Huebner Chevrolet #69 ZL1 Before and After

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by JoeC

This could be the fence that was mentioned.

This is a photo of ZL-1 #1 in about 1971 when it was run by Fred and Jim Hayter

The back lot of Gibb Chevrolet

----I can understand the theft problems with that corn field right behind the lot. Thieves probably came thru the corn field and had a "field day"....Bill S

[1903USMCUnertl]

Originally Posted by lycan

The yellow & orange cars are, far and away, the two most likely candidates for the 2 RPO (regular production) 1969 ZL-1 corvettes.


Unfortunately, no known Chevrolet documents list the VIN numbers of the 2 RPO cars.

When the orange car was being auctioned there were quite a few discussions on the various Corvette forums....Lots of really fascinating reading on the ZL1 program!

The yellow car is really the only car I believe is beyond question at this time.

Sadly the building it was retail delivered from (Hechler) was recently torn down to make way for a car wash. At one point back in early 2000's there was some discussion about having the yellow car brought up and displayed at then Patrick Chevrolet (Hechler building) but unfortunately nothing became of it.

Little known Chevy trivia....Hechler is the only dealer to have had both types of 1969 ZL1 cars.

[lycan]

Originally Posted by 1903USMCUnertl

When the orange car was being auctioned there were quite a few discussions on the various Corvette forums....Lots of really fascinating reading on the ZL1 program!

The yellow car is really the only car I believe is beyond question at this time.

Sadly the building it was retail delivered from (Hechler) was recently torn down to make way for a car wash. At one point back in early 2000's there was some discussion about having the yellow car brought up and displayed at then Patrick Chevrolet (Hechler building) but unfortunately nothing became of it.

Little known Chevy trivia....Hechler is the only dealer to have had both types of 1969 ZL1 cars.

For a very long time, i've found it funny (ironic? or sad?) that we know the VINs of the 69 Camaro ZL-1 COPO cars (thanks to the efforts of my friends Bill Porterfield and Bill Glowacki, also Fred Gibb, Vince Piggins, and many others) ... but we still don't know the VINs of the 2 Corvette ZL-1 RPO cars! (with any real certainty)

[mssl72]

Originally Posted by Kurt S

It was used in a calendar.

That much I figured. I'm wondering why it was calling a clearly 1969 Camaro, a 1967 Camaro?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Kurt S

Note that it had a normal license plate on it, not a M-plate.

That tells me it has a normal (saleable) VIN.

Cars with an experimental VIN (or property tag/no VIN) would only be able to use an M plate.

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[Kurt S]

It tells me something different.
Normal plates went on all the lease cars, pool cars, etc. Having a normal plate meant that it wasn't assigned to a department for development, etc. And met crash and emissions. Obviously, they weren't that rigorous with the rules back then.

Depends on the department. All our M-plate cars had normal VIN's. We got production cars and then put prototype parts on them.

[PeteLeathersac]

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Back to the total ZL1’s built known/reported circa 69/70, this 08/69 Lafferty Ad below notes 67 cars…close but not bang on like the Huebner Ad.

~ Pete

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[Thomas]

The ad states "Camero"...
Too funny...

[JoeC]

I believe this is ZL-1 #23

I have photos of it before it was restored and it had white Z/28 style stripes on it with thin blue lines on the white

[PeteLeathersac]

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I expected the Lafferty Ad was #23, were any other ZL1’s known sold there?
These two links are still alive from when Steve S. restored the car…
https://www.69zl1.com/
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74302

~ Pete

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