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Looking for my 69 grabber blue GT 350 CV

Discussion in 'Lost, Found & Looking' started by 5S301, Mar 19, 2006.

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    I realize this is a real longshot since I didn't retain any VIN information. But I am trying to find my old 1969 grabber blue /white int GT 350 automatic convertible.

    I owned the car from about 1974 until 1984 and sold it to a collector in Chicago who owned a warehouse near Lincoln and wellington in Chicago filled with about 75 cars in 1983 or 84.

    What is unique about the car is that I sold it with a Jack Roush built Boss 351 motor in it with the original engine also sold with the car. I had converted it from an automatic to a four speed and also added a hone-o-drive to it. Yeah I know that sounds dumb but back then we enjoyed our cars and drove them. I never registered it with SAAC because I had no idea SAAC existed back then.

    Any leads would be greatly appreciated
     
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    If everything you stated was original, you had a rare car that I would like to see again also---(in my garage).:thumbsup: Good news-- bad news. After a search through the 97 registry only 3 cars fit your description and one has been in Sweden since early 70s'. #2104 was purchased new by Roberta Atler in NJ and # 2643 was a Shelby company car and then sold from a Pa. dealership. Only difference I saw between the 2 cars was a heavy duty battery in #2104. The bad news is neither car has any updated information in the 97 registry, Possibly the registrar can help from here. Good Luck.
     
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    Len,
    Thanks for the help. How is it that you are going through and using the registry? I tried to narrow it down using my 97 registry but couldn't figure out how to do it? Is there a short cut I am missing? I purchased my car circa 1974 at a dealers auction in South Florida for about 2200 dollars.

    My car would be easy to identify with the hole in the tunnel for the hone-o-drive gearshift. I also put speakers behind the back seat and put glass in the rear window when I replaced the top. There would also be two more areas of the body welded where we installed the 1970s style alarm and drilled a hole in the left rear quarter and another hole in front of the deck lid for the CB antenna. LOL
     
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    My car also had factory air. So it was a grabber blue/white int. automatic with A/C if that helps?
     
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    No short-cut!! I was bored at 3am and searched every 69 and 70 for your matching data by using the original codes.Really only took about a hour because you had such a rare color car. The SAAC registrar has much more info since the book came out so " you never know", hopefully something will come up.
     
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    I am going to try to run my name in the Illinois old DMV records to see if I can find the VIN. Thanks.
     
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    Unfortunately 9F03M482104 and 9F03M482643 were ordered identical except for the heavy duty battery.
     

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