Brahms Chevrolet, Palisades Park NJ

[jannes_z-28]

Thanks for the info.

According to the guy who owns it now here in Sweden Brahm installed a L88 that they bought from Yenko. This engine blow up in 1971 and after that the car was stored for many years. It was sold from Brahms as a race car with cage and other stuff. It had the name Carleen and was sponsored by Brahms. They apparently sold a few other Camaros like this one in 1969.

Jan

[COPO_Anders]

How was the term "service installed" used back in 1969. Is it a way of saying that it was installed by the service department, regardless of if the car was new or a few months old, and regardless of if the engine was "healthy" or blown to pieces ?

[COPO_Anders]

I called Joe Spino in Jersey City two days ago, since I was told that he bought most of his Chevrolet parts at Brahms. He said that they were an ordinary dealership not known for sponsoring racecars or swapping engines. He mentioned 4-5 other dealerships who was int this, I reqognized Baldwin-Motion and Burns Chevrolet among them. He could not remember one single car sponsored by Brahms even though he spent a lot of time at the tracks. He also told me, as a sidenote, that he was the second guy to drive into Raceway Park in July 1966 when they opened up at 4 am.
They had a partsdepartement with good connections into Chevrolet. He ordered a 425 hp 396 back in 1964 before there were any 396 cars in the streets. They delivered the engine but could not supply him with tune-up instructions, so a friend of his who knew Smokey called him to get the info. Joe also bought several L-88´s from Brahms.

What a supernice guy !