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Wow!! What a Find!!!
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Wow!! What a Find!!!
So maybe you guys saw my post earlier, finally posting some photos of my 1979 L48 that I bought about a month ago. Anyway, when I got the car the old man that sold it to me gave me a folder about an inch thick with every single receipt for every repair the he ever did. At the time I wasn't paying much attention and just thumbed through the folder, not really looking at each piece of paper carefully.
So today, being a lazy overcast Saturday sitting at home, I thought, "hmm...why not check out the contents of the folder and see what was really done to the car over the years."
So I began digging...and digging...and what do I find??
Wouldn't you be excited to?? All this history AND the original window sticker!??! Woooo Hooo!!!!
Just thought I would share...
So today, being a lazy overcast Saturday sitting at home, I thought, "hmm...why not check out the contents of the folder and see what was really done to the car over the years."
So I began digging...and digging...and what do I find??
Wouldn't you be excited to?? All this history AND the original window sticker!??! Woooo Hooo!!!!
Just thought I would share...
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Originally Posted by wagonerjim
Wow, you are right. I wish I had one!
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I bet most Chevrolet window stickers do not say anything like that one does. Very cool find. Sounds like you got your car from a "Vette Guy" that really cared about his car. Nice find.
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... 
seeing that early of a VIN # on a '79. Your's is car #429 out of 53,807 built in '79. Surely your car was probably a second or third day production car.
...I forgot back then they didn't charge for an automatic transmission on the L-48 engine.
...your car also had the P225 White Letter GoodYear PolySteel 70 series radials which I thought were great tires-wish I could come across a couple NOS sets.
Bought a set new in 1990 for my Orange '74 coupe and GoodYear was still making them.
seeing that early of a VIN # on a '79. Your's is car #429 out of 53,807 built in '79. Surely your car was probably a second or third day production car....I forgot back then they didn't charge for an automatic transmission on the L-48 engine.
...your car also had the P225 White Letter GoodYear PolySteel 70 series radials which I thought were great tires-wish I could come across a couple NOS sets.
Bought a set new in 1990 for my Orange '74 coupe and GoodYear was still making them.
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Originally Posted by Paul Borowski
... seeing that early of a VIN # on a '79. Your's is car #429 out of 53,807 built in '79. Surely your car was probably a second or third day production car.
...I forgot back then they didn't charge for an automatic transmission on the L-48 engine.
...your car also had the P225 White Letter GoodYear PolySteel 70 series radials which I thought were great tires-wish I could come across a couple NOS sets. Bought a set new in 1990 for my Orange '74 coupe and GoodYear was still making them.
seeing that early of a VIN # on a '79. Your's is car #429 out of 53,807 built in '79. Surely your car was probably a second or third day production car....I forgot back then they didn't charge for an automatic transmission on the L-48 engine.
...your car also had the P225 White Letter GoodYear PolySteel 70 series radials which I thought were great tires-wish I could come across a couple NOS sets.
Bought a set new in 1990 for my Orange '74 coupe and GoodYear was still making them. 
http://www.gignet.com/1979L48.htm
Last edited by Eric79-L48; Feb 26, 2006 at 09:38 AM.
