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Originally Posted by Too Many Projects
From everything I've read about that car, Estes didn't know it was being built to request anything on it. Vince Piggins was the force behind that car to convince Estes to continue the Z28 program since there were so few '67's sold. Estes was a convertible guy, hence the only convertible Z28 ever built as a surprise to Pete.
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What's amazing to me is that Vince Piggins was an Assistant Staff Engineer at the time all this was going on.
That would be the equivalent of my boss during my time in engineering.
I am astounded at how much pull those guys had back then.
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12-20-2024, 03:44 PM
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