Huebner Chevrolet #69 ZL1 Before and After

**whitetop** · #1 02-07-2019, 05:28 PM

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

**whitetop** · #2 02-07-2019, 05:33 PM

Pics

**whitetop** · #3 02-07-2019, 05:37 PM

More pics

**whitetop** · #4 02-07-2019, 05:44 PM

more pics

**Ryan1969Chevelle** · #5 02-07-2019, 05:51 PM

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

**William** · #6 02-07-2019, 05:51 PM

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?

**whitetop** · #7 02-07-2019, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by William

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

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

FB link?

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

HawkX66 · #8 02-07-2019, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by whitetop

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

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.

**whitetop** · #9 02-07-2019, 05:57 PM

more pics back in the day

FTC · #10 03-14-2024, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by HawkX66

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.

As already mentioned in this thread, the VIN tag and partial VIN panels (firewall and cowl), along with front floors, hinge pillars, etc....are all original which would, in most people's eyes negate this being "rebody",....but also the way I look at it, a 55 year old car, if still around that may have seen time as a daily driver, weekend cruiser, part time racer, whatever, ..in that time might have been involve in a few accidents between multiple owners, needing a 3/4 nose here, and perhaps a door there,...may have had quarter skins and floors replaced due to rust and rot,.....maybe even roof work if it was a vinyl top car that rotted out.

Replacing all those crunched panels in my eyes is no worse then replacing rotted and dented panels that get replaced in many major restorations.

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