17-1969 ZL-1's-Vid!

[talwell]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

Our good friend Charley Lillard is one of the organizers - and he worked very hard to get all of those ZL1s together -- a true "Historic Event" in Camaro history. When he called to ask if we'd bring a new ZL1 - there was no question that we had to get one there!

I strongly urge ANY Performance Car enthusiast to go to this show next year - I have NEVER seen so many one-off and rare cars in all my years.

Mark it on your calendar for next year!

Scott -

Being that GM has retained alot of historic cars from thier past, did they happen to hold onto any ZL1 or 427 Camaros in the heritage collection?

[GMteSSted]

Did anyone else notice the colors? They sure do look a lot like the Gen5 colors....

[LOWDOWN]

Originally Posted by Rice Killer

What I would give to own a piece of history like that.

You could probably buy TEN on the "new" ZL1s for the price of ONE of the "originals"...

[fbodfather]

Originally Posted by talwell

Scott -

Being that GM has retained alot of historic cars from thier past, did they happen to hold onto any ZL1 or 427 Camaros in the heritage collection?

How I wish we had!

In fact, Chevrolet did not start retaining the Indy Pace cars until 1978 (Corvette) - to the point that we bought "Festival Cars" to represent the 1967 and 1969 Camaros.

The 1967 was restored and later sold to us by Kevin Kolvenbach of Pinebush, NY and the 1969 was restored and later sold to us by Mr. Milton Bullard of Quinton, VA.

Both Gentlemen approached me about selling their beloved Festival cars to GM for the Heritage Collection - knowing that they would be lovingly maintained for generations to come.

[arod55]

Here a 69 Camaro with a ZL1 motor thats going to be auctioned at Barrett Junction in January.

[arod55]

To clarify my last post. This is not a matching number 69 Camaro, it was fully restored. The ZL1 motor is one of original 69 motor that was made in 69.

[Capthowdy]

my uncle somehow came across one of thoes zl1 blocks and raced it in a 67 el camino in south fl in the mid 70s there was NO one that could touch that car...on the street...he had a 100 bill taped to the dash and said if you can touch it you can have it...when he stepped on that torque monster...you couldnt if you tried..lol