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-----I went to a Chevy dealer in Columbus Oh. in 1968 to see a black 1969 L89 convert that had been delivered from St.Louis the week before. The salesman neglected to tell me that the car was in the service department awaiting a new short-block and one new head. A seat had fallen out on start-up as the Vette was coming off the truck. Believe it or not he still wanted me to buy it but that was the last L89 I persued. I ended up with a non-L89, 435 riverside gold coupe from Ed Stinn in Cleveland. The funny part,,,,that 435 froze a wrist-pin and at about 1200 miles it had to have a new short-block........Bill S