Old pics - 1969 Z/28

[MosportGreen66]

I'll post the receipt later for all you nonbelievers...

[Bill Pritchard]

OK, since we're posting vintage pics of 69 Z28's, I dug out some old pictures of mine and scanned them. Brief history: bought in January of 73 with a dented up lf fender, no hood or grille, no engine or trans, no wheels or tires. Frost green, green deluxe interior, green vinyl top. Paid a whopping <span style="font-weight: bold">$300 </span>for it. Rebuilt the LT1 out of my daily driver 70.5 Z28 to go in it, and bought an M22 from a 71 or 72 Corvette to go behind the LT1. Swapped the factory 4.10 gear for a 4.88 and eventually ran a best time of 11.98.

Pics as purchased:





Engine built, readying it for installation with a bunch of my friends (and my bride-to-be at the far right) in attendance -



One of the first outings, at Byron IL dragstrip, fall of 1973 -





Some time in 1974, ready to head to the body shop to get a whole lot more body work than my friend the bodyman and I had planned on, followed by paint to make it all purty. Another friend's 68 L89 Camaro hiding in the weeds behind it -





All done, in 1975...







continued...

[Bill Pritchard]

Who needs the extra weight of door sill plates [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smirk.gif[/img]



And for that matter, who needs a heater or wipers? Red Dymo Labelmaker tape on heater blockoff plate listed valve lash settings for the '140' Z28 off-road cam.

[olredalert]

-----Bill,,,To your knowledge did this Z have its original springs when you took these pics. Am trying to make a point to myself.......Bill S

[Bill Pritchard]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
-----Bill,,,To your knowledge did this Z have its original springs when you took these pics. Am trying to make a point to myself.......Bill S </div></div>

Bill,

I am very confident that the springs were original. When I got the car, it had not been modified very much, just used and <span style="font-weight: bold">REALLY</span> abused.....hence the reason I got it for 300 bucks [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] Seems to me it had somewhere around 40K miles showing.

[smallblockhero]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bill Pritchard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">OK, since we're posting vintage pics of 69 Z28's, I dug out some old pictures of mine and scanned them. </div></div>

bravo! i love this thread. nothin better then seeing these cars as they were back then.

again... another 69 Z with no spoiler. i see more pics of original Z's back then without spoilers. now every Z on the planet has a spoiler.