[hopper146]

Wow...Just had the wifey and kids out for a Sunday drive. A fellow in my hometown who was out mowing his lawn waved me over. Said he had a good story for me. Well...I waited while he ran to get some pictures, wondering what the heck was up. He related to me the story of His 1969 Trans am 4spd. Convertible. Seems he bought it new in Edmonton off the showroom floor. Proceeded to drive it to work and back in Northern Alberta...lol...Said after losing a few mufflers etc. on the terrible roads back then, he returned to the dealership and traded it in on an 1/2 ton truck and a snowmobile! He said every few months he dreams about driving down the street and finding it parked in a driveway for sale....lol..I'm thinking it must have been a RAIVcar as he remembers the dealer telling him it was rated at 385 hp....but he remembers it must have been a conservative rating as he raced it against quite a few big hp cars and did quite well.

[johnta1]

Cool story.

Get some copies of his pics?

[hopper146]

no...i never had a photocopier in the 'bird...lol....felt sorry for the poor bugger....told me he was looking at an t/a conv. clone and they relayed to him a price they saw an original sell for...650000 or something...i bet he almost fainted...lol

[The Boss]

Several went to Canada.

[hopper146]

True...he said the dealer told him one went to Edmonton and i believe one to Toronto.

[71 T/A]

All 8 69 T/A converts were Ram Air III cars.

[Old Blue 66]

My guess is that if you wanted to track it down, it would be pretty easy since all eight are accounted for and restored. I'm sure there's a list somewhere.

Theres an original unrestored beautiful survivor right here where I live. The appraisal a couple of weeks ago made my jaw drop.

[hopper146]

ok...soooo....does anyone out there know who owns the canadian convertibles?

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by hopper146

ok...soooo....does anyone out there know who owns the canadian convertibles?

Well since there were only 8 made and all of them have been documented somewhere, I would start with this google search

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=1969+...e34627c46f57f4

I would contact the owners of the websites and see if they know who has actually documented these cars and knows their whereabouts. Im sure it would change based on the fact that they are all museum pieces and rarely driven and more than likely change hands based on the market. I don't really think it matters where the car was originally sold. If I was a collector in the U.S. and heard about one for sale in Canada.......

Most 69 T/A's were made at the same Norwood plant.

Maybe a call to PHS would be in order.

[Tellyshavilli]

3 ta conv. went to Canada . 2 to Vancouver and 1 to Edmonton .None went to Toronto . Edmonton car is a 4 speed , blue top , tach and gauges std. interior, power top and m20 .Only the Edmonton car and the Buffalo 4 speed Ta conv.came with tach and gauges and they were both 4 speed blue top cars with the Buffalo car being custom int , wood shift knob and power top and being the best optioned out of the 8 , other 2 Canadian cars are autos. No comment about all 8 being documented. All 8 came from Norwood and there not all restored and if one is unrestored, mint and near you it must have gotten there recently .Yes , I know who owns the Canadian cars or did own them ,but they have been changing hands and I don't keep up with it like I used to so may have changed .One Vancouver car is a auto with blue top and in the southwest , the other auto Vancouver car is white top and was in Wash. up until a couple years ago and sold to ?Of the other ta conv.s automatics there is one with a black int , and sold to collector out west .The other auto car is in collectors hands in Chicago and came out of Micomb Mississippi . FYI. The blue cust. int. 4 speed car that was on the cover of car collector mag. back in the early 80's came out of Detroit area and came with amfm, pw and custom int and reportedly sold recently.
There is one white cust. int car - a 4 speed , one black std int car - a auto and others are all blue with 3 being custom int,of which 2 are 4 speeds .

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by Tellyshavilli

3 ta conv. went to Canada . 2 to Vancouver and 1 to Edmonton .None went to Toronto . Edmonton car is a 4 speed other 2 are autos. No comment about all 8 being documented. All 8 came from Norwood and there not all restored and if one is unrestored, mint and near you it must have gotten there recently .Yes , I know who owns the Canadian cars or did own them ,but they have been changing hands and I don't keep up with it like I used to so may have changed .One Vancouver car is a auto with blue top and in the southwest , the other auto Vancouver car is white top and was in Wash. up until a couple years ago and sold to ? There is also one with a black int , auto and sold to collector out west .The other auto car is in collectors hands in Chicago and came out of Micomb Mississippi .

From the Lozins collection. Which is the car I was talking about. Unrestored. I just saw the car two weeks ago.

[The Boss]

Matt,

Do you still need to look at that note sheet, or are the verts committed to memory?

[Tellyshavilli]

Originally Posted by Old Blue 66

From the Lozins collection. Which is the car I was talking about. Unrestored. I just saw the car two weeks ago.

I bought that car in New Orleans in 1982 . MR had it restored .

[hopper146]

Amazing that 3 of the 8 came to Canada.....not really known for its convertible weather...lol

[Tellyshavilli]

Originally Posted by The Boss

Matt,

Do you still need to look at that note sheet, or are the verts committed to memory?

Still look at the notes a little but my memory is vivid on the ones I owned and one is in Robs collection in Chicago .

[Tellyshavilli]

Originally Posted by hopper146

Amazing that 3 of the 8 came to Canada.....not really known for its convertible weather...lol

Also 4 of the 17 built - 69 Firebird 400 conv. RA iV cars came out of Canada . One is a Yellow auto, 2 are windward blue 4 speeds with parchment int and one is a silver 4speed.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by Tellyshavilli

Still look at the notes a little but my memory is vivid on the ones I owned and one is in Robs collection in Chicago .

Robs got three 69 T/A's. Plus or minus the vert. If that car is unrestored than someone did a great job of doing it "correct" with overspray and all. I was lead to believe that it was untouched.

[Tellyshavilli]

Originally Posted by Old Blue 66

Robs got three 69 T/A's. Plus or minus the vert. If that car is unrestored than someone did a great job of doing it "correct" with overspray and all. I was lead to believe that it was untouched.

It is a very nice car and was rust free when I brought it back from New Orleans , and then took it to the POCI meet in Niagara Falls in June of 82

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by Tellyshavilli

It is a very nice car and was rust free when I brought it back from New Orleans , and then took it to the POCI meet in Niagara Falls in June of 82

Ill bet its in the same shape a when you had it. The car is still rust free and beautiful. Heres a pic. Thats me with the skinny legs BTW

[The Boss]

Matt, how many of them has Milt owned? Is Robs the one Rick owned?