[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Would Really Really like to see pictures of the Flambeau Burgundy - Parchment - White convertible
that was being restored by a member - if anyone has them.

Don't know if it got finished or not.
Or if it got sold along the way.
Any info would be great

That was the best convertible on our list by color combo - if I remember halfway right.
And was 4speed

Was told today that the RedBull car , and the 8-Ball (in the corner pocket) car have both changed hands
privately via private sales in the past.

[68pongto]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

Would Really Really like to see pictures of the Flambeau Burgundy - Parchment - White convertible
that was being restored by a member - if anyone has them.

Don't know if it got finished or not.
Or if it got sold along the way.
Any info would be great

That was the best convertible on our list by color combo - if I remember halfway right.
And was 4speed

Was told today that the RedBull car , and the 8-Ball (in the corner pocket) car have both changed hands
privately via private sales in the past.

Here are some pictures of it done at Norwalk in 2018. Apparently, John sold it and I saw it this year at MCACN in a blow-up bag as a display to sell them.

[68pongto]

Here are photos of the cars on the Roll Call. I either took them myself or found them online.

Car #1 Starlight Black/Black top 4-speed


Car #2 Flambeau Burgundy/White top 4-speed


Car #3 April Gold/Black top Automatic


Car #5 Aegean Blue Automatic


Car #6 Verdoro Green Automatic


Car number six is my car and is currently undergoing a complete frame off restoration

[68pongto]

Here are photos of the cars on the Roll Call. I either took them myself or found them online.

Car #9 Aegean Blue 4-speed


Car #10 Verdoro Green 4-speed


Car #11 Solar Red/ Black vinyl top 4-speed


Car #18 Verdoro Green/Black top 4-speed


Car #19 April Gold/Black vinyl top 4-speed

[68pongto]

Finally car #20 Verdoro Green/Black vinyl top 4-speed

[Mcronk]

Originally Posted by 68pongto

Finally car #20 Verdoro Green/Black vinyl top 4-speed
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I own that car now. It is actually a 69 color Midnight Green. It was painted that color in 2015 by a previous owner. I am trying to bring it back to "more correct" and complete condition. Another previous owner raced it in Pure Stock series. There is a discussion on this car a couple of years ago in the Roll Call thread. It is not a concours car, just a very nicely detailed car. I like to drive my cars so I will not do a frame off. Actually it is very clean/detailed underneath but finishes are not 100% correct. Here is a link to a short video walk around of the car. I also attached a few pictures of the engine compartment. The picture you show is when it was raced I believe.

https://youtu.be/ZhcMDPob8o0

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Very sharp looking car in great shape Mcronk.
You were smart and lucky to grab that one.
I remember when a PY member had it listed for sale on here, some years back.

I think some people were passing it by - by mistake.
Just because of the upfitted color and garden variety block.
Maybe the vinyl top played a small role in the combined valuation too. idunno
It still had a lot of good things going for it.
He might have been a little too high on price in the beginning than what some might have felt comfortable paying. iirc
It was available for a while before you bought it , so that likely worked its way into your favor at the cash register .

Not many chances come along to own one of these GrandDaddy RoundPorts
Its a good looking RamAir II 4spd and is amongst a very very limited amount of known survivors.

Congrats Again !

[Mcronk]

I had heard about the Stephens RA II GTO. It is one that appears to be missing and had the endura delete bumper. Kind of strange the Firebird and GTO were both in D/S class. I thought the stock classes were based on factory horsepower and weight breaks? I guess you could add weight to the Firebird to run in a different class.

I wish I had heard the owners story about the car. But again I was just collecting information on RA II engines. I could see running a RA II in early 69 before the RA IV were available. Maybe they wanted to see if the RA II was equivalent to the RA IV with porting and RA IV intake? They shared the same 041 camshaft but RA II used 1.5 rockers. If you ported the heads to match the RA IV intake and ran 1.65 rockers it should be equivalent to the RA IV. Possibly looking to get an "advantage' running a RA II with factory HP rating of 366 vs RA IV with 370 HP rating? I would have to research the NHRA class designations during that period. Porting was not allowed but racers tried all kinds of things to bend the rules. I saw a RA II block with full 9792506 and C118 date code at Norwalk last year. Someone had acid washed the block code. I suspect a racer did that to pass it off as a "stock" 400.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by 68pongto

Here are photos of the cars on the Roll Call. I either took them myself or found them online.

Car number six is my car and is currently undergoing a complete frame off restoration

Really glad you got that car and are sticking with it.
It should become the PY mascot car when finished , with 3 PY'ers having owned it.

And thanks for sharing all those pictures with us !
Flambeau needs some high quality photos done of it to showcase its color in depth.
The tires look a little big for some reason.

I might "try" to do a copy/paste of the full Roll Call listing with this Tablet and repost it just to get it easier to find it quicker.
I have forgotten a lot of the details on the cars on the list since it has been such a while.