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#1
12-31-2006, 05:29 AM
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Re: ZL1 #51 at Barrett-Jackson
Charley,
This is interesting! Can you answer a few questios for me? Roughly, how badly was the block damaged? Any missing pieces? Who saves, or for that matter, buys a blown ZL-1 block? Was it retained for sentimental value, or possible future $$ value? I'm asking because I read somewhere that GM cast maybe 50 or so additional ZL-1 blocks back in the day. Almost every one I have seen from that period had been badly damaged. Is that the norm for these engines? Steve
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12-31-2006, 09:11 AM
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Re: ZL1 #51 at Barrett-Jackson
Nuch...I never saw it but COPO had it so he might chime in. I think it is very common for these blocks to still be around because who wants to throw away a aluminum big block ? You can weld up just about anything on a aluminum block and these days it is worth it. I used to have the orig block for # 26 that had been cracked from freezing and it was repaired to where it was almost impossible to tell.
Bob is better known as the real Bob Johnson.
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#3
12-31-2006, 04:47 PM
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Re: ZL1 #51 at Barrett-Jackson
In the day when it was raced it broke a rod and the dealer that sponsered him sent a all steel 427 to race with and it was faster and contenued to run it tell it was replaced with a new car a vega pro stock
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#4
12-31-2006, 05:37 PM
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Re: ZL1 #51 at Barrett-Jackson
Rich....wrong Bob......
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#5
12-31-2006, 06:04 PM
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Re: ZL1 #51 at Barrett-Jackson
Wow My Bad !!
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Not a dealer!! 30yrs plus working with private collectors selling and buying from private collections!! Will not rep bad cars or the people selling them... Always looking for more RARE Muscle cars and true collectors looking for no issue cars ... THX Yenko.Net
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#6
12-31-2006, 06:32 PM
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Re: ZL1 #51 at Barrett-Jackson
Thats OK,they know each other..That is why this one goes by "The real Bob Johnson" on other sites.
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#7
12-31-2006, 08:01 PM
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Re: ZL1 #51 at Barrett-Jackson
Well I hope this Bobby J is feeling well too !!
The other had quad bypass surgery TO you the Real Bobby J 
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Not a dealer!! 30yrs plus working with private collectors selling and buying from private collections!! Will not rep bad cars or the people selling them... Always looking for more RARE Muscle cars and true collectors looking for no issue cars ... THX Yenko.Net
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