Interesting story/history behind your racecar?

philip miles · 03-29-2012, 11:14 AM

I was 19 in 1970 when I told my brother that there was a guy at work wanted to sell a 1969 Z/28 not running. It was a Baldwin Chevy ordered for racing, no options other then cold air hood and spoilers. He said let's go look at it. I ended up buying it for $1350. with out the 8 track player but with tow hubs ,tow bar, slicks, headers and 140 chevy off road cam installed. It had 10k on the odometer, but the engine wouldn't turn over. We took it home and pulled the heads to find an intake manifold bolt that the original owner dropped down an intake valve while putting the heads back on the after having the heads machined from press in rocker studs to screw in rocker studs. I guess he tried to start it, but with the bolt in the cyclinder, it jammed the engine, but the bolt didn't damage anything. My brother and I put the heads back on the engine without dropping bolts, the engine ran fine. I've owned the car ever since.

Casey Miles
248H "F" NHRA Stock!

03-29-2012, 11:14 AM	#17
philip miles Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 43 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Interesting story/history behind your racecar? I was 19 in 1970 when I told my brother that there was a guy at work wanted to sell a 1969 Z/28 not running. It was a Baldwin Chevy ordered for racing, no options other then cold air hood and spoilers. He said let's go look at it. I ended up buying it for $1350. with out the 8 track player but with tow hubs ,tow bar, slicks, headers and 140 chevy off road cam installed. It had 10k on the odometer, but the engine wouldn't turn over. We took it home and pulled the heads to find an intake manifold bolt that the original owner dropped down an intake valve while putting the heads back on the after having the heads machined from press in rocker studs to screw in rocker studs. I guess he tried to start it, but with the bolt in the cyclinder, it jammed the engine, but the bolt didn't damage anything. My brother and I put the heads back on the engine without dropping bolts, the engine ran fine. I've owned the car ever since. Casey Miles 248H "F" NHRA Stock! Last edited by philip miles; 03-30-2012 at 08:33 AM. Reason: correction