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My understanding from him was that Fast Eddie (who spec'd it and bought it new) had moved on to another car by then and had no further interest in racing the COPO Chevelle anymore. A racing friend had the Olds and wanted to continue racing his same Olds, but wanted the COPO drivetrain. Fast Eddie liked the fancier red and white Olds interior, so the drivetrains and interiors were swapped. (I would hope there was some cash boot in there as well, but who knows.) On another note, the COPO still had the red and white Olds interior in it up until the restoration. I found a fairly nice 300 post car about 10 years ago with a mint set of red 300 door panels, the rubber mat, and nice seats, and hooked the COPO owner up with that car so he would have that interior for the COPO restoration. The seats had a tiny bit of wear so they actually got NOS seat cloth from SMS and used that to recover the donor seats so they would be nicer. The rubber mat unfortunately was not used, as the car has carpet in it now. They said it had a couple minor cracks around the seat feet so they went with carpet instead.
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Jeff Helms 65 Z16 Survivor 65 Z16 drag car 66 Chevelle L78 unrestored 67 Chevelle L78 unrestored 67 Camaro SS350 Survivor |
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Thanks Jeff.
Yeah, the crazy things people did with these cars when they were done playing with them years ago is rather mind boggling to us now. So you, and others, have known about this car for quite some time, it just wasn't well known in public until recently ? Still brings up the question of who has the original rear axle and trans and why they haven't been pursued to reunited with the car.
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Mitch 1970 Chevelle SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Camaro ss/rs 1938 Business coupe, street rod 2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles |
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Bill Pritchard 73 Camaro RS Z28, L82, M20, C60 |
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