69 Survivor
 

I thought you guys might be interested in my 69 396 Survivor L78. I picked it up in CT in October. It originally came from Village Chevrolet, Queens Village, Long Island, NY. 40,000 miles with original drive train, original paint. I have the original retail order form, window sticker, car invoice and p.o.p. I recently spoke with Steve Shauger to have the car judged this year at Carlisle. I'll attach some pictures if I can.

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Nice! How about telling us the story on how you found it. Have you been able to talk with the original owner? Post all the pictures you can.

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Can I have it ?

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Can I have it ?

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Gary C's old car. Nice

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I'm having trouble loading more pictures. Can anyone help?

I have more pictures - some from the previous owner (Gary) and some of my own. The weather turned bad when I got the car home, so it's stored in the garage and the lighting isn't too good.

I found the car on the Hemmings website. It wasn't in their book at the time, just online, when I first enquired about it. I had a 69 Z28 driver and I was looking for a documented Z28 that I could show. When I first saw the car on the Hemmings web site, I didn't react to it right away since it wasn't a Z28. After thinking about it for a few days, I decided to phone Gary, and after our conversation, I decided it was worth the 10 hour drive to check it out. I knew I wanted the car as soon as I saw it - it's not often you find a survivor in this condition. On the phone, Gary said it's 'no trailer queen', it's an original paint car, as well as drive train. I've never met a more honest person than Gary. His description of the car was very accurate. I was still nervous about buying the car, so I had Jerry MacNeish look at it. He told me to buy it - or he would.

I also have polaroids of the original owner with the car, and the Hemmings book from the 80's when the original owner sold the car.

The picture I'm attaching now shows a red X going through the letter T underneath the cowl tag. (On the right side of the picture, you can see the start of the green letter B. It is stamped B P T.)

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NICE CAR JOHN.NICE TO SEE IT IN ONTARIO.

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John,

Glad you made this purchase. You will do well in the Vintage class at the Camaro Nats.

Good luck and enjoy your new hot rod. It's a good one!

Jerry

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Congrats on a nice car, send pics to [email protected] I will post them.

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Very nice John,enjoy driving it.

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Awesome.... I can't wait to see more photos... I am doing a LB car right now...

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Here are some shots to get things rolling, more to come..
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C https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gifL https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...-I-Have-It.gif

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Is the black tail panel orig paint ?

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Is the black tail panel orig paint ?

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Got some gloss to it huh? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Very nice Camaro! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif

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Got some gloss to it huh? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Semi gloss https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Charley,

Has a gloss to it but not quite what you would call a full gloss.

Jerry

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You need one of these cool dealer name badges.......

Jerry

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BEAUTIFUL Camaro. good luck..

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WOW! Another orig.paint L78 in Ontario. Congratulations, it looks great! Gotta love survivors!

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I thought you guys might be interested in my 69 396 Survivor L78. I picked it up in CT in October. It originally came from Village Chevrolet, Queens Village, Long Island, NY. 40,000 miles with original drive train, original paint. I have the original retail order form, window sticker, car invoice and p.o.p. I recently spoke with Steve Shauger to have the car judged this year at Carlisle. I'll attach some pictures if I can.

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Hi John, welcome to the site. Your car looks fantastic in pics and looking forward to seeing it at Carlisle in the Vintage program.
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You need one of these cool dealer name badges.......

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John

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GREAT CAR, SEEN IT IN PERSON. STEVE, THE VINTAGE GUYS WILL ENJOY THIS ONE... CONGRATS ON THE PURCHASE... KP https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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What a neat Z. Congrats and welcome!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif

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That is one really fine looking old crate...congratulations.

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Im thinking REALLY SMOKEY BURNOUTS...5000RPM's Like you rented it!!!I had a 396 L78 car,they will do it all day long with EASE!!!

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another village chevrolet car. jerry i could use one of those tags for the 67. the orig owner told me that he told the salesman if he put one of those on the car, he wouldnt take it!

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Buddy,

Many felt that way. I told Valley Chevrolet that I would not take my Chevelle if they installed one! Now they're cool. Even have one on the new D/Stock race car. This car also had one since new. Thanks Phil!

Jerry

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Beautiful car John ! Mabye it was parked in the showroom at Village Chevrolet beside this COPO.

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Hey Anders,

Looks like you are well into your resto! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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I wish I was Sam, but that is the other Swedish COPO. It was also sold by Pete Dodd at Village Chevrolet.

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BEAUTIFUL Camaro GOOD LUCK !!!!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Here's another survivor lizard from Village Chevrolet sold by Joe Friedman. 13,000 miles.......

Jerry

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Something you dont see very often is the Alarm on the lower front fender Dealer or Assembly Plant installed??

Pretty cool really

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Did the guy have any of the original Smog with the car ??
Killer car,color combo and a 4 speed to boot !! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Beautiful car John ! Mabye it was parked in the showroom at Village Chevrolet beside this COPO.

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Your car looks great, Anders. I'd love to see your car when it's done. Seems that a lot of nice cars came out of Village Chevrolet.
John

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Beautiful car John ! Mabye it was parked in the showroom at Village Chevrolet beside this COPO.

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Your car looks great, Anders. I'd love to see your car when it's done. Seems that a lot of nice cars came out of Village Chevrolet.
John

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There is an orig owner black L78 nova from Village just down the road. Its parked behind a barn sitting outside rusting away. I put a tarp on it a couple of years ago and there it sits with 20K miles. Yes I offered to buy it several times, but he rather it rust away outside....

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Did the guy have any of the original Smog with the car ??
Killer car,color combo and a 4 speed to boot !! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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I have the complete smog system put away in a box. The car has an M22 transmission and a BV rear. The alarm system was dealership installed and on all of the original paperwork.

Thanks to everyone for all of the compliments on my Survivor. I hope to meet lots of you at Carlisle!
John