Cortez Silver 69Z

[enio45]

Just getting this car done....stripes currently getting painted

All orig Drivetrain, All orig sheetmetal, Jerry Certified as all correct, orig cowl hood car

09C - late 69 car......got a little work to finish on the carb...after that ill put some miles
on it to breakin the resto....motor has already been broken in on the dyne...stock 30/30 cam
and gardner exhaust.

Tried to upload the pics and it says to resized. Same phone camera i used before and uploaded pics.....did we change something in the past 30 days to modify the pics uploading?? !!

[marxjunk]

either too many pics or the pic file is too big...is usually what hangs up around here

[NorCam]

sent you a couple message Ed

[enio45]

graeme, pics sent - thank you

[NorCam]

Here are 3 shots of the Cortez 69 Z

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd418/DBL_NKL/Forum%20Images/Silver01.jpg

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd418/DBL_NKL/Forum%20Images/Silver02.jpg

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd418/DBL_NKL/Forum%20Images/Silver03.jpg

[Crush]

Is it for sale?

[ZLP955]

Beautiful car Eddie!
(Although I am somewhat biased.....)

[enio45]

Tim,

thank you

crush - no the car is not for sale.

[ZLP955]

Meant to ask, as a late build, is the air cleaner base flat or ribbed?

[X66 714]

Quite different from the last time I saw it. You did a really nice job Eddie....Joe

[1969l78]

Awesome car!!

[RPOLS3]

Looks great!

[dykstra]

Looks great! Love the silver.

[enio45]

Tim the air cleaner is ribbed on the bottom like you see on the later cars....

thanks for the compliments guys!

[MosportGreen66]

Eddie, that is a stunner. Congrats. MCACN 2017?

Dan

[69Z28Freak]

Looking great Eddie

[Canuck]

Nice work Eddie!

[Edgemontvillage]

Looks great Eddie! Nice work.

[mockingbird812]

Suh-MOKIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks sharp - nice attention to detail. That Galveston does alright with the paint!! ;>))

[427TJ]

Oh yeah, that one would be a keeper if it was mine.

[cook_dw]

Nice.

[1967Z28]

Looks very nice, Eddie. Difficult to drive without the driver's seat? j/k

[x77-69z28]

Nice work Eddie!
Buddy

[m22mike]

Yea it's OK.....:Can-I-Have-It:

[92646]

Eddie,
What is the story on the Z/28? Where did it come from?

[scuncio]

Looks great Eddie!

[galveston]

Suh-MOKIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks sharp - nice attention to detail. That Galveston does alright with the paint!! ;>))

This one you should see in person Sam...the best 69 body I've ever seen naked !!

We did this one back in lacquer, as close to an OEM finish as you can get, correct orange peel, finish in the jambs are assembly line perfect. just stunning!!

Story is: I turned Eddie on to this one a friend owned since '77 parked in an Az. garage in '79 till 2013.

I'll add some photo's in the next few days.

[mockingbird812]

Shaun,

Very nice. Love it. So, how is Eddie with the orange peel?! ;>)

Can we expect this at THE November show?

[Xplantdad]

Shaun/Eddie,

Is this the one that Eddie was working on most every time we came over? ;)

[enio45]

Bruce, yes probably is - it has been a while since i took it apart....the only other option is the ferrari that is close to being done - meaning paint!!

[m22mike]

Agree 110% what Shaun stated about this car. Three years ago I helped Eddie dissemble this cream puff, AWESOME car.
Now Eddie MBTMF.....:D

[Xplantdad]

Bruce, yes probably is - it has been a while since i took it apart....the only other option is the ferrari that is close to being done - meaning paint!!



Thought so :)

[Bill Pritchard]

the ferrari that is close to being done - meaning paint!!

Hmmmm, I may have to take a short road trip in the near future :naughty:

[bilede]

Nice Eddie! I am kinda partial to silver cars. Drive by your subdivision weekly and never knew you had such a treasure..

[galveston]

Shaun,

Very nice. Love it. So, how is Eddie with the orange peel?! ;>)



Well Sam..... there has been noticeable tremor's( this might have something to do with the previous night's activities....just sayin), a change in his eye glass prescription ( thicker, make the orange peel look larger), new red sneakers (with a goofy "F" on them)??? and he's driving a Ford now (that's F'd up) but other than that I think a good bowl of spaghetti and a bottle of vino should straiten him out again, oh yeah he's good with the "peel" !!

[mockingbird812]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thot so!!!!!!!!!!!! Had I been drinking milk while reading yr post I would have spewed severely thru my nostrils!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. What FORD?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[enio45]

The story on the Z -

The car was delivered to Bill Heard Chevrolet in Alabama. It was believed to me a military person that purchased it. We don't know his name - but somewhere in the early 70's the car was purchased by a guy in Phoenix - (Randy) and he worked at the Brown and Brown Chev Dealership - in the parts department. Randy - around 78 decided to restore the car and took it apart...had it painted and when the paint was done, it was a wrong color Cortez Silver...more like a 71-72 color with the green tint in it. Well that stalled everything and it never went back together.

In the mean time, Randy being in the parts department order a slew of NOS parts for the car...and in those days as compared to now, the parts were cheap!! I have a stack of all of the receipts from 78, 79, and 80 where he order nos parts and stashed them with the car. Over the years, the car moved with him from a few garages - and then sold to another camaro enthusiast in phoenix with all the parts. The car and the parts sat in his warehouse on a lift in the air for years....not touched, motor in a crate, trans in a crate, and overhead of nos parts and some used stuff as well as the pieces that came off the car. Shaun mentioned one day that his buddy was thinking about selling the car - so we paid him a visit, pulled all the parts out, did an inventory of what was there and stuck a deal.

Shaun and I moved all the stuff to my house and i began to re-inventory the car and NOS/used parts. Mike Angelo was in town over the winter and i solicited his help to take the rest of the car apart and get it ready to head to the paint shop. While the car was in que to get painted, I started on all the components, refinishing the subframe, rebuild the motor and trans, rear and all the other parts, such as the dash, console etc.....Shaun did all the painting on the black stuff with the various shades of black. I also arranged to have Jerry MacNeish inspect the car when it was all tore apart, so he could see all the VIN's , inspect the motor, trans and rear out of the car and all of the other important pieces and get his certification.

I collected in the mean time, several NOS Bill Heard memorabilia, rear tail panel emblem, shirt, plaque etc to go with the car.

We decided to strip the car and get all the old paint and repaint off the car, so Shaun and his guy chemically stripped the car to preserve all the orig sheet metal stretch marks, dimples and spot welds. As i did with the my green Z, we repainted the car back in lacquer and ensured that the factory type orange peel was evident and followed up with a good compound buffing and no sanding to preserve the assembly line look. Body was one of the best any of us has seen - equivalent to my 1600 mile Z. Being an arizona car living inside for most of its life, that preserved it pretty well.

With a few more things to finish up on the car - Shaun is doing the stripes now and i have to do some tuning on the carb and get some road time. Car on the road already feels great - solid, quiet and like any original car not ever damaged, the doors and windows fit so nicely, adjustments were easy to do. I used mostly NOS parts when i needed to replace some items, and rechromed NOS bumpers and guards.

The car is an 09E build, X77 D80 with the VIN sticker on the door.

One interesting point, somewhere along the way - air conditioning was added to car...mnot sure if Randy did it, or the orig owner from Alabama, but it had a "Fridge King" unit installed in the trunk of the car. Obviously i took that out, but have pics of the unit in the car...ill post those later. Shaun and the guys did a great job on the paint work, I did the assembly and piece parts.....

Now wait until you see the 58 Ferrari Ellena we are completing.....it is over the top!

[Xplantdad]

Cool stuff...and definitely the Z that you were working on when we were hanging out and bugging Shaun!

[m22mike]

The air evaporator coil was a hoot, mounted on the upper shelf in the trunk, gotta post those pictures for sure Eddie.
Sooooo.....Eddie.....what Color is the Ellena
...:hmmm:

[Billohio]

We probably need to see Ferrari pictures too.
Nice job on the Z

[enio45]

OK, ill start another thread on the Ferrari....

[m22mike]

Outstanding.....goggles looking forward to that Eddie.

Mike

[enio45]

Bruce is resizing the Z pics with the AC unit installed!!

Never ever seen this before - Fridge King special!!

[Xplantdad]

Eddie, Check your email :)

[enio45]

Control for AC

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/xplantdad/EDDIE%20M/tn_039_zpszzxqlcjq.jpeg



Rear package tray

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/xplantdad/EDDIE%20M/tn_040_zpso16isijd.jpeg


Trunk shots


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/xplantdad/EDDIE%20M/tn_041_zpsyzsvjrfm.jpeg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/xplantdad/EDDIE%20M/tn_042_zps2ll6xrp7.jpeg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/xplantdad/EDDIE%20M/tn_043_zpssd356xb5.jpeg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/xplantdad/EDDIE%20M/tn_044_zpsfygdoemi.jpeg

[enio45]

Thank you bruce for your help!

[NorCam]

That's pretty wild Eddie. Never seen aftermarket or period air added to a Z/28 or within the trunk of any muscle car for that matter. Great find on the car and nice work on the restoration and lacquer paint work. Hope to see it someday.

[enio45]

Thank you - and who said Z/28's never had AC!!

thank god - the package tray top metal had the big hole cut into it and 2 small holes in the trunk is all that was damaged to the car. I replaced the package tray with orig GM pieces....holes in the trunk, around half dollar size were easy fixes.

[cook_dw]

I think I would have restored the a/c components and reinstalled it.. :naughty:

[enio45]

I did give that serious thought - but i did not have any info if it was some dealer installed new or sometime installed later by some ac shop...the purist in me took over!

[mockingbird812]

Better get ahold of JK at HMM. This will be of interest to them and their subscribers!

[Xplantdad]

Thank you bruce for your help!

No problem Eddie!:beers:

[Bill Pritchard]

That a/c is a hoot.....reminiscent of an old Howard Hughes car from the early 50's.

[6667ss138]

Beautiful car!!

[427TJ]

That AC unit is the ultimate Day 2 item. You can bet you won't see another musclecar with that piece.

[69VN]

Wow---stunning to find out this baby used to have AC in it!!!
Excellent restoration Eddie!

Sal

[drdave69]

Eddie, the car may have come from AL but Bill Heard Chevrolet was in Columbus, GA on the border (river) with AL. Just thought I would mention that since I grew up there/here. I threw away every Bill Heard item I owned years ago.
I'll need to log in from home to be able to see the photos.

[enio45]

Dave, i may have been mistaken on the state - i did ncrs and need to dig the file out to see.....stay tuned

[novadude]

Eddie, the car may have come from AL but Bill Heard Chevrolet was in Columbus, GA on the border (river) with AL. Just thought I would mention that since I grew up there/here. I threw away every Bill Heard item I owned years ago.
I'll need to log in from home to be able to see the photos.

My '65 Nova was originally sold at Bill Heard. Wish you didn't throw away that stuff....