Short of Paying Joel for confirmation....

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I have researched all that I can...

I bought the car in the late eighties from a local girl who is still around. She has all kinds of memories of the car but wants to forget the history prior to that because it was her late boyfriend who bought the car new.

The car always had a 427 and it came with a ton of parts and a lot of owner history. The car has no X codes but has always been a Z/28 Daytona yellow with a black vinyl top. (Paint 76 B). The car has been painted a few other shades including white, red, blue (the color it was when I found it) which are evident on the car and in owner history.

The car always had a L88 fiberglass hood until someone forgot to pin it and it flew off like a kite on a stormy night . And if you notice what's up with the ford dual mirrors.

The parts that were on the car, in the trunk, and in the back of my pickup (Had to bring a pick-up to pick up the rest of the parts that came with the car) all point to a B/M or Motion Performance creation. It has had side pipes, ansons, cragers, rear window louvers, chrome traction bars, shock extenders, and mallory ignition to name a few parts in the collection.

The problem was / is that I want to restore it back to GM specs but get stuck on the 427 parts.

I'll post some pics.

Rich

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Second shot behind the ss427. No front bumber L88 hood.

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Out front of house L88 hood. Ford mirrors.

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Picking up from body shop after the kite incident. Need steel hood for clearance, Clarence.

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Second shot at body shop, still has Ford mirrors.

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Third shot at body shop new bumber, steel hood and Ford mirrors.

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Shot interior with funky diamond pleaded dash and door panels. Hurst T handle guages barely visible under dash.

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Joel did like to use the ford mirrors probably because they were pretty modern looking for 1969. He also used the "GT" letters from ford mustangs on the back of the GT vettes he sold and mine has ford mirrors on it too.

You should look for build sheets under the seats and or dash. Try to locate a detective that could run a NCIC trace to see who the originating dealer was that sold it and any previous owners names.

Lastly beg and plead with the girl to just one time give you what she knows.

You should post the trim plate info on here and the vin as someone just may help you.

I know what you are going through as I am doing the same thing on a '69 vette myself.

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I have did all i can short of someone saying "I know this car". I've check with NICB and it was delivered to Reedman Chevrolet, Langhorne, PA but they have no record of the car, they say that they depoted a lot of cars as distributing dealer. Can only trace back to 1978 with NJ DMV and its me and the local girl included in those records.

She did tell me that she bought or something (sweet talked?) the car from her boyfriend, the original owner, who drag raced NHRA Div 1 or wrenched for someone who did. and that the other camaro in the first two pictures was his.

Build sheet is not around and I am not sure I want to find out now after all I have been through.

And Tom I do have a 427C or something edelbrock manifold, fish eye air cleaner, scatter shield, and will check the models of the mallory stuff. Don't recall any decals or valve covers but I will check.

Bill and John its inevitable!

Rich

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"The problem was / is that I want to restore it back to GM specs but get stuck on the 427 parts."

Its all good. The car has always been known as a super car in my neck of the woods. The late boyfriend of the girl who owned the car before me wrenched for a NHRA Div. 1 B/M Camaro in the "Grumpy" days. So with out him and paper work its what we call in my profession a "cold case".

I have researched all that I can short of Paying Joel for confirmation.

Expert Testimony.