Did not know he passed and thanks for the spelling correction. The white 70 w30 made its way to Vancouver in the mid 70’s and was owned by a mechanic at Canadian Airlines. When I talked with him once he claimed it was a factory race car with a special engine. It had “D” heads from a 69 Hurst Olds. It was later when I made the connection with Holiday Chev Olds, I realized the claim to be a factory race car has some potential truth to it,as Olds Engineer Dale Smith made sure dealers who promoted Olds through racing got parts out the back door. If Dale found certain parts worked better than others, they were shipped to tracers as “salvage” to circumvent the orders from GM brass to stay out of racing.
The white W30 passed through several hands by the late 90’s and was destroyed in a barn fire in Yarrow ,BC.
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1971 W30 convert, triple green,second owner.
1971 W30 Convert, special order Rally red, under resto.
68 Charger R/T, Bullitt Replica
68 Camaro Z28,Corvette Bronze,Houndstooth
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