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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
Grew up 3 blocks from Seamans Neck Rd, if that car stayed around there, I'm sure I would have remembered it. Good luck with it!
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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
sweet car... and what about all the other early camaros in the pics?
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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
Is this from the same place that Dana's 68 Yenko came from?
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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
Yes
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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
I thought the background looked familiar [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
More pics from Dave
<span style="font-weight: bold">Engine pre-rebuild</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics..._assembled.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">"Rebuilding the matching numbers engine". The engine was rebuilt by Mark Jones of Vortecpro Racing Engines</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">JH still on the block after hot tanking</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-43231-jh.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">Rebuilding! NOS Steel shim head gaskets and NOS L78 cam [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...os_gaskets.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...32-rebuild.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-assembly.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">Date Stamp</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...date_stamp.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">Engine stamps</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...gine_stamp.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...ine_stamp2.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">VIN Stamp on block </span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...n_on_block.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">Ready for paint</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics..._for_paint.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">And painted</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...40-painted.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">Correct distributor</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...istributor.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">Almost ready</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...243-closer.jpg <span style="font-weight: bold">And the dyno sheet</span> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...no_sheet_n.jpg |
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Say......I think I have seen that engine before..... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]
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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
Yes and that's after the rebuild on the engine before I painted it
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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
Wow, what an amazing find.......
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Re: 1969 l78 Convertible Califonia Desert Car
That's an amazing time capsule and getting the original documents is fantastic. Congrats on the purchase!
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