[66 L78 ragtop]

My older brother bought a 71 RSZ28 M22 in 1979. Over the years, the car went through several different engines. He kept the original engine in my moms basement. In 1984, the Z was traded in for 68 corvette.

In 2006, he was going through an old trunk and found the original paperwork to the Z.

He contacted the dealer that took the car in on trade and eventually found the car in Indianapolis Indiana.

The guy from Indy has the car today. Here is the funny part. The guy that has the car told us that it still sported its original engine. He about s**t when we told him that we had the original engine in our possession. He fessed up and told us that he re-stamped the the block.

For the Chicago guys reading this post, the car was sold new at Brigance Chevrolet.

I tracked the original owner from the info on the paperwork. He shared some cool stories on the car. He explained that he ordered the car after coming home from Vietnam nam and decided on the lime green color with black stripes because it best reflected the camouflage green that he wore while in the army.