70-71 CAMARO BB 4SPD

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I recall reading the post about the SS cars and them having stripes too. There was one guy who had a trim tag with the
Z27 code followed by a stripe code as well. I don't remember what the final outcome of that topic was, as far as it being authentic or not.
On the L78 TH-400 topic, I don't know a lot about these cars, and haven't really seen very many of them either. My only question is why wouldn't they offer the TH-400 in an L78 Camaro given that they did have it in other cars with that engine as well as the 454's?

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The final outcome is there never is a final outcome. Certain individuals post claims and after a 4-5 page thread it is never proven. Request are ignored and so on and so on.

There are certain people who feel that their word is gospel and nothing else needs to be proven. They said it's true so it must be.

I just don't see why it so friggin difficult to allow people to verify the car and it's alleged paperwork.

Unless it can be proven I myself stand by the understanding that there were NO 1970 L78/M 40's built. Also the stripe issue was never proven either. Show me the trim tag and supporting documentation and then I might change my mind.

Have a nice day.

Rick H.

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Rick,

In reality I have looked at several striped SS cars over the years and two of them were L-78's. Some where the owner stated the "dealer had added the stripes" and some who claimed the stripes were applied by the factory. In the Nasty Z thread I commented several times (as you can see) on the SS cars with stripes were surfacing at that time.

I am simply keeping an open mind as to what could be out there. All the information to date says no stripes on an SS... So why do these cars keep popping up? I cannot think of a reason someone would repop a tag with a code that everyone in the'70-72 Camaro corner would question right from the start as being "wrong".

The same can be said with the L-78 auto car - hell who knows and who really cares?

The proper time to be critical of this car will be when and if it ever comes to market. Current owner seems happy with his car now- as it is not for sale.

Oh yea - one more thing on this recent (in context) quote from you reproduced again below:

"The final outcome is there never is a final outcome. Certain individuals post claims and after a 4-5 page thread it is never proven. Request are ignored and so on and so on."

"There are certain people who feel that their word is gospel and nothing else needs to be proven. They said it's true so it must be."



I posted quite a bit in that thread that you were commenting on... hmmm... Now you have me wondering-were you writing an opinion on me?

Phil