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Old 01-16-2026, 04:36 PM
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Default 1968 L-71 427 Corvette ZL-1 stripe test mule car
1968 L-71 427 Corvette
GM Tech Center ZL-1 stripe test mule car
(only the stripe is ZL-1)
This car was owned by a GM employee
Feb 1969 photo
1969 Michigan plate
posted by Steve Wallach
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I believe I've heard of this car. A friend was looking at it within the past few years.
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Very cool period photo.
TV antenna strapped to the chimney ….. common back then.

Car not bad either.
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Looks very “Shinoda-ish”!
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1968 L-71 427 Corvette
GM Tech Center ZL-1 stripe test mule car
(only the stripe is ZL-1)
This car was owned by a GM employee
Feb 1969 photo
1969 Michigan plate
posted by Steve Wallach
Do we know what GM employee (by name)?

I know George Heberling drove one of the '69 ZL1s, but I believe it was a company vehicle.

(I went to GMI with his son Kris).

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----At the moment we don't even know which horsepower this 68 is (390, 400, 435). It certainly isn't an L88 or ZL1....Bill S
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My high school science teacher had a Black 69 vette with a silver nose stripe like the one in this picture. I asked him if it was an L88 but he would not answer any of my questions trying to find out what engine was in the car. He just smirked and I never got an answer. This was in 1982 in Rhode Island just outside of providence.
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----At the moment we don't even know which horsepower this 68 is (390, 400, 435). It certainly isn't an L88 or ZL1....Bill S
OP says it's an L71. Would that be 435 hp?
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OP says it's an L71. Would that be 435 hp?
----Yup,,,I missed that. Thanks!....Bill S
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I wasn't sure. Thanks for the confirmation!
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