 miles from where it was sold, still owned by Keith and his wife. Until yesterday, that is-but that's a story for the Pontiac section someday;) |
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You bought it ?
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Yes and no. I traded money for a small late 50s Washington title (its still wearing same 57 license plate!) on behalf of a collector in the Midwest that I bird dog for. Kinda like you and the Brothers Collection;)
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That Pontiac is great just like the one I took down to Reed man when I came home from Vietnam May 1970. My sister had it in the garage with 25,000 miles on it looked like it came from showroom sold it for 750 dollars wish I knew what it would of been worth. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]
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----Wow, Ken! Did the white Camaro in the other lane land on all four? He is definetly out of shape......Bill S
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No shirt welding - the best kind of welding. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] OMG
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my 69 GTO Judge in about 1975
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no a supercar but a rare car [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] In 1981 my new 1981 Charger 2.2
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my 65 Z16 around 1975
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and lastly, my frame off restored by My Dad and myself 65 El Camino. Taken in the early 80's
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I have a question -- how were the previous snap-shots saved as .jpg? Scanned?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DW31S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's OK Steve, even your worst spelling is still better than some! I'm sure you know the Yellow '69 Camaro had some prior "personalization" after in left Van Nuys..... And, one of my all-time favorite body styles has been shown here....a '64 Cutlass 2dr post. In my opinion, that body is geometrically perfect; a few others are too, but I really like that one. The one pictured looks to have had a vinyl top added (don't think The General offered it on A-Bodies then) and the stance is darn near perfect.
Would Day 1 or Day 2 race cars qualify as "Baby Pictures"? I own two cars that are/were bona fide, lettered, real-deal race cars in their infancy....both as NEW cars! I have pictures of both of them and others that were destined for track duty from the minute they arrived at the dealership. If they ARE acceptable, once I figure out how to post them, I'll gladly share. If they AREN'T acceptable, I fully understand why. </div></div> Well Dave, I'll post El Malo 1969 Olds F85 W31 drag car, "in the day" pics. Post what you've got. The first pic Jun 69 is prior to getting lettered with window sticker still in place. All three pics are from family of the original owner. |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No shirt welding - the best kind of welding. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] OMG
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...23-noshirt.jpg </div></div> Is that you? Ryan |
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Fantastic thread! Keep them coming if you can. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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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: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No shirt welding - the best kind of welding. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] OMG
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...23-noshirt.jpg </div></div> Is that you? That's your finest. Mr Ken Maisano Ryan </div></div> |
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