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Old 02-12-2015, 05:40 PM
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One of my old '69 Zs was a Byrne Brother's car, silver original paint X33 cowl hood car, 711, console/guage, spoilers, M20, 4.10 rear. Nice pop with that driveline combination. It had the Byrne Brother's invoice, protect-o-plate, key knockouts, copy of the original money order he bought the car with and the Byrne Brothers dealer envelope. Good luck finding out more on the orange race car.
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Steve, I'll ask him next time I see him, which may be this weekend at the annual car show downtown Naples.
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I just got off the phone with the original owner,he confirmed the car was Byrne Bros. in house national record holding racecar and he purchased it from them and continued to race it.
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Byrne Brothers was on Virginia Road right off the Bronx River Parkway. In my early days [late 70's] in the printing business I used to call on them...it was a huge dealership and they sold 1000's of new cars every year. Their parts department had two of the best Chevy guys in the business...the dealership was well known for high performance.

It closed around 1983?? and a lot of the employees went to work at T.A. Byrne Chevrolet in Mt. Kisco [Tim Byrne was a nephew of one the original Byrne family members]. Sadly that store changed hands when they ran into some financial issues...eventually that location was absorbed by Arroway Chevrolet in Katonah, NY.

The early 80's were a tough time for the old line flagship domestic stores...gas prices and poor products from Detroit didn't help. I'm sure some of the Byrne Bros guys are still around...it would be fun to re-connect and talk about the old days.

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Default Re: Byrne Bros 1969 Z/28

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Steve, I'll ask him next time I see him, which may be this weekend at the annual car show downtown Naples.</div></div>

Thanks, Mark.
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Jay you have a nice piece of history there. What are your plans? Keep it as a race car as it was from day one?
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Default Re: Byrne Bros 1969 Z/28

Wow, what an amazing history. Good Luck with the Z/28 and please post photos when you have a chance.
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Nice old warhorse!

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Default Re: Byrne Bros 1969 Z/28

Awesome! I followed the thread over at TC closely, just had a feeling that this car was genuine and had a very interesting story waiting to be discovered.
Congratulations John!
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