Yellow Canadian L89

[Hylton]

The best way to find out about a car is to track it's history. The car is owned by Richard English (RARE Z/28) of Camaro Heaven. He had purchased the car from Matt Langford (d_n_m69). I believe it was Matt who restored the car. Matt, who did you buy the car from and what happened to the original trim tag?

[427king]

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I am guessing that the car is not an original L-89 or a 396 car for that matter

[/ QUOTE ] Just because the trim tag was changed doesnt mean the canada papers are not legit. The trim tag is meaningless to documenting the car as an L89 anyway. If the trim tag was missing it would still be fine if the canada papers are legit. Im sure any potential buyers will check vins and pay the 40.00 to GM canada.

[Hylton]

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I am guessing that the car is not an original L-89 or a 396 car for that matter

[/ QUOTE ] Just because the trim tag was changed doesnt mean the canada papers are not legit. The trim tag is meaningless to documenting the car as an L89 anyway. If the trim tag was missing it would still be fine if the canada papers are legit. Im sure any potential buyers will check vins and pay the 40.00 to GM canada.

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True but any sign of a fake trim tag is always cause for concern with respect to rebodying, regardless of how many docs you have. Not saying this car is a rebody but finding out where the car originally came from would help authenticate this car.

[Terry_z28]

i find it strange that this car and the green COPO beside it both have fake trim tags !

[m22mike]

Obvious repop tag, I will refrain from calling it a fake, they way overdid the sealant on the rivets, but atleast they used some.
Mike A

[RARE Z/28]

I do not own the L89 for sale! I do however have a fully documented original body, original engine Copo for sale. I would like for anyone interested to personally come and see my car. I have every stich of documentation and paperwork from previous owners. In addition to that I have the entire restoration very well photographed from start to finish. I find it very interesting that the people questioning the authenticity of things neither own a rare car and in most cases have never actually built a car of any description! Just an observation! I would gladly pay Mr.Jerry M's fee to document my car should someone be serious about purchasing. If there are any other questions about my cars or the quality of restoration please refer to the previous thread about my car when it was for sale last year. That should clear up any questions about its authenticity.

[camaromb]

The only question is where are all the original trim tags these days! Its too easy to build a car with only documentation, especially in Canada. As in the 5 ZL1's registered last year by one owner, its way too easy to register a car with no history in some provinces in Canada.
Only complete owner history will verify many of these cars.
as always do your homework on these big dollar restored cars.

[m22mike]

I am having a hard time understanding why some people get there shorts in a bunch when the obvious is brought to light.
Whatever this L89 car is or is not.......IT HAS A RE POP TRIM TAG ON IT !!!!!!
Send the pic to CGR and they will tell you the same thing, Jerry might even chime.
If you are going to put out a world class car like this L89, be ready to do some fast talking about the trim tag.
If it was replaced because the old on was jacked up, just say so.
Thanks for the rant.
Mike A

[HiHorse]

I'm confused, I thought there was only one documented canadian ZL1. Whats the story on the other 4, are they canadian?

[427king]

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As in the 5 ZL1's registered last year by one owner

[/ QUOTE ] Not to mention the possibility that someone else did the same thing as well and you dont know about it . There actually could be a few of each??