Fall 08 Chevy Vettefest 69 Z/28 Feature Showcase

[DarrenX33]

Ah! That's right Jeff.

[Chevyman]

Did Dale Ellicott own the car before you?

[69L78]

His name is actually Dale Elliott, there was a misprint in the book. Dale sold the car to Roland C. who owned it for 3 or more years and never titled it in his name and then I bought it. Dale lives 60 miles from me and told me the interesting story when he bought the car in 1972 from his best friend. Dale tried to buy the car new at Thomas Chevrolet, but his father would not let him, he recalls 2 JL8 cars in the showroom at the time. Dale's friend bought the car and Dale ordered a new 70 Chevelle SS and eventually left his friend drive the Chevelle and he fell in love with the Chevelle so Dale traded his Chevelle and $200 for the Z/28 in 1972. Car still shows 29k original miles.

[Chevyman]

Cool!

[Schonyenko2]

Do you remember a 68 red L78 nova thar was sold new from Mills.We have the car out here, but can't find the original owner. We've even talked to old Stealy over there, and he said the records are all gone.

[Chevyman]

Yes the records are gone. I remember the day that the office girls dumped the records in the dumpster in August of 1976. Here's why I remember that day. Ken Scheiss and I were salesmen there and we were walking across the lot on a very windy day. We were out checking the inventory when suddenly a piece of paper blew to Ken and wrapped itself around his foot. Here's where everybody is going to call me a liar, But we have witnesses. He reaches down to pick it up and low and behold it was an invoice billed to him for a 71 vega that HE bought new!!!! We walked over to the dumpster and saw dozens of cardboard file boxes in there. The girls got mad at us for not helping them but we were still in shock. That incident was the talk of many a sales meeting after that. We always tried to figure out if it had some strange preminition. This is the honest truth or my name isn't Dan the Chevyman.

[Mr.Nickey Nova]

We'll take your word for it Dan!!!!

[Chevyman]

Thank you!

[Schonyenko2]

I've seen you camaro over at the QCCA expo center car show, and I think we talked about it there. No doubt that it is what it is.
Did you ever see the Yenko deuce that went through Ericksen's, or the 68 Yenko that went through Mills? I've always been puzzled why there were apparently no COPO cars sold from any Quad cities dealerships. Mills, and Ericksens were plugged in well enough that they had to know they were out there. And they knew what Fred Gibb had in LaHarpe.Stealy told us that they had a 68 Gibb car go through there real quick after the owner may have gotten into some trouble on he Ia. side. Though it went out around Kewanee. He couldn't recall this red nova we have here, but he said that was a long time ago, and I know a lot of hipo cars went through Mills.

[Chevyman]

Man you were up late last night! No I do not recall any of those supercars. I got married and drafted in '69, and it's like my interest got diverted for years when it comes to cars. I would love to go back for just one day! I started selling at Mills in Feb. '74 and the management seemed so old. They never told me any stories of the 60s. Terry Seams is still there, started in '68 I think. That's unheard of in the car business. George McClain was the General Manager and he told me stories about Bob Eriksen and He drag racing the '57 demostrators. Bob Eriksen got fired from there and went to Milan, IL. and bought out Ralph Palmer Chev.