[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Fun day!!!
Lynn Stager has been sleuthing for me and found Al’s main contact at County Garage Ayr Ltd.
I was able to call him to chat today, fun to say the least. Bill K. was a mechanic and part time sales person at the time. He remembered Al ordering the car from Bob Marson (RIP passed away a few years ago) He said the car was a 2 Door Post right awayJ Bill remembered that the car had the W package with the high performance 350 and HD 4 Speed trans. He thought it had power steering and brakes but quickly remembered the low vacuum precluded power brakes. I mentioned that the short block had been replaced under warranty and he agreed. “Yes I replaced that engine” J Bill said he had to send away the original short block back to GM, he told me “this means the car is no longer numbers matching” he said lots of components have codes on them like carburetors, starters, etc that link them to a specific car. I asked if he had any dealer memorabilia or knew of anyone who would have a dealer tag. He said they used a dealer sticker instead of a tag and that he would look around for me.
We talked about the documentation and history of the car and he said I had a really rare car and absolutely got it for the original ownerJ it is fun to confirm the past of my car.
I plan to visit Al and Lynn tonight so Bill asked if I would say hi as he hasn’t seen Al in years, which I absolutely will do. I also asked if he would be agreeable to meeting for coffee with Al to shoot the breeze, he said that would be great.
Fun car stuff!!
Ryan