Incoming- Heuer Camaro Champion 7743

[heuerholic]

Nice find David
The stories that go with our watches make for a great read.
We should all contribute to writing a book, have a chapter each and regale our most valuable stories.

Congrats on the new watch.

 

[abrod520]

Mr_Orange

Let's be honest, none of these 'vintage' US muscle cars handle in any way at all

Mspeedster

Tell that to John Wick.

Or to the 1970 Trans Am Championship field....

 

[Yago]

I’ve driven ‘65 and ‘69 Mustangs and a ‘72 Corvette. It’s pretty bad.

 

[Redwes25]

Great looking watch!

 

[kappa_md]

heuerholic

Nice find David
The stories that go with our watches make for a great read.
We should all contribute to writing a book, have a chapter each and regale our most valuable stories.

Congrats on the new watch.

This is what I mentioned to sir DC & sir Rob before @Calibre11 @Aquagraph

 

[HoltzPlatz]

abrod520

A Camaro is "a small, vicious animal that eats mustangs"

(according to 1960s ad lore)

In '68 and '69 they did just that.

Here's one from 1968 displayed at the 2016 Indy 500. Chevy certainly wasn't going to let Ford get away with all the wins.




Mark Donohue was the driver for the Penske team.

 

[SEH1800]

Yago

I’ve driven ‘65 and ‘69 Mustangs and a ‘72 Corvette. It’s pretty bad.

Hard to make such a broad judgement unless you know 100% they were all in perfect order.
Old cars are just like old watches, they only work as well as they have been maintained or restored... sometimes that's not very well!
Shiny paint and chrome doesn't mean it's running correctly at factory spec

 

[SEH1800]

Beautiful piece and nice catch.
Nice to see that factory brushing!

 

[heuerholic]

kappa_md

This is what I mentioned to sir DC & sir Rob before @Calibre11 @Aquagraph

Great minds ….

 

[Yago]

S SEH1800

Hard to make such a broad judgement unless you know 100% they were all in perfect order.
Old cars are just like old watches, they only work as well as they have been maintained or restored... sometimes that's not very well!
Shiny paint and chrome doesn't mean it's running correctly at factory spec

Correct it's not a scientific observation but those race spec muscle cars are nothing like their public road brethern. Great for cruising but not for driving fast or at least turning fast

 

[abrod520]

HoltzPlatz

In '68 and '69 they did just that.

Turned out the chassis were acid dipped to cheat and reduce weight, too!

 

[SEH1800]

Yago

Correct it's not a scientific observation but those race spec muscle cars are nothing like their public road brethern. Great for cruising but not for driving fast or at least turning fast

That's fair enough... a Lotus they ain't! lol

 

[Calibre11]

Watch arrived today. Very happy with it.

 

[Calibre11]

A few more photos…

 

[kappa_md]

Congrats sir DC! Very nice and beautiful!

 

[Yago]

What lovely original condition
Keeper!

 

[Jim Dollares]

Very cool

 

[Anthony.]

Calibre11

A few more photos…

Has a bit of Ice King Dial about it.

 

[Mspeedster]

Calibre11

A few more photos…

Such a great find! Looks very stylish with that croc strap!

 

[Calibre11]

Thanks for the nice words- really enjoying this one.

The strap is the one from the Hodinkee Dato!