Black on Black 1967 Camaro L78 124377N212598

[1967Z28]

Seems like the salesman could have still had time to order another black '67 SS if he really wanted to if this one was delivered in late April.

[Geoff Smith]

Great car , find and read ...

[L72copocamaro]

I don't know how it all happens in two days, but it's a great story.

[jbtech]

Originally Posted by 1967Z28

Seems like the salesman could have still had time to order another black '67 SS if he really wanted to if this one was delivered in late April.

It's possible!

Matt (son of salesman) says his father would order cars "All the time. Drove them off the lot on Fridays & sold them on Mondays"

Originally Posted by L72copocamaro

I don't know how it all happens in two days, but it's a great story.

The deal in it's entirety didn't happen in two days.

I just got off the phone with Bruce. He is following and wanted to confirm that the boss gave Mr. McCandlish a few days to sell one of 2 other cars he had ordered to have a chance to keep the Camaro. One he remembered being a Corvette. Bruce had to wait a few days and he then got the call to come pick up the Camaro as the salesman didn't sell one of the other cars in time.



On a side note, how accurate are gm production dates on NCRS reports?

[jbtech]

Feels good to find something from the cars past like this!
I sent the photos to Misty the ex wife of the 3rd owner Alan Mason and she loved it. Alan thankfully took photos when he owned the the car in the late 70s including the interior pic shown. He was a high school student then. Alan was able to help me solve the puzzle of the ownership history before he passed.

The two big missing items to the car are the POP and trans. Bruce says he thinks the POP went to the car when it sold. I reached out to Shane Goss, brother of 2nd owner John Goss. Shane says his brother confirmed he didn't keep any paperwork to the car and when the car sold it likely went with the car. Since Alan passed, I reached out to Richard Buckley (4th owner) through his wife Dorothy who said he didn't remember the booklets coming with the car. (See previous posts for pics of Dorothy with car as a HS student).
This leads me to believe that Alan must have had the POP last if Bruce indeed sold the car with the POP in glove box. So I reached out to Misty who said she's going to ask a family member who kept some of Alan's things to see if somehow the POP is there.

In regards to the transmission the last I know is that Richard Buckley sold the Camaro with a bad steering box and without an engine. Younger brother Charley Buckley remembered the trans was tied up in the car.

Mr Jenkins who got the car as it was pulled from the barn from his friend John Baxter in the 2000s said the Camaro had a non numbers matching junk transmission and the fiberglass hood was coming apart.

My guess is trans was likely swapped out between Tom Rooker (5th owner) and Judy Stevens-Rooker (6th owner).

[big gear head]

Is that a Cal Custom shifter handle?

[jbtech]

Originally Posted by big gear head

Is that a Cal Custom shifter handle?

I'm not sure. Do you have a photo of the T handle to compare? It would be cool to find that. I believe the shifter in the photo is a supershifter because the shifter hole in the tunnel was notched about 1" on the left side and bent downward for clearance. And the console shifter plate was also notched.

[big gear head]

I don't have a picture, but I've seen a lot of them on Facebook.

[big gear head]

Here is one on ebay. It's not exactly what I thought the one in the picture looked like. Maybe the one in the picture is just a Hurst T handle.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/22597470620...RoCPoYQAvD_BwE

[jbtech]

Originally Posted by big gear head

Here is one on ebay. It's not exactly what I thought the one in the picture looked like. Maybe the one in the picture is just a Hurst T handle.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/22597470620...RoCPoYQAvD_BwE

I'm beginning to think its also a standard Hurst T handle, I reached out to the brother of the 2nd owner to ask 2nd owner if he could provide insight.