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Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

Another well-thought-out post, Norm. Thanks, as always.

If folks would consider the following (and these are MY personal equations):

Gen-1 SS = Current SS

Gen-1 Z/28 = 1LE (for all intents and purposes - an SS that really handles, yet suitable for DD)

ZL1, today, is the Grand Turismo (in its purest sense, NOT the gamer version) Camaro the factory never built in Gen-1 in volume). Closest Gen-1 would be a double-COPO 9561 (iron block L72) with options 'way beyond what could be ordered in '69 (A/C etc.)

Gen-1 ZL1 = COPO, inspired for drag racing, although two of them could have been considered GTs with the COPO 9737 package added...

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!]

That's a pretty damn good way of looking how the Camaro models break down