'66 427 Biscayne - Don Breen

[iluv69s]

what is a replacement tag?? isn,t that called a fake?

[mockingbird812]

Don sent the last two photos to me and asked me to post them here......that is all I know.

[TAR6569]

Is Don the user "HAD 5 NEW"?

[mssl72]

Ok, so what I've heard is the previous owner had bought some parts from a friend of mine and told my friend that he was building a clone. The previous owner then sold it on ebay. I don't know at what stage of the build it was at when it went on ebay. That's all I know at this point. If the facts are true, that may explain why a few things are out of place.

[mockingbird812]

Don asked me to post this:

" VERY CORRECT RECREATION OF A L72 CAR . THE GUY HAD ROUNDED UP PARTS FOR IT FOR 15 YEARS THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM."

[John]

... Don,

... Great job [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

... That is one beautiful car [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]

[HAD 5 NEW]

lets get this right before it gets out of whack,nowhere has it been said that this is a real L72 but it has been done to as near as possible as a real one. I bought this car from a guy that had bought the car ( 6 cyl 3spd all tinted glass )15 years ago and put it in dry az storage. he then had bought every piece he could find to make it an L72 car. all engine pieces, trans, tach, shifter, steering wheel and 12 bolt rear end are correct 66 pieces. even the wheels are the correct 66 14x6 wheels. I put the car on ebay and the guy that bought it had me do the car.he wanted the car marina blue. for all that don't know it marina blue was only available on the impala line in the full size bodies. I had a new trim tag made to match the car. the car still has the 6 cyl correct vin tag on the drivers door pillar . this car will never be advertised or sold as a correct L72 car!

[mockingbird812]

...and there you have it! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Did you think that Don would try to sneak one by the illustrious collective expertise of sYc? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

Like I said before... Don's work is awesome. Don...send me some pics of Bella...or we're gonna have to come and visit her!

[Tarrytown SS427s]

I don't think it was ever suggested that anybody was trying to sneak something by. I simply asked the reason for the fake tag, and quickly got a full caps question back at me asking &quot;WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THIS ?&quot; perhaps in defense to me questioning the tag's authenticity. Now three days later the same person has stated that they in fact had the tag made, and I presume the window sticker as well. That's fine, except that the tag has incorrect codes on it. It doesn't encourage anything good for the hobby, where the sea of cars with fake tags keeps getting bigger and bigger. Just my opinion.