'69 Camaro Z-28 homecoming.......Forty years later ! ! ! - Page 3

JOE ZOOM · 01-11-2011, 11:55 AM

very cool jack..... maybe the guy that purchased my 69SS396 (for $700 ..OUCH) would like to sell me my car back also. if so you can contact me at stupid .com

mtkawboy · 01-11-2011, 04:54 PM

Wish I could find my old 68 I raced in the late 70s. The teak steering wheel is worth more then I sold the whole car for. Toughest motor Ive ever seen.

BRIAN SEATE · 01-11-2011, 04:56 PM

Awesome, nothing like a 69 Camaro. The day I bought my 69 Z a guy stopped by and wanted to buy it right off the trailer. I also bought a 69 Super Stocker in N.C. a few years back, was on I-85 for about 2 minutes and an SUV ran up to the door of the dually. I figured there was a chain dragging or something, not the case. These young guys were going crazy over that dust covered 69 Camaro on our open trailer. I dont think their girlfriends got it though! I like all cars, but all my dad heard from the time I was 13 was 69 Camaro. I am very happy for you.

dussault.racing · 01-11-2011, 05:40 PM

Ahhh sounds like fate!! After growing up watching my old man race a 69 in S/G i got one first chance i had( graduation gift to myself). Through the ups and downs its been the one thing i could never part with and after sitting for 8 years i recently started "project stocker"

SCOTT SST2871 · 01-11-2011, 05:41 PM

Nice jack!!
I hope i never have the chance to go through that i still have my first and i joke with my kids all the time that if they and my car were falling off a cliff they better be in the car because im grabbing the bumper first ha ha
enjoy
scott fifield

Tim H · 01-11-2011, 08:01 PM

Wow, nice story. Like so many other Camaro fans, a '69 w/ RS package is my all time favorite car. Please keep us posted on its progression.

Isaac Zane · 01-11-2011, 08:27 PM

Congrats Jack. Seems like a rash of this happening. People getting their Z/28's back. Jim's been out in the garage ALOT lately!!! Another cool part of his, is that the title is STILL IN HIS NAME!

Have Fun!

Jack Matyas · 01-11-2011, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Isaac Zane

Congrats Jack. Seems like a rash of this happening. People getting their Z/28's back. Jim's been out in the garage ALOT lately!!! Another cool part of his, is that the title is STILL IN HIS NAME!

Have Fun!

Isaac - what's really amazing is how many of us had Z-28's back in the day .As for my title - its just a crumbled up forty year old piece of paper and I'm sure the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be glad to issue another when I send them their fees .

Found a great original picture earlier this evening and as soon as I remember how to change a tiff image to a jpeg I'll post it .

My bodyman stopped by the shop late this afternoon and told me how glad he was that I got my car back - he's known it almost since new - that and the fact that his daughters college tuition payment is due soon .He really didn't make my day but his sure picked up .

Jeff Kempton · 01-11-2011, 10:12 PM

Jack, that's very cool that you got your old Z-28 back. My first musclecar was a Rally Green '69 when I was a Senior in High School, but I sold it to buy a nice '71 Camaro (seemed like a good idea at the time!) Many years later I tried to track it down with no success, so I bought my current '69 instead. This one used to be a hard running SS/JA & KA when raced by Louis Desjardins in the '70's and Fred Thibeault up until the late '80s, but now it's just a fun street/strip ride.

I still carry around the VIN # for my old '69 in my pocket, just in case I find it at a car show though!

Bernie Cunningham · 01-12-2011, 12:14 AM

Kempton,
I heard about your old car, it fell of the ferry some years ago coming to the US when the current owner didn't set the park brake correctly, evidently you can find it at the bottom of the Strait !! LOL

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JOE ZOOM Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 175 Likes: 71 Liked 43 Times in 15 Posts	Re: '69 Camaro Z-28 homecoming.......Forty years later ! ! ! very cool jack..... maybe the guy that purchased my 69SS396 (for $700 ..OUCH) would like to sell me my car back also. if so you can contact me at stupid .com

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mtkawboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Billings Mt Posts: 280 Likes: 168 Liked 54 Times in 18 Posts	Re: '69 Camaro Z-28 homecoming.......Forty years later ! ! ! Wish I could find my old 68 I raced in the late 70s. The teak steering wheel is worth more then I sold the whole car for. Toughest motor Ive ever seen.

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BRIAN SEATE Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 177 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: '69 Camaro Z-28 homecoming.......Forty years later ! ! ! Awesome, nothing like a 69 Camaro. The day I bought my 69 Z a guy stopped by and wanted to buy it right off the trailer. I also bought a 69 Super Stocker in N.C. a few years back, was on I-85 for about 2 minutes and an SUV ran up to the door of the dually. I figured there was a chain dragging or something, not the case. These young guys were going crazy over that dust covered 69 Camaro on our open trailer. I dont think their girlfriends got it though! I like all cars, but all my dad heard from the time I was 13 was 69 Camaro. I am very happy for you.

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Tim H VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,039 Likes: 1,057 Liked 481 Times in 158 Posts	Re: '69 Camaro Z-28 homecoming.......Forty years later ! ! ! Wow, nice story. Like so many other Camaro fans, a '69 w/ RS package is my all time favorite car. Please keep us posted on its progression.

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Isaac Zane Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: North Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 361 Likes: 389 Liked 50 Times in 14 Posts	Re: '69 Camaro Z-28 homecoming.......Forty years later ! ! ! Congrats Jack. Seems like a rash of this happening. People getting their Z/28's back. Jim's been out in the garage ALOT lately!!! Another cool part of his, is that the title is STILL IN HIS NAME! Have Fun! __________________ Isaac Zane STK 1237 J/SA Buick Apollo Patriot Guard Rider DOOF 43

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Jeff Kempton Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 233 Likes: 1,041 Liked 61 Times in 29 Posts	Re: '69 Camaro Z-28 homecoming.......Forty years later ! ! ! Jack, that's very cool that you got your old Z-28 back. My first musclecar was a Rally Green '69 when I was a Senior in High School, but I sold it to buy a nice '71 Camaro (seemed like a good idea at the time!) Many years later I tried to track it down with no success, so I bought my current '69 instead. This one used to be a hard running SS/JA & KA when raced by Louis Desjardins in the '70's and Fred Thibeault up until the late '80s, but now it's just a fun street/strip ride. I still carry around the VIN # for my old '69 in my pocket, just in case I find it at a car show though!

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Bernie Cunningham Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 559 Likes: 45 Liked 52 Times in 17 Posts	Re: '69 Camaro Z-28 homecoming.......Forty years later ! ! ! Kempton, I heard about your old car, it fell of the ferry some years ago coming to the US when the current owner didn't set the park brake correctly, evidently you can find it at the bottom of the Strait !! LOL __________________ Bernie Cunningham 7053 STK