69 Z-28 RS, All # Match, 37,000 Miles and Rusty - Page 3

**BARN FIND** · #21 07-20-2005, 11:00 PM

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Yes, the car is sold. Deposit, I am waiting for the title to clear in my name to send to the new owner. Link was broken, so I gave the correct one. The way things are going you guys would be accusing me of hiding something!

Now for the other stuff:
Steve, Don:
First off, The car has it's original 37k mile drivetrain.

Rich

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I was just wondering what sort of documentation you have that shows that this car has only 37k miles on it? I realize it is already sold but I was curious how that can be documented. I am not being a "donkey" here, I am asking if there is a way to find out short of a dated "logbook" like a aircraft has.

Belair62 · #22 07-20-2005, 11:50 PM

Hey Sam...they need lovin too !

**TimG** · #23 07-21-2005, 12:54 AM

I love the yellow, is that rare or what. I hope to see the car put back ogether someday.

Colin, great to meet you last weekend.

Belair62 · #24 07-21-2005, 05:05 AM

Kind of a dweeb ain't he ?

**TimG** · #25 07-23-2005, 01:55 AM

He had a Cobra and GT350 at the Saturday night car show, I asked him how he was going to get both back and he said he'd recruit someone to drive the Cobra to Milwaukee. All I could think of was "how much would my cab ride be 60 miles from Milwaukee to Elkhart Lake".

**csx289** · #26 07-24-2005, 07:42 AM

Even more funny is that I had to beg to get somebody to drive the Cobra from Milwaukee to the track on Friday! All I could think was that I would have given my left you-know-what for a shot like that when I wasn't lucky enough to own a Cobra. Hell, I might have given the pair for that drive.

Oh well, I eventually got a volunteer and he said he had a blast driving the car. He later took his dad on the ride to Elkhart for the show Saturday night in the car as well. Sometimes the best part of owning a cool car is seeing the reaction of somebody else after you toss them the keys. Priceless, IMHO.

The one positive to crashing your race car is that it frees up a spot in the trailer. Sunday I put the Cobra in the race car spot and drove the GT350 home, my buddy drove the truck and trailer because it has a/c and XM radio. Now there is a guy who doesn't deserve to drive a GT-350! LOL

Tim, it was great to meet you in person. Thanks for hunting me down!

Colin

**Born30YrsLate** · #27 07-24-2005, 08:05 AM

Colin...next time you need a driver call me - you won't have to ask twice!...you probably wouldn't even get to finish the question

lzdick · #28 07-24-2005, 03:19 PM

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The one positive to crashing your race car is that it frees up a spot in the trailer. Sunday I put the Cobra in the race car spot and drove the GT350 home, my buddy drove the truck and trailer because it has a/c and XM radio.

Colin

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Colin,
Is the race car still at the track? I know the cars were 'impounded' while everything was being sorted out after the wreck but I assume you had the ability to take it home with you. I haven't spoken directly with him but am rather sure Fritz in the #25 Cobra had Ray (Bonthron) haul it out of there Sunday night. At first Fritz said he was done racing and Ray said the car was a 'total' and no worth the repairs...next I hear is that it will go back down to Ray (in Benton, IL) and be 'rebodied'.

What is the status on your car? The damage didn't appear to be nearly as extensive as the Cobra (or others). Looking forward to hearing from you with an update.
Rich

**csx289** · #29 07-25-2005, 06:51 AM

Hi Rich,
I had a buddy with a roll back get my car Monday - they were not impounded, just stacked together until after the races.

I would have hauled it home in my trailer, but, she was a little too wide in the front end and the right tie rod snapped, plus the idler arm ripped out of the frame.

I have the car at a buddy's shop, he has it all torn down and I think it goes on the frame machine tomorrow. A lot of sheetmetal damage but the car seems to have held up well. A LOT better than most of the other cars, like Fritz's Cobra. Once we see where we are at with mine, it will either get fixed here with assistance from Jim Mattison and Dave Tiura , or maybe I can twist Dave's arm to take it back to Wheel to Wheel in Detroit where it was restored the first time. Time will tell.

I'll post pictures when I have some worth sharing.

Colin

**Xplantdad** · #30 07-25-2005, 08:05 AM

Just glad to hear that nobody was hurt seriously...glad to hear you're okay, Colin...

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