Looking for information on this car...

[carpoor]

I have a friend who works for GM, but he is VERY hard to get in touch with. I fired off an email last night, so we'll see what happens.

[crengo]

I work for GM in Canada,if you forward me the Vin i can do a search to see if any parts have been purchased using that Vin tag.

[shadowgray396]

Originally Posted by crengo

I work for GM in Canada,if you forward me the Vin i can do a search to see if any parts have been purchased using that Vin tag.

That one of his problems he doesn't have the vin

[Ms Grumpy]

Originally Posted by crengo

I work for GM in Canada,if you forward me the Vin i can do a search to see if any parts have been purchased using that Vin tag.

Nice to know.

[carpoor]

Been making phone calls and chasing ghosts... no real progress yet. I did stop by to see my folks tonight, and my mom had found two more pictures. She also told me that she remembered seeing the car a year or so after it was traded in on RT 290. She said what stuck out about it, the stripe had been painted over. But the quality of the "quickie" paint job was so poor, that she could see the stripe underneath still. Every time she passed the car, she knew it was her old car because of the poor cover up paint work. She last saw the car around 1977-ish by her best memory. They moved to Yarmouth Port from Auburn around 79'-80' and never saw the car again. The engine bay shot reveals a few day 2 additions, some Cal Custom valve covers and an open element air cleaner. My father told me that something else unique would be the intake manifold. He ditched the factory intake, and swapped an aluminum intake from a 390HP 427 68'-69' Corvette. Those three items were in place when it was traded in, the intake was painted orange to look factory.

[carpoor]

Got some new information...

I spoke to a close friend of my parents that bought a similar car from the same dealership, at the same time they purchased their car. His car, confirmed by him - is Canadian built. And he is 99.9% sure my folks car would have been as well. Isn't there a VIN list for the 266 Canadian built cars somewhere? Thus far, my Google search has come up empty.

I am thinking if I look at his VIN, and look for cars built close in sequence #, I will find their old car. Thanks in advance...

[Ms Grumpy]

And the search continues. This is so cool to go along on this search with you. I am hoping that someone comes up with some information for you. Good Luck !

[Ms Grumpy]

I just talked to someone who told me that GM Canada kept a thousand times better records than GM here. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you.

[69chevelless]

I'm hopeing a might see it at a car show this year.

[carpoor]

No luck so far, I am trying to get the sequence number from the other car's VIN. Then I plan to call the Canada connection and give them that number, to see if any cars built a few before or after match the colors/options of my parents car.