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bcmiller 02-07-2018 10:30 AM

Bob Eriksen Chevrolet - Milan, IL
 
I recently purchased a 1967 Camaro RS/SS 396 project - L35/M40 car - Tahoe Turquoise with deluxe black interior. The NCRS report came back to being produced July 7, 1967 and delivered to Bob Eriksen Chevrolet.

I did some searching around and found this was quite the dealership. Some of the cars they sold include a 1965 Chevelle Z16, 1967 Camaro Z28, 1967 Corvette L71, 1970 Yenko deuce Nova. Probably also a lot of other performance cars.

Does anyone have knowledge of this dealership having any connections to Yenko, Nickey, Span, Inc or Dick Harrell?

This car is in the 124377N248xxx range and has Pontiac rally wheels on the front. I have no idea how long they have been with the car. Rear wheels are 8 inch wide Chevelle SS type wheels. Regular SS hood. No factory tach but signs that there was one strapped to the steering column in the past.

Any help you can provide will be appreciated.

fsc66 02-09-2018 08:42 PM

Info
 
Bryon:
PM me your e-mail address and I'll send you a bunch of ads. Anything I can find referencing Camaro's from 67 ads, etc.

Paul Winvoices

camarojoe 02-10-2018 02:38 AM

Yes they were a Yenko network dealer.

bcmiller 02-11-2018 01:27 AM

Joe thanks for that info. Can you say for sure that they were in the summer of 67?

I know they were in 70 because they sold a Yenko Nova.

camarojoe 02-11-2018 04:33 AM

Not sure when they became a network dealer, but it may not have been until 70.

bcmiller 02-16-2018 03:04 PM

I checked with the dealership. They don’t have any of the old records.

z28s4mjg 10-31-2018 11:56 PM

Eriksen Z28
 
I owned a burgundy with red stripes 69 Z28 that was originally sold at Eriksen Chevrolet in Milan Illinois. I found information on the original owner of the car and was able to contact him. He sent me the original bill of sale from the car and pictures of the car with red stripes sitting in the lot the day he bought it in November of 1968. I ended up selling the car back to the original owner in about 1994.

bcmiller 11-06-2018 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by z28s4mjg (Post 1419921)
I owned a burgundy with red stripes 69 Z28 that was originally sold at Eriksen Chevrolet in Milan Illinois. I found information on the original owner of the car and was able to contact him. He sent me the original bill of sale from the car and pictures of the car with red stripes sitting in the lot the day he bought it in November of 1968. I ended up selling the car back to the original owner in about 1994.

Cool story. I contacted the local Camaro club, but nobody seems to remember this Tahoe Turquoise L35/M40 car.

scuncio 11-07-2018 03:01 PM

Great story, bet the original owner was elated to have it back.

Quote:

Originally Posted by z28s4mjg (Post 1419921)
I owned a burgundy with red stripes 69 Z28 that was originally sold at Eriksen Chevrolet in Milan Illinois. I found information on the original owner of the car and was able to contact him. He sent me the original bill of sale from the car and pictures of the car with red stripes sitting in the lot the day he bought it in November of 1968. I ended up selling the car back to the original owner in about 1994.


z28s4mjg 12-04-2018 11:05 PM

Eriksen Z28
 
He was ecstatic, they even did a story about it in the local paper.


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