Dana Chevrolet

[dannystarr]

Couple of questions.

#1 - What are the words on the door directly to the right of the 1 and also below the Bowtie on left side quarter panel? When ya zoom in, it gets JUST TOO blurry to read.

#2 - Where is this ad located? Online archive? In a magazine... Life, Car Craft, Hot Rod, or maybe a Long Beach newspaper?

#3 - Lastly, do we know the color of this car?

Appreciate any help on this... Danny

[Lee Stewart]

This help?

https://images2.imgbox.com/2c/fe/7PcPm8dZ_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/7PcPm8dZ)

[dannystarr]

Thanx, but doesn't look like that is what is printed on the door. TOO many letters? The door looks like a person's name... First initial of first name then a period, then their last name?
Like B. Argonopoly or ??

Danny

[Lee Stewart]

https://images2.imgbox.com/5c/5e/JWJmAvZq_o.png (https://imgbox.com/JWJmAvZq)

[dannystarr]

Just too hard to read. Hopefully SOMEONE knows.
WAIT!!! I just noticed the sign. In the upper right. THAT looks like what is on the door.
C. Agtyro Corner? Center? ... D

[Xplantdad]

The picture above was taken from a high school yearbook ad - and scanned.


There are lots of pics from Dana on the interwebs.


Paging Jon Mello as he may hove some additional info


Here's some random pics from the web




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[JoeC]

Dick Guldstrand was the driver and his name is on the restored car

[napa68]

If the car originally pictured was Dale Armstrong's.....

[Motorhead848]

Couple of questions.

#1 - What are the words on the door directly to the right of the 1 and also below the Bowtie on left side quarter panel? When ya zoom in, it gets JUST TOO blurry to read.

#2 - Where is this ad located? Online archive? In a magazine... Life, Car Craft, Hot Rod, or maybe a Long Beach newspaper?

#3 - Lastly, do we know the color of this car?

Appreciate any help on this... Danny


#1 I have an original print at home I can look at later

#2 this was used in the 1968 South Gate high year book. That’s the original one I have at home. Photo was taken likely late November early December of 1967 given the advertising for tickets for an event in the window.

#3 it is believed the car is Omaha orange. When you use a color changing app for vintage photos the car becomes orange

My dad and I own a 1968 Dana z28 that was in Dana’s hands at the time this photo was taken. It is a factory special order paint car in Omaha orange with full factory paper work. It is optioned just like the car in the photo. No spoiler, upper door trim, non rs, ect…the car also has factory paint under the respray… when sanding the respray, traces of black paint were found between the two paint jobs. Nothing is exact and concrete, but we believe our car could possibly be the one in the photo.

[Motorhead848]

If the car originally pictured was Dale Armstrong's.....

In the original photo, you can see z/28 stripes on the trunk lid. So I don’t believe the car in the photo is dale Armstrongs car. Though his car was Omaha orange.

[Mr70]

Just too hard to read. Hopefully SOMEONE knows.
WAIT!!! I just noticed the sign. In the upper right. THAT looks like what is on the door.
C. Agtyro Corner? Center? ... D

Don't think so.
The hanging sign says,"SERVICE-PARTS"(small curved arrow) "Around Corner"

[1967Z28]

I'm pretty sure Dale's earlier '68 Z, also orange, is the car in the ad.

[Motorhead848]

I'm pretty sure Dale's earlier '68 Z, also orange, is the car in the ad.

I agree with you Jon that it certainly could be. The only thing that could make me think otherwise is the black paint remanence found on our car. His car was unfortunately stripped in the 80s and then got a re spray. I hope to get our car out soon to do a little more digging. I know dales car is a bit earlier and very well could be. I’ve had to put the project on the back burner for a bit.

[Motorhead848]

Here are a few up close pictures of the original photo in question. It is definitely a 68 z28 standard front end with no spoiler equipment. The front fender reads “z28” by the womans leg. The door reads “hi-performance center”. The rear quarter panel reads “South Gate calif.”

I need to correct my self with the earlier darting of the photo I mentioned. I believe this photo was taken December or January given the ad above the roof line for a motor trend event on Jan 21. Our car was ordered November 16 1967. Production date of December 20 1967. Purchased February 2 1968. These dates line up with when this photo might have been taken. The car that Jon has referred to was originally placed into service October 27, 1967. On the POP still retained with the car, the dealer demo box was filled in for date of first retail sale which was 1/31/67. It is my understanding that this would be filled in if the car was used by Dana to demo a new model year vehicle for some time to get orders placed and then would later be sold. This is why i believe Jon believes the other car is the car in the photo (Jon please correct if I’m wrong). I have no reason to discredit Jon’s belief other then it’s still not a rock solid proof as to what Dana did with the car with each car. Our car was ordered by a Gil Sanchez but then sold to a James long and was retained by Dana for about a month or so. Both cars are optioned pretty identical on the outside as far as the trim packages and non rs as well as lack of spoiler equipment. I believe the other possible Dana z in Omaha orange mentioned above has deluxe interior which you can not tell from the photo of the car has or not. Our car is a standard interior with console gauge pack and deluxe steering wheel. I believe at this point, there are 4 documented 68 Dana z28s known. I am by no means insisting our car is in the one in the above photo but I do believe at this point there is no concrete evidence to say the one car over the other. If anyone has any other input or evidence either way I am all ears!! Hope some of this info helps.


-mark

*pictures are from an original 1968 South Gate high school year book in my personal possession which was found in my early research of this car and photograph*

[1967Z28]

Thanks for the nice close-ups Mark. I emailed Dale about this thread and maybe he will chime in and offer some insights on his car.

[prototype]

Thanks for the nice close-ups Mark. I emailed Dale about this thread and maybe he will chime in and offer some insights on his car.

That's gonna be tough....we lost Dale almost a decade ago.

I miss him a bunch. He was a local Calgarian who loved drag racing and was delighted to share his knowledge. Mad skills and a helluva wrench.

One of the good guys and then some.

[1967Z28]

I was talking about Dale Bertram, the owner of the other orange '68 Dana Z, not Dale Armstrong. Sorry for the confusion.

[prototype]

No problem.....and hope some info comes out of it.

[169indy]

Great Thread:
Question, Do any of these "Dana cars" relate to the 1968 Z28 for Sale via Portland>Multnomah co CRAIGSLIST ad from June of 2017 aka East Oregon "Orange" Car

Jim

[Motorhead848]

Great Thread:
Question, Do any of these "Dana cars" relate to the 1968 Z28 for Sale via Portland>Multnomah co CRAIGSLIST ad from June of 2017 aka East Oregon "Orange" Car

Jim

Yes, the car my father and I own came out of Oregon.

[1967Z28]

I think there was a different orange '68 Z that was in Oregon around that time and it was not from Dana.

[dale68z]

My name is Dale and I have the other orange Dana 68 z28.
I bought my car in 1985 from the original owner. Is the car in the photo mine? Not sure.
The original owner died in 2010ish. I was unaware of this photo at that time. After I purchased the car I had a few discussions with the original owner, Walter, who I bought the car from. These talks happened several years after I had painted the car. I repainted because the black striped were checked badly and I didn't like "tangers, or Mcclaren orange" as Walter called the color. I painted it hugger orange.
Walter told me many stories about the car. I kinda got a feeling the stories were embellished remembrances. One was how he used rubbing compound to remove a big number 1 and Dana that were painted on the car when he bought it. The car still had 80% original paint when I bought it. I didn't notice evidence of previous additional paintwork on doors or quarters.
My car doesn't have z28 emblems. I has 302 emblems. Walter said Dana gave him z28 emblems that he never installed on the car. If z28 emblems require holes to be drilled when replacing 302 emblems. And the car in question has z28 emblems. Then, the car in the picture is not mine.
My car is has the bright work like the picture.

[SS427]

#3 it is believed the car is Omaha orange. When you use a color changing app for vintage photos the car becomes orange


Could you share the name of that app? TIA

[Xplantdad]

Hey Dale-glad to see you back and posting! We'll need to hook up soon, now that you are retired and having fun :)





My name is Dale and I have the other orange Dana 68 z28.
I bought my car in 1985 from the original owner. Is the car in the photo mine? Not sure.
The original owner died in 2010ish. I was unaware of this photo at that time. After I purchased the car I had a few discussions with the original owner, Walter, who I bought the car from. These talks happened several years after I had painted the car. I repainted because the black striped were checked badly and I didn't like "tangers, or Mcclaren orange" as Walter called the color. I painted it hugger orange.
Walter told me many stories about the car. I kinda got a feeling the stories were embellished remembrances. One was how he used rubbing compound to remove a big number 1 and Dana that were painted on the car when he bought it. The car still had 80% original paint when I bought it. I didn't notice evidence of previous additional paintwork on doors or quarters.
My car doesn't have z28 emblems. I has 302 emblems. Walter said Dana gave him z28 emblems that he never installed on the car. If z28 emblems require holes to be drilled when replacing 302 emblems. And the car in question has z28 emblems. Then, the car in the picture is not mine.
My car is has the bright work like the picture.

[Motorhead848]

Could you share the name of that app? TIA

It is called “PhotoApp”.

Attached is the edited photo from the app where it changes it to orange.

[SS427]

Thanks Motorhead848. I have a particular photo I would like to try this on.

[JoeC]

another cool Dana photo

[Lee Stewart]

https://images2.imgbox.com/28/75/0Lyp7RGA_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/0Lyp7RGA)

https://images2.imgbox.com/86/6b/GAE8AaL9_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/GAE8AaL9)

https://images2.imgbox.com/80/41/1WIy6IYc_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/1WIy6IYc)