1967 Impala SS427 L-72?

[Verne_Frantz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mssl72</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You sound very sure of that fact. What kind of evidence do you have? I for one would love to believe that the records exist and will turn up. I have a very good friend that has worked at GM for over 30 years. He's got friends all over there including friends in the archives. Even his friends in the archives have been digging to see if something is around. Many of them are true car guys that would love to find a stash of paperwork. Nobody has found anything. I guess there's always a chance, but in this case it's almost too slim to measure. </div></div>

<span style="font-weight: bold">I've got my sources, so I can only go by their veracity. And by archives, you mean the Heritage Center? *If* it ever sees the light of day, it likely won't be a part of the Heritage Center. </span></div></div>

I can't believe I just read that. Common decency prevents me from commenting further.

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img]

[442w30]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

I can't believe I just read that. Common decency prevents me from commenting further.

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] </div></div>

Well, Verne, you're welcome to remove any decency with me if you wish. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

The point is that there's always hope. I know a story of things moving forward from a person in-the-know, yet the Heritage Center knew nothing about this. This is from two years ago, and I haven't heard an update since then.

I certainly didn't expect this to change the course of the thread. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]

[GTO_DON]

Im just throwing this out there and not stirring the pot. But if all the record exist for pontiac and buick and olds then why is there no records for their biggest most profitable division? I am one of the minority that believes these records exist and someone at the top does not want them released due to the firestorm that would come from it. Just a thought.

[SS427]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GTO_DON</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> But if all the record exist for pontiac and buick and olds then why is there no records for their biggest most profitable division? .......someone at the top does not want them released due to the firestorm that would come from it. </div></div>

I agree except for I do not understand why the other divisions have released the records and gotten no firestorm. I am not sure why GM would suffer for individuals who cloned cars. Where would they be legally in trouble with that? What am I missing?

[njsteve]

Why do people always think there is some type of Area 51 alien conspiracy about not having Chevy records? It was GM's largest division and there would have been literally tons of records that they had no need for, and certainly no extra money to pay for archiving. (sadly).

The smaller divisions like Pontiac were able to save their records due to their small size in relation to Chevrolet. And that is exactly why they were saved, thankfully.

So guys, please dont bring up the old &quot;Chevrolet is trying to prevent lawsuits against them for clones that will be revealed&quot; argument. It has absolutely no basis in reality. (I tell you that as a lawyer and a car guy).

In fact, as these records are considered under the &quot;business records exception&quot; under the rules of evidence, GM would have loved to have gotten paid $100 a pop for the certified copies of each record they could provide for any case. Even better still, getting paid an expert witness fee to provide an actual person to testify to the document would be an even bigger windfall.

Maybe we can start a new reality TV series: Clone Hunters, like the cheesy Ghost Hunter and Bigfoot Hunter TV shows. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Verne_Frantz]

I'll just say it was your attitude that got to me. <span style="font-weight: bold">&quot;I've got my sources&quot;</span>

[442w30]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'll just say it was your attitude that got to me. <span style="font-weight: bold">&quot;I've got my sources&quot;</span> </div></div>

There's no attitude there. I just happen to know someone in-the-know, but I don't think I'm at liberty to say who this or the other person is. It was my understanding that it was common knowledge that they existed but red tape was holding it back.