[sparky1698]

Rick you are correct this is the same car that was bought new in Auburn NE and the last two of the vin is 21.The previous owner bought it from a guy in NE along with a 67 Vette in 2009. The car was given a no expense spared restoration in 2009-10 by a good friend of mine here in Des Moines and it was debuted at MCACN in 2010 where it scored a 994 out of 1000 earning a gold award. Since then the owner has passed away and another collector from here bought it along with some of the former owners other cars. When the car was purchased in 09 it did have a 72 454,67 trans and the original 12 bolt but during restoration all the correct dated coded parts were found and installed. These include the block,heads, water pump, dist, alt, trans, smog pump,etc,etc,etc. I was involved with the research and final assm on this car and had the chance to talk to the original owner when he came to DM and looked at the car and the stories he told about the car were as neat as the car itself. Here's where it gets interesting... When we were doing research the friend of mine that was restoring the car made a call to a good friend of his who is a former president of Chevrolet inquiring about info on this car and he in turn contacted another guy and thats where the info on the production numbers came from, this made the 3rd guy that had told us that they had seen copies on 18 build sheets and this made 19 and the only one so far that was built at Van Nuys. I don't no where the info was sourced from or what but I do have copies of the 2 emails with all the figures. There are a couple things that Mecum has wrong on the write up but what I can tell you is this car is the real deal with a date coded correct engine and trans that had a very high dollar resto. This car has a very high reserve and I will be surprized if it sells. I know I will probably get flamed for the production number deal but I'm just passing on what I know about the car and what was found out during resto.