1969 ZL1 Vette?

[nova67]

Gus Paulos was a personal friend of mine since passed so we cant ask him any questions but he always told me his dad was always ordering High Performance cars and told me they would store them in the basement at their old location before they moved the Dealership to West Valley.

[DarrenX33]

I found the thread where Larry (Pantera) discussed the car.

Originally Posted by Pantera

I saw the blue one when it was new. Setting in the parking lot of a auto appostery shop with the window sticker still on it. That was about a mile from two different Chev dealers here in Tulsa. Never saw it again. It could have been used by the DX racing division. They were in and out of Tulsa all the time.

Originally Posted by Pantera

It was newly off the trunk and still had the window sticker. No stripes on it yet.

It was almost closing time and nobody was around. (yes that was tempting to a kid my age) It was gone later (6:30)when I left my aunts house a few blocks away. I had a '68 400hp th400 the same color being rebuilt from a wreck which is why this one caught my eye in the first place.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthrea...highlight=blue

[KLars1]

http://corvettes-musclecars.com/gall...L-1+427-430HP/

The white one in the Northwest.

[Big Block 69]

The white one was in a muscle car mag in March of 1986. At that time, the build sheet said the engine was L88 at a cost of 1032.14 with no mention of ZL1. The article also said the car was purchased "as a new car" from a broker with 900 miles on it by a gentlemen named Jack Chetaskey. The writer said that "anything" could have happened in that 900 miles and probably did and the ZL1 was probably installed at that time.

[Tracker1]

Originally Posted by Big Block 69

The white one was in a muscle car mag in March of 1986. At that time, the build sheet said the engine was L88 at a cost of 1032.14 with no mention of ZL1. The article also said the car was purchased "as a new car" from a broker with 900 miles on it by a gentlemen named Jack Chetaskey. The writer said that "anything" could have happened in that 900 miles and probably did and the ZL1 was probably installed at that time.

The ZL1 Corvettes have L88 on the tank sticker because the L88 was the package - cooling, brakes, etc. - then the L88 engine was substituted with the ZL1 427. That's why L88 shows up on the white car's (and other ZL1s) sheet.

Chestaky is an IRS Officer and has sworn legally in writing - on US Treasury Letterhead(!) - that he ordered and purchased the car as a ZL1 with a $10,000+ purchase price - he was offered no money and received no money to do so, long after he had given up ownership of the car. Subsequent owners and racers of the car also have signed affidavits attesting to the car as a ZL1. No less than Zora Duntov sat in the car in the 80s at Otis Chandler's Museum and verbally verified it as a factory car. Yes, the white car is a factory ZL1.

[HawkX66]

Originally Posted by Tracker1

Chestaky is an IRS Officer and has sworn legally in writing - on US Treasury Letterhead(!) - that he ordered and purchased the car as a ZL1

No disrespect intended, but that does nothing for your argument... Lerner was the head of the IRS and lied to Congress as sworn testimony. If it were me, I'd just say the original owner swore is was a ZL1. Also, Chestaky broke the law when he wrote it on US Treasury letterhead. Just sayin'....

[ANDY M]

The white car was in the Otis Chandler collection, and was featured in the Randy Leffingwell book "American Muscle". The story in the book says that Cheskaty was an engineer with the Atomic Energy commision, single and living at home. He bought the car for full sticker in Salt Lake City and drove it home to Denver.
Lucky for him, Sunoco 260 was around .35 cents a gallon. This car was what you'd call thirsty.

[rich p]

How did he buy the Gulf racing car from Don Yenko but have an invoice from another dealership??
Is Invoice fake??

[Charley Lillard]

Originally Posted by rich p

How did he buy the Gulf racing car from Don Yenko but have an invoice from another dealership??
Invoice is fake!!

Rich.. If you are going to make a statement like that you need to give info to back it up. My understanding is you were involved in a attempt to purchase this car and have more info.

[rich p]

Read the numbers on the invoice in corvette fever and most people can spot the mistake made..
Love the car and Johns story!!