I posted this pic here before, but I don't think there was a answer. what is the story on this one ? SS with Z stripes and looks like a Z/28 emblem on the left front fender. a prototype, or pilot car ?
with the knowledge base here, some one should know the answer.
looks like a official GM photo.
Mike
What is/was the source of the photo?
Probably just a pre-production marketing photo. They added and changed stuff all the time that was different from production. Michael Lamm's book has a number of similar pix. They get a lot crazier than that.
Well its a 69 body, and assume real cowl induction so maybe a pre-release December 1968 photo. Can't blow it up enough without distortion to see the side running engine displacement let alone the fender emblem.
Nearly identical to the photo on the back page of the '69 Chevrolet Sports Department brochure.
Probably a late Styling car, when final striping/trim decisions are made. The car on the brochure is configured as a Z/28 with Style Trim but has a black grille and standard headlamp trim. Possibly the same car used for the "We've got a mean streak" print ad. Also seen in the showroom brochure, with the later rev depicted with a ducted hood.
The only known '69 Pilot build, a Z/28, was recently sold and is undergoing restoration.
William was/is there anything special about that pilot built Z/28?
Do you know when it was completed?
It is N500003, never had a body tag. It was displayed at MCACN many years ago. Engine was dated June 15 so built sometime afterwards. Intake had a hand-stamped part number; dash cluster looked hand made.
Only feature that stood out was that it was built with a Muncie shifter; had the 67-68 punched tunnel hole with the welded reinforcing ring. Looks like the decision to use a Hurst shifter was a late change. Initially thought to be painted gold, looks to have been red or orange originally.
It was recently sold, resto is in process.
Is that the one you mentioned to me last year that a friend of yours at D&R had? The details sound familiar. If so I'm glad to see it's getting the attention it deserves.
Same car!
It's in good hands.