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Camaro Z-28 @ Nurburgring |
carr914 |
Oct 15 2013, 07:20 PM
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carr914 |
Oct 17 2013, 09:22 PM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 118,992 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States |
Actually cars in the Original TA Series in the 60's & early 70's were Production Cars that were crazy prepped You can tell a real 1969 Z-28 by it's Intake Dan Gurney secretly Acid-Dipped the bodys of his Cudas to lose weight, while Sam Posey didn't with his Challengers and could never figure out why his cars were so much slower than Dan's! A real 1969 Z-28 is verified by a combination of many things...the X-33 or X-77 on the cowl tag and matching engine numbers that begin with DZ. If the intake you are referring to is the Winters cross ram, that was an option. If you checked the box when ordering it showed up in the trunk. If you are referring to another intake that I'm not aware of please let me know what it is. I Have had 3 69' Camaros and think I know a lot about them but would like to know more if there was a standard intake that identified the Z-28. Most of the big blocks came with aluminum Winters intakes but the special cross ram was only available as a special order for Z-28's, and as I stated came in the trunk, so there was another intake on the car when delivered. My brother has a matching numbers 69' Z-28. My source was AutoWeek...I can't speak for any other publication...Journalist are supposed to have some level of integrity...unless the publication was club specific or brand specific. If you are a PCA member check out the September issue (ltrs to ed) where they were called out for being a bit distasteful to another car make. Saw the Panorama jab at the C7. Then the editors tried to pass it off as humor. Either way, it was lame and why I'm still very skeptical of a lot of Porsche owners. Too many people just want the name and recognition of owning one and can't handle the fact that there *could* be other cars out there that are faster and cheaper. Buy the car for your own reasons and don't feel the need to explain it to others. Either way the C7 and 911 are both way out of my price range for years to come, so I'll shut my mouth and stay in the right lane with my teener (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) I thought the jab was not something that should be in Pano...Porsche is such a high quality company, there is no reason to take a jab at another manufacturer...although I get it, having both a Porsche and a Vette. The target market for each is the other car. GM practically copied the configuration of the 928 for the C5 which was designed (body) by one of the pioneers of the Corvette, Larry Shinoda (name could be misspelled). Anyway, I took a little issue when I read the article and fired off an email to the editor...they actually published it. No, I was talking about the Cross Ram. IMHO, a Real Z-28 is a Small Block which is what was raced in the Trans-Am Series. But due to being in the Muscle Car era, Camaros had 396s & 427s, which are cool, but due to weight can't handle with the Small Blocks I get Pano, but I really don't read it anymore, so I don't know the reference to the C7. But in blind defense, Chevrolet has taken aim at Porsche with the advertising for the C7. BTW, the C7 is a GREAT Driving car and looks much better in person than in pictures. Shinoda is spelled correctly. The 928 was almost an exact copy of the AMX Concept Car, so GM copied Porsche who copied American Motors |
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