When I turned 21 in 1970 I got $4,500.00 from a insurance settlement from a accident that happened at 5 years old. Of course I had to buy a car, so off to the ford dealer I go. In the show room was a Boss 429 Mustang, and low and behold it was going for $4,500 dollars. The dealer said it would go 200mph. I though, not with me in it. Anyway I didn't buy it and the way I drove back then there's was a good chance I wouldn't be here today. I ended up buying a 66 mustang GT 4 speed with a 289hipo for $1,000 dollars. All the best.

Thanks for sharing the history of your z28. I too own a 68' rs z28 early production. Early production late 67' to approx February 68' had "302" fender emblems. When I had my numbers matching engine rebuilt I made sure I did not have the deck resurfaced. It still had the factory "broached" texture. So many re-stamped blockes that are being claimed as original. Keep the great content coming!

Chevrolet all the WAY!!!! 🙋‍♂️ im 58 this year, my father was a GM muscle car fanatic..owned multiple Novas, Chevelles, El Caminos.

Very nice car Alan, very nice story. Glad that you got your car back.👍👍 I always loved that Blue.

Beautiful "Zed"28. You can tell this man knows what it's all about. Great video.

Mature gentleman and still doing what he loves... I wish you good health sir so you can continue to work with GM muscle 💪 😊

I remember picking up used Chevelle's for 350 bucks in the early 80's, what great days those were. What a beautiful car you have!!!!!!

I was so hoping that you would tell the story about your car. Thank you! It’s so nice in this day and age that you can get cylinder heads that flow so good that you can make 450 HP with a cam that idles almost like a grocery getter. The car is gorgeous AG and during the driving demonstration you can tell that this car really scoots! You don’t see many cars these days that you can shift into second gear and burn the tires off!

Beautiful car. I also own a 1968 rs z28, black white stripes. It was sold used in my town in 1969 and i aquired it from him. It was drag raced in its early life and still retains its 456 gear but the original engine is long gone. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for showing and sharing your car = I love it as is and glad that you are driving it and enjoying it. Love the blue color and the white stripes = very striking color combo!!

Beautiful car and I'm glad you got it back! I think it's perfect. Number matching cars mean nothing to me. Bravo to you for setting it up like you wanted it and driving it. I'll say it again, perfect!

Excellent video and great information. I’m 60 and sold my 1969, SS, with original m20/3.55s a couple of years ago. Still miss the car and enjoy living through your videos. Please keep them coming.

Such a great car and cool story, Alan- thanks for sharing. I have always dreamed about buying back my Daytona Yellow ’69 RS Z/28 that I owned in high school, and I have ALWAYS regretted selling it. I have kept my eyes on it over the years, but it’s always just been out of my reach price-wise. It just sold this year at Barrett-Jackson and now I don’t know where it’s at, unfortunately. You’re a lucky man to still own your Z/28, so hang on to it! Thanks again for all your posts- I always appreciate and enjoy them.👍🏻

Great story telling, you have a beautiful 68.

That sounds nice , very nice Looks mint well done AG

Hi Alan, enjoyed the video and the history of your Z28, it truly is a beautiful car, also being a Canadian car which is documented makes it even more valuable along with the history of it. You can find many 69 Z28’s but trying to find a 68 is quite difficult, not having the original engine would not bother me because of the documentation of the vehicle, thanks again for the video and enjoy the car.

Thanks for sharing the history on your car ! 👍👍

Great job! Best history lesson. I’m sure it was walk down memory lane Enjoy

I love you "Canucks"..like you accent! You are a good speaker, you must have been on the debate team in college..you certainly command the Englash language..love your accent also..especially the way you pronounce "Z"! Great, great car..it's in pristine condition..you've go to be proud of it!..it's certainly an interesting story..Good Luck!

Hey, Alan. Nice car. Nice story. Here's a similar story for you. I had a friend back in 1969 who owned a nearly new '68 Z/28. We used to drag race along with other friends, street stuff, as well as the legal variety. I raced NHRA Stock/Super Stock with my '69 351 Mustang Mach 1. My Camaro Friend raced in the more radical Modified Production Class. Anyway, my car was quite competitive winning My Class a couple of times at the now long-defunct Connecticut Dragway. (NHRA ZED Division 1. "We're number 1.") My friend did o.k. but ended up losing his engine within a year. He had also cut the Camaros wheel lip openings to fit the largest allowable drag slicks. This was a year-old Camaro with original driveline and paint. He blew it up and cut the body. Sacrilege! He sold the car within the next couple of years. After having life intervene for a few decades he located and bought a similar though unmolested Z/28. I never had the inclination to modify my car other than to tweak the driveline to competitively fit into the lower drag racing classes. That Candyapple Red 1969 Mustang Mach 1 was presented to me, brand new, on August 28, 1969, by My Father as a 16th birthday present. It was a surprise. About a year earlier I wanted a Corvette and then changed my mind when I saw the first Mach 1s appear. I still own that Mach 1, 55 years later. Aside from the driveline mods, it remains a 12,000-mile original. Matching numbers, original paint, trim, glass, interior, etc. I never drove it in the rain or snow. I purchased a beater car to commute to College in 1972 and have driven the Mach 1 only occasionally since then. That car inspired me to establish a Classic Car Restoration Business that I've run for forty years. We specialized in total restorations of American Muscle and Pony Cars. Now over 70, I'm "downshifting" to retirement. Just winding up work for a couple of friends and my own stuff. Being "an engine guy" as are you, I've worked on and rebuilt Chevrolet V-8s, Mopars, including Hemis, many Fords, Small V-8s, Clevelands, 427 SOHCs, 428s, Boss 429s, and others. I have owned desirable Muscle Fords and even an NHRA competitive Pro-Stock Pinto in the mid-70s that ran high 8 second quarter mile times. Most of those cars are gone but not my first car. That '69 Mach 1. It was my first car and it will be my last car. There are times when I sit in the driver's seat when the engine is off, and turn on the Philco A.M. Radio expecting to hear reports of the 1969 Moon Landing, Richard Nixon, Watergate, the Vietnam War, and other events of the era. Then I turn the key and off I drive in My Time Machine. They say don't ever love something that can't love you back. I disagree. Alan, I'm certain you know exactly what I mean, and I'm certain You have those in your audience with similar stories.

That is one cool ride!

❤story , ff to 87 I bought my 69rsz after 2 years of writing letters to the owner , had a L72 427 them a 327 that both replaced 302 long gone , It sat from 76 to New Year’s Day 87 & I’ve had ever since , got a CE 302 & it too had BV 4.10 swapped to 3.55, love your story & car .

Love the story, very nice Camaro,I own 68 RS 396 Bought it in 69, Car sits in my Family room its my first new car I ever Bought...

Nice story.. Thank you for your knowledge and videos..

I remember hitch hiking to 5th line to watch you guys race back then. beautiful car!

Thank you Alan what a terrific story. It's a Beautiful machine, that sounds Great. Personally I could careless about numbers matching. I'm sure the way this one is set up it drives much better than an original.

What an awesome camaro. Thanks for the great video. The color looks great

That is one extremely nice Camaro! It sure brings back memories of the old days!!

Alan, Thanks for the Ride a Long, that’s a Beautiful Car 👍

Brother, that is a GORGEOUS car!!! Great job!!! The '70 SS LS6 454 Chevelle is my all time favorite car. Those years of Z28's are my second. I've had a couple Chevelles. 1-72' Hardtop and 1-72' convertible Chevelles. I've never owned any year of the Camaros. I am working towards a 22 to 24 Camaro. Soon I hope. It's not one of those. But they are still great looking cars.

You can tell a M22 coming down the street, because of the wine!

AG, its still a nice car...

Do you remember what annual income was back then? When I started working in the mid 80s min wage was $4.00 per hour. My first car was a 68 Pontiac Station Wagon for $200.00

Absolutely, love the colour.

Great story, video and car.

Excellent video. It's interesting that my '65 GTO also has an M20 wide ratio transmission. Regarding the numbers matching debate, I completely understand why collectors put so much emphasis on a car's authenticity, but these days I'm more interested in the nostalgia component of that equation and don't really care if the car has its original whatever. When I bought my GTO I didn't do a deep dive into if it were a numbers matching car or not. At the time I didn't really care that much, I just thought the car was cool. Later however I did order the PHS documentation on the car to satisfy my curiosity and lo and behold, the engine, trans, everything really was original to that car. A bonus I suppose but if those numbers didn't match, I would still like the car just as much. Thanks for sharing your story with us, Allan. It's a great story and a very cool car. See you in July!

I had a 70 Chevrolet pickup with no power steering. I went to the junkyard and bought a gearbox and pump and installed it myself. This was in the 80's. Great story.

Absolutely Beautiful

Beautiful car.

I had a 69' Road Runner in the mid 70s into the late 80s. Current ride is a 17' SS camaro 6 spd manual.

Told my wife that my Camaro needs to be in the house and that is how it is, My family room has my Camaro, my Dragster, and 3 pinball machines, Nothing wrong with that.

thanks for the video

The only better thing than a Cheverolet, is another Cheverolet AG!

Best color combo ❤

Beautiful.

Nice video.

I appreciate drivers more than numbers matching collector cars. Both are fine but I value the experience of driving and racing more than anything else.

68, 69 Roadrunner Beep Beep ! I remember those beautiful cars also.

nice car, nice color

Badass

Nice nice nice!!!

You came real close being a Mopar guy if that dealership would have had that 340 Dart..

Great information and memories. One quick question, way back when you purchased this car....when you bought it back in 69...did you ever think that this car would end up being and staying this special and desired? Or was it just a fun means of transport, likely to just rust away into oblivion like 99% of the cars of that time? And at what point did you realize that it was truly a jewel and legendary?

The M21 and M20 have the same gear ratios but the M20 has stronger straight cut gears. 🙂 I have an all original '68 El Camino w/the L79 327" engine, M21 Muncie and a 4.10 positrac rear end. My transmission for sure has a 2.20 1st gear.

Hi Allan,the 67 you mentioned,was it the one you got from me?

Tastefully done. Many of these cars from all of the manufacturers were butchered up in the guise that "we could build them better than the factory", and many of those cars have rotted away and are rusted out basket cases. Fortunately by staying in touch with the fellow you sold this car to you were able to get it back and being older and wiser have restored this vehicle to your tastes that have come full circle with age and wiser as well. As a former street rod dude who just had to have the usual hot rod stuff, with age I have the same outlook on what is best for these older vehicles.🥸👍👍👍👍👍👍

@Gold's Garage - So what happened to the original 302 engine?

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Cool car

A good looking car, it's real not a pasted together "original" with no story. Thanks for sharing with us Internet automotive voyeurs. (-;

My first car was a '75 Rally Sport i purchased from my cousin and her husband who got it from his brother. Wasn't fast but had a 4 speed manual and it would light the tires quick 😂 I was young and dumb and would smoke em at red lights just for for fun 😂I still dream about that car 😢 it was a Milwaukee Wisconsin origin car so lots of cancer all over that I had repaired but the cowl was toast too so my guess it's been crushed long ago 😢 I moved to Texas so I had to sell it but that was easy coz I was out testing it after a shift linkage adjustment and got pulled over by a cop 👮‍♂️ and he liked the car and ended up buying it 😂 probably only had 180hp maybe less but was white with a flat black hood and roof and Z28 factory mags so it stood out. Every shop I took it to get exhaust work or new tires asked if it was for sale 😂

Does a 67 z28 crank have a notch in it ? Your pictures don’t describe which one is used on 67

Why did you have to rebuild the 302? What was the engine failure and how many miles before the rebuild was needed?

nice Camaro

What a beautiful car. If I would have ordered one in 1968 that's exactly what it would look like. I do like 69's too, but given the choice, I would take a 68 over a 69 any day of the week. Not trying to be rude, but I have to ask something. Why is it that Canadians call everything with the letter Z in it Zed ? I've noticed quite a few people from Canada that do that.

Its only worth to what it is to you... All original is not going to make it any better than you have it AG.

All show and no go. Sloth-slow turds. "67-'69 Camaro Z/28's.

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And what happen to the original 302

i never seen a 68 Z with the RS option from the factory . i'm not sure what you have there buddy .

People are so hung up on numbers matching. I still don't care. As long as it's a similar engine.

Insee people puttin cars around barely above idle. If they only knew the carbon build up they are causing. You have to heat the engines up to burn that carbon. I remember when the fuel hoses were long enough that you could rear either side of the car. Lol.

Like your videos. But they are not zed/ 28s they are Z/28s. Lol.

I.HAVE A 327,68 ENGINE 11.1 PISTONS SIGNAL ROLLER TIMING CHAIN GM 4 BARREL SQUARE BORE INTAKE. WILL TRADE FOR DIFFERENT ENGINE OR TRANNIE AND REAR FOR 3RD GEN WE CAN TALK IM IN TORONTO. ONTARIO

Get the correct wiper blade

I’m going to tell you a Sad story,20 years ago A old man had 2z28 cars rotting away in his driveway, His son was in the vietnam war He was killed, he owned the cars, when I say these cars were in bad shape, rotting to the ground, 302. Motors were still in them, I used to drive by them going to work every day, they were sitting there 40 years , I talked to his neighbor and he told me, stay away he will shoot you, I stopped by when I seen him in his front yard , he screamed at me get the f out of here, I said I just wanted to talk to you about them, He said I don’t get lost. That’s it they rotted away, he put the motors in his basement, he filled them with concrete,intakes and all.

Would you be interested selling