[William]

Every factory document we have for ZL-1 #4 came from Porterfield. Within the last year he contacted me about acquiring the original Shippers' copy and a few other docs. He recently stated to me in an email that he still has docs for over 40 of the Gibb ZL-1s. All the docs for the recently sold #9 ZL-1 came from him. I know nothing about the COPO Novas.

I never had any contact with Fred Gibb or his family. When Doug Martz owned #4 he visited the Gibb family. As a former Chevrolet dealer he was also warmly received. We had a repro Shippers' Copy for #4 which he graciously inscribed "Thank You Fred Gibb 2-4-89." Later in the year, at the SC-Indy ZL-1 reunion, Porterfield handed me a bankers' box full of Gibb Chevrolet paperwork. There can be no question he was/is in possession of the records.

#4 was one of the ZL-1s returned to Norwood, re-invoiced to Hauser Chevrolet Bethlehem PA with #43. They couldn't sell it either and had Sabatine's Speed Shop race it for the 1970 NHRA season. Sabatine returned it with a 402 and Hauser put it on the used car lot April 1971 for $2695.

I know all this because Dan Palchanes spent hours on the phone and in the library copying microfiche newspaper classifieds. He also acquired vintage racing photos of the car and an NOS Hauser dealer emblem. He put us in contact with the guy who bought it used from Hauser. He gave us all of this information; never asked for a penny.

There are few people in the hobby like Dan.