Easy Mike

That could be true; it's happened before, but not knowing what you might have does not equate to being fishy. Once Pvirg gets it out of the garage, he/she can start to unravel the mystery.

ralphspears

It has a 1970 or newer upper dash pad, you can see the stitching on the edge.

ed427vette

Unfortunately with this car, looking at the exhaust shape means nothing. It has already been established that it has parts from several different years. The car has been repainted, so if it was hit in the rear and a 70-72 rear valance was put on it doesn't help with identifying anything.

The VIN will tell the story. And time.

I think the initial photos are in his profile. Not in the thread itself.

71 Green 454

You could remove one of the sills and look there and under the carpet. Should be there unless they gutted the interior and painted red everywhere.

cboyd

Pvirg

Sorry to leave you guys hanging. Work has me really busy but here are a few answers so far. I have know of the car for 20+ years as the owner was a friend. I couldn't see the car as it was surrounded by stuff. My friend worked with GM (no for) developing racing engines.... He told me many stories over the years and seeing the car and the motor everything has checked out so far. Sadly my friend passed a year or so ago. The car was a race car from day one. I have a lot of digging to do, there are a lot of extra parts....
Research... Cool block that doesn't rust? I've attempted to add a pic of one set of the extra heads. As for the yellow, I don't know but it's now red white and blue. Here comes the fishy comments. Lol. I love the car just as it sets on its cool old school trailer.

Sorry to the guys hoping it was an original showroom car. That would have been cool also.

GoGo87U

I believe that head 3946074 is assigned to a 1969, 427 cu in, 430 hp L88.

Here we go.......

Pvirg

Trying to add a couple more photos

GoGo87U

Is it a Greenwood "Stars and Stripes" car?

ed427vette

Oh boy...
If this is a race car with any kind of real racing history at any major event then this car will be big bucks.

This car could be a big deal. So far so good. Race cars didnt care about correct colors.

I see the 70-72 lower rear valance but that means very little.

Can't wait to see more....

F22

Am I assuming that the blue section with stars, is in fact the roof? Because that's pretty weird that it isn't a T-Top, or is this a hard top for a convertible?

Pvirg

Hard top convertible

69Pman

What stories seem to be checking out? Would enjoy reading about them in general and could tell us more about the car.

Pvirg

I want to verify what I can before I say much.

Just to be clear, I'm not selling the car non am I looking to create a huge story. Just asking for help with what I have. I don't claim the car to be worth $$$$, (I hope I made a good investment as everyone does)
Thank you all for the help and the future help.

red topless gator

Looks like it may be a T top looking from the front towards the back on the drivers side, then again maybe not..

redrdstr72

With no alarm key, and with what looks to me to be conical lens tail lights, I think we can rule out mid/late '71 and '72. That is unless the rear clip is not original to the car. Of course a L88 would not be a factory match with a '70/'71 body.

I'm finding this thread to be interesting and fun. Thanks for posting.

JimLentz

chazde3

Love me some L88 speculation. Looking forward to seeing it outside and washed.

Redhook98

tazz3'70

Can't wait to see more pictures and hear more of the story.