Darren X33's Rallye Green Z............

[Belair62]

A 4 - owner 1969 Z/28 Camaro that has resided in Illinois since it was purchased in July of 1969 from Olaf Gjovik Chevrolet in the small town of Sandwich Illinois. In the early 70's the M-22 transmission and 4.10 rear were put to good use at Oswego Drag Raceway. I am still amazed that after such a history it retains it's original drive train. In 1981 my brother Dave was in the market for a 1969 Z/28. He narrowed it down to 2 cars. The deciding factors were color and price. One was red with black stripes in day 2 trim. The red Z looked nicer and was a few thousand dollars cheaper than the more stock Fathom Green and white stripe car that we looked at. At the time we unfortunately didn't realize the potential of a JL-8 car so he went with the cooler looking red Z. This is the car I learned how to drive on when I was 14. My brother would take me to the cemetery and let me go thru the gears of the M-22 until I got it down to a science. After 5 or so years the Z just wasn't practical enough to use as a daily driver so my brother bought another car to use for getting to work. The Z sat for a while and eventually I began using it. It was my daily driver during high school until I went to college. Upon my return from school I found out that my brother listed the Z for sale in the paper. I flipped out and told him to keep it and I would take the responsibility to return it to its original condition. Fortunately he accepted and I began the resto. While working full time I spent every free moment working on it. I had the car in pieces at my parent’s house and did all the work on it with the exception of installing the new quarters and the final paint job. A title search revealed all the original owners and I was able to speak to all of them and obtain original pictures of the car as well as some great stories. This car is part of my family and is here to stay. It is a constant reminder of my early childhood in the early 70’s when the cars that frequented my drive way were Day 2 at it’s finest and you could hear them coming from down the block!

[LVCamaro]

Very nice, Darren! Beautiful

SS

[shor]

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<font color="green">awesome! </font>

[SS427]

Very sweet ride Darren, job well done!
Rick

[Dave Rifkin]

Beautiful car, your fortunate to have kept it all of these years. I know I wish I had kept my first car. From the story about the car I gather that it was originally red?

[Zedder]

Great car and even better story Darren. Congrats on keeping her and making her pretty again!

[MrsBillyBobcat]

That is a BEAUTIFUL Camaro and great story Darren!

Rita

[budnate]

Awsome Color! my favorite for '69.

Bud.

[DarrenX33]

Dave - When my brother bought the car it had been repainted red with black stripes. One of the owners removed the houndstooth inserts and sewed in black vinyl. It is now sporting it's original "threads". I will scan a picture on Monday of it when we got it.

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. I'm happy to be part of this crowd.

[JChlupsa]

Very nice looking car, reminds me of one back in Illinois, that has for years sat behind a friends house over the last 20 years or so. Another one of those its not for sale and will be back on the road someday