The original owner and his wife circa 1976, thank you Howard for sending me this picture.
1970 Z28 RS Camaro
This rare Camaro retains almost all its original factory installed parts and is a running and driving work of art. On June 13, 1970 husband and wife Howard and Mary P walked into Modern Chevrolet in Winston Salem NC and purchased this rare optioned Camaro. At the time their 1966 Rambler was not cutting it so it was traded in on this Z28, total trade in value $1211.60. The car was kept by the new owners for over a decade and sold to a close friend Ron R who sold to Michael W of Rogers MN, the car was then discovered and ended up in a private collection in California. We found the car and made a deal with the collector, in all the years this car has only had three registered owners and have a copy of the title in the name of Michael W. Some of the rare options are Rally Sport, M22 transmission (very rare), Custom Deluxe Interior, Custom Seat belts and a factory stripe delete (very rare) car making this one rare ride.
The car still maintains almost all of its original parts and factory installed driveline making this a true numbers matching car. The car needs typical rust repair and interior work however we like the barn find look of this one so it will stay as is for now. What takes this car over the top is the original documentation, it has the original window sticker, sales invoice, Protecto Plate, Pre-Delivery Inspection sheet, wheel trim instruction sheet, owners manual, warranty fold out and the Modern Chevrolet sleeve the information would have come in. I think there is more than enough current documentation to makes this one a rare find indeed.
We were also able to connect with the original owner who purchased this car new in 1970, Howard still lives in NC and was very surprised to hear his car was still around. He was grateful to get the call and we spent over an hour discussing old cruising and racing stories. The original owner confirmed the car was ordered and came with no stripes (stripe delete), also he wanted the "heavy duty" transmission so the sales person told him to order the M22. I emailed him some pics of the car in current state and will continue to connect and get more information.
The day the Camaro arrived at our place
Original Window Sticker and Pre-Delivery inspection sheet
Original Protecto Plate and Sales invoice
Original owners manual
Original Dealer sleeve all the documents were housed in
Original warranty fold out card
Original wheel trim ring instructions
Original trim tag, date 05E which is the 5th week of May
Code 727 denotes a Saddle custom vinyl interior
Code 48/48 is body colour of Forest Green
Code 727 denotes a Saddle custom vinyl interior
Code 48/48 is body colour of Forest Green
Original 4555 List Holley Carb, dated 032
Original #2019 distributor, dated 0C18
Original engine pad stamping, V0521CTB which would be May 21, 1970
CTB is for a 4 speed car
CTB is for a 4 speed car
Block casting number
Block casting date, E190 which would be May 19, 1970
Original M22 Transmission dated P0E14C, May 14, 1970 & C is for M22 & P is for Muncie
Original 12 bolt rear end, COZ 05/05 and that date is May 5, 1970
COZ denotes 3.73 rear gears and G1 would indicate the shift
COZ denotes 3.73 rear gears and G1 would indicate the shift
Original #418 starter dated CE22 which would be May 22, 1970
Our Green 1970 RS Z28 was featured in an article of Bone Stock & Modified Muscle Car Magazine, thank you Terry and team for putting this together.