Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Hi Taz, not mine, just came across it on ebay.

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: scuncio</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hi Taz, not mine, just came across it on ebay.</div></div>

Copy that -- thanks for the reply ... TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here is a 67 SS427 that I used to own. When I bought this car I was backing out of the drive way with the car on the trailer when the owner came running back out of the house. Said he thought I should have this. Cool picture. The car is now fully restored and is a frequent visitor at the Fred Gibb Memorial Show. Note the neat plate and photo date.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...cks67SS427.jpg</div></div>

I've heard of the &quot;deer in the headlights look&quot;, but &quot;deer in the taillights&quot;?

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

&quot;Trunk Venison&quot;

1969 L72 Biscayne
 

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Deer in the Taillights look?
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~ Pete

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Back on topic....here's a gorgeous 69 Biscayne, fresh out of Shaun Price's shop...

http://members5.boardhost.com/impala...473731578.html

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That is one sweet Ride.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]

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Just an update on this thread, I once again have an M22 L72 Biscayne back in my garage. I purchased the car from Tony (Scuncio) back in 2007, sold it to Barry (69L78Post) in 2009, and just bought it back from Barry this spring. Time to move forward with restoring the car. When I first owned it I did a ton of research on owner history, and was able to track its life from 1977 to present, when it was owned by Michigan Drag racer Dick Ross. It was his Saturday night street race car. No one suspected a 4000 pound brown taxi cab with dog dish hubcaps would run 11:40 at 118 MPH. Since buying it back I have located the original owner, who ordered the car brand new, and raced it under the name &quot;The Whirlwind&quot;. Waiting on some photos, maybe film of the car from back in the day at Lapeer and various other Michigan tracks.The original owner is a very smart man, at the time a Flint GM worker,who knew exactly what he was was putting together when he ordered this car. With only 9000 original miles ( 1/4 mile at a time) he has always regretted selling it to Ross. As his health is not the best, my hope is to have the car far enough along so that he can drive it once again. I want him to power shift it like he did when it was new. A very rare car with really interesting owner history.

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Very cool car with even cooler history:-)

Best to invite the original owner for a visit and get the stories first hand. (Time waits for no man, don't wait)

Ryan

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Marc,

Congrats on getter her back.....Barry is a Straight Up Car Guy, one of the Best [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

That's a great history you have discovered! Was he able to take ownership at the factory or did he have to have it delivered through a dealership? Pretty neat that he worked at Flint 2, as he probably had his hands on my 68 L72 Impala. What area was he in at the plant?

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Congrats Marc. That was definitely a neat car and has its share of stories.

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Really cool. My dad had a 4 door company car like that BITD, and love the history of yours. Congrats.

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Steve, not sure of delivery but the owner worked at Buick Assembly. He bought a long list of muscle cars and raced them.When I first owned the car I posted on the Winter Wonderland website looking for the owner, with no responses. After getting the car back, I went back to the site to find a post looking for the car by the son of the owner, 3 years after my initial post. Two ships in the night situation. A very common last name, no e-mail, no phone, a relocation to Texas...if it were not for the drag race connection I would have hit a dead end. But the son races a 9 second 66 Chevy II and that was all I had as a lead. I should write a book about this car. The first half of its life was a great car/drag race story, and the second half was like a bad reality TV show.

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And yes, Barry is a stand up guy, who has allowed me a second chance with the car !

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Gorgeous L72 Shaun!

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Yes, that car of Shaun's is amazing.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Marc,

Congrats on getter her back.....Barry is a Straight Up Car Guy, one of the Best [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan </div></div>

X2!

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: William</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There was a cherry, super low-mile Frost Green L72 'bisc in Milwaukee many years ago. Either sold or no longer does shows. </div></div>

There is also a black 68 L72 Biscayne original owner in Milwaukee. Friend of a friends Father. Neat car with a killer story. Came from Braeger Chevy when he worked there.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Gorgeous L72 Shaun! </div></div>

Thanks Rick ....here's a few more.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9_bisc_001.jpg


https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9_bisc_005.jpg


https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9_bisc_007.jpg

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Very cool...as all of Shaun's work is!!!

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That is nice!! TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Love the Biscayne's. Does the silver car have headrests? It is my understanding that there was a headrest delete option for those cars...BKH

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Shaun,

I have never seen a Cortez Silver '69 Biscayne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

LOVE IT [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Does she belong to you.....or did you do the restoration? Or Both [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

Dan

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

I have seen two Cortez Silver Biscaynes over the years,and this one is excellent. I also really like the Burnished Brown one..BKH

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

My absolute dream car!

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I had a Cortez silver2 door Biscayne
250 6 3 on the tree....
Black interior. Poverty caps and all...
Perverbial little old lady car.
With a statue of the Virgin Mary on
The dash ( frame was very rusty)
I still wish I kept the car ..

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Years ago I answered an ad in Hemmings for a L72 Cortez Silver 69 Biscayne in Johnstown. Was the first to see it. Very low milage car BUT it was the base 385 /427 instead of the L72 as advertised. Had a 163 intake bolted to it. Everything else was very much intact and correct. I left disappointed and did not pursue the car. Not sure where it landed, but I looked back on it, and I feel I let one get away....BKH

Re: 1969 L72 Biscayne
 

Feeling some nostalgia for the old Biscayne today. I bought it out of an ad in the local auto swapper. It was being stored at the Muffler Man in Flint, MI, where the previous owner worked. I about flipped when I saw the old Flint Mfg employee parking pass still present on the rear-view mirror:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/147/41...b0180bb3_b.jpg

Cool car, I know Marc will do it justice.

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The money shot.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1054/1...221fd7e4_b.jpg

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That Flint mirror sticker is so awesome!

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Thanks for reposting that photo Tony. For a long time that sticker was the only lead that I had to the original owner, and yet it did not match any of the history of the car after 1977. When I finally made contact, and was told that the car was ordered new by a GM employee, that sticker was suddenly like the feeling you get when the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle is put in place and fits perfectly.