Jon Mello's 67 Z/28 Survivor

[68l30]

Wow! Very cool ride Great color combo and I also love the non-spoiler rear.


Steve

[Belair62]

I think the heater delete debate pertains to 1969 vehicles ? Government mandated defrosters or something....someone will chime in for sure..Jon this is a very cool car...the picture of the fellow standing next to the car is the original owner I believe. Those wheels definitely belong on that car...

[Steve Shauger]

68l30 spoilers were not available in 1967. Jon what a great car, and a true survivor. Jon I think you should share the car with us on the east coast, by bringing it to the Camaro National @ Carlisle. That is a perfect car for our Vintage Certification program. Thanks for sharing such a cool car with us.

Steve

[1967Z28]

Thanks to everybody for the compliments on the car. Yes, the window sticker does show the heater delete and the negative dollar amount for the credit. The heater delete is also denoted on the cowl tag and the UOIT sheet. I believe '67 was the last year for a factory installed heater delete on a mainland USA car. 1968 had new vehicle standards to meet which included heating and defrosting. It may be possible that a '68 built prior to Jan 1, 1968 could have had a heater delete but I have never personally seen that. Regarding the lack of rear spoiler, I don't believe any '67 had a factory installed spoiler that year. I asked the original owner and he told me he wouldn't have ordered a spoiler with the car even if they were available because he didn't personally care for them. That is the original owner standing by the car in front of his house in the photo above. I also included a picture of the RH exhaust manifold and partial exhaust pipe to show that they are like new. I have a pretty good feeling that the header gaskets are the originals but if anybody knows different, please let me know. The spare is original and I have two other original tires from off the car but the sidewall is damaged from sitting in the garage for all those years with no air in them. I figure the other two tires went up in a cloud of smoke.

-Jon

[1967Z28]

I forgot to mention that the tail lights are the correct '67 pieces. I guess the shade or angle of the car makes it a little hard to tell.

-Jon

[68l30]

Paceme,no kidding I think they were added to WAY to many cars since 1967.It's refreshing to see a 67 that does not have a rear spoiler added.

Steve

[Belair62]

Jon...what is the piece of paper you found ?

[Zedder]

The only truly unrestored, non-fluffed '67 Z that I know exists! Great car Jon, congrats

[68TopStock]

Jon,

It is nice to see this car and read about it. I am still impressed that this car survived so well over those many years. A very special car in its own right. I also enjoy that color combination, the gold interior is unusual. Good to hear you are driving it occasionally, how about some slicks, open headers and a "test and tune" session at a local track to see what an original car will run!

[1967Z28]

The large piece of paper above is called a UOIT (Uniform Option Identification Tag). I found it under the carpet of the car in the driver's side footwell. My UOIT shows the AS1 (headrests), AS2 (shoulder belts), C48 (heater delete), M20 (four speed) and Z28 options which are spelled out on the cowl tag and it literally translates the cowl tag codes for each particular car it is installed in. This one is hard to read (in a picture) because it was lying on the asphalt pad but I've got another one from a plain-Jane Camaro that is nicely readable. Even though my car has an M21 the UOIT says M20 because M20 is the generic term for any four speed. Even a Saginaw would be shown as an M20. The UOITs are the only documents that I know of that officially (because they are an actual GM document) translate the information on the cowl tag. They are an extremely rare find but I know of another couple that were found in '67 Z28s and one from an L78. These only appear to be found in LOS-built cars.

The spark plug heat shields are kind of a poor picture but I threw that in just to show that they are in pristine condition because they were pulled off immediately when the factory headers were installed.

Thanks to Zedder and Top Stock for the compliments. Yes, it would be fun to take the car to the track and see what it would do. I haven't done that yet.

-Jon