Vince's Dandy Lemans Blue Camaro

[Xplantdad]

Hi Bruce,
Back in 1981, my first son was born and was driven home in a true 1969 SS 396 Camaro which was Lemans Blue with hockey stick stripes and a blacked out tail pan and rockers. It was a wicked ride. Needless to say, not to long after that the car had to go. I think I got around $2800 bucks for the car. Not a day went by for 22 years that I didn’t think about that car.

Fast forward... I start looking for my car. Not a chance, no way. So I started looking at other cars. I couldn’t believe the prices. It was shocking to me... true ss cars were 20 grand and they needed a resto, wow! I was a bit depressed, so I figured okay, I will find the most solid car I can find and build it exactly as my old car.

I found a 69 307 pg with a 10 bolt pegleg in Laplata, Maryland. It was a running car and was solid as a rock with no rust anywhere. The interior was all original and the whole car was a time capsule basically. It even came with p.o.p and interesting old papers. The guy wanted 6 grand I went with a trailer and picked it up. That was 3 years ago.

We started immediately and pulled the entire drive train. We had Mc Betts Racing of Copaigue, build a 383 10:1 pushing around 500 horses then had Ed Hartnett from Lansdowne, Pa. build a autogear Muncie M22 trans. I then popped in a 12 bolt Brute Force posi with 4:10 gears. Then I sent the car out to the resident maniac to do the body (Ed Ross from Westbury, NY). It came out really nice. He did a beautiful job with the car. The car is out every weekend and I am having a real blast driving this thing. It feels like I never got out of the old one and I couldn’t be happier.

With all the beautiful super cars in the Members Ride section thanks for considering my car.

Vince..........

[mockingbird812]

Nice ride. Cool story. Good on you for the perseverance of your dream car. Lemans blue is very nice. Old school traction bars are a nice touch.

[427TJ]

Man, that's how they looked when I was in high school in the late '70s!

[kwhizz]

Ken

[budnate]

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and a couple bling bling foil stickers on the back window...like
"a## gas or grass nobody rides for free"
or "no fat chicks or I will bottom out"

[ORIGLS6]

SLICK!

[SS4Real]

Vince,

Very nice, what a great looking ride. Are those 15 x 10's on the rear?

[427TJ]

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Man, that's how they looked when I was in high school in the late '70s!

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and a couple bling bling foil stickers on the back window...like
"a## gas or grass nobody rides for free"
or "no fat chicks or I will bottom out"

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My buddy's '67 SS 396 Camaro STILL HAS its "Sit On a Happy Face" rear plate frame! He's owned the car for 27 years.

[Z-11 396]

<<< VINCE >>> A GREAT LOOKING CAR, LOVE THE COLOR, AND BLACK STRIPE, REMINDS ME OF MY SON'S CAR..WONDERFUL STORY AS WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING....KASEY ..

[Xplantdad]

Vince,

I love the day two look...and the fact that you drive it...and have fun while driving the car.

Thanks for sharing the pics with all of us!