I am sure the car has other grease pencil marks on the firewall but I do know the car does have a very faint M22 next to the green PBT above the firewall seam above heater box and a BLK for tuxedo Black and X6 for X66 behind the distributor area of the firewall.

Few Pictures from MCACN.

i might have missed it somewhere, but what was the story of the original owner not driving it much and preserving it so well?

Copo
 

I was honoured to be part of this judging team. They let me do the recording stuff like body,window,seatbelt codes,rims tires and the like.
At one point on Friday there were 19 people underneath that car,looking,taking photos etc….we were ready to call the fire Marshall.

L-78 car
 

Another great piece of American Chevy Muscle! By Mr. Perry!!! Congratulation's BBBenny:eek2::eek2:

This car was insane! Thanks again for bringing it to the best muscle car show in the world.

Steve and the judging team
 

Hats off to Steve and the Judging team! I am very partial to Doug’s L78, but the group of car that Steve found and put together for the Vintage Certification is incredible. Steve was also very accommodating to the crowd, putting Doug’s car up in the air numerous time for pictures.

For me, the Vintage Certification is always the highlight of the show!

Doug’s car did not receive the heavy duty curved neck radiator even though it is a 4:10 car. According to Steve S, 02D was to early and transition period for the radiator late April/May and early cars were white and later came with red. All of this information is documented on the build sheet.
Another interesting fact about Dougs’s car, it was ordered with Z28 F41 suspension which included 4 leaf springs and Z28 coded shocks. It was also ordered with fast ratio manual steering. Lastly it was ordered without a heater, but new requirements for windshield defrost in 1969 mandated the heater.

It was great getting to know the original owner John over the last several years and working with Doug to acquire this car.
In November of 1968, John originally ordered a black JL8 Z28 that never came in. In January, he switched his order to the L78.
The reason the car was not driven, John is a devoted father, husband and grandfather. He always told me that family and work took priority in his life and he really did not have time to enjoy the car as much as he liked. John, also like the preservation of the car. He acquired numerous hard to find NOS parts over the years thinking one day he may restore the car. We are all happy that day never came!

What an incredible car!!! Thanks for all the details and pictures!

HuggerSS thanks for the information. For what purpose did he originally order the car ie: racing, daily driver, Sunday driver, collector/investment car?