69 RS JL8 Z-28

[69greatyear]

First off, WOW what a great board! You guys seem to really know your stuff and I have really enjoyed reading everything.
That brings me to my question... Since you guys seem to know where rare cars are, I thought I would ask if you knew anything about this one.
It was a 1969 RS Z-28 that I have figured out was probably a very rare car. My father bought it new in '69 but it was too much for him to drive every day so he sold it.
Based on what he has said, I believe it to be one of the few factory racers out there. He described it as follows..
-4 wheel disc brakes
-NO spoilers on front or rear
-NO ducted hood
-Had "no mufflers" just "crimps every six inches or so"
-Ran so wicked it would barely idle and produced fumes that would cause people in parking lots to ask him to shut it off.
-Fathom green on deluxe green interior. Floor shift with no console or guages.
The car was bought new in Decatur, GA and wholesaled in Stone Mtn, GA... both suburbs of Atlanta.
I know this is like finding a needle in a haystack, but I figured based off of its uniqueness that if anyone had ever seen it they would remember it.
Thanks guys and I really appreciate the board!

There is an original picture attached as well. I could not figure out how to get it pictured in the post.

[MosportGreen66]

Well... based on the clues you have given it seems like the car is a pretty early build. Chambered exhaust and a flat hood.

Good luck finding the Camaro!

[69greatyear]

Thanks for the reply! Based on the research I have done, I had come to the same conclusion. One of the things I left off was that the car did not have power steering and it took two people pulling on the wheel to park it. NOT A GOOD STREET CAR.

[Jeff H]

Chambered exhaust was an option until around May of 69 I think. Flat hood is typical but no spoilers would mean it was before a certain date when they became standard equipment. The JL8 4 wheel disc brakes were only available from late Jan through early Jul I believe. So the car would have to be a late Jan to May car. I can't think of any gree/green RS Z28 JL8 cars that I've heard of so it might still be hiding somewhere. Great picture showing not all these Z28's had the cowl hood and spoilers!

[JQ]

Mike, Do you know the name of the person who bought the car?

[JChlupsa]

I know of 3 JL8 cars here in Hawaii, Garnet Red/Lemans Blue and a Fathom Green, All are RS/Z28s

one is an org owner car from what i am told

[69greatyear]

I don't know who bought it... He bought it at Dog McCurdy Chevrolet and wholesaled it to Central Chevrolet. When he sold it they told him that it was not real because it did not have the wing and spoilers on it. Kind of ironic. But the car was so unstreetable(if that's a word) that he did not have it long. It was geared real tall and he have to drop the clutch just to get it out of my mom's driveway. Not to mention the cops ALWAYS harassed him because it was so loud.

Thanks to everyone for the info and comments!

[Jeff H]

Sounds like it had the 140 offroad cam as well. Did it have the crossram with the dual Holley carbs on it? That would explain the difficulty in driving it.

[69greatyear]

I asked him about that and he said that it had a single Holley with a chrome air cleaner.
I was kind of under the impression that it might have had the off road cam as well, but I thought you had to run the cross ram if you had it.
He did say that it ran real rich unless you were getting on it and that you had to open it up very frequently because it would carbon up and bog down at stop lights. Adjusting the valves was a fairly normal occurance as well.
He drove it exactly as it was when he drove it off of the showroom floor. He knew nothing about it other than it was fast and he had seen one in R/T magazine.
I could go on and on with the stories he has told me about the car and thus the reason I am so interested in finding it.

[Salvatore]

Probably not Xram with a flat hood. Car sounds like it had a 3.73 gear and NO timing. Choke hanging up was a problem with them at times too. Have any numbers or old paper work on the car?