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

[jimmyparker]

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.

[John W. 1711]

Originally Posted by Eric Merryfield

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

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!

[Greg Hill]

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

[Eric Merryfield]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

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

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

[jimmyparker]

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.

[Casey Miles]

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

[Gmirza]

Originally Posted by jimmyparker

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.

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.