Any list of where '69 Camaro ZL-1s are? - Page 2

**Bill Pritchard** · #11 02-06-2007, 05:44 PM

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I guess back then he didn't fully realize what he had.

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Nor did most of the other owners!!! A lot of them now thinking "if only I had....."

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #12 02-06-2007, 05:49 PM

Hindsight....

What did your dad do with the car while he owned it? Was a daily driver, street racer, weekend warrior.... Any cool stories about outrunning the cops...

ORIGLS6 · #13 02-06-2007, 05:54 PM

"Nor did most of the other owners!!! A lot of them now thinking "if only I had....."

And some of them are saying that from just a couple of years back!

Welcome Allison. I'm betting you'll find the answers to all your questions right here. You're off to a pretty good start with ol' YDR. He seems to know a 'little' about these cars (

), and there are a few more here who can fill in the other blanks.
Let me be the first to say that we'd all be interested in ANYTHING your Dad has to offer in the way of information or stories about the car. That's how the history of these things is compiled; from first-hand information.

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OK, so I'm the SECOND one to ask!)

**SS427** · #14 02-06-2007, 06:20 PM

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I guess back then he didn't fully realize what he had.

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Some of them did like the three original Gibb car owner and sYc members, Ray Morrison (68 427 Gibb Nova), Ken Barnhardt (69 ZL-1 Camaro) and Dennis Cumby (70 Gibb LS-6).

Rick

Allison Andrews · #15 02-06-2007, 07:29 PM

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Hindsight....

What did your dad do with the car while he owned it? Was a daily driver, street racer, weekend warrior.... Any cool stories about outrunning the cops...

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It was a daily driver. My dad originally wanted the corvette, but because he was 21, they said there was no way anyone would insure him. The dealer then told him there was a special car that he could order for him that would be every bit as fast and he would be able to get insurance on it.

My dad purchased it right after he got out of the marine corp and kept it a few years while he attended college.

He has told a few stories dealing with cops. One of the funniest ones happened in Hamlin, Texas. He and a friend were at a red light and a cop pulled up beside him. His friend told him that if he didn't floor it, he didn't have any "guts" (not term he acutally used). Light turns green and my dad went through all 4 gears sitting still and the chase was on. My dad a lead on him and he knew a dirt road which led to a bridge you could park under and not be seen. Well, he slowed down just enough to make the turn, he thought. Instead, he ended up high-centering in the ditch. By the time the cop arrived, my dad and his friend were sitting on the trunk waiting.

The cop took my dad to jail, but ended up making a deal with him. There was a kid out there with 3 warrents. The cop told me dad that if he brought that kid in, they would just give him a ticket for exhibition of excelleration. My dad went and found the guy and told him he needed to go and turn himself in. The guy said he knew, but he wasn't going to. My dad ended up grabbing the guy, dragging him to his car, and hauling him to the Hamlin jail...

ORIGLS6 · #16 02-06-2007, 07:47 PM

That's what I mean! How many guys would drive a ZL-1 down a dirt road and hide it under a bridge now?

Eddie M. · #17 02-06-2007, 08:11 PM

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That's what I mean! How many guys would drive a ZL-1 down a dirt road and hide it under a bridge now?

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been down a couple of dirt roads myself even got to watch the cop go by once

how about having a guy puking (all over the passenger side) after leavin a party ......you know those car washes even work good for cleaning the inside

ORIGLS6 · #18 02-06-2007, 08:17 PM

OK, maybe ALL these stories don't need to be told!

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #19 02-06-2007, 08:31 PM

Thanks Allison! That's the kind of stories we like to hear,

Keep 'em coming - there has to be more wild nights. If you dad was willing to drop a car length on the law at a stoplight - imagine what he hasn't told you - yet?

Allison Andrews · #20 02-06-2007, 10:10 PM

This is sort of off-topic, but there is a movie that I cannot remember the name of. The movie is about a young guy who is sort of a trouble maker and I believe it is a 69 or similar camaro that he drives. I know one scene is set as you come into the town of Anson from Abilene. I can't even remember who was on it, but it has come on tv a few times. The car is supposed to match the era, so it was either filmed in the 70s or made to look like it was.

Anyone got any ideas?

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