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Old 12-30-2008, 12:17 AM
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Default Re: FOURTY !!!!! Mile (40 mile) Survivor 1980 Z-28

I think Charley should put this in his collection and park it next to his 1970 Z/28 to show both ends of the 2nd generation Camaro model run.
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:03 AM
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Rick,I personally like the old stuff better as you remove the cotter pin and take the nut off.The one in the picture when you take it off you are supposed to put a new one back on (not reuse the old one).I've seen many a mechanic put the old one back on,but it just doesn't seem to have the locking ability as when it was new.

As for the car it looks nice.

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Old 12-30-2008, 01:18 AM
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Default Re: FOURTY !!!!! Mile (40 mile) Survivor 1980 Z-28

I think the car is great and have no reason to doubt that the miles are real. What takes some of the specialness away for me is the fact that it was probably bought and put away because someone figured it was going to be a collector car. It is the ones like my 70 that got put away for other reasons that do it for me. There have been a few cars like this one with no miles that show up at the auctions lately.
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Old 12-30-2008, 05:22 AM
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Default Re: FOURTY !!!!! Mile (40 mile) Survivor 1980 Z-28

This same car sold on Ebay a few years back. It was purchased new in MN. The seller claimed to have bought the car new on a bet. He told his friends he was thinking of buying a new car and selling it twenty years later for a profit. They said he would never really do it. So he did and stored the car in his garage with kitty litter under it. Earl
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Old 12-30-2008, 05:33 PM
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I think the car is great and have no reason to doubt that the miles are real. What takes some of the specialness away for me is the fact that it was probably bought and put away because someone figured it was going to be a collector car. It is the ones like my 70 that got put away for other reasons that do it for me. There have been a few cars like this one with no miles that show up at the auctions lately.

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I agree Charlie,

Nothing can match the story of Doris the crazy door ding lady. That alone is worth a cool MIL.




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Old 12-30-2008, 06:47 PM
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mnyenko, thanks for "jogging" my memeory. This car was sold on Ebay back in 2003 and it only had 23 miles on it then. The story in that add was the original owners home was approx. 20 miles from the dealer; he drove it home, put it up on jack stands and covered the floor with kitty litter. If my memory is correct it sold for around $26K back then, do you remember the final number?
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Old 12-30-2008, 09:40 PM
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Default Re: FOURTY !!!!! Mile (40 mile) Survivor 1980 Z-28

I remember the car also. The first time it was for sale they wanted $25K for it with no takers. Then a year or so later they wanted more for it. I dont recall the price. Sold out of Viking Chevrolet new.
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Old 12-30-2008, 10:30 PM
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Cool w/ the low miles and all but for that kind've dough, there's sure some serious competition available in today's market that most here would be looking at purchasing first..

Always w/ these years Camaros and F'Birds, keep in mind that GM Canada Vintage Services has the original build documents available for the '77 and newer F-Body cars regardless of where they were built or sold new!.


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