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blazes0003
10-21-2009, 08:59 AM
Alright, this is my first post here and I am really just trying to find some info, maybe, just maybe, find the person who now owns this car. I have to get all the info from my dad, but I'll start off with some info that I do remember him telling me. My father back in '69 purchased a 69 Phase III 427 from a toronto dealership that had it built and brought up here. He took delivery of it, owned it for a few years and sold it. Now I don't know if he sold it, or traded it in..... It was a blue car, all aluminum block solid liter car. Again, I have to get some more info from him, but this is all I can remember right now. He has had a few fast cars over the years, but he always comes back to this one and how upset he was selling it. It would be very interesting if this car is in fact still around and even more interesting if it is still in Canada....
PeteLeathersac
10-21-2009, 04:18 PM
Welcome aboard Peter!.
I take it you don't happen to still have the Vin?.
Did your Dad ever race the car on the track?.
What was the dealer that had the car built and shipped to Toronto?.
Lance ( http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showprofile.php?Cat=0&User=13083&what=login ) may be a good bet for someone here that may have some memories of this car?.
Any old pics you can share?.

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midyr
10-22-2009, 12:25 AM
I have no knowledge of this car. The one we had was pearl yellow with the Hone overdrive.

Lance
blazes0003
10-22-2009, 05:25 AM
He has no vin, he is looking for some pictures of it. He purchased it from a dealership called Beaumont chev olds at/around jane and lawerance, in toronto. He said it took them about 6 months to get it for him and it cost him just under $4000.00. He had to pay in advance for it. He told me he used to take it to Cayuga and race at some place by the 400, around the drive-in theatre. The car was blue. Thats pretty much all I have right now. I'll see what else he comes up with shortly. Thanks for all your help.
SuperNovaSS
10-22-2009, 06:40 AM
Phase III Motion Camaro with a ZL1 for just under $4000?
Sounds a little cheap.


Jason
blazes0003
10-22-2009, 07:09 AM
Sorry, sorry, my mistake, he said around 4900, I meant to say just under 5000.00. My mistake.
Born30YrsLate
10-22-2009, 07:48 AM
The engine itself should have cost about $4000...
blazes0003
10-22-2009, 11:09 PM
I am not sure on the specifics, I wasn't around then. I do know that my father did in fact own one, besides his close life long friend talked about this car too. It was actually my father and this friend that went to the dealer to get this car. His friend was/is a car nut and he was the one who told my dad to get this specific car. He saw it in a magazine article. My dad didn't really know what the car was at that point, he was just interested in getting a big block camaro. My dad mentioned that the salesman wasn't to interested in getting this car, and he was actually trying to sell him a showroom camaro that had a 396 in it. He finally ended up getting it ordered, and took a while to get it. It was my grandmother that saved the money for him and gave him the money to buy himself a car, she didn't know exactly what he was buying. My dad told me he used to take it to some guy to have it tuned and the lash adjusted on it. The main reason he got rid of it was because he was 18/19 at the time he owned it and my grandmother forced him to sell it because she was certain he was going to kill himself. He told me the car was just a beast to drive, never ending power were his words. He also said the gas milage was bad even for back then, but it was an awsome car. I know there is going to be nay-sayers, and thats fine, but these are the facts, no need to make anything up.
x Baldwin Motion
10-22-2009, 11:27 PM
What color blue, and what color strip scheme if any did it have? Any hood mods? Thanks and good luck with the picture search.
midyr
10-23-2009, 12:52 AM
Belmont was at Lawrence & Jane. We never sold a car of this description.
blazes0003
10-23-2009, 06:31 AM
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Belmont was at Lawrence & Jane. We never sold a car of this description.

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I will have to check with him. By the sounds of it, you worked there, so thats really interesting in itself. I will ask him for some more info. As for the previous post all I know is that it was a blue car, I don't know if it had any pinstripes etc, etc. I have to consult with him again. Thanks again.
David C.
12-02-2009, 05:22 PM
What color interior did it have?
PeteLeathersac
12-02-2009, 05:43 PM
Peter,
Is it possible the car was actually a factory built iron block Copo 427 Camaro?.
Was it a plain looking car w/ cowl induction hood and any rear wings or stripes?.
The dragstrip you're speaking of by Hiway 400 is the old Toronto track and sadly the scene of Dick Harrel's fatal 1971 accident..

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