# of original L79 Novas and Z28's in stock and superstock?
 

Wasn't sure how many original L-79 Novas are still in competition. I know there are quite a few 66 Novas, but what they were born as I can't say.


On the Z28 front I know for stock

The Wenzell's(sorry spelling likely incorrect) 67
Broadbents 69
Mcneish's Z(not sure what year it is)
Tim Barrets yellow 69

For superstock

Fletchers

Thanks

Eric

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I believe John Bubka's is an original L-79 car

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David Walther's 69 is an original z car.

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Casey Miles 69 z28 in E/ Stick still racing a 302

Mike Mayronne 69 z28 also a 302 in E Stick

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Eric, Sean's Chevy II is a real 1966 L-79 350hp/327ci(manual only) car. :)Attachment 56269

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My SS/CA Camaro (ex Armstrong car) is a real Z-28 and have a title for it. and i believe Gary Richards stocker AA/SA car is a real Z,but not 100% sure, also Kevin Anderson red G car is a real Z and his 69 rag top J stock is a pace car, iam sure Tyson,s is going to sponsor it when it comes out, "It's been in the ex chicken coop that long" lol

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Jim Parsons' '66 is an L-79....he's also the original owner!

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Wayne Hopkins 69 Camaro is a real Z-28.
Currently not racing at this time.:)

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The 66 Chevy II that I raced for 15 years is still being raced by Jim Harris in stock is an orig L79 SS

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Dave LeBrun's second 69, (that brother Bob drove) was an original Z28 from Scuncio Chevrolet. I have heard that Gary Richard now owns it, but have not confirmed..Anybody?

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Ernie Price 69 Camaro SS/FM car is an original Z/28 JL8 car.

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One of the prettiest Superstockers around!

Add mine(new to me in August) the ex-Mccollum( 77-2017) E/SA 66 SS L-79 to the list, I titled it in Mass, just picked up the # matching motor from the second owner, who raced it in B-Modified. F0108ZI the real deal....

Lee likely saw him at Dover, Joe Keller....sold car in 74/5 to a speed shop who pulled the motor and built a stock legal motor for A/S.........they deemed the .060 over # matching motor junk for their purposes and gave it back to him for his Tbucket project......

He kept it safe, never installed it, didn't want to tear it apart and mill the 12-1 pistons, so there it sat, and moved 1200 miles or so south with him to Florida.....

Fast forward to 2020 and I get really really lucky and find him from a 1968 registration, get the racing story, pictures of this matching # motor, we strike a deal and I drove to florida last week, motor safely home. Met the old racer got a couple of photos, and even the M&H slicks and rims he used, and some other assorted original parts.

Not your average story, in this most challenging of years, a nice National Dragster worthy feel good story!

Eric

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I do remember that car.

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I know very well what happened to one of the L-79 cars, I had a blue w/black interior super sport L-79 in the early seventies and for some reason or another I pulled the engine and trans and put a 327 glide in it to run in stock eliminator. My wife, Sandra, drove quite a bit in that era and made a run in the car that turned really bad, she turned it over and totaled it. She was ok but the car was junk and I gave the roller to Sherman Adcock, Sr and he used as much of the skin as he could on his round track car. The original motor also went to a round track racer. It still hurts when I think about it but these cars were fairly plentiful in that time frame and I had a red SS L-79 not long after then. I have some pictures somewhere of the car after the after accident condition.

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Cool story Eric, explains your original post. Graduating from HS in ‘67 (when muscle cars ruled the earth, well at least the well-worn circuit around every small town) I had my share of street encounters with those cars, indeed a neat package.

Jimmy, just knew you’d have had a couple of them too.

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Mine is also a Z/28 and has been a race car since 1973 with 49,000 miles.I also have title....Victor Penrod

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My 69 Camaro is also a 69 Z28, code X33. I have had the car since 1971 it was light green metallic w/black strips and white interior. Started racing early 80s in stock then in the late 80s repainted it, I have run mostly in H/SA threw the years. Still having FUN ! Dan Lynch 1525

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Is the Duzac camaro an original Z28?

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This is a great thread. Would love to see old/original and current photos of these cars.

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Gary Ewing’s “Ewing Bros.” Super Stocker is an original Z/28 that his brother bought new.

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No. It's an original 6 cyl. car.

George Peterson

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Jerry MacNeish's Z/28 is a 67. It was originally purchased by Ray Farrel, an old friend of Jerry's. I leaned on it in 73, and said "you don't see many of these". LOL!

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My son Andrew’s car is a real 71 Z28. We race it as a 70.

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And thats one nice fine race car! Real fast, nice color combo.

71's were rarer than the 70's, my first "real" car was a 70 Z28, with a M-22, loved the howl of that tranny. Fun nice driving car......decent at 120 plus......not so good in the rain.

If I could have bought a similar 67-9 Z it would have been 20K back in 1990, which I couldn't swing, IF I could even had found one, in my autohunter weekly. A fresh college grad makes the most of the situation.

Traded the Z28 for a 68 GTX 440 4speed and cash my way we used for my first wedding. Sold the 68 GTX back to its original owner when I needed dough for graduate school.

Miss the street cars, but not the tickets.

Eric

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Not sure if it is still being raced but the late Peter Moran's '69 Camaro H/SA Indy winner was a real "Z". When it came to me for converting to a stocker it still had all the badging, tach, trim plate, etc. Another car that I'm not sure if it is still racing was a '69 Z"' car that I ran in SS/D back in the late seventies, Bobby Warren ran it for a while after that and the last I knew of it Harold Stout had it and it was painted in his usual livery, The late Sonny Ray ran it some as did David Rampy.

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This is my Z/28, pretty much all original, the car is an original Baldwin Chevrolet Z/28 so I don't get too far from the way it came, so everything in the car works. The car has full exhaust along with the radio, heater, horn and windshield wipers that all work. The car is register and insured as a legal street car. I've own the car for just under 50 years now.
Casey Miles
248H Stock

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I have mentioned this before but I remember Casey racing that car at Dover Drag Strip in the early seventies. I love early (67-70) Z28 cars.

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My Dad's old 66 L79 Nova is still being raced. My dad's cousin bought it new. My dad bought it from him when he turned 16 in '71. He drove it in high school and then started racing it in Stock and then Super Stock.

When he started his own business he didn't have time to race so my grandfather started racing it. He pulled out the 350hp engine to chance class and put in a powerglide. eventually he built a GT car with an 80's camaro and eventually sold the Nova since he wasn't using it at the time and didn't tell my dad about it.

It's now owned by Sean Gaffney who still races it.

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Peter’s car was wrecked in a racing accident several years ago. Was quite the trick car, was always very fast and won many races.

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Division 1 racer Pat Molle 69 E/SA Camaro is a COPO.

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Jim got his original Z/28 back a few years ago and has been turning it back into a street, S/SS car. He began racing pretty much as soon as he bought it. Sold it in 79 to build the Opel. The title is still in his name as it has been a race car its whole life. 27K on the odometer.

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L79 had a engine block for the 350 hp 327 manual trans. for that combo,if im not mistaken

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Correct, two engine block castings early blocks 3790721 and later blocks were 3791362

Engine Code id's

ZI manual spec high performance 350HP
ZJ same as ZI except with AC
ZG same, except air injection(smog motor)
ZH smog motor with AC

Here is mine.

Eric

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Old car photos from owner #2,the motor and slicks at my work, picture of her at home(yes that the gremlin in the back), and its born on date and dealer sold at info......Chevy stuff can be quite fun for the #'s and history. A sharp eye on the old photos, will see the same altered original valve covers on the motor now.

I'm not sure how many cars that have been race cars for over 1/2 a century still have their born with motors at hand, i'd wager not too many.

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8/2020

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WoW thats awesome Eric that you have that, I wish i had kept some of my cars but I always wanted something else. But like you i do have pics and its fun to go back and look at them once in a while. Love your cars especially you truck and my wife and I are great fans of the Dachshund dogs.


Jerry
Retired 3490 3492 STK SS SST

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Brings back memories I worked at Vince Byrne Chevrolet,later became T.A.Byrne Chevrolet.