Thursday, October 26, 2017

Began the process of researching the ownership history

I started today to research the ownership history of the Z06. I have a copy of the last title with the owner from 1992 until 2016 when Tony purchased the car. I spent some time Googling the last owner of record on the title, Jane T. from Mt. Arlington. I discovered a Stephen and Jane with the same last name from Mt. Arlington NJ, but also discovered they moved in 2015....I'll need to keep searching.

More details on the Z06 car from Tony

I spoke with Tony today regarding the Z06.  He bought the car in 2016. The prior owner was Jane T. of Mount Arlington, NJ.  The title was issued in 1992. Tony has a bunch of older pictures of the car being restored. In the pictures, the car appears to be in black color, possibly blue.  The pictures show it on jack stands with Z06 backing plates, and T-arms. There’s a picture of the car in a news article at the Cozy Drive-In which is near Mt. Arlington NJ.
Z06 is written on the rear bulkhead, under the radio, and on the passenger floor pan.  These are the three places the Z06 writing is known to be written. Has all three.  Tony said the Z06 markings were original based on the style of the writing.

There’s a picture of a guy, his wife and son restoring and stripping the paint off the car.
Seats were reupholstered. Dash was painted black.  But you can see under everything in the interior that it was red.  There’s red overspray under the back and the bulkhead. In 3 weeks, Tony plans to start pulling apart the Z06 and will get a list of what’s needed.


Picture of the car in 1994, prior to restoration by the owner at that time.
Picture in ~1994 when the family was working on the car, planning to paint silver blue.
Picture in ~1994 under the carpet, clearly showing red paint on the floor boards.


Picture under the passenger side floorboards with the Z06 F writing.
Picture from ~1994 with the Z06 F writing behind the gas tank.
Picture from ~1994 of the interior with red paint on the floor boards and black overspray under the headliner and rear windows. Windows were left in the car during this restoration.

Finned Z06 brake drums from 1994 restoration.

Z06 backing plates


Z06 backing plates during restoration in 1994.

Z06 brake cooling fans in 1994.

Z06 brake drums

Picture of the completed car ~1995 at the Cozy Drive-in on Route 46 in Netcong, New Jersey.
Picture of the Z06 car once restoration was completed in ~1995.

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Text received from Tony Avidesian

Tony texted me:

Chris
I am about 1 month from starting the restoration on the black red Z06 and want to talk to you before I begin
Call me
Thx Tony


We spoke. Tony decided he wanted to sell the car. He said he’s going to start restoring it in 30 days. Clean car, underside is clean, but need to go through it. It's a black/red Z06 car and he's aware of 1 other black/red Z06 that he restored. It's located in Florida. I expressed interest.