DANA "427" Camaro found...thanks to Jeff Chlupsa

[SuperNovaSS]

Apparatly you've never been to Hawaii.


Jason

[JoeG]

"Whoevers" been taking the photos of these terrific "Original" pieces in their yesterday condition--- ..

[Supercar_Kid]

Congrats Steve, I thought your Deuce was a once in a lifetime type find...until I see this. Can't wait to see it in person.

[LVCamaro]

Thanks Erik.

Many have asked, so here ya go...
[The NICB report confirms that Cormier Chev was the originating dealer]

SS

[bkhpah]

Man I love the frame...BKH

[LVCamaro]

The story goes that the original owner, Mr Tatilian, wanted a rallye green '68 Camaro and Cormier Chev was reluctant to dealer trade with Dana Chev for the last remaining rallye green Camaro on their lot. [I think rallye green was a Camaro "ONLY" color for Chevrolet in 1968]. Mr Tatilian, with his co-signer, made a deal with Cormier Chev during the summer of 1968, then dropped it at Dana Chev after saving enough to pay-off the bank note and sponsor the 427 conversion in spring of 1969.

My wife and I were married in 1968 at a church 4 blocks from Cormier Chev dealership in Long Beach, CA.

SS

[Xplantdad]

Again...way cool.

My brother Gary's Z06 came from Cormier in '02!

Wow, your 40th Anniversary is coming up next year...congrats on that, too!

[mudjnky]

I was looking at a picture of my son from the Lowe's Auto Fair last year and just remembered a car we saw there. It was a Shelby Mustang, I believe a 68. The car was shown "as found". It looked much like your car, although together and running. There was a display sign describing all the "find" details. One of the lines was "restored this car is worth X dollars, as it sits, priceless", or something close to that. I wish I had pictures of the car. I really just wanted to let you know that cars like yours are being shown as is. Anyone can restore a car and make it 110%. Cars like yours rarely turn up and can't be duplicated. In your case I would love to see you start a new trend, "preserved". Just put it together, clean it up, and preserve it. Leave it as is so everyone in the future can see "the way it was back in the day". Right now it is a time capsule, you can't go back to that. Personally I would love to go to a museum and see this car as is rather than one that was restored. It would be nice to say to my grand kids "that is the way they did it back in the day" and show them a literally perfect example. Right now your car is 1 of 1, no one will ever(as we know now) have one just like it. My vote is leave it alone and preserve it, not to restore.

[Rainer]

Not that its any of my business, but if I had to guess I'd say that the seller had a pretty good idea of what the car was worth, and Steve stepped up.

Regardless, its a great piece, and I agree that there's something to be said for considering preserving it "as-is." Some of the neatest pieces at the car shows are the unrestored ones that are showing their age and still sporting their battle scars.

[Mr70]

I couldn't agree more Rainer.
I've always thought that once a vehicle is fully framed off rotisserie restored,it stands out more in a residential garage among daily drivers we use to commute in everyday,and rightly so.
But put that same fully restored vehicle in a concourse venue among others getting the same treatment,and they all become a routine gentle blur of sorts after spending many long hours at any great carshow.
Now introduce a single vehicle like this "as found" one into that same venue,and it's a respectful eye opening change of taste that puts it all into prospective and cleanses the pallet.