Where is ZL-1 #66?

[Lynn]

My notes from Dec. 1997 indicate #66 was owned by "BAR-JACKSON" at the time, which I must assume is Barrett Jackson.

I am making no accusations. Just trying to figure this out along with most of you guys. Bill's auction states;
"I have owned this car since the 80's, It was registered,insured, and taxed till 99."

That sure SEEMS to be at odds with my notes. Of course, if the car was in a pile somewhere, or thought to be in a pile, it could be possible. But why would you keep registering and INSURING a car that was in a pile? Again, not making accusations, just asking legitimate questions. I would like to see a clear pic of the VIN derivitive stamping on the side of the block. The one in the auction is pretty bad.

I don't know Bill and I don't know the current owner. If Bill does indeed have a river card to play, sure seems this would be the right time to play it.

[JimM]

I'm beginning to smell a rat.

This is completely hearsay at this point, but "someone" just told me that the rear in the ebay auction was "found" in a newly purchased Nova a month ago.

[JimM]

I found a post in the archives from someone who saw the cars at a show in pheonix several years ago, a silver ZL1, #66. The owners name is there, and at least at that time, was NOT Pat McGrober.

The curiosity is killing me, I may have to pm Charley, he knows all.

[Jim_Becker68]

This auction for me has some questions.

1. This is a horrible time of year to auction off big money items. Many people are traveling, taking time off work to be with family and just not paying a lot of attention to something like e-Bay.

2. Why put the dollars in e-Bay's pocket when it is such a tough time of year to sell????

Other things that bother me...

If I owned a ZL1 which, with it original numbers matching rear end, transmission and engine would be an ungodly amount......wouldn't you keep track of the car? A true muscle car collector would have this car no matter what condition under lock and key and all paperwork in a fireproof place.

If the car was long off the road.....why continue to register and insure the vehicle????

If crushed why are the records not available??? Surely the state of Connecticut has salvage yard laws. I know in the state of Illinois they are very strict.

Why are so many of pictures so poor???? For the amount of money that one is expecting from this auction, you would expect the photos to be crisp, clear and well lit. These on this auction are not.

If this person - voodoo (Bill) - did show up with title in hand a few years ago to lay claim to the car #66 what was the legal out come? From what others have written on this thread, law enforcement was involved. Voodoo never did say what the outcome was of that incident. We only know that he said he was not arrested.

If voodoo knows about the car being represented as the true #66, why has he not started legal procedings??? I would believe that there are many attorneys that would gladly take a 1/3 of the value of a numbers matching ZL1.

There is a whole lot of story that is in the dark on this car, engine, etc. I for one would surely not want to be in the center of this storm.

[vodoo]

Ok, Here I am again, Yes its been 2 days, My phone # has not changed its still 1-203-754-5000. I have not yet to here from anyone. All I keep doing is giving more infromation out. Well its time for me to shut up. Why because some of the members on this site are trying to make this situation one sided. Until I or we hear from the other party I will not post anything else. I still have the special front bumper for car#66. Does anyone on this site know where car #60 is, I owned this car. I bought this car for $500 and sold it for $1500. I can help the person who owns this car now. I still know the original owner and other history of that car.

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Ok, Here I am again, Yes its been 2 days........... All I keep doing is giving more infromation out. Well its time for me to shut up.

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sorry, I missed it...how about a link to your "info" that you "keep giving out" does it address any of the questions posted here? It seems that many like minded auto enthusiasts are willing to help straighten out any confusion and assist you in tracking down what may be yours but you have refused to cooperate after making vague statements accompanied by blurry photos. Whats up with that?
It's borderline childish and at the least, evasive and unsportsmanlike. Why the games?

[Belair62]

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Why because some of the members on this site are trying to make this situation one sided.

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[BARRY]

So, as I understand it, you had a wrecking yard and one of your employees sold the car with the ownership and you still have the original motor and rear end and now, you figure that the car is still out there and you want the car back? My query is, how could you be smart enough to keep the motor and rear end but not the car?

[Belair62]

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I'm beginning to smell a rat.

This is completely hearsay at this point, but "someone" just told me that the rear in the ebay auction was "found" in a newly purchased Nova a month ago.

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It must be someone close to the inner circle there, as that faction is staying VERY quiet other than Beliar's attempts to ridicule the guy selling the motor.


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So this little ditty on Camaro.net where you Moderate looks kind of premature now huh ? Learn how to spell my name.I am not ridiculing anything. The whole story sounds pretty stupid doesn't it ? No one in my "inner circle" owns this car and I have no clue who does.Don't infer that I am covering someones asss Jimmy.

[Charley Lillard]

OK...Here is my current and I believe correct info on # 66. Mcgroder purchased the car from the second owner around 1988. The second owner actually traded in ZL1 # 67 on it. This was either at Huffman or somewhere in Il. There was still Huffman paperwork in the car. The car had a LT1 in it and they were told at the time the orig ZL1 engine went in a roundy round car somewhere. At the time of the Mcgroder purchase both hidden vins were checked and were the orig vins for ZL1 # 66. The current owner should and probably does have that trade in paperwork. The engine in #66 has a S or something similar to denote it as a restamp. This info comes from someone who I believe.

I don't believe the seller of the engine on Ebay ever had that car.