My new toy !!!

[my67chevytruck]

Some PPL have all the luck... Great Find.

[HeavyD]

Wow what a score. I like your plans for a "period correct resto"

[Spray-Bomb]

Originally Posted by RACINJASON22

Hey spray-bomb long time no chat, lol. I'm jealous to say the least. I like 67's and 68's better but I will assure you I would not bat an eye lash at a 69'.

I may be able to help you out though. What head are you looking for "Casting Number" even though they are not the way to go for modern builds I have been saving these heads for years just for this purpose. Let me know what you are lookin for and I'll let ya know if I can help.

Lucky sob, lol!

RJ22...

I haven't checked the head numbers yet, but I do know that the one on there is a double bump

I'll look & let you know

Originally Posted by 72cheyennesuper20

Nice find, My hair would stand on end also, If I found a 1969 z28 I could afford. Any x numbers on the firewall? Or not, Could be from L.A plant.

I'm pretty sure it's from the L.A. plant

Originally Posted by streetstar

I would say - get that poor thing under wraps and dont let it see the light of day until it is ready for a magazine shoot. Too big of a chance of damaging it just driving it around----- unless you can find somebody to insure it for what its worth, which i would guess to be 20k, just as it sits -- 40-50k in todays dollars when its done. You would hate for some grandma in a camry to plow into you --- or some dually driving drunkard."

I have been thinking that more & more, I just wanna drive it so bad
But I need to sell some stuff before I can fix it up

Originally Posted by Bishops Trucks

Here is a link for you http://www.riversidegear.com They have everything you need to build a muncie. That is what came in it, probably an M22 but you'll have to run the numbers to be sure. Also, here is a link to a Camaro site that is helpful" http://www.camaros.net/ "just like this great truck site.

Geez, $2000 bucks for a freak'n trans
I think I'll go the good ol boy route & find me a used one

Originally Posted by va_tlc

wow now that was a great find.. i bet your glad you kept after hem about selling it to ya .. all i can say is that car is better than any 401k or money n de bank... fixer up stock , enjoy it a few days a year and hide it under lock and key and shotgun in a garage. man i just wish i had hair

I'll prolly drive more than a few days a year, but somebody would be asking for death if they messed with it

Originally Posted by BB72CHEVKT

Better go buy a lottery ticket as well!

I plan to

Originally Posted by HeavyD

Wow what a score. I like your plans for a "period correct resto"

Thanks

[camaro__thunder]

I love my 69 C10 but my heart is with my 68 rs/ss Camaro, and my 67 Camaro Drag car.

Lucky find, my 68 took years to get also.

[tdkosta]

Great find, get the missing parts from them ASAP before they realize you robbed them!

[Spray-Bomb]

Originally Posted by camaro__thunder

I love my 69 C10 but my heart is with my 68 rs/ss Camaro, and my 67 Camaro Drag car.

Lucky find, my 68 took years to get also.

Where can I find pics of yours ????

[Bob 68327]

That thing is Awesome!!!!!!! Drive soon and enjoy it!!!!!

[Spray-Bomb]

Originally Posted by tdkosta

Great find, get the missing parts from them ASAP before they realize you robbed them!

So far the parts are long gone, the only hope I have is if they're in the old lady's shack in the woods

Originally Posted by Bob 68327

That thing is Awesome!!!!!!! Drive soon and enjoy it!!!!!

It prolly won't be real soon, but I will definitely be enjoying it

[72highlander]

i noticed the column mounted tach and extra gauges, does it not have the factory 8K tach and console gauges?

[BB72CHEVKT]

I can't get over your good fortune and also the fact that was probably less than 25 miles from my house. Great job. The 70 Chevelle I am trying to get is in this area as well. I have only been working it for a few months, so hopefully I won't have to be as paitent as you. I would love just to troll this area and buy finds like I have seen the last 2 years.

[Spray-Bomb]

Originally Posted by 72highlander

i noticed the column mounted tach and extra gauges, does it not have the factory 8K tach and console gauges?

Unfortunately it doesn't have either

Originally Posted by BB72CHEVKT

I can't get over your good fortune and also the fact that was probably less than 25 miles from my house. Great job. The 70 Chevelle I am trying to get is in this area as well. I have only been working it for a few months, so hopefully I won't have to be as patient as you. I would love just to troll this area and buy finds like I have seen the last 2 years.

I hope you don't have to be as patient either, but hopefully it'll pay off for you

I had found a 65 GTO, with Tri-Power, 4-speed, 389 !!! tried & tried to get the woman to sell it to me but she wouldn't & the ext day I went to pick up the 61 Mercedes I bought & it was gone

[ChaseDale3and8]

I just can't believe that somebody would let a car like that sit and deteriorate over a 32 year period, and not do anything with it. I'm glad to see that you rescued it! I have always wanted a 69 Camaro Z28. Keep us posted on the progress on it! I'd stick a 350 in it and drive it while I was rebuilding the 302. Great score! ...Joe

[Spray-Bomb]

Originally Posted by ChaseDale3and8

I just can't believe that somebody would let a car like that sit and deteriorate over a 32 year period, and not do anything with it. I'm glad to see that you rescued it! I have always wanted a 69 Camaro Z28. Keep us posted on the progress on it! I'd stick a 350 in it and drive it while I was rebuilding the 302. Great score! ...Joe

You would just have to meet the PO Let me just tell you, she lived in a shack that leaned to one side, was covered in tar paper, had no power, running water, or bathroom, not even an outhouse !!!
She was mentally sound, just really mean & wanted to be alone (shot at me once)

I dunno if I'll drive it while I fix it, as it's worth so much
But I am thinking about building a non DZ 302 (I have most of the parts to build one) to put in it & save the original DZ engine

I have a good 350 block & 283 crank, prolly get some vortec heads & something like 9.5:1 to 11:1 pistons
It's prolly what I'll do, cuz I'd hate to blow up the DZ engine after having it rebuilt
Plus that way it'd run like a souped up Z/28

[ChaseDale3and8]

Sounds like a good plan to me! Keep us posted. As far as mentally sound, it looks to me like the jury is out on that one! Living in squalor like that isn't something that a sane person would do I wouldn't think! And then shooting at you??!! Geez you deserve that car since you got shot at trying to buy it! ...Joe

[Spray-Bomb]

I'll keep everybody posted, but it'll prolly be a little while before I can do anything to it

I have a butt loud of stuff to sell & about 2 projects to finish (neither of them very long, I'm on the tail end of one & the other is more like just getting it put together & on the road)

But after that, I should have enough money & time to work on it

[franks72]

I can't beleve you drug that out of the woods and its not rotted away.. Here on the east cost were not that lucky..I had to replace damm near everything but my roof on mine .. great find....

[Spray-Bomb]

Thats a sweet car ^^^

Where did you get all your body parts ???

I'm sure I'll find a little more rust when I start diggin, but it's still really solid

[Lobo'74]

For an inexpensive tranny to get it running while you are looking for the period correct muncie, try these guys:
http://mrracingequipment.com/
and go to the transmissions section.
I just bought a reworked saginaw close ratio 4 speed from them for $545 plus $80 shipping. Its period correct, will fit (since it was in many Camaro's from the period), and is cheap for a "get it running now" fix.
The Hurst shifter for the '69 camaro is available from Summit, as is the install kit. Shifter will run about $220, the install kit about $125.
Unless you have parts on hand or some good used ones available thats as cheap as I could find.

GREAT FIND!!!! Glad your persistance paid off and you rescued an American legend.

Keep us posted on the progress.

[franks72]

I've had mine a long time 1984. I started restoring in 92 right when gm discontinued all the body parts but I was able to get all but one quarter , had to pay 600$ for that one. I put the car away and 13 years later started on it again. this time I will finish it. When you start taking yours apart keep us posted.

[pitt]

that kicks ass dude ... whats it look like under the body tho? and in what part of tx did you find it?

[retodd7711]

Saw this at tonight's cruise in. Hope it gives you something to shoot for.
It's got the 302 also.

[JVictor75]

Originally Posted by Spray-Bomb

Restore with a nostalgic twist



The owner bought it in Cali & moved back to Texas a long time ago & brought the car with her

So it's a Cali car, but has been in Texas most of it's life



The car is all original, minus the missing parts & some engine mods

All Z/28's had power discs in the front, as well as the bumper guards (just bigger on the Z/28's)

It has a perfect trunk & the floors are pretty good, the only bad rust is around the front & rear glass



Yes, it is the original 302 with double hump head(s) (minus the obvious big pistons)
I shall be giving it my best shot to save the engine & find the missing parts: drivers side head, intake, carb, valve covers, trans, & driveshaft
But if not, it'll be a fun car even not numbers matching

Spray-Bomb,

I'm not messing with you, but I remember buying and storing a Muncie-Saginaw 4 speed with the original Hurst shifter many moons ago. I bought it to go with the freshly rebuilt Hi-Perf passenger 396 long block that is probably located in the same storage building. The engine has also been sitting in storage since the rebuild, which is sad considering I rebuilt it in High School and I graduated in 1993.

I know without a doubt that the 396 is still there (albeit with peeling paint, shame on me) but I don't have direct access to the storage unit right now. I just called Dad and he said that he would go looking for it tomorrow or Monday. I seem to remember that it was either newly rebuilt (at least a 11 years ago, mind you) or it had been "gently used".

The really sad part is that the parents may have sold the tranny in a bleak financial moment to put groceries in the fridge while I was in the Marine Corps.

I got out of the Marines in 2002 if you want a time frame for reference. I don't know if it is still there in the storage building(s) but if it is, I'll let you know.

The good part is that if that transmission IS still there, it's located about 45 miles west of Fort Worth, in a little town called Mineral Wells.

[Spray-Bomb]

Mineral wells huh, thats cool

Lemme know if you still have it, I may have to go even more in the "hole" if the price is right

[Spray-Bomb]

Originally Posted by pitt

that kicks ass dude ... whats it look like under the body tho? and in what part of tx did you find it?

There is a smidgen of rust in the floor, but not bad at all
Past that it's not bad from the under side

In the woods where its humid

[z10kl]

If its the original distributor you found its worth $1000 bucks. The wheel would be a YH code ralley worth a couple hundred. Tach and gauges were an option and not standard equipment. Sweet find worth 30K like you found it. Which green is it. 57 fathom, 59 frost, or 79 ralley green. Restore it the way it came , a flat hood D80 non style trim car.