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Geerhead55 · 09-07-2008, 08:57 PM

In Sept. 1972 I picked up a gorgeous 69 Z/28 from the original owner who took very good care of it. It was Burnished Brown with the White stripes, front and rear spoilers, Endura Bumper, standard grille,full console interior and of course the 302/4speed/ 12bolt-3.73 rearend combo. The first thing I bought for it was a set of Cragar S/S mags and Goodyear Polyglass GTs to dress it up a little. I'd had 4 speed cars before,but this thing shifted very nicely. Theres nothing like taking your buddys for a ride and getting sideways in all four gears. I took it to Puyallup Raceway Park (R.I.P.) in ' 73 and went 14.80s which was'nt bad for then but I wanted to go quicker. I got really good at changing clutches in that car. In ' 74 I had a friend with a 5 Litre hydroplane that needed a new block, so I sold him my DZ 302 block(I did'nt say I was smart!), and put together an 11to1 355 with the Z heads(492s) and a Crower cam and a Torker/ 600 Holley system which went 13.98 still on the Polyglass tires.For 1975 I planned to get some slicks, traction bars and a cowl hood, but I deffinately needed some headers, so I got a set of Hookers for it, put them on at my parents house and on the way to the muffler shop to get my 2 1/2 in. Turbos, with open headres I got T-boned at an unmarked intersection by an oriental woman in a Datsun who spoke no English, but thats another story. Anyway the body shop did a great job of fixing it, I got it back just before Christmas and they told me to bring it back after New Years to get the stripes on after the paint had "cured". I did so and on Fri.Jan 5th got it back and life was good,,,until Wed.Jan 10th when the car was stolen from my work and was found 7 months later and there was'nt enough left to bring home it was so trashed. I'd already settled with the insurance company, getting the usual screw job.
Its the one car I wish I could have back,but I never bought another one. I still had those origianl date coded Rally Wheels in the Cragar boxes until a couple years ago when my son bought a 72 Chevelle and we put them on his car.
Danny Durham

09-07-2008, 08:57 PM	#20
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Your new musclecar In Sept. 1972 I picked up a gorgeous 69 Z/28 from the original owner who took very good care of it. It was Burnished Brown with the White stripes, front and rear spoilers, Endura Bumper, standard grille,full console interior and of course the 302/4speed/ 12bolt-3.73 rearend combo. The first thing I bought for it was a set of Cragar S/S mags and Goodyear Polyglass GTs to dress it up a little. I'd had 4 speed cars before,but this thing shifted very nicely. Theres nothing like taking your buddys for a ride and getting sideways in all four gears. I took it to Puyallup Raceway Park (R.I.P.) in ' 73 and went 14.80s which was'nt bad for then but I wanted to go quicker. I got really good at changing clutches in that car. In ' 74 I had a friend with a 5 Litre hydroplane that needed a new block, so I sold him my DZ 302 block(I did'nt say I was smart!), and put together an 11to1 355 with the Z heads(492s) and a Crower cam and a Torker/ 600 Holley system which went 13.98 still on the Polyglass tires.For 1975 I planned to get some slicks, traction bars and a cowl hood, but I deffinately needed some headers, so I got a set of Hookers for it, put them on at my parents house and on the way to the muffler shop to get my 2 1/2 in. Turbos, with open headres I got T-boned at an unmarked intersection by an oriental woman in a Datsun who spoke no English, but thats another story. Anyway the body shop did a great job of fixing it, I got it back just before Christmas and they told me to bring it back after New Years to get the stripes on after the paint had "cured". I did so and on Fri.Jan 5th got it back and life was good,,,until Wed.Jan 10th when the car was stolen from my work and was found 7 months later and there was'nt enough left to bring home it was so trashed. I'd already settled with the insurance company, getting the usual screw job. Its the one car I wish I could have back,but I never bought another one. I still had those origianl date coded Rally Wheels in the Cragar boxes until a couple years ago when my son bought a 72 Chevelle and we put them on his car. Danny Durham