Charley's old mount....

[Charley Lillard]

That was my first ZL1. Mike Ryan had taken it part way apart to redo it because he said the Camaro club had done a horrible job on it. When I did my deal with him he said it was ready for paint and re assembly. He said the jambs were already painted etc. I traded my restored Silver COPO, the 1970 Hurst Sunshine Special, a Lemans Blue RS JL8 Z28 and money. When he delivered it all the paint he had put on the jambs etc had "blushed". A painter explained he had used wrong reducers or something like that. The paint had a milky look. He had not even bothered to remove all the old weatherstrip glue etc. Shame on me for not going up to look at the car first. I put a car cover on it and pushed it under the mezzanine for storage. I don't have any digital pics so I'm guessing it was before I had a digital camera. I'm not sure I would have even been able to spot a fake tag back then. Later Bowman bought it and sent it to Tinnell for restoration.

[Craig_Maiorana]

Charley you traded all of those cars for this one or for the restoration?

[Charley Lillard]

I traded all those cars and money for the car. Turns out the car needed total restoration and not just the paint sprayed.

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I traded all those cars and money for the car. Turns out the car needed total restoration and not just the paint sprayed. </div></div>

Charley, your honesty is refreshing. Same with Kwhizz and his &quot;New Yawk&quot; '66 ragtop Impala purchase. I bought an engine from a well-known seller without doing my due diligence and I got hosed too. Shame on me! One of these days I'll post the pictures of the engine and tell the story. ALWAYS go look before opening your wallet.