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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart (Post 1486044)

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I think this is the only Dusk Blue COPO Chevelle made. Is that right?

No, I know of at least 1 more.

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Well . . . that was short lived. And the Fed cut interest rates by half a point today. Still 2.5 hours left to today's secession.

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It might be easy to imagine shooting a movie as something of a luxury. But according to producer Frank Marshall, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first Indiana Jones film, was shot in “Tunisia, in 130 degrees for six weeks and we had three days left. We were supposed to shoot this huge fight between the whip and the sword.”

The previous nearly month and a half of filming seemed to have taken its toll on the film’s star, Harrison Ford. Rather than spend an additional three days shooting yet another physical fight scene, Ford simply pulled out his prop gun and pretended to shoot his adversary. As Marshall described it, “After lunch we did three shots…and it’s the biggest moment of the movie.”

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Originally Posted by muscle_collector (Post 1485925)

I owned this car for 20 something years before I sold it to milt. was probably the nicest kept one made. interior didn't look like it was ever sat in. shifter felt brand new. ran and drove like new. would literally boil the tires thru first 3 gears and lay down a good patch in 4th. but original owner color changed it when new. it had more documentation than any car I have ever owned. even had a picture of it when it was rolled off the transport truck and had not been dealer prepped yet. it is one that I do miss.

here is a "picture of the picture" taken with my cell phone of the car the day it was unloaded off the transport truck new. notice it doesn't even have the center caps on it yet. no license tag put on either. got to love it delivered in the snow.

another thing I love about the picture new. I love to get under the skin of the car show judges now days who count off for items. how many points would be deducted for the trunk lid not lining up with the quarter panels and the terrible door to fender gap and the door to quarter gap at the bottom.

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This is the very first 1970 Challenger T/A to roll off the production line. It has an auto trans and 3.91 rear.

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This photo was taken at Demmer Engineering where the Hurst Olds were finished after being delivered by Olds.

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“In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, ‘Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,’ the first thing I said was, ‘Lee, you can’t make a race horse out of a mule,” Shelby recalled in an interview. “I don’t want to do it.”

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An unused photo shot for the 1970 Torino Brochure

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it's a 1954 Thunderbird Prototype. Beneath it is a production 1955 for comparison.

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Available November 12, 1969, V24 Performance Hood Treatment With Engine Callout first was displayed on the 1968 Topless Charger show car:

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In 1969 the only 396 available for Chevrolet's Full Size cars was a 265 HP 2BBL. The 325 HP 4BBL was not an option. If you wanted more power you could choose the 1 year only 427/335 HP 4BBL engine which would be the next step up from the 396/265 HP.

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1969 383 Barracuda Formula S Promotional Photos

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart (Post 1486155)

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What the heck is this thing? A computer generated version of a T/A Challenger?

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This once belonged to Ron Pratt. Anyone know the backstory on this car?

Wasn't this the VIN swap car that was just tags? The whole story blew up all over the Camaro websites when the guy who sold the tags realized that the car had been resurrected and started talking about it. IIRC Pratt was high bidder on the car and kept it anyway even though it was a rebody.

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Vin 124379N509335

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Originally Posted by njsteve (Post 1486175)

What the heck is this thing? A computer generated version of a T/A Challenger?

Good question. And a good guess. It definitely isn't stock

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Another of the incredible cars in The Brothers Collection. It's a 1972

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HIGHLIGHTS

Never titled, sold on bill of sale, Serial #1
First production line built 1970 Camaro "pilot car" at the Norwood, Ohio assembly plant in November 1969
The following items were tested on this car under lab as well as road and track conditions to gain FIA certification
454/450 HP LS6 engine, M22 Rock Crusher 4-speed
JL8 4-wheel disc brake package, HD Harrison L88 radiator
Emergency braking system, HD front spindles, hubs, rotors, calipers, front springs, and multi leaf rear springs
Lightweight under hood cold air plenum intake
COPO rear spoiler of the tall three piece design
Jones distributor drive tachometer, transistor ignition
These parts are the only known Chevrolet installation in any production 1970 Camaro
Shipped to Smokey Yunick for additional testing
Partial disassembly and kept at Smokey's shop until 1989
Purchased by current owner in 1989
Rotisserie restoration completed over a 20 year span

This is the first production line-built 1970 Chevrolet Camaro (VIN: 123870N500001). It was built as a “pilot” car at the Norwood, Ohio, assembly plant in November 1969 and then immediately shipped to Chevrolet Engineering in Warren, MIichigan, where Vince Piggins, head of Chevrolet Product Promotion (racing) and his engineering team began a series of specific modifications to submit for approval by the FIA as homologated production options for use in racing. The first and most important element was the 454/450 HP LS6 engine based on a GM/Chevrolet service block. Fitted with a lightweight underhood cold air plenum intake system, a tach-drive distributor working a Jones tachometer, transistorized ignition and a heavy duty L88-specification Harrison radiator, the LS6 was mated to a Muncie close ratio “Rock Crusher” 4-speed. The suspension and brakes were also heavily modified. Heavy duty front coil and multi-leaf rear springs were installed along with 1969 Camaro JL8 4-wheel disc brakes and the requisite emergency braking system, heavy duty front spindles, hubs, rotors and calipers. A tall three-piece rear spoiler, which would be made available to the public under COPO 9796, was the only visible exterior modification.

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