I talked with the previous owner, Stephen and Jane T.

I called the number I discovered yesterday and talked with Stephen T. (and his wife Jane who's name was on the title). He owned car for 25 years from 1992 – 2016 and told me about their history on the car.

They bought the car from Michael D. from Dover NJ and who currently works in Rockaway, NJ. The car was midnight blue and black interior when Stephen bought it. Stephen decided to restore the car and paint it silver blue. When he removed the paint, he saw 4 different colors (metallic blue, Daytona blue, etc). He put 1,500 hours in the restoration over 2 years. Bought $15k in parts.

When he pulled the center kick panels, he saw the Z06 written in orange crayon behind the radio. This is how he discovered it was a Z06 car.  As he began to restore the car, he found Z06 written in orange crayon in 3 areas, 1: on passenger side floor, 2: behind radio, and 3: on the bulkhead under gas tank. The Z06 Master cylinder was missing. "It had a crappy master cylinder" when he bought the car so he put on a reproduction. It has the original heads with 202 valves. The carb is out of a 340 HP car. He put in new wiring harness.

The car had the original knock off wheels for a '63-'65.  He restored all 5 of them. The drivers side radiator mount has hole in the radiator mount for the FI Air Cleaner system. He took off the Z06 brake fans as they made a lot of noise. He installed a new antenna and wire, and all new u-joints. Said the frame is in great shape. The glovebox had a sticker in it that said Reedman Chevrolet in Philly. Assumed it was bought there. He had the gauges redone and put in leather seats. He took pictures of all the parts he worked on. They are on a coffee table in the pictures. He painted the car himself in his garage. First time he's every painted a car. He used yellow primer to make sure he covered everything with the final coat. Painted in Ditzler, Silver Blue, same as a Mercedes color. Base coat/clear coat.

He put new black dye on the dash. Radio is rebuilt.

He got arthritis and couldn't get in the car anymore, so he sold it to Tom W who lived down the street from him. Stephen thinks he was the 6th owner because the NJ Title had an "F" meaning that there were 5 prior owners. There are two binders. One with pictures, one with receipts and other documentation. Subsequently, I realized that the NJ title has an "8" before the VIN, likely meaning that Jane T. may be the 8th owner.