Hello, I'm hoping that some of the members of this forum might be able to assist me in locating what became of a car after it was sold. The car is a 1976 Chevrolet Camaro, silver in color. 350ci engine, Muncie 4-speed transmission. The owner lived in Danbury, CT and sold the Camaro to a man who lived in Newtown, CT in the late 1980s, in a house that had a garage. The man he sold it to was somewhere between the ages of 30-60 at the time. If anyone has a clue who the man from Newtown, CT might have been or an idea of what occurred to the vehicle, please reach out to me. I do not have a VIN. I have attached a photo below. Thank you.




Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

If you have a Facebook account check out the lost muscle cars page,lots of action there.
Good luck with your search,we get these posts here often but as far as I know no one posting here has found the cars they were looking for.
Even if it still exists chances are slim to none of finding it but it's not out of the realm of possibility.

 

You are doing about the only thing you can do. Do you know of anything that maybe survived on the car? A sticker or some repair that may still be there? A Muncie transmission upgrade would be too common but if you knew it was converted from an Automatic and how that conversion happened that may help

This is a needle in a hay stack thing without a Vin. I mean even with a Vin and a private investigator it was still a shot in the dark if it left the State. The privacy laws passed back in the 90\s make large scale searched against the law to all but law enforcement. Private investigator could help if you have the Vin and the State it was in. Keep in mind they sold almost 200,000 Camaro in 76. I would guess they sold at least 2000 in CT.

Papa Johns owner sold his 71 to help his Dad keep his business a float in 83. With a standing offer of a quarter of a million dollars for the car it still took a year to find it. As you can imagine with a $250,000 offer it was the talk of the whole Camaro community, internet, Camaro, shows heck regular car shows and gatherings. No Vin and if it crossed State line just proving it was the same car can be a nightmare. He got lucky because the car was never painted or changed. I would have not been surprised if someone had told me the car had 3 different engines and change color twice from 1983-2009.

In the 80's and early 90's there was not a lot of value in a 76. A great many where parted out to fix 70-73 cars. Even a small accident could cause the car to be scraped. I let my 67 sleep in my garage for 20 years. In 2018 I went to wake it up. I went to register the car and I was told the State of PA had no record of my car existing. I was told that with no activity records are only retained for 7 years. Luckily I found my copy of the title in the bottom of my safe. My car was changed to red in the 90's. I say this because if the originals owner son was trying to track it down in say in 2008-2018 there would have been no way to find it even IF he had the VIN and a P.I.