Finally contacted/visiting original owner

[GrumpyJeff]

After purchasing my wife a nice 70 Chevelle SS396 locally last summer. I finally tracked down the Original owner off of the POP. Turns out he still lives in the same town, only a few miles from the Dealership (El-Mor Chevrolet) in Morgantown Pa where he ordered the car new as a junior in high school, Spent about 2 hrs on the Phone with him the other evening. So Tomorrow I will be paying him a visit with the Car. He's already shared lots of stories & pictures of the Car. But tomorrow he's gonna get to drive it again ! says he sold it in 1980 to buy a new Toyata Celica GT haha. Not sure who's more excited him or I ?

[Bill Pritchard]

Very cool! Hope all goes well. The original owner of my convertible lived only 2 blocks away from me when we lived back in IL and she was excited to see the car, shared some old pictures of her with the car, but did not want to drive it She did let me take her for a ride in it though.

[SS427]

That's is pretty cool. I think that would be so neat to reunite a car with its original owner. Unfortunately, the original owner's of both of our cars are long gone. Both were one owner cars so that would really have been cool to get together with them.

[GrumpyJeff]

Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard

Very cool! Hope all goes well. The original owner of my convertible lived only 2 blocks away from me when we lived back in IL and she was excited to see the car, shared some old pictures of her with the car, but did not want to drive it She did let me take her for a ride in it though.

Yeah I'm really excited, said last he heard the guy he sold it to raced it a little at Maple Grove which kind of disappointed him. But said he never saw or heard of the car after that, until he got a letter in the mail from me early last week. But he still had framed pics of it on the wall of his house .

[markinnaples]

Originally Posted by GrumpyJeff

Yeah I'm really excited, said last he heard the guy he sold it to raced it a little at Maple Grove which kind of disappointed him. But said he never saw or heard of the car after that, until he got a letter in the mail from me early last week. But he still had framed pics of it on the wall of his house .

Congrats, good deal. Any pics of it?

[GrumpyJeff]

Originally Posted by markinnaples

Congrats, good deal. Any pics of it?

He sent me some , but I’m limited with my pic posting skills . He said he has a bunch of slides he’ll let me have tomorrow

[R68GTO]

Your going to have a great time bringing the car back to the OO. In my case it wasn't the OO but was the surviving son of the 2nd owner who raced it BITD. It is the highlight moment of my ownership of the car.

[NorCam]

Very cool news Jeff. Excited for both of you and can't wait to see the pics.

I'll shoot you a PM regarding picture hosting.

[flyingn]

Originally Posted by GrumpyJeff

After purchasing my wife a nice 70 Chevelle SS396 locally last summer. I finally tracked down the Original owner off of the POP. Turns out he still lives in the same town, only a few miles from the Dealership (El-Mor Chevrolet) in Morgantown Pa where he ordered the car new as a junior in high school, Spent about 2 hrs on the Phone with him the other evening. So Tomorrow I will be paying him a visit with the Car. He's already shared lots of stories & pictures of the Car. But tomorrow he's gonna get to drive it again ! says he sold it in 1980 to buy a new Toyata Celica GT haha. Not sure who's more excited him or I ?

We will be nearby tomorrow. Heading to Landisville pa for a pontiac show. Good luck

[NorCam]

A few pics of Jeff & Renee's 70 Chevelle. Timeless to say the least.

Pics from Original Owner - Circa 1970


Original Owner/s - 1970 Morgantown PA


Current Owner/s - 2020 Manheim PA