Odd 67 Dana Camaro photo ...

[Stitch]

There's a thread on a UK hot rodding site that shows old pics of US/Canadian cars on the street in the UK during the 60's.

One of the guys posted up this pic that was taken in April 67 , thought you guys might find it interesting...note it's still on CA plates UCX 973 , is it traceable from that ?.

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/imagehosting/1004bf258561a14b.jpg

Looks to be a Mk1 Lotus Cortina in the background too.

Complete thread is here should you be interested ...

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=8458

[danachevroletfor1967]

Thanks for the pic. It looks like it was set up for road racing (Trans-Am) rather than drag racing with just the way it looks to me with the flat hood with locks, the wheels, and the covered headlight and parking lights. Looks like it has a partial roll cage inside and no back seat too. I doubt it would be traceable from the license plate as California DMV records don't go back that far as far as I know. I know Dana Chevrolet in South Gate, California received 5 1967 Z/28's in late 1966 and reworked 4 of them for SCCA competition. This was even before Roger Penske got started campaigning Camaros.

[442w30]

Nice Ford Corsair in the background. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif

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actually, the air-cooled panel Kombi is getting me going! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

[PeteLeathersac]

It'd be best to swap on a set o' MiniLites before taking that car road-racing!.
And that Dana script on the quarter is sure reminiscent of what's on the '69 that we've looked at pics of here before...the hoax barn find car?.

And that Lotus Cortina sitting in front of the Bus could probably blow everything in this pic off any road circuit!.

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~ Pete

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[1967Z28]

Holy Moly! That's my friend Mike's car! It was built for racing at Dana Chevrolet and ran at the Sebring Trans-Am race on 3-31-67. This was part of a two-car Dana team at Sebring. Tom Lynch drove this one and Dick Guldstrand drove the other (blue) car. After Sebring, Lynch took the car to Europe to race at several of the well known circuits over there (Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Spa, etc) before bringing it back to the States in time for the Las Vegas 350 Trans-Am race. Lynch raced on the East Coast in '68. Below is a picture of it at VIR (Virginia International Raceway) in September '68 where it won the A-sedan class. You can see the same license plate number on the car. It ran a few Trans-Am races in '69 as well. A REAL Dana Camaro with real Trans-Am history AND it still exists.

-Jon

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/TomLynchVIR9-68.jpg

[jbsides]

Great history. Where is it now? Do you have any recent pics? Is it still a white race car? It doesn't look like it left the factory as a Z, was it a base car?

Sorry about all the questions, really interesting car.

JB

[1967Z28]

The owner is at the ALMS race at Laguna Seca this weekend. When I talk to him after the weekend, I'll ask him what is OK to post.

-Jon

[firstgenaddict]

Mello are you not hosting 1967z28.com any longer?

[1967Z28]

I never hosted that website but worked very closely with Rich McCabe who was the person who started it and maintained it. Once Rich sold his '67 Z, he was no longer interested in maintaining the site and so Jerry MacNeish was given the domain name.

-Jon

[firstgenaddict]

Saw that there was no site linked to the domain and hoped someone had picked up the registry, if not I would pay just to keep some fool from jacking it.

[PontiacUK]

Jon,

I was the one who posted the foto up on the Uk forum, good to see the car is still around and being used.

If you speak to the owner could you ask him if he would like the original foto, i think it should go with the car as part of its history.

cheers
si

[1967Z28]

Si,

That is very generous of you to offer to do that. I'm sure he would love to have it. Together, we have looked for years trying to find a picture of the car from the '67 Sebring era showing the Dana Chevrolet painted on the rear quarter. We were told by the original builder of the car (Bobby Joe McDonald) that it was on there but had no photographic proof. I saw on the Rods &amp; Sods website that you mentioned something about the car having an induction set-up that was a Dana item. Do you have another picture of the car or were you gathering this from something you see in the original picture you posted?

-Jon

[1967Z28]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jbsides</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great history. Where is it now? Do you have any recent pics? Is it still a white race car? It doesn't look like it left the factory as a Z, was it a base car?

Sorry about all the questions, really interesting car.

JB </div></div>

The car is in California. It is a white car and has been registered and accepted as a Historic Trans-Am racer (West Coast eligible). According to Bobby Joe McDonald, the original builder, this white car and Guldstrand's blue car were both SS350s that they took off the Dana lot and converted into Z-28s by having Traco build 302 engines for them. The car is undergoing a restoration and has not yet been finished. A fairly recent picture is below.

-Jon

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/Mikescarafterpaint.jpg

[iluv69s]

So this is not one of the 5 Dana Z's? Any info. on them cars?

BTW..thanks for the pic Jon. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[danachevroletfor1967]

I remember reading that after they were converted to SCCA specs for the Trans-Am series, 2 were sent to Ron Tonkin in Portland, Oregon and 2 were kept by Dana.

[jbsides]

What a neat piece of history. Thanks for sharing.

I had a new Z/28 back in '72 and used to hang around in the service area trying to maintain what little cool I had while observing the incredible cars coming and going. I lived a little too close by at the time, and it the worst tease imaginable, well maybe not the worst.

JB

[Astock]

About 10 years ago,I bought a short block out of the Recycler,and on the pad it read 301 ...DC w/the Traco stamp. Sold to Tomi with the Blue car. I posted pictures here if someone can retrieve them.

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Astock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">About 10 years ago,I bought a short block out of the Recycler,and on the pad it read 301 ...DC w/the Traco stamp. Sold to Tomi with the Blue car. I posted pictures here if someone can retrieve them. </div></div>


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dang it Bruce, how DO you do that? I am striking out with the new search engine and all my old links go to the main page.. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif
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[Xplantdad]

Chris...Astock only has 266 posts...so odds are I would be able to find what he was talking about in the 200 that you can search by viewing user posts <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

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[Astock]

Wow! 8 years ago. That brings back some good memories. Thanks Bruce.

[Xplantdad]

definitely a neat read!

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