World Record Bid for Corvette
Team Owner
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From: San Pedro CA
what about the ZL1? I thought that went for well over $600-large.
And the Pontiac Bonneville Special at $2.8m? The Futureliner at $4m? Damn.
The Hemi Cuda vert? $1.1m? I swear.... that's nuts money.
And the Pontiac Bonneville Special at $2.8m? The Futureliner at $4m? Damn.
The Hemi Cuda vert? $1.1m? I swear.... that's nuts money.
Le Mans Master
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From: Silicon Valley Kalifornia
Originally Posted by bogus
what about the ZL1? I thought that went for well over $600-large....
Le Mans Master
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From: Modesto CA
Originally Posted by GRX
The ZL1....wasn't that a ONE car production that had an all aluminun 427 or something?? Awesome.
IIRC, they made TWO Corvette's with them, in 69'. One as a "drag racer" with 4.88 gears, and one as a "road racer" with 3.55 gears...They "lost" one though...wish I could "find" the other...
EDIT: I was close...
The ZL-1 featured thicker walls and main webbing, along with dry sump lubricating provisions. The bottom end was four-bolt, with a forged steel crank and rods with 7/16 inch bolts, Spiralock washers and full floating pins. Pistons were even higher domed than the L88s, yielding a compression ratio of 12.5:1. Cylinder heads were also aluminum and featured open combustion chambers and round exhaust ports and 2.19 inch/1.88 inch valves, a configuration adopted by the L88 in mid-1969. The aluminum dual plane intake was topped by a 850 cfm Holley four-barrel (double pumper) carburetor featuring mechanical secondaries. The ZL1's solid lifter camshaft was radical, so the engine could live in the upper revs.
Last edited by TIMSPEED; Jan 22, 2006 at 02:25 AM.
Drifting
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From: Jacksonville FL
Originally Posted by VB Black Ice
Here's one on e-bay, this one has a buy it now for about a mil... WTF!Lemme think here... 1 mil = about 4 Lamborghini Diablos = TONS of new Z06 'vettes... Or a combination of all of em. Hell, might as well throw a Ferrari F50 in there, maybe a McLaren F-1?
Last edited by Midnite 88; Jan 22, 2006 at 10:08 AM.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Pittsburgh Pirates PA
obviously being rich doesn't equate to being smart. rich idiots and their money justs make me shake my head. some nitwit paid all that money to have it sit around the garage.
when they sold a 1967 corvette for some outrageous price, the announcers said, "well that not a car to drive, it is a car to just park in the garage."
not to get off this soapbox, but i have the chance to buy 2 super bowl tickets for 800.00 each... you telling me there are 70,000 idiots that would pay that much?
everything that was fun and for the regular guy years ago, are all just rich men sports. like this collector car business. i would love to have a 68 gto ragtop like i had as a teenager. for a mere 40k i can have one!!!
the more money these folks have, the stupider they are.
when they sold a 1967 corvette for some outrageous price, the announcers said, "well that not a car to drive, it is a car to just park in the garage."
not to get off this soapbox, but i have the chance to buy 2 super bowl tickets for 800.00 each... you telling me there are 70,000 idiots that would pay that much?
everything that was fun and for the regular guy years ago, are all just rich men sports. like this collector car business. i would love to have a 68 gto ragtop like i had as a teenager. for a mere 40k i can have one!!!
the more money these folks have, the stupider they are.
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