Yellow Canadian L89

[ZAPPER68]

Interesting thread...I've had a quick speed read through it and will make a casual comment. My neighbour back in small town Saskatchewan owned a yellow '69 L89 Camaro, which I have made mention of here previously. I don't know if this is the same car but there are too many similarities to ignore. Rod's car had a yellow houndstooth interior, a 4 speed and 4:10 gears that I can attest to.

Rod L bought the Camaro after he sold his '65 4 speed Buick Wildcat...Here's the Camaro story as told to me by Rod a few years ago and from my impressionable memory back then.

In Late '69 or early '70 Rod sold his Wildcat and bought the Camaro off a used car lot in Alberta. Initially, the car was a high school graduation present (from Grandma) for some lucky kid in Southern Saskatchewan. The car scared him and he 'got rid of it'...

Rod, our neighbour, was the second owner and lived/worked in Calgary Alberta at the time. One of his buddies at the time owned a '69 428 4 speed CJ Mach I that I eventually bought from him. The two of them used to street race and thrashed the hell out of their cars.

Time goes on...Rod sells his Camaro, Dennis sells his Mach I (to me) and the L89 engine out of Rod's Camaro eventually ends up in a jet boat here in BC. Whomever ended up with the Camaro discovers it's 'kind of rare' and looks for the engine, finds it and re-unites it with the car.

Years ago Rod sent me a picture of him and his old Camaro at the 'World of Wheels' show in Calgary. I still have that picture somewhere in this computer. Rod is still alive and strangely has moved back into his parents house next door to where mine used to live. Rod told me the car was making its rounds on the show car circuit and ended up with a collector in the USA.

The last time I saw and spoke to Rod was at my Aunt's Celebration of Life in September of 2016. Although Rod's health is failing, he's still with us and will be able to shed more light on his old Camaro if need be. :-)

[JamesinHBCA]

Originally Posted by ZAPPER68

Interesting thread...I've had a quick speed read through it and will make a casual comment. My neighbour back in small town Saskatchewan owned a yellow '69 L89 Camaro, which I have made mention of here previously. I don't know if this is the same car but there are too many similarities to ignore. Rod's car had a yellow houndstooth interior, a 4 speed and 4:10 gears that I can attest to.

The car in this thread has a black standard interior, so probably not the same car.

Would like to hear more about Rods car, in another thread with pictures if possible. May still be around. Unlikely that a car like that would be put back on the road and driven into the ground after being on the show circuit.

[prototype]

There is a car that fits this story to a T.......with a couple exceptions.

Ted Brooks Chevrolet in Calgary sold a yellow/yellow houndstooth, 4spd, L72 COPO RS

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/mscp...evy-camaro-rs/

Originally Posted by ZAPPER68

Interesting thread...I've had a quick speed read through it and will make a casual comment. My neighbour back in small town Saskatchewan owned a yellow '69 L89 Camaro, which I have made mention of here previously. I don't know if this is the same car but there are too many similarities to ignore. Rod's car had a yellow houndstooth interior, a 4 speed and 4:10 gears that I can attest to.

Rod L bought the Camaro after he sold his '65 4 speed Buick Wildcat...Here's the Camaro story as told to me by Rod a few years ago and from my impressionable memory back then.

In Late '69 or early '70 Rod sold his Wildcat and bought the Camaro off a used car lot in Alberta. Initially, the car was a high school graduation present (from Grandma) for some lucky kid in Southern Saskatchewan. The car scared him and he 'got rid of it'...

Rod, our neighbour, was the second owner and lived/worked in Calgary Alberta at the time. One of his buddies at the time owned a '69 428 4 speed CJ Mach I that I eventually bought from him. The two of them used to street race and thrashed the hell out of their cars.

Time goes on...Rod sells his Camaro, Dennis sells his Mach I (to me) and the L89 engine out of Rod's Camaro eventually ends up in a jet boat here in BC. Whomever ended up with the Camaro discovers it's 'kind of rare' and looks for the engine, finds it and re-unites it with the car.

Years ago Rod sent me a picture of him and his old Camaro at the 'World of Wheels' show in Calgary. I still have that picture somewhere in this computer. Rod is still alive and strangely has moved back into his parents house next door to where mine used to live. Rod told me the car was making its rounds on the show car circuit and ended up with a collector in the USA.

The last time I saw and spoke to Rod was at my Aunt's Celebration of Life in September of 2016. Although Rod's health is failing, he's still with us and will be able to shed more light on his old Camaro if need be. :-)