Picked up a double shot of 69 Camaro the other day!

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Originally Posted by JamesinHBCA

A couple of great cars for sure. I am sure you will get all the numbers verified before spending "Holy Grail" type money on a resto.

As a LEO, I think you can understand exploring all options in an investigation, so don't take it personal if I ask a way out there "what if" question. What if the guy who owned these cars and the faked L89 in the other thread is the one who started the forgery on the L89 by gathering the right parts and getting the correct stamping way back when, before it was stolen? Then maybe he was going to do the same with these project cars.

Or perhaps it really is just an "Incredible amount of good fortune and planetary/galaxy alignment" in your favor.

James,

Oh I can assure you. We have absolutely discussed this as a likely scenario. But given the amount of documentation on these two cars, including a series of registration paperwork from the previous owners, it seems unlikely.

We too even thought it was too good to be true when we first discovered them. In the paperwork, I did also find paperwork regarding a loan he had taken out from a local bank for the pace car when he picked it up. The price he paid in the early 90's for that car definitely seem appropriate for that time.

Also, we have found some very compelling/damning information regarding the third stolen Camaro; with much of the thanks to some of the fellow members of this forum!

Our biggest obstacle unfortunately falls on the widow whom we purchased these other two from as she may no longer have enough documentation on their old car. But I have some resources out there that may help our cause.

Regarding the state of the current cars, we had to ask ourselves why he would have ever left them in such a state of repair. But, as we have been told, he was just fanatical about restoring his cars as much as he could by hand.

Even though we have quite extensive ownership history on the two we purchased, we definitely want to check all the boxes before moving further!