Huebner Chevrolet #69 ZL1 Before and After
 

The guy who restored the Huebner Chevrolet Last Zl1 built has been posting on FB. Very interesting.
Car was totaled in the early 80's and sat until 2003 when Randy restored it. Car is not completed yet and has not been yet seen in public. The only piece of outside sheetmetal saved was the drivers side door.

Randy has posted hundreds of pics on FB.Complete ownership history, etc

The cobweb stripes was painted on by famed painter Greg of Akron

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That makes 49 known to exist. Too bad the M22 trans was sold out of it years ago.

Car was built with 14 x 7 rally wheels. No idea why it is shown with XTs.

FB link?

I have been watching this closely, he even posted a detailed list of previous owners with phone numbers and home addresses..... yikes, even I don’t share that much!!

Ryan W31

What a shame. That was quite a hit. Re-bodied ZL1 isn't a ZL1 anymore IMO though. It's a new Camaro with a transplanted ZL1 drive train assuming that was saved and installed. Age old argument I know...
Either way, it's going to be beautiful for what it is when completed.

more pics back in the day

Randy found the original trans. Said the current owner stopped talking to him after he posted all the pics. Guess he did not want people to see the before pics

That it was wadded up was the worst kept secret in the hobby. Several people saw it-one of them bought the trans. I have a letter from a previous owner describing the damage.

I have a FB page covering the history of cars in my area which includes Huebner Chevrolet.

Randy has 3 or so threads about the car on my page. Lot of Hipo cars in my area came from Huebner

He also posted it on 70's muscle cars and street machines page on FB

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Whee...rCultureScene/

Do I see Z28 emblems in a few of the original pics?

Yes, Randy stalled them for the 2nd or third owner in 1979

I love the huge meats on the back of it and the white big block beside it. that's the way I had my trans am setup back in the 70's. what I wouldn't give to go back and relive those days.

I don't see how fixing a mangled wreck is a rebody, unless they used a different body. Shit gets wrecked, it gets fixed.

Since the car was mostly destroyed, and the rebuild is common knowledge, I don't see the problem. It is what it is.

Did they fix the existing body? If so it's just a rebuilt wreck. Not a Vin swap.

It’s not a rebody, it’s just a repaired wreck vehicle.

It's a matter of opinion how much of a original body used makes it one or the other. The car was clearly mostly unusable, so do you try to make something out of it, or call it gone?

Swapping VIN/Trim tag, and firewall does not a car make. But in the case of wrecked body's, the fact it was public knowledge, I don't see the problem.

So how did car get so smashed? Was anyone killed?

Owner took it out and it got a little wild. No one killed but driver and passenger spent some time in a hospital-2 weeks..no serious injuries.

Most cars that were raced have floors, inner and outer quarters, trunk, front fenders, door skins, possibly hood, trunk lid and tail panel replaced. That’s just a normal part of a full restoration.

If the firewall, trim and vin tags were moved it’s a rebody, if those things weren’t moved, I’d consider it a repair. Value is truly in the eyes of the beholder in this case.

Sounds like there’s no hiding anything with this car

Value or worth is another thing altogether.....

Not going to please everyone, but at least a piece of history is preserved.

Still optioned very nicely.

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Seems unfair to say much without more facts/details as extra efforts may have been taken repairing the existing structure before new body panels added to specifically not rebody the car?
Are the tags undisturbed or ever removed/reattached?
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~ Pete

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I was basing my comments on this sentence from the first post. " The only piece of outside sheet metal saved was the drivers side door." I took that to mean that was the only piece of the original car saved which apparently was not the case.

Randy said the firewall/cowl, door jambs, front floor pan etc was unhurt etc and new sheetmetal was added where necessary. Tags/ vin numbers were not removed or spliced in.

I said "OUTSIDE" sheetmetal drivers door was only piece saved/reused. Drivers side door is still bolted to original firewall/cowl door pillar

As other said an extensive repair.

Can I have it ?

I have seen some pretty bad carcasses resurrected compared to this one. What is really the difference is it was rusted out and several panels were replaced? NOTHING. What can you expect from a car that is 50 years old? Can I have it?

Understood and agree...

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Awesome info and great to hear much more than the cowl was retained also tags never removed an important detail too!
Reusing original complete cowl + rails and structure instead of clipping the car is certainly a more difficult repair w/ a rollover and kudos to those who took the time also not going the easier/quicker/cheaper way of slipping another body under the tags.
Personal opinion - untouched examples obviously have more value but if above details true & cowl + main structure saved w/ undisturbed tags/stampings, the identity seems intact & car not a rebody also unfair if lumped in w/ examples that are exactly that?
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~ Pete


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Subject w/ Z-stripes or another Huebner car?
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~ Pete

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My guess is that's a different car; notice the Z/28 emblems in the grille and on the fender.

----As well as the hood!...….Bill S

69 Z28 with 302 motor was a nhra F/Stock..

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Good info and expected it was another Huebner car but thought the pic may as well be here anyway.
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~ Pete

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Cool Huebner piece I recently found.