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General Discussion / Re: Introduction

« on: August 26, 2015, 06:11:24 PM »

Steve;

Thank you for the information.  Is there a was to deduce the build date from the sequence number?  According to my research, there were 7,194 Sport Coupes with Regular Production Option (RPO) Z28 produced.  Is there a way to identify the build date from the last VIN sequence numbers as L337xxx?

V/r

Iverson

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General Discussion / Introduction

« on: August 26, 2015, 03:25:05 PM »

Gents;

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Richard (Rick) C. Iverson Jr., CW5 (AUS Retired). I am a combat wounded Vietnam Airborne Infantryman (70-71) as well as an Operation Iraqi Freedom (08-09) ‘Dustoff’ pilot. I retired from a forty-one year military as Instructor Pilot/Aviation Safety Officer on 29 Feb 10. My wife and I have since moved to Florida from East Gull Lake, Minnesota, and have recently celebrated the birth of our second grandchild.

I have owned:

- L76 1963 Tuxedo Black Corvette Roadster. I bought this car for $600 on 17 Dec 1972.

- L71 1967 Goodwood Green Corvette Coupe. I traded the Roadster + $800 for the 435/427 two years later. Sold it for $1800 two years later, and thought I had made a fortune.

- L68 1967 Maroon Coupe. Regrettably, I sold it for a fraction of its value four years ago. Nice no hit car, but no documentation.

At sixty-six, I would like to get into another mid year, but the prices are outrageous and the DoD keeps us on wiener water soup.  BUT, I have found a 1968 Z28, P-O-P, window sticker, Corvette Orange (now red), original driveline etc.  Badly needs restoration, and an earlier restoration the body was 'dipped' resulting in the cowl tag(s) destroyed.  Can it be duplicated with the documentation available?

 VR

 Iverson