1964 SS Nova 283 4 Speed. What a great car.

ZL-1 #35. This car is a well known Norwood Hero car. Mr.Grogan pictured on the left recounted about how 5 engineers from the tech center packed into new fresh off the assembly line ZL-1's and went out on to I-75 looking for street races- when the cars were brand new. Incidentally, Hassetts car was delivered to Fred Gibb with exactly 399 miles on it so that likely makes this car one of the Norwood ZL-1 engineering street racers. 400 Miles was the limit in that period of time...after 400 it was technically no longer saleable as a new car. The 400 mile number was also verified by Plant Manager Herb Leitz.

Phil awesome job on everything! In July you mentioned a killer 67 Z display with one restored and one survivor Z. Any picture of those?

Red one is restored Blue car is all original!

Survivor engine!

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Originally posted by festival:
Survivor engine!

Unreal !!!!!

Trim Tag is blown with white paint too

My car has nothing to do with Norwood

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Originally posted by Tom McGinnity:
Big Phil before the panel shows up.. Seriously professional event for something done by a single man ( and his wife )

WOW nice SS Camaro Convertible peddle car or is that an electric kart? Awesome!

Thanks Phil, I have a soft spot for 67 Z's.

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Originally posted by Tom McGinnity:
Big Phil before the panel shows up.. Seriously professional event for something done by a single man ( and his wife )

WOW nice SS Camaro Convertible peddle car or is that an electric kart? Awesome!

1968 Peddle Car! thing is neat... a guy was making them by hand in Florida like 20 years ago they were $$$$ then I remember the ads in the old Camaro Corral. He made Pace cars too.

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Originally posted by Dave Bates:
Thanks Phil, I have a soft spot for 67 Z's.

So do I.

It's too bad that the plant closed in 1987 and I don't see anything of the 3rd generation Camaro/Firebird being represented. This generation seems to be the forgotten generation of all Camaro/Firebird owners. I know Phil mentioned it on Thirdgen.org, but.....

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Originally posted by Scott Moyer:
It's too bad that the plant closed in 1987 and I don't see anything of the 3rd generation Camaro/Firebird being represented. This generation seems to be the forgotten generation of all Camaro/Firebird owners. I know Phil mentioned it on Thirdgen.org, but.....

Scott,

Yes that is sad we did not have any. The thread where I mentioned it was two pages long with 60 replies.

http://www.thirdgen.org/techbo...rwood-gathering.html

The Supercar Workshop L-78 Indy Pace Car as a restoration in progress....Simply stunning

Great work Phil. Assembling all those cars, getting the workers together must have been a HUGE undertaking. The stories they must have been sharing of working on the line or at the plant would be amazing to listen to. I'm sure you learned a ton of info on how/why these cars were assembled. AMAZING.

David,

Thanks for the Kind words however these guys (and all the guys and gals who worked there) are the real heros... I could talk to these guys all day. Here is Terry and Art

1977 was a great year and Star light Black was a special color. While not an official SE (a Bandit) these cars had a name given in plant to identify them-they were called "Blackbirds"

Here is the article that got bumped on August 25th by the passing of Neal Armstrong which is running today.

http://news.cincinnati.com/art...029/Norwood-After-GM

Speaking of the workers, it reminds me of a time when you went to work for a company and stayed there until you retired. For people to go to a reunion of their old workplace they must have enjoyed their jobs and the people they worked with. Times have changed since then. Very hard to expect someone leaving school, going to a job and retiring from the same company they started at. Sounds like most Norwood employees were long term.

David,

Exactly. There were generations of fathers and sons that worked on the lines as well as lots of summer students that went on to very good positions after graduation.

1957 equipped with a 283 "Power Pack"

The view from the lower part of the exhibition showcase. The owner of the BB pace car got good tips from Jim! (PacecarPro)

55 chevy making the trip to the stage area during the parade of cars.

1952 two owner car...original paint.

1968 Z/28 sold new at Yenko Chevrolet. Currently undergoing a stunning technical restoration by Super Car Workshop.