Dads '77 Z/28, the suspense is killing me

notstock71 · #1 12-07-2006, 04:33 AM

After 25 years without the car, and now having located it, the suspense is killing me if I can get it back. I called the owner tonight and we spoke for a few minutes. He's going to get some pics on the digital camera and he will be in Omaha Sunday. We are going to get together and talk then. I was hoping to go to him with a trailer in tow. This is driving me insane!!!!

Lewis

69hurstSC · #2 12-07-2006, 06:41 AM

i know the feeling! 2 years ago my siblings and i gave my dad his brothers 69 SS 427 vert that his bro had as a youngster in the early 70's. my dad had a 69 327 hardtop and one day little bro shows up with the big block vert. pretty easy to guess who was jelous in that situation! take it all in and document it. you'll love going over all that stuff in a few years!

supermuscle · #3 12-07-2006, 03:52 PM

Really hope it works out for you...

elcamino72 · #4 12-07-2006, 07:01 PM

I too hope this works out for you ... I can't wait to hear if you do get the car back!!!

Fingers crossed in PA

COPO427 · #5 12-07-2006, 08:11 PM

Good Luck, I tried to find mine and ended up at a dead end. After I think 1985 it wasn't licenced. I went to the DMV and got the list of all the owners.

Here's a pic from 1977. My 1st new car I ever ordered. 4-spd with air, tint, tilt etc.

notstock71 · #6 12-07-2006, 08:27 PM

Silver would be my other color choice, I love how it looks. I see yours had the Goodyears on it. Dads came with the Firestones that were recalled, I have a closup pic of me cleaning a wheel when it was new and you can see the Firestones still on it.

Hopefully things work out. He has to be thinking about it since he is taking some pics and meeting with me this weekend.

Lewis

**PeteLeathersac** · #7 12-07-2006, 08:43 PM

So what 'recall' Firestones were on the car...the famous 500's? .

Here's a link to thread w/ the first half of your story. .

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...fpart/all/vc/1

I may have missed it in your previous posts but is your Dad still w/ us? .

Good luck working a deal w/ the current owner! .

~ Pete

notstock71 · #8 12-08-2006, 04:29 AM

Yes dad is still here. Fortunately I was pretty young when he got the car and he had it for a few years before selling it for the 69 RS/SS he had. Dad knows what is going on and he is still very surprised I found it. He will be with me Sunday when we meet the owner.

Dads car had the 500's on it. I don't know anything about them except dad said they were recalled. Yes??

I've learned a ton on the 77's on NastyZ28.com . There was a thread on them that was over 40 pages long and it was packed full of great information. The nice thing is the '77's seem to be a forgotten year. They are slightly rare, 14,000 made with only 5,000 4 speeds. Divide that between all of the colors offered and the number is approximately 800ish. Plus it was the last year of the metal bumpers. Was it fast, nope, but what was in '77.

Hopefully I will have good news on Sunday.

COPO427 · #9 12-08-2006, 10:22 PM

Got any pics that your Dad took when he owned it? They weren't fast but they could handle the corners.

I loved my turbines on my '78 Z28 I ordered new too.

Once again, good luck, I'd be freaking out if I found mine. My '77 was something special to me because it was my first new car I ordered. And yes, I miss it.

COPO427 · #10 12-08-2006, 10:57 PM