Hi 442w30, Great News! Frank Bowers with the eliminator registry responded to an email by me today and verified the car.
Here is a part of the response:
(open quote)
"To put your mind at ease, yes, this is a real Eliminator. Several of us "cat fanciers" have known about this car for several years now, but I guess we were all working on other projects and failed to take advantage of a bargin." (close quote)
Additionally, it looks like the build sheet is there and legible. (Heck and Dana Man was not even involved)
442, why do you like the non-eliminator CJ's better? I guess it is sort of like the yenko/copo thing? The yenko's came with the stripes and I have seen some with optioned interiors, but usually see CoPo's stripped down? Or is there another reason? Either way, these cougars have to be the best bargain around, at least compared to other supercar's and Stangs. Heck, even the 428 Mach 1's are bringing 35k these days!
Another piece of interesting information I came across on the cougar sites. Apparently unlike Don Yenko and other chevy dealers, who were involved in the circuit, the special (67-68) "dan gurney" cougars were just advertising. In his words, he said that he just posed with the cars for promotional pics. It goes on to say that actually Carrol Shelby was involved with the Cougar 428CJ's more than Gurney ever was with the "Gurney Specials".
Thanks,
Rich