Zora Arkus Duntov Grand Marshal 1968 Daytona Firecracker 400 July 4, 1968
 

Zora Arkus Duntov Grand Marshal 1968 Daytona Firecracker 400 July 4, 1968

Zora is driving a 1968 L-88 Corvette Chevy engineering test car

The pace car is a 1968 SS RS 396 Camaro convertible

"Charging" Charlie Glotzbach on the pole in a 1968 Dodge Charger
"King" Richard Petty qualified 2nd in his 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner

I bet that L88 was wound pretty tight. Thank you for the pictures.

He had to "drag the brakes" for the the pole sitter to keep up....LOL

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Cool pics, what’s the Vin also where’s the ‘Vette today?
Being Daytona, is this ‘68 Pacer the same car used at the 02/68 race w/ wheelman Jim Garner?
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~ Pete

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That Vette is still on the road. I think it was auctioned in the last year or so. It was "HIS" test mule...

Someone claims to have found Zora's white 1968 427 L-88 ZL-1 Prototype test mule serial #00007 and is restoring it

I've heard bits and pieces about this car. A friend was supposed to get to see it, but that never materialized. It was for sale, but I remember the price was pretty high and I never saw any paperwork showing this was Zora's test mule. Supposedly paperwork did exist. I'm sure someone has ordered a Shipping Report, and this should reflect delivery to the GM Engineering Center.

If real paperwork and real car, that car is real expensive.

Tim, others,

Is the coupe Zora driving in the pics known and surviving? What a killer photo. I've never seen this before. Amazing history.

Dan

The coupe looks to be British green with black interior.

Dan, I don't know the answer to that. They may have painted the car once or twice. I believe 007 was in Arizona.