Z11Pacear 124679N638573 I FOUND YOUR ORIG DOCS!!

[njsteve]

I just spent an incredible day down in Virginia in the old archives of Bob Peck Chevrolet (in business 50+ years). After three hours of searching I was able to find the original bill of sale for my 69 Z11 former Zone Manager/press car (full option car with pw, ac, pt, gauges, vigilite, shoulder harnesses...) The orig owner Louis G. paid 5441.93 (with financing 7376.40) for my car. In my long researching road I learned from the original owner that he purchased two Z11s in one week from Bob Peck, he just couldn't recall what month. The full option car he kept for himself but on the second car he acted as a straw purchaser for his buddy. And what do buddies do? As you might expect the buddy took the car, made one or two payments to Louis G and prompty crashed the front end up and drove it to Louis G's home and left it there, sticking Louis with the rest of the payments. Ouch! Louis G. then turned the car back in to the bank and paid off the remainder of the loan.

Well, anyway Louis did not know the exact month of his purchase. He remembered seeing his pace car on display at numerous dealerships before he was able to convince a saleman at Bob Peck to take a deposit on that display car. We had to go through literally a foot and a half of ledger books from March 1969 to September 1969 before finding the sales invoice for the second Pace Car vin 124679N638573. I then got somewhat frantic as it took three more searches through the same ledger book before finding the invoice for my 02D Pace Car 610486, stuck to the back of another invoice. The sales invoices did not list particular options but did list dates, color, purchaser's name, VIN, sales price, wholesale cost, financing info, etc. In looking through their files I did see a few invoices that showed the options, one even was a 396/375 car, but I didn't take any vins down. This was the closest thing to a time machine I think I'll ever experience!

Anyway if anyone knows where Z11 pace car 124679N638573 is or who owns it, have them email me at [email protected]. If you can prove you have the car, the paperwork is yours! And as an added bonus I'll introduce you to the original owner down in Maryland, He's a great guy and his wife and daughter never forgave him for selling his Z11, but they're happier than heck to see the car now. NJSteve