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Old 06-11-2019, 05:09 PM
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Lee...how did you acquire a photo of this car? This wagon is owned by a good friend of mine here in Illinois.
I found it years ago on Tumbler
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Old 06-11-2019, 05:13 PM
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Tom Akin's "Lead Sled". I was the Noob in the service dept. at Schukei Chevrolet when it rumbled into John Day's stall as a brand new car for prep as an AHRA stocker. L72/TH400. 4:56 or 4:88 IIRC. I believe 1 or 2 built?

In the early eighties, now a street car, the second owner would occasionally park it outside the parts dept. at the other Chevy dealership in town where I was at the time. Where is it now, Washington state??

A couple years ago Auto World produced a 1/64 scale of it.

John Day who did the wrenching on the Lead Sled is still racing his alcohol injected SBC dragster at age 80.

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Yes - it is one of two L72 427 Station Wagons. The other is in the GM Heritage Collection:

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Almost took out that cute little gal in the red Camaro ...
Yes - it WAS close!

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1969 428 SCJ Mach 1 - Special Order Paint: Chrome Yellow (1 of 1)



Chrome Yellow was a Ford truck color. It was also used for a couple of the 1970 Boss 302 race cars and it's AKA: School Bus Yellow
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1969 GT-500 428 SCJ Drag Pack (3.91) Convertible
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