69 COPO Camaro

[whitetop]

I know what you mean. Old race cars have led a hard life. A guy in my hometown has a '69 B/B Camaro convertible race car that was raced since '71 or so. Car has about 30k miles but looks more like 300k. Top of fenders have a million dents from dropped cylinder heads, intakes and tools. Just about every dash part has a hole cut into it for gauges or buttons of some sort. No front end wiring, car is stripped, rear wheelwells trimmed etc. The only redeeming value is the car is rust free and never wrecked. When you picture a beat up, crusty old drag car this is it.
Dave

[hvychev]

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Again...car needs tons of work but has a really neat history including mysterious owners, murder, etc.


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Very interesting........could you elaborate?

[Eli]

The seller tells it much better (and more accurate as this is from memory and we all know that is the second thing to go). Seems as if the car has only had about 4 owners...one of them murdered his girlfriend after a night of partying and driving around in the car (supposedly still in prison) and another of the owners did not want his spouse to know that he had purchased the car (he had). Kept it from her for a long time.

And on the quote that the car needs a ton of work....the previous post about this car covers most of that. The roof is a real mess as well as the other stated concerns.

[Mr70]

Sorry to ask,but was the Gilfriend killed in this actual Camaro?

[MotownMadman]

I looked at this car yesterday, the name of the original owner and racer, I am not sure if I remembered this correctly but I believe it was Delbert Delaage? Ring any bells with you east coast guys? I didnt hear the murder thing, my understanding was it was bought new, raced, then put in storage 25 years before changing hands. Definetly a saveable car though. Very solid body, will need some straightning, seats not correct, engine sevice replacement lower end, new GM hood, correct rear, nice glass. To justify this car financially at the current price the restoration work would have to be done by the owner. Put $50,000 in the resto and what we be the point with a non original engine? For that investment a finshed car would be the way to go.
Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

[JoeG]

I used the bid estimate option on that COPO site----
$ 500-$600 per 72---not bad---- the only real problem I can see , is that they want these payments per month not per year. I could definately swing the 72 yr. payment plan. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]-------Did this car have any particular name, that it raced under?? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]

[RPZ28]

"ON THE MOVE" The way the current owner explained the story to me is that the girl friend died in the hotel room. After partying and riding around all night, they got back to the room they had an argument, he stabed her in the leg, they both passed out from the alcohol, when he woke up she was dead. Then the car was outside in the elements for a long time.
Ron