SCHOONS 69 Z28
#2
09-09-2008, 07:42 PM
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Location: Millbrook,Alabama....Slap dab in the middle of God's Country
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#3
09-09-2008, 08:02 PM
RE: SCHOONS 69 Z28
I bought it 4 years ago and it didn't look like it does now.
Did a complete frame-off restoration 2 years ago along with new everything.
When I bought it there was an old 327 engine in it that was on it' last leg so I dropped a special order high performance GM 350 crate motor in it but pulled it back out and pumped it up to 480HP.
It has a M22 Trans and a 4:10 posi rear.
The interior is new and the paint GM 2003 Electron Blue with a touch of pearl.
My Vet is my driver/fun car and this one is a Sunday mornig cruiser and show car.
Gets about 3-5 miles per/gal on highway.
The picture below is the way the engine was when I got it and if the other shows up that's the way it is now.
Thanks for asking!
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Did a complete frame-off restoration 2 years ago along with new everything.
When I bought it there was an old 327 engine in it that was on it' last leg so I dropped a special order high performance GM 350 crate motor in it but pulled it back out and pumped it up to 480HP.
It has a M22 Trans and a 4:10 posi rear.
The interior is new and the paint GM 2003 Electron Blue with a touch of pearl.
My Vet is my driver/fun car and this one is a Sunday mornig cruiser and show car.
Gets about 3-5 miles per/gal on highway.
The picture below is the way the engine was when I got it and if the other shows up that's the way it is now.
Thanks for asking!
[IMG]local://upfiles/3231/D64AF0EE43714F909F66A6E6A8CDE646.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]local://upfiles/3231/2F740B8B5CAF482B833836891B650735.jpg[/IMG]
#5
09-10-2008, 05:50 PM
RE: SCHOONS 69 Z28
The engine was not the real deal not even the right size.
I sold what ever I could that wasn't original.
If I ever want to put the car back to or close to original I would need to find a correct date 302 engine and repaint the car to dusk blue.
The reason I bought it was because of the price and I could do what I wanted to it with out loosing value.
Turns out when finished it is very nice and people like old and new together.
I have had offers of 70k and one for 85k this year.
Car will be my sons some day so it's not for sale.
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I sold what ever I could that wasn't original.
If I ever want to put the car back to or close to original I would need to find a correct date 302 engine and repaint the car to dusk blue.
The reason I bought it was because of the price and I could do what I wanted to it with out loosing value.
Turns out when finished it is very nice and people like old and new together.
I have had offers of 70k and one for 85k this year.
Car will be my sons some day so it's not for sale.
[IMG]local://upfiles/3231/07431ECC8DEB4790BE546052C56E186C.jpg[/IMG]
#8
09-11-2008, 03:51 PM
RE: How lucky can you be!
Hay PG,
Let me tell you I am not a rich person!
I got a good deal on the Camaro and a better deal on the Vet.
I bought the Vet because I was told my Camaro would be in the shop for 3-4 years getting a complete restoration.
So now I had the Vet and I was ready to drop of the Camaro when a friend of mine who restores old cars called me up and said he had a slot for me.
He finished it in 5 months, did a fantastic joband charged me half the price as the other place.
So I lucked out all the way.
Schoon
Let me tell you I am not a rich person!
I got a good deal on the Camaro and a better deal on the Vet.
I bought the Vet because I was told my Camaro would be in the shop for 3-4 years getting a complete restoration.
So now I had the Vet and I was ready to drop of the Camaro when a friend of mine who restores old cars called me up and said he had a slot for me.
He finished it in 5 months, did a fantastic joband charged me half the price as the other place.
So I lucked out all the way.
Schoon
#9
09-12-2008, 01:01 AM
RE: How lucky can you be!
Aint no Vette... but it will do... just kidding! FanTasTic!! I had a 69 SS with the 350hp 350 in it. One of the fastest and sweetest cars I have ever owned. Wish I could find another someday. Wife sez I have to go to the dark side though... she wants a 69 Mach I, preferably with a 428 or a 429... whatever it takes!!! Just call me Mr. Mom!
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#10
09-12-2008, 07:01 PM
RE: How lucky can you be!
Mustangs are nice I have owned a couple but I like Camaros.
It's very hard to compare a Camaro to a Vet.
Vet's handle so much better and provide a more comfortable ride.
Camaros used to be called a poor man's Vet, might still be.
I always wanted 69Z28 and it took me 35 years to get one.
Cost a lot to get it my way but it was worth it.
Now it's time to start messing aroung with my 74Vet.
I am not going all out on this one just want to make it into a nice driver.
Schoon
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It's very hard to compare a Camaro to a Vet.
Vet's handle so much better and provide a more comfortable ride.
Camaros used to be called a poor man's Vet, might still be.
I always wanted 69Z28 and it took me 35 years to get one.
Cost a lot to get it my way but it was worth it.
Now it's time to start messing aroung with my 74Vet.
I am not going all out on this one just want to make it into a nice driver.
Schoon
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