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As for the spoiler..........for us that have had and played with these cars since new, the short spoiler is far and away the favorite based on appearance. I personally removed a 3pc spoiler from a local sold new Daytona Yellow car I owned around 1978 and welded up the holes in the quarter to fit a small spoiler just because that was the look we wanted. I sold the 3pc. off my spot at Carlisle for like no money. Now here's one to surely get some comment.............I presently own a different Daytona 4spd RS-Z that I am planning a restoration on and it is a true 3 pc. spoiler car. FOR MY OWN SATISFACTION, I am contemplating welding up those quarter holes again to fit the low spoiler since I know I will never like the look otherwise and I can refit the orig spoiler with just a few holes redrilled if need be. NO harm done, agree ?????
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George,
As history and the wind tunnel numbers indicate Chevrolet and its engineers disagreed as the short spoiler was terminated after only 15 months of production. What the short spoilers have going for them is that they carry a pure association with the high compression '70 LT-1, whereas the three piece is associated with the 71 and up Camaros and suffer what I call the early 70's low compression "smogger look".
Most performance minded folks have a bias for the 1 piece cause it "looks like a '70 should". I wish I had a dime for every time I have had that bit of peer pressure at a show.
As for your car If the car is a real COPO 9796 I would reconsider. Then again that is why the real remaining cars are so rare today.
Here is the way I see it-if the car is real and you put a shorty on it the car will have stories for sure if you decide later to have it both ways by hanging the three Piece back on for resale or whatever....
Good luck with what ever you decide to do.
The Blue car discussed here is what it is, and not a car that I would sell anytime soon.
