The most "significant" Chevrolet performance car.

[hvychev]

In one of the Mecum threads an interesting topic was brought up. Someone made the comment that the blue RS ZL1 was "the most significant muscle car in existence" or something to that effect. Then our esteemed Mike G. disagreed and said that there were cars in his collection that were of less value that he would not trade evens for on that ZL1. This is a very interesting topic. Everybody seems to have an opinion as to what the most "significant" GM performance car is. Significant could have many meanings. It could be a race car, it could be a car that started a trend in the automobile industry, something rare, etc.

Lets have an exercise. What do you feel is the most significant single CHEVROLET performance car in existence? In keeping with the tradition of this site, just Chevrolets please, as we know there are countless "significant" Fords, Mopars, Pontiac's, Olds, etc. What do you think is the end all be all of Chevrolet performance cars?

My vote for one particular car is the #1 Dick Harrell ZL1 race car.

If I were to go a certain type of car I would say the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. I feel that car is probably most known by all as THE most recognized American Performance car of all time.