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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #30 on: April 21, 2021, 06:15:29 AM »
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« Reply #31 on: April 21, 2021, 10:34:41 AM »
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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #32 on: May 04, 2021, 03:52:09 PM »
Normally when there was a conflict, the dealer was contacted to clarify the order. Sometimes that process wasn't robust. :)

This was added to the JL8 section on the site a while back:
Most JL8's were installed on Z28's, but GM documentation indicates that 27 non-Z28's had JL8.

Kurt,
Is it possible that because the car was so close to the end of JL8 production - the conflict could not have been remedied prior to the option being dropped?
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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #33 on: May 04, 2021, 05:30:56 PM »
Hard to tell. The order form is a snapshot in time. If the order is changed, a new form was not normally generated.
The body # tells us the order was accepted, but who knows if they contacted the dealer, the dealer approved no JL8 but did not tell the customer.
Or if the order was accepted and then the discrepancy was noted and not able to be resolved expediently.
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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #34 on: June 17, 2022, 06:10:29 PM »
Reviving this old thread - just saw today that the rumored 307 car with JL8 is listed on eBay. NFI.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334476363512?hash=item4de05846f8:g:JBYAAOSwOiNiq0c8







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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #35 on: June 18, 2022, 03:23:51 AM »
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« Reply #36 on: June 19, 2022, 12:17:30 AM »
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« Reply #37 on: September 13, 2022, 10:16:12 PM »
Hi all, bit of a story, but worth reading for the punch line!
Well its the 307 JL8 car that has prompted more research on my friend Steves '69.
He has owned if for a few years now, in storage in a partly dismantled state, as he bought it off another friend.
This year he started working on it to prepare it as a nostalgia Super Stock race car.
At the time he bought it, I said about researching it & that it could have some value over & above just another nice Camaro.
Now seeing the 307 JL8 up for sale & selling in  under 24hrs on Facebook for $63,000 (what was the price on ebay, or what was the top bid?), my friend Steve was more interested in his car!
His 69 has a disc brake 12 bolt in it, a real factory one, QU code May 5th built, the car was built in the 3rd week of May.
The 307 car in the advert stated it was the lowest powered JL8 known.
So if I tell you my friend Steve's car is a L6 cylinder car with P/G , thats a bit of err, what?
Also its an Export car, well an Antwerp Belgium one, as none were built at Antwerp in 69, unlike the 67 & 68 Camaro's, all '69's were Norwood built & shipped to Antwerp.
In '79 it arrived in the UK, & where it still is.
Why a L6 with the JL8 option? That's what we would like to find out.
So any help would be great, Norwood records?
Martin in the UK 🇬🇧

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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #38 on: September 14, 2022, 04:39:06 AM »
Never say never, right? Sounds like someone needs to invite JM to the UK to verify.

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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #39 on: September 14, 2022, 03:42:12 PM »
That’s what I say. Never say they never built it or sold it. These oddity builds will keep popping up forever. I’m liking this one already.

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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #40 on: September 14, 2022, 04:30:26 PM »
Post some photos or email them to me and I will upload them.

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Re: Jl8 brake option
« Reply #41 on: September 17, 2022, 07:34:52 PM »
Asked on the foreign built section,  yes it has the 11 3/4" discs, Vett style m/c & 4 piston calipers up front.