Old pics - 1969 Z/28

TMagda · #1 09-21-2010, 03:44 PM

Circa 1975

**Charley Lillard** · #2 09-21-2010, 03:51 PM

Looks like it has already had a black grill installed.

TMagda · #3 09-21-2010, 04:06 PM

Yeah, I thought it looked better that way! I was 16, what did I know. Even worse, I rebuilt the motor and painted the block BLUE. All of my HS buddy's thought I dropped in a Ford motor because of the color and because of the lack of knowledge of the Chev 302 (even with the 302 call out on the hood).

markinnaples · #4 09-22-2010, 02:40 AM

Awesome, love that car!

TMagda · #5 09-22-2010, 04:23 PM

It had the basic interior, console, working flapper in the hood and a long spoiler. It had a really low vin, somewhere in the 4,000's so I think originally it may have been a flat hood, no spoiler car with those parts added later. If so, it was done well. Pioneer Super tuner under the dash. You can see me smiling in one of the pictures. I see For Sale signs in one of the pictures so I think this was the day I brought it home.

**njsteve** · #6 09-22-2010, 04:25 PM

Are those Firestone Parnelli Jones's on the back rims?

TMagda · #7 09-22-2010, 04:34 PM

Steve, I believe they are. This is Norwalk CT by the way - we may have crossed paths at a cruise.

**njsteve** · #8 09-23-2010, 12:01 AM

There's a finite number of people in the universe and eventualy we all start crossing paths again and again. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

Back in the early 80's I used to go to the cruise nights at Marcus Dairy and the Sycamore drive-in restaurant in south west CT. Back then I had various Cuda ragtops but back in my high school daze (late 70's) I had a 69 Z11 pace car and a 70 Superbird.

Shevelle · #9 09-23-2010, 03:33 AM

Very cool vintage pics!

TMagda · #10 09-23-2010, 04:30 AM

My vin was 124379N504656

Steve, been to Marcus many times as well as the Danbury Fair Races (I was friends with Don LaJoies son) but in the late '70's we usually stayed around Norwalk, Calf Pasture Beach, and Westport, Compo Beach. Calf Pasture was just like the movie Happy Days on Saturday nights. The Rt.7 extension just happened to have a nice 1/4 mile straight also.