"Baby Pictures" of your supercar....

[Xplantdad]

copo chevelle

i'll start with a car i bought new in sept. Of 1969. I stopped at b & a chevrolet in toronto to look at a 70 nova ss 396-375 horse. The salesman, joe, asked if i was interested in a new 1969 427 chevelle as they had three of them in the compound on avenue rd.

He asked if i had anything to trade in and i replied, yes, the 67 427 corvette in their parking lot. We made a deal where i traded them even for the chevelle.

I scanned the pictures i had and the originals into my computer, except for one, and they are now with the car which is somewhere in the us i was told. I also had the original bill of sale, the broadcast copy and the transport copy. The reason i had the perfect broadcast copy and the transport copy was that it was sent to me by gm as my local dealer said it wasn't a 427, it was a 396. Of coarse i went to toronto to complain about this and they backed it up with that documentation, which is also with the present owner. Doug

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The second one I will send may not be of much interest to your American audience as it is a Canadian only car, one of five, which is documented by GM Vintage services with a covering letter sent to me when I had three of my cars documented some years back.

This is a 1968 Pontiac Strato Chief that I purchased new when I was 19 in April 1968, being the lowest model of the Pontiac line. I wanted a sleeper at the time because back then that was still a big deal, even though the factory had got into big motors in mid size or smaller vehicles. The car as I ordered it was a 2 door sedan, 427-385 hrs., M20 4 speed, posi with 3:73 gears, tinted glass, rear antenna and am radio. I still have the original bill of sale, a recall notice from GM and a receipt for my rubber mats I bought at the time, $6.00 I think.

You often see individuals complaining that a vehicle has something on it that is not on the bill of sale. When the car came in it had a power rear antenna, rather than standard, vinyl seats, rather than cloth and a Parisienne steering wheel. The dealership let two of the three go however not the power antenna. They wanted $24, if I remember correctly, and as a 19 year old hot head, we got into an argument over this. The dealership had a body shop at the time and they said if I didn't pay it they would put the standard one on to replace the power one; I gave in and paid the $24.



The reason I mention this amount, is back then $24 was a big chunk of my take home pay, which was $64 in 1968. If you have seen what a standard rear antenna looks like on a full size Pontiac you can understand what the guys building the cars on the line thought about what I had ordered and decided to correct my mistake. A standard antenna is close to the rear window and sticks out at an ugly angle. They must have known what I was going for and changed it. These three things are not on my bill of sale. By the way, I did a body off restoration of this car a few years ago and still have it. The last picture is the day I got the car back when I repurchased it in 1989. Doug

And what it looks like now

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hi bruce. I hope this is working. The next one is my 1967 corvette, 427-400 horse, 4 speed which i traded the 68 pontiac in on at the new old car trade centre on bay st. In toronto in oct 1968. The 68 turned only 5000 miles when i traded it. I also have the bill of sale for this one showing that i traded the pontiac in on it. They were not the most reputable dealer, but what would i know as i just turned 20 and thought everyone was honest. They told me at the time it was a 435 hrs car but someone in its first year had installed the solid lifter cam and an ansen scatter shield. This car recently went under a body off restoration by an acquaintance of mine and has since been resold. Doug

[Xplantdad]

tired yet? A friend of mine showed up in the spring of 1971 i think, with a 1968 corvette, red on red, 427-400 hrs 4 speed car. Murray wanted my copo chevelle and said if i gave him $1000 he would trade me cars.



This seemed like a pretty good deal as the chevelle was $5,100 in 69 and the corvette was likely in the $6,700 range one year earlier so i made the trade. I have a couple of pictures when i bought at which time it was a red colour that i was not fond of, so i changed it. These were just used cars back then so it was, at that time, of no consequence. Doug

[Xplantdad]

More coming in a bit!

[Xplantdad]

well, are you sick of this yet. I did mention i had many. The next one is my favourite car other than the copo. It was a 1965 corvette that was on the isca circuit that i purchased in about 1975-6. As far as i am personally concerned this turned out to be one of the neatest cars i have ever owned or seen, however, definitely not for everyone. I'll likely send two sets of pictures because i don't think my computer allows me to attach any more than four. The first set will be of when i first purchased the car with an incredible paint job, not that i liked it, which is why i did the car over. If i remember correctly the body work was done by someone named mouse landon, however i only heard this from the person i purchased it from and i have never heard that name in any other context. It appears i didn't scan all of the pictures i have when i purchased it so i will fix that at some point. The last picture is after i did the car over. Doug

these are the 65 custom after i finished it in 1976 or 77. I went looking for this a few years ago and found it. The gentleman that has it is doing a restomod car however it has a stock front end on it which just doesn't do it for me compared to what it was. I had hoped i would find it in its original condition so i could repurchase it. By the way, i have every bill of sale for every car i am showing you as well as many others for cars like my old tigers, broncos, etc. Doug

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this next one is also one of my favourite cars. It was a 1966 corvette 427-425 hrs speed that i purchased in 1972 and eventually sold it in 1979 or so. I had this car painted twice and my friend who i sold it to, and work on all of this stuff, owned it up until about 6 months ago did a body off restoration on it. Doug

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

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The best COPO colour!!!

Ryan W31