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General Discussion / Re: Any way to do a nation-wide VIN search? Looking for a 69 Pace Car

« on: June 18, 2019, 03:24:06 PM »

I agree with the prior comments.

I help people find their long lost cars as a side hobby, and I always have to warn them how to approach the owner. It freaks them out. A prior client of mine ran into an owner that was in deep debt and thought the person was trying to repossess the car, so he completely shut down and refused to talk to the guy.

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General Discussion / Re: Any way to do a nation-wide VIN search? Looking for a 69 Pace Car

« on: June 17, 2019, 05:35:23 PM »

124679N626385 has not been registered in the US since 2015, like your friend found. If you need any more info than this, you can message me directly, but I do charge for my time and running searches.

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General Discussion / Re: YENKO SOLD CAMAROS

« on: August 07, 2018, 03:55:17 PM »

Unfortunately, very few of these are maintaining active registration. Hopefully they're being restored or just show cars instead of being destroyed / rotted away somewhere lost.

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General Discussion / Re: Looking for my high school 69

« on: April 17, 2018, 08:42:24 PM »

It hasn't been registered since 1995 as far as I can tell.

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General Discussion / Re: My first Camaro VIN found

« on: March 13, 2018, 07:14:29 PM »

VIN 124377L126738 was last registered in 2010. If you want more information, you can PM me directly, but you'll have to wait till i'm less busy unless you pay for my time.

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General Discussion / Re: Original dealer info for 1st gens is available

« on: September 07, 2017, 07:24:31 PM »

Thanks. Good information to have and fast service.

If anyone reading this has information on "Success Motor Company" from  Tahlequah, Oklahoma, please message me. All I have been able to find on them is that their dealership location now belongs to a state university, the registered agents are now deceased, and have heard rumors that they became a different dealership in the area.

After a few months, this is what I have found. I'm posting so anyone that ends up finding this can have a better starting point than I did. If you ever have more success than I did, please reach out to me.

Success Motor Co. sold in the 70's to Jim D. Hopkins, who ran Jim Hopkins Chrysler and Jim Hopkins Ford. That then sold to Darrell Yates, becoming Darrell Yates Automall, inc. That sold, and is presently as of September, 2017, Tommy Nix Auto Group LLC. The receptionist at Tommy Nix is as far as I've been able to get, and she says they have no documents. I've been unable to track down either Jim  Hopkins or Darrell Yates.

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General Discussion / Re: Success Motors

« on: August 18, 2017, 07:43:55 PM »

Contact this company and see if there's any relationships here:
http://www.successmotorstulsa.com/(aqcjvy55r3mo3i551xzhfk45)/mindex.aspx?UserName=oksuccessmotors


https://casetext.com/case/farmer-v-state-123

http://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/supreme-court/1927/50245.html

Paul

Thanks for the lead Paul, but I heard back from them today and they aren't related to the Success Motor Co. I'm looking for. They're the only active car company in OK called something with "Success Motor" that I can see from the registrations on the OK Secretary of State website.

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Mild Modifications / Re: Any minor modifications that can have slight benefits to power?

« on: February 05, 2017, 02:33:16 AM »

Some good info here. Thanks all. Timings are definitely something I'm interested in as they won't affect the originality of the car. I'll have to read all this information and get a better understanding of it.

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Mild Modifications / Re: Any minor modifications that can have slight benefits to power?

« on: February 03, 2017, 09:24:32 PM »

1969, 4 speed M20 with 3.31 gears, 12 bolt

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Mild Modifications / Any minor modifications that can have slight benefits to power?

« on: February 03, 2017, 09:13:29 PM »

I tried searching, but the keywords I was using just brought up irrelevant threads. If there's one, I'd appreciate a link.

I have a numbers matching 350. I'd obviously like to keep it that way. But are there any super minor modifications I can make to increase performance? I'm not looking for huge gains, just things that wouldn't really affect the history of the car. I'd keep any part I replaced for posterity.

I'm assuming my only real choice would be to buy a Z or 396 or take the engine out, put it on a stand, and replace it with something more powerful.

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General Discussion / Re: Original dealer info for 1st gens is available

« on: February 03, 2017, 08:40:55 PM »

Thanks. Good information to have and fast service.

If anyone reading this has information on "Success Motor Company" from  Tahlequah, Oklahoma, please message me. All I have been able to find on them is that their dealership location now belongs to a state university, the registered agents are now deceased, and have heard rumors that they became a different dealership in the area.

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Mild Modifications / Re: New pipes are next: Any opinions?

« on: January 31, 2017, 11:14:04 PM »

So the consensus for upgrading first gen brakes is that Gardner will have the stock look, but they'll be a power loss (as were the stock exhausts)?

That's kind of disappointing, but I guess it makes sense.