Red 69 ZL1 yes or no?
05-02-2005, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Rowdy Rat
The Monaco orange car owned by John Maher is a one owner car that has always been in his possession. Newspaper records and people who knew the car claim it was a ZL-1 as far back as 1970. Is it real? Again, difficult to say, but it's tough to argue with someone who has owned the car since he took initial delivery in 1969. Of course, the engine could have been changed prior to sale as noted above... The lack of documentation doesn't help either.
05-03-2005, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by flyzlow
Well, check out this site. I don't know who researched this info but it coincides with my theory about a red ZL1. Can someone elaborate? This is getting interesting. www.corvettelegends.com then hit ZL1 at bottom of page.
Im sure that very few blocks exist! Point being its rare be it two ZL-1 corvettes or Four? Only God Gib and Zora know for sure
05-04-2005, 07:27 PM
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Hey if he smoked everyone at the track then i guess he is allowed to call it a ZL1. I love these old kill stories. Being 20 i didn't get to see those days when the old muscle cars were out rockin it everyday. These stories make me wish i was there.
05-05-2005, 11:30 AM
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I guess I am fortunate enough to have been born at the right time. I was 16 in 1970, and remember seeing these great musclecars like Boss 302 & 429's, Hemi & 440 SIX PACK Cuda's and Challengers, Shelby GT 500's, AMX's & Javelins. etc.
01-28-2018, 03:52 PM
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ZL-1 pics
I live in the Phoenix area as well
Thanks
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09-14-2018, 02:35 AM
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My 1968 was used by the Tech Center to lay up the ZL1 nose stripe. It was sold to a GM Engineer in Feb 69 with the ZL1 stripe, I have photos from then. The photos match the assembly manual design exactly. My Car is a While L71 Coupe.
I have Tech Center documents but would love first hand knowledge of how the stripe came to be designed (did Zora design the paint scheme for the ZL1?)
I have Tech Center documents but would love first hand knowledge of how the stripe came to be designed (did Zora design the paint scheme for the ZL1?)
09-14-2018, 09:44 AM
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St. Jude Donor '05
Marty Schorr wrote of testing a black ZL-1 in 1969 for a magazine article. From what I remember about the story, the car came out of the press fleet... Did it really exist
That was back in the 90s, coulda had it for 10k. Had a good friend, local expert give me hell for the "wild goose chase"...til he saw pics of it.
He himself had a few L88s he too was convinced it was real also.
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