[Z06] what does Z06 stand for?
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^ Huh???
Basically it's just a rpo code that GM uses for certain options. like LS1 is the RPO code for the engine and WS6 is the performance and handling package RPO code. the ZO6 is another RPO code for the ZO6 package.
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"Z06 was a performance package for the Corvette back in 1963. It was a Coupe, big tank, big brake, and a 375 horse Fuel Injection motor. They only made 199 of them. Late on, they changed it so you could have it with a convertible, but couldn't get knockoff wheels, or the 36 gallon fuel tank"
Basically it's just a rpo code that GM uses for certain options. like LS1 is the RPO code for the engine and WS6 is the performance and handling package RPO code. the ZO6 is another RPO code for the ZO6 package.
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"Z06 was a performance package for the Corvette back in 1963. It was a Coupe, big tank, big brake, and a 375 horse Fuel Injection motor. They only made 199 of them. Late on, they changed it so you could have it with a convertible, but couldn't get knockoff wheels, or the 36 gallon fuel tank"
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I think you are confusing the definition of Corvette - that is the small naval vessel.
GM issues certain codes to certain options and packages - generally speaking they use an L code for engines (LT1,LT4,LT5,LS1,LS2,LS6,LS7, LS9 etc...) and generally, performance packages that encompass one or more option codes bundled together start with a Z, such as Z28,Z71,Z16,Z06.
I have never heard of a specific reason that they used Z06 for the newer version of that package, originally that nomenclature was used for a performance package in 1963.
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Hi glassman15 -
Although I have never heard the connection between a specific vessel in the Australian Navy (and I am not talking a class of vessel, but that 'Z06' was a pendant number that was assigned to one specific vessel), but that is not to say it is not true.
http://www.gunplot.net/shiplists/pendantnos1.html
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The name Z06 was chosen as a tribute to the 1963 RPO Z06 put together by Zora Duntov to help those that wished to race a Corvette. (RPO = Regular Production Option). It included special equipment for racing and left out things not needed. Why the option was Z06 I'm not sure, but I think a lot of the options started with Z. Then again, it could be for Zora...
I'll have to look it up in a Corvette history book I have.
I'll have to look it up in a Corvette history book I have.
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Obviously some of you people are too young. GM uses option codes to define what is assembled on a car. The Z06 was the option code for the special 63 big tank race car. Just like they had the Z28 option for the early Camaro before they made it a model number and put a label on the car. The current Z06 has an LS6 engine in it but the LS6 engine code was used for both the 70 Chevelle and the 71 Vette. The Chevelle was a 450 HP BB while the Vette was a 425 HP BB that ran on regular gas. The new ZR1 is just another take off on the option codes as it was used in 71 to identify the special small block racing version of the Vette.
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Obviously some of you people are too young. GM uses option codes to define what is assembled on a car. The Z06 was the option code for the special 63 big tank race car. Just like they had the Z28 option for the early Camaro before they made it a model number and put a label on the car. The current Z06 has an LS6 engine in it but the LS6 engine code was used for both the 70 Chevelle and the 71 Vette. The Chevelle was a 450 HP BB while the Vette was a 425 HP BB that ran on regular gas. The new ZR1 is just another take off on the option codes as it was used in 71 to identify the special small block racing version of the Vette.
Bill
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If you look at how GM (Buick, Cadillac, Chevy, etc.) uses the RPO system the codes GENERALLY follow the following convention .... codes that start with the letter "L" are engine codes (L88, LS6, LD8 ....), codes that start with an "M" are gearbox codes (M30, MM6, M12, MH1 .....) codes that start with a "F" are suspension codes (FE1, F45, F55 ....) and "Z" codes are for "performance" options (Z28, Z06, ZR1 ....).
The 1963 Z06 option became "legendary" in the Corvette world ..... "Not only is that a split window 1963 .... it is a Z06 optioned car ....." that Chevy decided to use the option code as the name for the 2001 car that, like the 1963 Z06 optioned car, was meant to be a "race track capable" car.
Chevy did the same with the Z28 Camaro, as Bill mentioned, Z28 was an option code first offered in 1967 .... by about 1970 the code was so "popular" that Chevy started "badging" the Camaro with that "name".
Or maybe the Z28 name came from an inflatable raft in the navy of Switzerland (they have a big navy) .... Z28 CHOCOLATE ..... yeah ... that's it
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HI glassman15 -
I think you are confusing the definition of Corvette - that is the small naval vessel.
GM issues certain codes to certain options and packages - generally speaking they use an L code for engines (LT1,LT4,LT5,LS1,LS2,LS6,LS7, LS9 etc...) and generally, performance packages that encompass one or more option codes bundled together start with a Z, such as Z28,Z71,Z16,Z06.
I have never heard of a specific reason that they used Z06 for the newer version of that package, originally that nomenclature was used for a performance package in 1963.
best regards -
mqqn
I think you are confusing the definition of Corvette - that is the small naval vessel.
GM issues certain codes to certain options and packages - generally speaking they use an L code for engines (LT1,LT4,LT5,LS1,LS2,LS6,LS7, LS9 etc...) and generally, performance packages that encompass one or more option codes bundled together start with a Z, such as Z28,Z71,Z16,Z06.
I have never heard of a specific reason that they used Z06 for the newer version of that package, originally that nomenclature was used for a performance package in 1963.
best regards -
mqqn
The name Z06 was chosen as a tribute to the 1963 RPO Z06 put together by Zora Duntov to help those that wished to race a Corvette. (RPO = Regular Production Option). It included special equipment for racing and left out things not needed. Why the option was Z06 I'm not sure, but I think a lot of the options started with Z. Then again, it could be for Zora...
I'll have to look it up in a Corvette history book I have.
I'll have to look it up in a Corvette history book I have.
Obviously some of you people are too young. GM uses option codes to define what is assembled on a car. The Z06 was the option code for the special 63 big tank race car. Just like they had the Z28 option for the early Camaro before they made it a model number and put a label on the car. The current Z06 has an LS6 engine in it but the LS6 engine code was used for both the 70 Chevelle and the 71 Vette. The Chevelle was a 450 HP BB while the Vette was a 425 HP BB that ran on regular gas. The new ZR1 is just another take off on the option codes as it was used in 71 to identify the special small block racing version of the Vette.
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Yup, you basically got it right. There is much debate about "exactly" what the 1963 Z06 option actually delivered. Many claim that while the option was supposed to include "knock off" wheels none were actually delivered. Also while some claim that the Z06 option was offered for the convertible, others argue that a "race" option for a convertible made no sense .... and the fact that there are no Z06 optioned convertibles from 1963 makes that claim somewhat "dubious" ....
But this is what "history" is all about ..... people trying to find documents to "prove" what they seem to remember ... or have been told occured ......
There are already people posting stupid claims that they have a Z06 with an automatic transmission ...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1971118
as time goes by the claims will get even stupider ........
But this is what "history" is all about ..... people trying to find documents to "prove" what they seem to remember ... or have been told occured ......
There are already people posting stupid claims that they have a Z06 with an automatic transmission ...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1971118
as time goes by the claims will get even stupider ........
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Pretty much what others have stated above, but in a short article http://www.corvettemuseum.com/specs/...6History.shtml
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