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Originally Posted by LOWDOWN
Today's Z/28 is a car that, in '69, was unheard of from a North American manufacturer. Were it offered in '69, it would have been a $10,000+ deal, starting with a double-COPO 9560/9737 car, with Halibrands or Americans on racing tires, and Konis, and special anti-sway bars and special springs out of the GM parts bin (they existed), with a side-trip to Traco (engine blueprint) and Guldstrand (suspension conversion). And $10-12,000 in '69 was a TON of money...the price of TWO loaded Big Block Corvettes...[GULP!]
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EXACTLY
it's kind of hard to compare option packages from the 60s to today anyway. handling wise they were decent cars, but the SS and the Z/28 were both in the .76g range. the Z/28 whether in 67 or 68 or 69 or 70 and beyond were not 'race cars on the street'