Re: 427 Camaro found in backyard...
-------You cant even imagine how many Camaros there were in south Florida just like this back in the late 60s, early 70s. They were everywhere. Big-blocks were everywhere. The ocean reacer era was just starting in earnest and big-blocks were floating all over the place.
------- A buddy of mine that worked at Slaton Chevrolet in Ft. Liquerdale in the parts Dept. once told me that literally hundreds of complete engines were getting stolen out the back door of the dealership.
------- My best friend back then built a Vega with an LS6 with a 10 inch setback and Dana rear for the street. Said the thing was lethal. Cant begin to tell you how many 435 67 Corvettes he built out of stolen and stripped Corvettes he bought at the auction over the years. I bought everyone of them I could afford as they were so well built. He was a perfectionist and his cars just did everything right. You could always tell his cars if you drove one because he loved to put in 456 or 488 gear-sets. In south Florida all you had to do was get from one stoplight to the next (FAST)............Bill S
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