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Old 02-24-2009, 04:03 AM   #21
ben arena
 
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I got the copper one years ago when second gens were not a big demand to people yet. I have wanted a 70 RSZ since high school

The 1980 I bought my wife as a Christmas present several years ago, from the orig owner. It had just turned 12,000 miles- the owner was in his 80's. Both cars came with alot of paperwork.

The copper car was sold new in Newark NJ on 06/21/70 and the owner kept it until 1984 when he traded it for a corvette. The owner of the dealer he traded it to, liked the car so much he kept the car. While he had it, the car was in several magazines in the 80's and 90's which document the miles on the car.
It was later sold to a few collectors and ended up in Cal. Where I found it and brought it back home to the East Coast! It has just about 9,905 miles on it now. The orig owner had the wheels painted to match the car when he first took it-(states it in a magazine I got with the car) I thought it looked ugly so I took them off and wrapped them up and put them in storage. I got another set and painted them the correct color, I think it looks much better.
The tires, battery and one fan belt have been changed, and the rear shelf had 2 speakers in it. I put that back correct and kept everything.

While cleaning the copper one, I found "P B T" stampted inside the left front door in green paint. I never saw this before that on a second gen. It was in such a place that it had to be placed there when the car was built. I have seen a few other orig. cars at shows with it since I found it. I thought they only did that on 1969 camaros? Once again thanks for all the nice comments, Ben

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