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Thanks Jon,

Interesting to see Mark Donahue disqualified also in that article. I've heard rumors one of the Yenko '67 Z28's still exists. What have you heard?

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I have just heard the rumors like you have but nothing more than that. Obviously, it would be great to find one of them.

Regarding that #7 '69 Camaro, that does seem to be the TODCO sponsored Camaro and I know Craig Fisher did drive for that team. I'm not sure if this is the same car that started out white during the '69 season or not. Is there any other information that can be supplied such as year photo was taken, racetrack location, etc? Thanks.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans-Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

Re: 67 "Black Panther"
 

-Jon
You have more info about <font color="green">TODCO </font color>
I knew a Todco Racing has Montreal in mid-70s.
This is the same Todco Racing ????

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Hey Jon, do you have any information on 67 Camaros used in SCCA racing? Here's a post from a month ago that I was trying to get information on. Do you know of any 67 RS/SS cars that were used in competition in 67-71?
Jeff.

"I was just talking to Steve at MainStreet Motorsports because he's the one that imports the Minilite wheels from England and I'm getting a set for my car. He was telling me about a 67 RS/SS car he's thinking about buying that was built for TA racing, but went over to England in 71 and he can't trace down any US race history on the car. The car is an October 66 car with the 4P on the tag. Originally white with a blue interior but it also had silver paint with a single blue stripe. It's a complete ready to race car with full cage, crossram, cowl plenum setup, 4 wheel discs, staggered shock rear. He thinks it may have been driven by Tom Lynch. Does anyone recognize this car or know someone who might? He's been trying to verify the car for years and even Bob Fornier couldn't remember it. I told him I'd ask around."

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Yes, I believe that's the same TODCO as they were out of Montreal. Fisher drove for them for awhile but who took over driving duties after Craig left, I don't know.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans-Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

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Jeff H,

Yes, I'm extrmemly familiar with the car you are inquiring about as I know the owner and have been working with him for years trying to figure out the past history of the car. So far, we have not had much luck. There does seem to be a connection to Jon Ward but he is extremely reluctant to talk about the car for reasons I would rather not get into on a public forum.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans-Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

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Thanks for the information Jon. I think Steve said he was going to buy the car with the hopes of being able to use it for vintage racing some day. Regardless of the history, it's a great car that is very unique and shows how they built cars for racing back then.

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Jon
TODCO racing in mid'70s "St-Jacque street,Montrªal".(upper Lachine road)
In mid'70s TODCO build a conversion project (240Z with 215 Buick Aluminium V-8).

And on the shop, Todco working on many rares cars(64 Galaxie R Code/Shelby 68 ect..)

I was often going to make turn at TODCO at that time. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

In my youth. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

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I found a 67 Camaro road racer picture on my computer but don't remember where it was from but the picture looks like from the 60s.

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That picture is from the Virginia International Raceway (VIR) website done by Nick England. The car was the one owned and driven by Tom Lynch. It is the sister car to the Dana Camaro driven by Dick Guldstrand. Both those cars (and two others) were built by Bob McDonald at Dana Chevrolet.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans-Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

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March 69 at Sebring
Don Yenko/Bob Grossman/Dick Guldstrand^ Chevrolet Camaro Z28 no 5.
anyone have a picture of the Z/28 no 5.

Sebring69

Re: 67 "Black Panther"
 

Here's a pic of the car although it is from a little later in the '69 season. It is Bob Grossman's car but he had co-drivers on several occasions.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans-Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

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Thanks Jon
For the pics of the 5.
Bob Grossman and Grossman Chevy Dealer ,same people or it is just a coincidence ???.
Grossman

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Since Bob Grossman campaigned a Mustang the previous couple of years, I feel pretty confident in saying it's a coincidence. Also, I believe he was from the East Coast rather than the mid-West.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans-Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

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I was searching around today and ran into this article on the Black Panther. There is an earlier post with a link to the same text, but there are more pictures here...

Full Black Panther Article

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Very cool, love that car.