The CONVINCER II

[COPO_Anders]

To avoid hijacking the NMW thread I think it´s better to start a new one about the Convincer II.

The pic from the NMW catalog.

[COPO_Anders]

Here is a pic from Raceway News, Raceway Park, Englishtown.

Now guys, start telling the stories about the Convincer II !

[NovaMob03]

I sent you a PM

[4274speed]

Anders,Joe Spino from the Neighbor Hood Garage(ESSO Automotive Repair Garage) in Jersey City knows both the owners of the Convincer II 69 Copo Chevelle.Joe is very very well known at Raceway Park Englishtown NJ.He ran the 67 and 69 "Born Free Camaro" with Patty Marchetti.

[COPO_Anders]

John, any info he could share would be interesting. Can you talk to Joe about it ?

Another pic from Raceway Park Englishtown NJ.

[COPO_Anders]

The last one I have from Raceway Park.
I´m going on vacation tomorrow morning and will be gone a little more than a week.
Give me some interesting info to read when I get back.

[COPO_Anders]

John, I talked to Joe Spino yesterday about Brahms Chevrolet where he bought most of his engines and engineparts. I didn´t have too much to ask him about the "Convincer II", but I understood that he had built a new engine for it at one time and that the original engine was sold locally. He said that the guys who bought it "messed it up". He also said that he had replaced the internals in the rearend, so the only drivetrainpart that was original to the car was the axlehousing. When shipped to Sweden it had no engine and transmission in it.

Joe was supernice to talk to !

[Mr Yenko]

That Comfort Custom shot is a 68 Chevelle, not even the same car? Vent windows and grill (hint)
The "MOF"

[mockingbird812]

Good (sad) info Anders. Appreciate the heads up!!

[COPO_Anders]

Here is an update on "The Convincer II": after having been repainted white pearl/dark red metallic in 1979 the car was campaigned with "Convincer IV" on both sides (look at some earlier shown black and white photos).
In 1995 it was sold to a guy in Malmö who repainted it the way it looks below, with "Idunsgatans Bil" on the doors.

Now to the news: after I spoke to the owner who had it a few years ago he has apparently sold the car to Denmark. I found this pic taken at Feringe Dragway in 1997 on Facebook a couple of days ago, and a danish guy says that the body and crome on it still is flawless. I wonder if the Cragars are the ones used in N.J. in the seventies ??
Before shipping the car to Sweden they bought a hoodscoop at Motion Performance on 12/14/77, paying $69.55 tax included. I assume that is the scoop you see on the car in this pic.