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03-15-2006, 08:06 PM
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Re: '69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month
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well he is at least still enjoying it and actually keeping it going... [/ QUOTE ] Yes, and try to image the hundreds, if not thousands of '69 Z's that have already gone to the crusher over the past 37 years. Just look at that "patina." 
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03-15-2006, 09:45 PM
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Re: '69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month
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try to image the hundreds, if not thousands of '69 Z's that have already gone to the crusher over the past 37 years [/ QUOTE ]  Whaddaya mean.....out of the 20,000 originally made, there are about 50,000 still in existence, so how could any of them have gone to the crusher?? 
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03-15-2006, 11:14 PM
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Re: '69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month
By the looks of those hoses it looks like the car has had the very rare "heater delete" option installed at one time.
Who needs a heater in Florida! Martin
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03-15-2006, 11:34 PM
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Re: '69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month
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[ QUOTE ] try to image the hundreds, if not thousands of '69 Z's that have already gone to the crusher over the past 37 years [/ QUOTE ] Whaddaya mean.....out of the 20,000 originally made, there are about 50,000 still in existence, so how could any of them have gone to the crusher?? [/ QUOTE ] I had forgotten about the "of 20,000 built, 50,000 have been accounted for" factor!
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03-16-2006, 05:14 AM
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Re: '69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month
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Original block is long gone but he has all the heads, intake and carb on a 350 block in the car. He also has a DZ block in a shed in his back yard, I couldn't get a good photo, but it has the Tonawanda stamp and a partial vin. I can get the numbers off it, would be interesting to see if the car it came out of is back on the road somewhere. [/ QUOTE ] If it is a Tonawanda engine, then it isnt a real DZ engine. They were all produced at the Flint engine plant.
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03-16-2006, 07:06 AM
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Re: '69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month
I didn't get a good look at the stamp pad. I stand corrected on the tonawanda issue, not a Z-28 expert by any means. It was getting dark, too much junk in his shed and needed a wire brush. I did make out the DZ and it's been sitting there long before anyone thought about restamping anything. I will get back over there and take a good picture of both the eng stamp and the cowl tag when I get a chance.
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03-16-2006, 07:58 PM
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Re: '69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month
Pray that he doesn't try to go over a set of RR tracks at speed. Rusty Camaros have been known to break in 2 when the body bolts rust out. Or if he gets rear ended, everything up to the doors will just crumple.
 
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03-16-2006, 08:11 PM
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Re: '69 Z, Sorriest thing I've seen this month
So True.
In 1979,a friend finished a quickie resto on his 69 SS/RS Camaro in his garage.He totally ignored his rotted trunk floor,thinking it wasn't an issue. On it's debut,he drove by our Auto shop class & went over a speed bump at speed,when BAM!...the trunk floor broke loose w/the gas tank falling down. I can still hear our shop teacher laughing. Those were the days... 
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