I just thought of something.....I never told everyone the original colors of my Camaro! Well, it was a quite rare combo of Glacier Blue with a Dover White painted roof. The interior was, and still is Blue standard. The car currently has a correct date-code 396 (not the original) dressed to appear as the original and an automatic trans. There is now a console and floor shifter although it was built with a Muncie 4-speed without a console. My plans are to reinstall a correct date-coded, restored Muncie that never had a VIN stamped into it and either a Hurst Super Shifter and/or (I have both) a Hurst Ram-Rod (both styles saw race time in the car during competition). Recently, I bought this trans and a thoroughly restored date-code correct 4346 Holley 780 from Jerry MacNeish. Also, after a year and a half of negotiating, I recently bought a date-code-correct (for the original race build) L72 427 that has a blank engine pad (as in never had a suffix code stamped, never had a VIN stamped) and that never been decked (milled). This is only the second 512 block I've ever encountered without some identifying codes. I was told that a racer, who also owned a race engine building shop bought all the necessary components to build his own L72 427 rather than buy a complete engine only to tear it down and blueprint it anyway. That's right....512 block, 840 heads, 163 intake, and two 6223 crankshafts (one used in the build and an extra NOS). All of these engine parts are dated from 12/28/68 through 1/18/69. The pertinent info on the data plate-trim tag is: build date 01B, color 5350, trim X22 assembled at Norwood. It also was built with the SS style hood. Bill Izykowski added the Cold Air hood and breather (at that time the term "Cowl Induction" had not yet been coined) and also installed the front and rear spoilers during his initial race build.
Again, please understand that this car is not a COPO, was not a COPO, and never will be a COPO, but my goal is to have two complete running power trains that would've been used in the classes in which the car saw competition.
