1967 400 mile Camaro 396

[Belair62]

Anyone ever hear from the owner ?

[Charley Lillard]

Nope

[whitetop]

This reminds me. What ever happened to the guy who was willed a '69 Baldwin Motion by his grandfather in an old post on this site?
whitetop



[Edited by whitetop (11-30-2001 at 02:45 PM).]

[K Pascoe]

Also have not heard from the owner...

[AutoInsane]

I have given any phone numbers given to me to Tony, who is the owner of the car. I am sorry he has not called anyone back. He is no hurry here.

The car is an RS/SS. The color is either black or dark blue. If I can answer any questions in the mean time feel free to ask.

[AutoInsane]

So..... It has been a little while since this thread was opened. I just happen to be taking a look at my old posts and got curious about the old 396 375 with 400 miles on it.

Tony Meehan of Hoboken NJ was the owner of the car. He has since passed away.

He and his wife Debbie who ran a garage in Hoboken (right near Observer Highway) sold their property and moved down to central Florida a little while after my original post about the car.

In doing an internet search i foud this video from a few years back made by Tony's son...

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2012/0...n-hemmings-tv/

I remember sitting in the Vette in the garage in Hoboken!!! Tony had a lot of interesting stuff....

[1967 4K]

No hooks! Come on they look cool.

[JoeC]

back in the day, some people would run the L78 intake and Holley on the L34 or L35 sometimes with an aftermarket hyd cam.

there is a huge difference in the size and shape of the intake ports but they claim "it worked"

[Miagiman]

Wow, just reading this thread, a great car with history. After reading so many magazines, now every other found car or still owned (in a barn/garage) has a story, and the funniest one is how they are unrestored except for paint or even better found the long lost engine in some guys garage in the next state is a joke. This car has a great story, is said to be a 400 mile car and at the end of the day, everything everyone finds wrong doesn't matter, because It's Not For Sale and if it was his phone would ring off the hook!

[WILMASBOYL78]

Originally Posted by JoeC

back in the day, some people would run the L78 intake and Holley on the L34 or L35 sometimes with an aftermarket hyd cam.

there is a huge difference in the size and shape of the intake ports but they claim "it worked"

Yes it does work and pretty good. There weren't a lot of aftermarket choices way back when and the 163 was a cheap fix from your local Chevy dealer...and there were plenty of used ones floating around. Trick was you had to use the correct gaskets to be sure the ports sealed..otherwise

The 163 with a well prepped Holley, a cam with more juice and a few of the other hotrod upgrades [exhaust, ignition and gears] and you could make the low horse motors perk right up.

I would like to see some modern day trials with that combo...ok one of you L34 guys needs to volunteer

-wilma