I've known this guy for going on 30 years, and the whole time his 69 Z/28 has not moved an inch. He bought it in 1977 only to drag race it.
In 1986 he broke a drive shaft while racing and the car has been parked ever since. He did some good storage things by putting it up on jackstands,
backing off the rocker arm nuts so the valve were closed and the pressure off of the springs, and covering the carb.
I've talked to him over the years about selling it and he wouldn't. In 2012 I made another unsuccessful push to buy it. But I did take some pictures then.
Fast forward 4 years to 2016 and he asked me if I would like to take another look at the car. He had a minor stroke a year or so ago and I think he finally realized he was never going to do anything with it.
We got a bunch of the stuff off of the car so for the first time I could actually see the whole car!
Lots of things have been changed on the car in his quest to make it quicker. It has mono leaf rear springs, a Dana 60 rear end, a BW T10 trans, and the engine is not original. He also converted it to front DRUM brakes.
It has been fitted with a fuel cell which required a small hole in the trunk floor, and unfortunately he cut part of the trans tunnel out for easy access.
But I finally have it bought and home! Almost no rust on the car! It has been mostly or completely repainted, and the wiper holes, radio antenna hole, front fender Camaro emblem holes have been filled. I believe it is a factory spoiler car, but during repaint they ran the stripes off the back of the trunk lid (a real pet peeve of mine). It does show evidence of having a front spoiler at one time.
Lots of work to do, but I'm excited about getting it running. I want to change the cam, get rid of the Dana 60 (5.86 gear
), and put a 12 bolt with multi leaf springs in it, and convert back to front disc brakes. If I can fit a factory shifter to the T10 I guess I have no problem leaving that in for now. I'm glad he never put a roll cage in it. It's kind of a time capsule of speed parts back from the day. I'm not sure I even want to peel the stickers off of it right away.
