HOW MANY Z - 11 396'S --WERE BUILT ?

[Z-11 396]

I HAVE HEARD FROM 100 TO 300, ANYWAY TO FIND OUT HOW MANY MATCHING # 'S ARE STILL AROUND...? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP...

[COPO_Anders]

I thought the Z-11 was a 427 ! Or do you mean the Z-16 396 ?



Anders

[Mr. T]

He is refering to the 69 Camaro "Z11" Pace car. He wants to know how many BB versions of the pace car were built.

[COPO_Anders]

Ooops !



Anders

[Lynn]

Kurt S at Camaro Research Group is working on an article on the pace cars. He probably has a handle on this, although I believe the numbers are extrapolated as there is no actual documentation available.

Lynn

[Z-11 396]

LYNN, THANKS, I LOOK FORWARD TO HIS ARTICLE, I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED, AND PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, OF COURSE MOST THINK ALL WERE BIG BLOCKS, SO MANY ARE CONVERTED THESE DAYS, I JUST WONDER HOW MANY ARE MATCHING #'S.

[Steve Shauger]

There is no definitive number of them produced, since records were not kept which would allow you to determine cars produce by options. I would guess the numbers you mentioned are way low. I have owned five, and in past year I have seen twenty plus for sale (assuming they are real). My guess would be over 1000. You can extrapolate and come up with some number, but its only an educated guess because of the many unknown variables.

[ProdigyCustoms]

We did a Pace car registry at Camaro Club some time ago and got a few hundred cars registered. Looked like maybe 5% or so were big block, which seems about right, 150 cars or so. Funny thing about Pace cars in particular. Pace Cars were doled out as rewards to performing dealers, and were sent on spec. In other words, the dealer got what they got. Since the Pace Cars got so expensive with RS / SS and Pace Car options, Chevrolet seemed to build the majority of them 350/300, automatic, PS, PB and not much else. No gauges, AM / FM, not even power tops many times. The higher optioned cars were most often dealer order cars. Cars with power options, A/C, Big blocks, all were probably special order.
Loaded Pace Cars, weather they be small block A/C cars with options, or big block pacers are surely pretty rare. But as mentioned above, no legit numbers are out there, and only common sense extrapolations can be made

[Kurt S]

I'll guestimate the % of 396 pace cars at between 15-20%, or approximately 550 to 735 cars. Who knows for sure, but that's backed up with some large samplings of data.

[Z-11 396]

I want to thank you for your help, it's hard to get a fix on these pace cars, i have owned mine for 7 years, and still learning something new ever day..... I have been lucky to get a second car to work on, and it's really hard to get information on it, I had hoped some of you guys could help, but it seems I've been made fun of about learning about my car,told to ''junk'' it, and put ''pimp '' on it, so I will try some other areas to look, but thanks so much for your help, and time on this car.