1969 ZL1 Copo Camaro Test, Prepped by Dick Harrell -Motor Trend

[1971ls6]

What is the consensus on how many cars came with the orange plug wires? What about the burgundy distributor cap?

[William]

Originally Posted by 1971ls6

What is the consensus on how many cars came with the orange plug wires? What about the burgundy distributor cap?

I have the six-page Engineering Parts List for ZL-1 Camaro production. COPOs were initially processed as L78 orders, this listing has all parts added/deducted in production. It shows, for example, the 1115293-coil deducted and replaced by the 1115210.

Plug wires are not listed. No reason to believe anything other than standard production wires were used, as seen in vintage photos of #2 & #3.

Side note, COPO build orders listed the L78 engine. This means the oft-quoted L78 production quantity of 4,889 is overstated. L78 production was 3,823 L72 997 ZL-1 69.

[JoeC]

The first race of ZL-1 #1 was at Beeline Dragway Winternationals Jan 23-26 1969 Phoenix, AZ.

Harrell built it as a light weight Camaro to run in AHRA Super Stock Experimental and for Match Racing

Fiberglass nose , no front brakes , single seat, 2650 lbs.

It ran with a single 4bb at its first race but was soon running a tunnel ram 2x4bb