Not sure about that red foil emblem statement. My December built Arlington car came with them.
Re: Fresh Z-24 article
Posted by Cameron Milne on 7/1/2018, 11:57 pm, in reply to "Fresh Z-24 article"
The red background on the 1968 Canadian 427 cars was a real thing. They didn't really make or sell a lot of L36 cars (the only version of the 427 dropped into Canadian '68s). The different colour on the emblem was mirrored on the Canadian Pontiacs with the L36: instead of red paint fill as on the 327 / 396 cars, the paint fill was sort of an ochre yellow-orange colour.
It is kind of a trivial thing but yes, the SS427 wasn't badged as an Impala in 67 or 68, even though we knew they were Impalas. I do remember seeing a 1968 preview article which showed an early (pre-production?) SS427 convertible that in addition to the correct badging, also ran with the Impala Super Sport grille emblem like a typical Z03 non-Z24.
Not saying red foils weren't real, I just don't believe they were exclusive to Canadian built cars. I'm talking about '68 Chevys w/427, not Pontiac. Look at the Caprice wagon in the recent post. Built in Southgate, has red foils.
I have 2 cars with the red foils, one is a Canadian, the other is a Tarrytown car. I know of a 2nd Tarrytown car with red ones also. Here's a pic of my Tarrytown Grecian Green L-72 standard Impala before I bought/ restored it. Don S
Hey Don,got anymore pics of that Grecian green 68? That was the original color of my car but I never saw the car when it was that color.It was painted black when I bought it. That color in the pic above isn't what I thought it would be.I was thinking of a lighter shade,maybe I'm thinking of ash gold? Are you coming to the Dayton show? Bogey Bob
Hi Bob, That pic was taken when I went to look at the car before I bought it. It was a race car at the time with a souped-up 396 and a race auto trans but they saved the original L-72 and Muncie. I can't make it to Dayton because of a family obligation that week, it was planned 6 months ago. Here's some more pics. Don S
on 6/28/2018, 7:34 am
