I haven't seen this Z 28 for a couple of years, but have photographed it at the Optima Challenge before... cool car
If you look at this, and guess - Nova? Chevy II? Just like I did, that would be close, but wrong. It's close though, it's an Acadian Invader, I shit you not. Here one is selling on BAT https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-pontiac-acadian-invader for 12.5k
I knew at first glance that my initial guess of Nova was close, but not exactly right, so I guessed Chevy II... knowing there's something a tiny bit strange with that grill lower section that rests on the bumper. Or, is it a upper piece of bumper, something like a push bar? Anyway, that's the clue it's the Acadian Invader. Thank you Chuck for pointing me toward the Beaumont direction
it's surprising to see how much a Vette gets modified when (from what I've seen at the Optima Challenge) they don't get worked much harder than any regular street car does... VW bugs and a Toyota Yaris have been in the competition... it's not the Le Mans, not that much top speed stuff happens in the slalom or speed stop challenge
I just watched a race at Laguna Seca, speeds didn't top 125. Too many turns drop the speed to around 60
I'm guessing the Chevy 2 is a Canadian version Beaumont?
ReplyDeleteChuck, you are of course, as you already guessed, a genius. The Beaumont angle was what I was struggling with, as the grill obviously is NOT a Nova! BUT it's REALLY close!
DeleteSo you got me looking through Beaumont wagons and I found this one (there really coulsn't be any others that recently were sold and upgraded for racing, seriously, there couldn't, that look exactly like this one... it's a (and get this naming, it's a hoot) '64 Acadian Invader. Thank you! You pushed me in the right direction to nail it.... and here's the link to the sales page where it's bone stock https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-pontiac-acadian-invader/