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[Stefano]

What is believed to be the 1969 Z28 Prototype was at MCACN.

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Originally Posted by enio45

was that larry christensen's car that you were looking at? Did he not uncover and restore the z prototype? I have not seen the car, but have talked to Larry about it....same car?

I know Larry, he always has some kind of interesting 69 Camaro. I don't know if this one was his or not. There was a guy sitting next to it but he looked nothing like Larry, maybe a friend?

I'd like to hear more of the story but at first glance, there were a lot of things off cue about it to make me believe the story. The ZL2 hood was a biggy and anytime the data tag is missing or tampered with, I'm a skeptic.

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by Stefano

What is believed to be the 1969 Z28 Prototype was at MCACN.

So in other words, the Orange 500003 serial number Camaro touted as the prototype Z isn't it?

I know William would know more about this. I seem to remember William and I talked about a Prototype Z that the owner of D and R Classics owned at the time and was waiting for restoration.

William please correct me if I'm thinking of a different car, my memory is fuzzy on the details.

[ssl78]

Larry bought Steves pro type Z from D&R

[x33rs]

Ah okay, so maybe same car? Cool.

Hopefully William could shed some light on this then and maybe explain the oddities I was seeing that I mentioned earlier.

[Steve Shauger]

Originally Posted by enio45

was that larry christensen's car that you were looking at? Did he not uncover and restore the z prototype? I have not seen the car, but have talked to Larry about it....same car?

Hi Eddie,

I heard Larry's car came away with an award. He also had the car at MCACN last year.

[William]

'Pilot' cars were built on the line using mostly production parts. N500003 was an engineering car, built up out of a '68 body and some hand-fabricated parts including the instrument cluster and trunk floor. Intake manifold had a stamped casting number. Since it was never in production, there was no body tag. All bets are off; anything could have been done.

There are two photos of it in the October '68 Motor Trend. In those days, magazine lead time was about 90 days so the photos were probably taken late June '68. In both, the car has a ducted hood. Since it virtually had to have been built with panels off of production tooling, entirely possible the hood tooling was done at the same time. Hard to say for certain but in the photos it appears to have 15 x 6 wheels.

I had the opportunity to examine N500003 at D & R a few years ago. Very interesting car. Engine is stamped V0615DZ; VIN hand-stamped by the oil filter. Probably done later on after it was assigned a VIN and very surprisingly sold. Those were the days!

[Carleen]

There was fiberglass ZL2 Hood already in 68 for the Cross Ram intake.

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by William

'Pilot' cars were built on the line using mostly production parts. N500003 was an engineering car, built up out of a '68 body and some hand-fabricated parts including the instrument cluster and trunk floor. Intake manifold had a stamped casting number. Since it was never in production, there was no body tag. All bets are off; anything could have been done.

There are two photos of it in the October '68 Motor Trend. In those days, magazine lead time was about 90 days so the photos were probably taken late June '68. In both, the car has a ducted hood. Since it virtually had to have been built with panels off of production tooling, entirely possible the hood tooling was done at the same time. Hard to say for certain but in the photos it appears to have 15 x 6 wheels.

I had the opportunity to examine N500003 at D & R a few years ago. Very interesting car. Engine is stamped V0615DZ; VIN hand-stamped by the oil filter. Probably done later on after it was assigned a VIN and very surprisingly sold. Those were the days!

Thanks for that William, I knew you'd be the guy to shed light on that

[Xplantdad]

From this past weekend at Goodguys Scottsdale (from the pics in the Lounge area)


Larry Christiansen's Pilot 1969 Z28