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06-19-2010, 12:55 AM
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Re: black 69 zl1
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tom406</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The '70-style fender louvers do not mean that it can't be from '69. The '70 Corvette changes would have been finalized by calendar year '69, and GM styling exercises often tested or foreshadowed known upcoming production change, especially when you're talking about Bill Mitchell-commisioned Corvettes. </div></div>
I totally agree with that. -Jon 
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06-19-2010, 03:53 AM
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Re: black 69 zl1
The rear 1/4 panels on the Corvette look like the un-flared 1/4's on a typical '69. The front actually looks like it might have the 1970 front fender flares behind the front wheels. That tall windshield in killing me.......it looks like a man's receding hairline everytime I look at it!
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06-19-2010, 04:05 PM
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Re: black 69 zl1
I only remember this car as the "Scirocco", but in fact in 69 it was the "Aero Coupe" which showed the new for 70 louvers and the flared front fenders. It had a ZL1 that was actually 454cid, with an experimental 4-spd automatic. The car was repainted for the 70 show circuit, then received A-pillar mounted mirrors, body color front bumper and grill, new hood, and a new roof. It was used as a pace car for the Can-Am series until 1974 when it was modified by Bill Mitchell again into the Mulsanne Corvette which had lots of body and interior modifications. The one constant was the taller & rounded w/s frame. It again was used as a pace car for 1975 on a limited basis. Here are two pictures I found of it on the internet as the Scirocco.
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06-19-2010, 06:29 PM
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Re: black 69 zl1
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: volspeed1970</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I only remember this car as the "Scirocco", but in fact in 69 it was the "Aero Coupe" which showed the new for 70 louvers and the flared front fenders. It had a ZL1 that was actually 454cid, with an experimental 4-spd automatic. The car was repainted for the 70 show circuit, then received A-pillar mounted mirrors, body color front bumper and grill, new hood, and a new roof. It was used as a pace car for the Can-Am series until 1974 when it was modified by Bill Mitchell again into the Mulsanne Corvette which had lots of body and interior modifications. The one constant was the taller & rounded w/s frame. It again was used as a pace car for 1975 on a limited basis. Here are two pictures I found of it on the internet as the Scirocco.
</div></div> Looks like it has '73 plates on it. Can't say this look was an improvement over the earlier version. My parents were tech inspectors (scrutineers) at Road America and we were at every race from '70 thru '74. I even got my tech license for the '73 and '74 season. Bill Mitchell used to bring show stuff like this to the track every year. The Pete Estes '68 Z/28 Camaro convertible was the '68 Road America Can-Am pace car and I believe the Camaro Cherokee was the '67 RA Can-Am pace car. Whatever Mitchell brought every year was usually used as the pace car and that went on until after I left. -Jon
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