1969 ZL1 - # 55

[silverton_ford]

I was lucky to see # 55 of 69 ZL1 yesterday.   7,700 miles.  Amazing car.


Just thought I would share with the group.

[silverton_ford]

.

[rocco376]

Incredible.  Thanks for sharing.

[67L48]

[...] Under the hood is a warranty replacement ZL1 engine.  The original engine was kept by GM and, amazingly, located many years ago.  It has been kept with the car ever since.

That part of the write up confused me.  I assume that means the original engine blew up almost immediately (car has 7,700 miles on it) and GM kept the blown engine ... and, then, someone found it in some warehouse or something?  I assume the original engine is still blown, not usable, and just is kept to complete the car's legacy?

[169INDY]

This and the Vert 68 Z28 & Sunoco Cars  are among the coolest Camaros on the planet.

It (The Blue Car) was not there this past spring 2022 when we toured the facility.

Jim

[william]

Where did you see it?

Quoting from a March 1991 Car Craft article, the original engine scuffed a cylinder while under warranty. There were no CE ZL-1 engines so a complete production engine was installed. The dealership [Whit Chevrolet] kept the original engine for many years. At the ZL-1 reunion at SC-Indy July '89, someone from Whit was there attempting to re-unite the two. Took a few years but finally got done.

Original MSRP was probably $8,092 or about double the average Z/28.

Everyone who subscribed to Super Chevy in 1983 had a shot. Second only to one of the '63 GS Corvettes, advertised in Hot Rod for $5500. 

[cook_dw]

Is that not the Brothers Collection?  Also pretty sure Charley Lillard owned it at one time; maybe he can comment on any of the paperwork from back then?

$5500 in parts.  They were asking 45k in '83.

[silverton_ford]

Yes, it is on display at the Brothers Collection.

[MO]

Nice post for a Ford guy .)   

[Kelley W King]

Your grandma blew the original engine?

[cook_dw]

That's in his signature..  Not related to the ZL1

[camaronut]

The dual flag emblem over the front side marker lamps just doesn't do it for me.  Its part of the cars heritage - I know, but ehhhhh.

[SMKZ28]

Nice pics!  Cool to see the Yenkos and the '70 Harrell Camaro in the background as well.

See photos and a write-up of the collection here: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2022/01/29/oregon-secret-muscle-car-museum-brothers-collection-who-what-where/9258810002/

[FRANKTHECRANK]

Great thread, thanks for sharing.

[uscrichter]

$45K in 1983, that might as well have been $450K! that was a lot of money in the day, half the price of the average house, and you could have picked a dozen nice Z-28's for that money back then.