MCACN '15 Photos by mrays

[mrays]

Those are some cool vintage photos Steve. I still have the Musclecar Review that your car was featured in back in 86. Most kids used their allowance on comic books, but I used mine on car magazines. Your old car is probably the most famous of all the Hemi E-Body convertibles due to the Nash Bridges TV show.

[Tracker1]

Fantastic pics mrays. Thank You. Keep 'em coming! A small correction to one of your captions on the black stripe-delete LS6: D. Beem's 4300-mile LS6 has a floor-shifted M22 4-speed. Dennis Cumby's similar black LS6 is a column-shifted automatic.

[njsteve]

Thanks. You shoot some great photos. What camera did you use? It is always difficult to get good photos in any area lit with industrial lighting (mercury vapor lamps, etc). You did a great job. Modern digitial cameras are so much easier to use than the old Canon T90 I used to use.

[RS_COPO_Canuck]

Awesome pics - Thanks....that was a big effort and mucho appreciated.
A few tid-bits....

The 70 Red/Red Hemi rag is the first one built. Served as the model for the Franklin Mint car. Belonged to Wayne Hartye for years.
Roger Gibson restored it and the last 71 (White) as well as the green/green Challenger.

[Verne_Frantz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Verne, are you referring to the ram air setup that was on the car with the air inlets where the high beam lights used to be? That car was featured in the January 84 issue of Super Chevy. He had chrome valve covers and air cleaner from a 63 on it and I think it had a Pontiac rear as well. I believe Rich was from Michigan City IN. I remember he used to get air under the front tires when he launched it. </div></div>

The original owner had installed spot lights on the fenders. I think they might have been removed by Rich when I saw it in '83 but the holes were still there in the dash. Rich had early photos of it with them on. Just something guys did back then. I don't remember the details on the rear but I remember drooling over the originality of that car.

I could elaborate more on the car and the event in '83 but I don't want to stray from your show coverage thread.

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[Luvchevs]

Thank you so much for the pics and the additional information, especially the E body hemi verts!

I'm surprised to see that Kevin Suydam's cars weren't part of the E body hemi vert display, I believe he still owns 2?
I'm also surprised his old blue 4 speed 71 Cuda that sold at auction recently for 3,500,000 wasn't there.

Dave

[mrays]

Here are the rest of the Camaros I took photos of.

G. Edwards Rallye Green 68 Yenko YS-8015 has an M21 with 4.10 gears was sold new at Roy Stauffer Chevrolet in Scranton PA. If I read the signboard correctly he is the original owner. This is a fresh restoration by the Supercar Workshop and it was my favorite car at the show. If I could have taken one of them home with me this car would have been the one.




S. Drueck's Hugger Orange ZL-1 is #64 and was sold new at Indian River Chevrolet in Cocoa Beach FL. It is an automatic car with only 911 miles and still retains it's original engine and rearend. It also has it's original dealer invoice, window sticker and POP and is a two owner car.




T. Schell's Daytona Yellow COPO has an M21 and is a GM of Canada documented car. I do not know the original selling dealer on this one.



D. Albaugh's Daytona Yellow COPO is a 4 speed car that was sold new at Prout Chevrolet in Elyria OH.




P. Klutt's Daytona Yellow Baldwin Motion car was ordered on 6/29/70 by R. Potterer and came with an LS7 backed by a 4 speed and 4.88 gears. It is documented with it's original invoice. This car only has 1.6K miles on it and was restored by Legendary Motorcar.




J. Pearse's Tuxedo Black COPO was sold new at Bob McDorman Chevrolet in Canal Winchester OH and is a numbers matching car with an M21. This is a double COPO car and is mostly unrestored with the exception of an older repaint and has only 21.5K miles. This car spend most of it's life in the Cleveland area and I remember one of the prior owners driving this car to the Super Chevy Show at Norwalk OH several times.



C. Slocum's COPO was in the Barn Finds section. It is an original Hugger Orange with 720 orange houndstooth interior car. It is an original 4 speed car that was sold new at Dale Chevrolet in Waukesha WI. The original engine and transmission are gone, but it does have it's original BE rear.



R. Seabolt's Hugger Orange RS/SS convertible is an original drivetrain L78 car with a TH400 and 3.55 gears. It was sold new at Konners Chevrolet in Columbus OH. It is an unrestored car and was in the Vintage Certification display.



L. Anderson's Hugger Orange RS/SS is a 325 horse car with a 4 speed.



D. Murphy's Cortez Silver Z/28 is a numbers matching X77 car with an M20 and 3.73 gears that was sold new at McLanahan in Elberton GA.



M. Bulaw's Azure Turquoise Z/28. I believe this is an unrestored car.



L. Christiansen's Rallye Green RS Z/28 is an M22 car with JL8 four wheel disc brakes. It was purchased new by Pro Stock racer V. Gaines at Buwart McKinnon in Denver CO.

[mrays]

Steve, I use a Nikon Coolpix P600. I was shooting with a slower shutter speed and fill flash. That's why the people walking in the background are blurry. I don't use a tripod either, but I have the vibration reduction on. I've only had this camera for a little over a year and am still learning about all the features it has.

Des, I have in my notes that Dave's LS6 was an M22 car. I was thinking about Cumby's car when I said it was a column shift car. Since both cars are non cowl induction cars weren't stripes an option? I think it would only be considered a stripe delete car if it was a cowl induction car since those came with stripes.

[mrays]

Here are the rest of the Pontiacs that I took photos of.

I. Miligan's 65 GTO is Starlight Black with a Cameo Ivory painted top. It is an original tri-power car with a 4 speed.



K. Low's Barrier Blue 66 GTO sedan is also a tri-power car with a 4 speed.



T. Schell's 69 Judge is code 72 Carousel Red and is a GM of Canada documented RAIV car with an M21.



T. Dye's Mint Turquoise 70 Judge is a RAIII car with a 4 speed and A/C.



D. Jensen's Canyon Copper and Cameo Ivory 71 T-37 is a 455 HO car with a TH400. This is a low mileage original paint car that ran high 12's when he raced it in the Pure Stock Drags. It was featured in the September 85 issue of Musclecar Review and the December 89 issue of Musclecar Classics. It was part of the Post Sedan display.



The Brothers Collection's Palladium Silver 69 RAIV Firebird with a 4 speed was freshly restored by Level One and was unveiled at the show.




The Brothers Collection's 69 Trans Am convertible is a TH400 car with a blue standard interior and was also freshly restored by Level One and was unveiled at the show. This is the car that was parked between W. Ogle's and R. Lozin's cars in the T/A convertible display several years ago.




C. Batinovic's 71 Trans Am with a 455HO and a 4 speed.



S. Hakola's 74 Trans Am with a 455SD and a TH400 with A/C.

[Mr70]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Des, I have in my notes that Dave's LS6 was an M22 car.I was thinking about Cumby's car when I said it was a column shift car. Since both cars are non cowl induction cars weren't stripes an option? I think it would only be considered a stripe delete car if it was a cowl induction car since those came with stripes. </div></div>

Exactly right.
Both have the std. Super Sport pckg. &amp; aren't considered stripe delete,cause you can't delete something they never had.
I spot a few inside out,upside down Cowl ind. air cleaner seals too.