Savings Plan

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The great part about being in the military and deploying to Iraq four times (besides getting to enjoy the rolling desert landscape) is that you're able to save up a ton of cash. At least that was what Mark Olivera, of Carlsbad, California, was able to do. Mark bought his '69 RS/SS back in 1999. "I picked it up from a buddy who owns Danville Auto Care. It was in mostly original condition and was built at the Van Nuys plant in March 1969. It had 65,000 original miles on the 200hp 307," Mark says. Eventually, Mark ditched the anemic 307 in favor of an LS6 454 big-block mated to a Tremec TKO-600 with a Centerforce clutch and a posi 12-bolt. Since then it's been repainted and worked on by Best of Show Coach Works in San Marcos, California, with the latest modification being a Flaming River close-ratio steering box. Mark is currently saving up for some new brakes. Hopefully, he won't have to take too many more trips to the sandbox to get it done.