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I have always love this Post Sedan [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]
GLWS Dan |
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Wow, I bet this won't last long... cool car!
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Thanks, these cars are rare to find especially in great condition. By the way the antenna isn't on the car becasue I don't like to punch holes in the car covers you may have seen the mast laying in the back seat photo.
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Only $42K....someone is going to get a hell of a deal.
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Man that car would be fun! Brings back a lot of memories and lots of retribution to those that teased me about driving a barge!
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What a thumper/sleeper! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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Mick, After all the thinning, you should have room for the Dan Gurney '61 Impala! I know you would do the car justice.
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Well I guess you are right but presently I have three other projects that are taking way to much time and I hate to jump into yet another project.
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Any build sheet or other docs besides the original owners statement to prove validity to the car being a true 425 horse car?
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I wish I had the docs but the short answer is no. If you know these cars a personal inspection would satisfy you. The second owner said the first owner showed him the protecto plate and invoice but wouldn't give it up because he wanted to buy the car back so they ended up in a Mexican standoff. The car came out of Minnesota maybe someone on here knows some history on this car. I bought the car in Maryland. I do have an old drag strip picture of it I will try to add it to this ad. The previous owner to me has tried to locate the original owner but had no luck in doing so. I haven't tried in the short time I have owned it.
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Did the 2'nd owner buy the car in MN and bring it to MD? Any idea when that may've been also how he first connected w/ the O/O? Awesome car and best of luck w/ the sale! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete |
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Larry Meyers owned the car and still holds the A/MP record at MN Dragways. Car was sold new out of Polar Chev.
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Yep that was what I have been told in fact the dragstrip picture I have has Larry Meyers written on the picture. I was told that the original owner worked at Polar Chevrolet and seen the car at a car show in Mn and walked up to the owner at that time and told him he bought it new. Naturally skeptical the owner at that time questioned him so he went home and returned with the protecto plate and invoice.
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Her is the only old picture I havehttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-pict0313.jpg
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Very cool car and pic
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I have a Polar Chevrolet White Bear Lake chrome dealer emblem. Just like the one in the photo. Happy to send it to you if you need one. Earl
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Helmut may want a Polar dealer tag if you have a second one.
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Yes I would appreciate the correct dealer emblem if you have one to part with. Let me know what you want for it.
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Another thumbs up for sYc [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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Awesome car. I grinned from ear to ear when I saw the shifter in front of that bench seat.
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Was this car owned by Sam in m.d by ant chance??
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Scott, This is Sam's car that Scott Chalk put back together, yes.
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Yes this is the Sam owned and Scott did the work on. I talked to both of them yesterday.
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I really want this car, but I just bought a new offshore fishing boat and promised the wife there would be no new classic cars for a year. If you don't sell it and decide to sit on it for a while, PM me in a year and I will likely be ready then.
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Thanks for the interest. Who knows I might still have it in a year, I like the car so it won't hurt my feeling if I do. Good luck with the boat.
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This is a spectacular car and a great price. Someone is going to get something special for sure. I do have a question and please understand I am not questioning the car, but looking to learn. Just about every other big block 68 Biscayne I have seen has a spacer about an inch thick between the radiator and core support. This one does not. Is something that varied by assembly plants? Thanks, Pat
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Thats a good question Pat and I don't know that I can answer this with certainty. I have sent an email to Scott who restored the engine compartmnet maybe he can shed some light on it. I know there was a 67 and 68 SS427 on ebay recently and both had the spacer. They were both low horse cars but I don't know if that makes a differnce or not. Maybe someone else on this site has the answer?
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For your reference here are pictures from the 700 mile original car sold at Mecum a couple years ago and now owned by David Bongarzone
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...ps01f729cb.jpg And also from the car known as Ennis' Menace. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...81-ennis_2.jpg Looking at pictures of your car, it looks like the fan is right at the edge of the shroud instead of half way in, the spacer would fix that. |
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Here's a try at the pics. Nice to see you here again Pat! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pat_Dilling</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> For your reference here are pictures from the 700 mile original car sold at Mecum a couple years ago and now owned by David Bongarzone Looking at pictures of your car, it looks like the fan is right at the edge of the shroud instead of half way in, the spacer would fix that. </div></div> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...ps01f729cb.jpg And also from the car known as Ennis' Menace. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...81-ennis_2.jpg - |
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Thanks for the help Pete. I have been collecting pictures to use as reference as I am working on my tribute car. So it helps to know what is right when I can find the info.
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WoW! nice piece. I had a 68 L-72 427-425 4 speed 4.88 back in the 1970 .... I don't remember it having a A.I.R. pump, did they all come with this option or was it just a California deal?
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Yes regardless of the plant it was built at the air pump would have been on all 68 L72 427s.
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Yes regardless of the plant it was built at the air pump would have been on all 68 L72 427s.
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In regards to the radiator spacer question I am not sure but this is what we have found in the 1968 assembly manual. It shows that if the car was ordered with heavy duty cooling option which mine has it should have big radiator(4 core), clutch fan, fan schroud but it doesn't show the radiator to core support spacer. I know sometimes the assembly manual is inaccurate but wright or wrong that is why the restorer didn't use it. i know it runs cool enough the way it is.
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Mick, That makes sense. Thanks for finding and sharing the information. Good luck on your sale, I wish I had space for two Biscaynes.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chadk</div><div class="ubbcode-body">https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9246-image.jpg
</div></div> Is this car "Sour Grapes" the same car as the one that is for sale here? The colors look more blue versus green on the car for sale? If it is the same car, is there any proof to that effect since there is no documentation with the "for sale" car to prove its a real L72? PM sent. Please check your inbox. |
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