Dave Lebrun R.I.P.

[NHRA1926]

So sad, like the old saying goes, Life is short, don't waste it. Does anyone know where his 1969 Camaro (s) are now? think I remember the blue one in the picture above, but I thought I remember a Red/Maroon car also. Think I remember John Armstrong had a car very similar to Dave's.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by NHRA1926

So sad, like the old saying goes, Life is short, don't waste it. Does anyone know where his 1969 Camaro (s) are now? think I remember the blue one in the picture above, but I thought I remember a Red/Maroon car also. Think I remember John Armstrong had a car very similar to Dave's.

Okay, let me try this one.

Dave had a brand new blue 69 Z 28 that he got from Bob Johnson. In about '71, he put a 427 /425 in it for B/Stock . He also had a 65 Vette, Sports class, that he converted to a 66 427 car for A/Stock. This was the one Mark Mazzota drove for him. This was the first 7 lb. Stocker in the 10's at a sanctioned NHRA meet. (Gainesville, '71). These guys also fielded a 69 Chevelle 427 in C/Stock. Joe DeLorenzo drove it to a runner up (to Dave) at the '71 Grandnational.
Dave converted the original 69 to SS/D for '72. It had kind of a wild paint job on it by then. Dave wasn't real pleased with this one, and eventually sold the body to a local.
This was Dave's last stick shift car.
Later, he came up with the white car / black vinyl top, that he won the Summers with in '75. I don't know where he got that one but assumed it was a street car. This is the same car that became blue and white, blue and silver , and then maroon and silver.
This is the car that John Gray now owns.

The other identical 69 that Bob Lebrun drove, was also a new Z28 from Johnson.
Glen Milson owned it in the 70's. Johnson took in back in a trade deal and brought it to me and asked me to sell it for him. I sold it to JW "Whitey" Russell, who ran it for a few years in F/Stock.
When Whitey and I went into a partners deal on the SS Chevy II, we (JW, Frank Tantillo and I), sold the car to a kid named Lewis who lived near Dave Casey.
Lewis brought it to my shop to be made back into a street driver. Then he grew tired of it and went off on another project.
Anyway, Dave asked me if I knew of any 69 Camaros for sale. I said yeah, I just happen to have one in my shop. Dave came up to my shop and looked at it and made a deal with Lewis, that I brokered. So I was involved in selling that one three times ,but never owned it..
Dave later sold this back up, team car to PC Richard.
This is the car that Anthony Fetch drives.

If anyone read this far, congrats . You are a true S/SS aficionado . ;-)

[Comp 798]

The 69 Camaro that is owned by Gary Richard was bought from me. I bought the car from Mr. Lebrun and ran it in Div. 1.

[TOM KASCH]

2 more that I have , did not have the vette.
remember seein git I just couldn't find it.

[TOM KASCH]

other one:
is in super stock & stock camaro's will not let me load it now.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Comp 798

The 69 Camaro that is owned by Gary Richard was bought from me. I bought the car from Mr. Lebrun and ran it in Div. 1.

Thanks for the missing link.

Here's that bad boy, Tom.

[Tim H]

I have a beautiful picture somewhere in my "stuff" showing the 2 1969 Camaros and the Corvette in the pits at Sanair. The 'Vette was running the 3x2bbl 427 IIRC at that point. When I get an opportunity I will scan and post here ... hopefully.

[Mark Yacavone]

Different Vette, Tim.
The 67 PG car was the former Bob Pagano /Pete Fedun deal.

[Tim H]

The driver name was Ed Elderkin in 1990 for the Corvette A/SA #1873. Pics to follow.