Neat story... I can just imagine Chevy service bays filled with nearly new Chevelles, Camaros, and Novas on the lifts with Muncies and 12 bolts scattered about on the shop floor... woulda been a cool era to live in.
That Burgundy/Red is a wacky looking combo...I like it because it's an oddball, but it seems strange they thought that was an OK color for red stripes, yet you couldn't get red Z/28 stripes on a black or white Z with red guts, or on Cortez Silver, or...