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In no manner did I mean that Rick is not knowledgable- I know who he is. I am simply a car guy- I don't have wishes of stardom. My only point is that the "Mystery" Chevelle was totally restored after it went to Florida and before the article was done. So posting that it "floated" around for a long time and wasn't a good resto are incorrect. Except for the few weeks that Midwest consigned the car for the people, we were the only Northern dealer that had the car. It was never at Volo, as Rick stated. My whole point is that if you are an expert in a certain field ie '70 Chevelles, etc., all the power to you- but stick to the facts, don't fabricate a story about the car's history. Unfortunately, I sell and appraise all makes and models, so it is impossible for me to know every nut and bolt of every make and model. It is too much information and I need my library of books to help me in many cases. I apologize if I ruffled feathers-Tom Shaw may be off on some points in the article-however, the truth on the car's history is as I stated, not as Rick stated. Forums like this are essential to the hobby and I support them fully. Just beware of the power you hold in your comments, and realize that many novices take your word as gospel. If you Illinois guys want to do something good for the hobby, put down the boxing gloves and let's all meet at the Feed the Children benefit Saturday, July27.Shadows of Knight and the Ripchords are playing, Mindy Novotny and WIIL 95.1 are broadcasting there, and a good time will be had by all.
Randy
PS- Greg- Books are wonderful, however cold hard fact is that things happened at the dealer and factory that the books have no info on. I have a friend that bought his '70 Chevelle new.He got involved in an argument with some concourse judges that were telling him what was wrong with his car-their books were fine, but he had the car since day one and was the only one that knew exactly how it came from the factory. Truth is, we know of examples of many mistakes-some weren't mistakes- if they ran short of a part on the line, they didn't stop the line and say
'wait guys, this will be a classic and we have to do it right" They slapped in whatever was available. Don't go overboard on numbers and codes-enjoy them for what they are.