69 Survivor

69 L78 Survivor · #1 12-14-2008, 09:51 PM

I thought you guys might be interested in my 69 396 Survivor L78. I picked it up in CT in October. It originally came from Village Chevrolet, Queens Village, Long Island, NY. 40,000 miles with original drive train, original paint. I have the original retail order form, window sticker, car invoice and p.o.p. I recently spoke with Steve Shauger to have the car judged this year at Carlisle. I'll attach some pictures if I can.

**TDW** · #2 12-14-2008, 10:29 PM

Nice! How about telling us the story on how you found it. Have you been able to talk with the original owner? Post all the pictures you can.

**Charley Lillard** · #3 12-14-2008, 10:29 PM

Can I have it ?

**Steve Shauger** · #4 12-14-2008, 11:29 PM

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**chads454Ls6** · #5 12-14-2008, 11:53 PM

Gary C's old car. Nice

69 L78 Survivor · #6 12-15-2008, 02:12 AM

I'm having trouble loading more pictures. Can anyone help?

I have more pictures - some from the previous owner (Gary) and some of my own. The weather turned bad when I got the car home, so it's stored in the garage and the lighting isn't too good.

I found the car on the Hemmings website. It wasn't in their book at the time, just online, when I first enquired about it. I had a 69 Z28 driver and I was looking for a documented Z28 that I could show. When I first saw the car on the Hemmings web site, I didn't react to it right away since it wasn't a Z28. After thinking about it for a few days, I decided to phone Gary, and after our conversation, I decided it was worth the 10 hour drive to check it out. I knew I wanted the car as soon as I saw it - it's not often you find a survivor in this condition. On the phone, Gary said it's 'no trailer queen', it's an original paint car, as well as drive train. I've never met a more honest person than Gary. His description of the car was very accurate. I was still nervous about buying the car, so I had Jerry MacNeish look at it. He told me to buy it - or he would.

I also have polaroids of the original owner with the car, and the Hemmings book from the 80's when the original owner sold the car.

The picture I'm attaching now shows a red X going through the letter T underneath the cowl tag. (On the right side of the picture, you can see the start of the green letter B. It is stamped B P T.)

**BJCHEV396** · #7 12-15-2008, 02:16 AM

NICE CAR JOHN.NICE TO SEE IT IN ONTARIO.

Jerry@CHP · #8 12-15-2008, 02:28 AM

John,

Glad you made this purchase. You will do well in the Vintage class at the Camaro Nats.

Good luck and enjoy your new hot rod. It's a good one!

Jerry

HiHorse · #9 12-15-2008, 02:30 AM

Congrats on a nice car, send pics to [email protected] I will post them.

Mr.Nickey Nova · #10 12-15-2008, 02:31 AM

Very nice John,enjoy driving it.