Western New York Supercars

[Diabl07]

If anyone knows info on Bob Harris 1969 COPO? Or the 68 Yenko RS they were working on. Also anyone know of a ZL-1 that was in Western New York in the 70s?

[scuncio]

Great thread, NY was a hotbed of performance cars.

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by scuncio

Great thread, NY was a hotbed of performance cars.

Thank you! I was sad to never be around when all of the really awesome stuff was here new.
I was born in the 2000s so I missed that era of street racing and muscle cars and of collectors like BeaumontBill (who I would love to find the stories on his cars) and all those guys. I only got into cars seriously recently, my father raced his 442 on Long Island in the 1980s before he went into the navy, so he for sure helped that connection with muscle cars.
there are still a bunch of really neat cars here, lots of guys with cars in the garages and in warehouses collecting.
I love researching all of this stuff, because I do research for lots of other cars like Porsche and Ferrari and Lamborghinis but these classic muscle cars are so abundant around here and have so many stories, it never gets old!

[PeteLeathersac]

Originally Posted by Diabl07

…Also anyone know of a ZL-1 that was in Western New York in the 70s?

I meant to post the below 10/70 Newspaper Ad here previously but landed it in the Huebner ZL1 thread first where William noted #12 was known to have been in NY.
Sorry, I forgot to get back here w/ the Ad until seeing your postings today, was the car you knew of Blue also do you know if it came from the Manhattan area?
Awesome thread also thanks for the great details w/ your postings above!

~ Pete

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[auwrestling]

Send me a private message with your phone number and I’ll give you a call .I owned both of the Trans Am convertibles, and good friend of ours had one of the 427 AC cobra it was a red one. He also owned the 67 GT 500 Shelby with the 427 side oiler, also it was another friend of mine that owned s the black 69 boss 429 and sold it several years ago could give you a lot of information and stories about all the super duty Trans Ams and raiv cars in the area .A lot of these rare Pontiacs are still right here

[fortim]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

Send me a private message with your phone number and I’ll give you a call .I owned both of the Trans Am convertibles, and good friend of ours had one of the 427 AC cobra it was a red one. He also owned the 67 GT 500 Shelby with the 427 side oiler, also it was another friend of mine that owned s the black 69 boss 429 and sold it several years ago could give you a lot of information and stories about all the super duty Trans Ams and raiv cars in the area .A lot of these rare Pontiacs are still right here

Glad to see you post in the thread, your knowledge of WNY muscle cars is invaluable, especially in the Pontiac world.

[David C.]

The 69 copo Bob H. had was sold new in Toronto and drag raced a few years before being parked. It was a blue on blue RS. He sold it a few years ago as he acquired the RS 68 Yenko which came from Georgia.

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by David C.

The 69 copo Bob H. had was sold new in Toronto and drag raced a few years before being parked. It was a blue on blue RS. He sold it a few years ago as he acquired the RS 68 Yenko which came from Georgia.

I wasnt aware he sold it, very cool. Id love to know the vins on both to find out more info, the stories on the canadian car being holed up in toronto for years and the 68 RS in the junkyard in georgia then sitting in his shop for 15 years, such cool stories all of these cars have

[auwrestling]

Here’s a couple pictures of a 71 Judge 455HO we got from the original owner just south of Buffalo . This was a while ago and as you can see it came in the rare color of black with the combination parchment interior ,beautiful car ,12 bolt rear turbo 400.

[smallblockhero]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

Here’s a couple pictures of a 71 Judge 455HO we got from the original owner just south of Buffalo . This was a while ago and as you can see it came in the rare color of black with the combination parchment interior ,beautiful car ,12 bolt rear turbo 400.

was this the car owned and redone by the Mariachers and Tom Fischer?