Any list of where '69 Camaro ZL-1s are?

Allison Andrews · #1 02-05-2007, 10:29 PM

Is there any compiled list of what has happened to the cars? My father was the original owner of one. I know that it was fathom green. He purchased it at Lawrence Hall Chevrolet in Texas, but I think it was ordered from another dealership.

After a few years, my father decided to sell it because he needed a truck. He traded it in and then had second thoughts about it and went to get it back. Unfortunately, as soon as it had been traded in, it was sold. A man had been calling the dealership for 3 years about the car.

Anyway, I was just trying to find out some info about the car. The color narrows it down to 12 cars, but other than that, I have no idea which one it was.

Thank you for any help,
Allison

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #2 02-05-2007, 11:12 PM

Welcome to the site Allison.

I would speculate that the car your father owned was most likely one of the first 50, and probably one of the ones that was sent back to GM by Fred Gibb Chev. The additional 19 ZL1's appear to have been specifically ordered by their selling dealers, as opposed to 'fleet' ordered like the Gibb cars.

Using this speculation would narrow down the possibles from 12 to 10 by eliminating car #'s 60 & 65.

It would help if you could tell us if your father's car was an automatic vs. a 4 speed, this way we could narrow it down to 1 of 4 a/t's vs. 1 of 6 4 speeds.

Allison Andrews · #3 02-06-2007, 05:17 AM

It was a 4 speed, not an automatic.

Allison Andrews · #4 02-06-2007, 05:41 AM

So, I guess that means that it is possibly the #36? I saw a thread on it and sent the owner a message to see if he knows any of the history on the car.

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #5 02-06-2007, 04:39 PM

#36 Would be my guess.

Allison Andrews · #6 02-06-2007, 05:00 PM

I found out last night that he actually was one of the ones that purchased the car in 1970. Does this still go along with #36?

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #7 02-06-2007, 05:09 PM

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I found out last night that he actually was one of the ones that purchased the car in 1970. Does this still go along with #36?

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I'm not sure what you mean with this question. I don't know very much about the history of #36, but since it's a FG, 4sp car originally from Gibb - it has a higher probability of being dealer transferred to another dealer.

Allison Andrews · #8 02-06-2007, 05:34 PM

I'm just guessing it was one of the ones that did not sell in 69... Didn't they have a hard time selling them at first? I thought I remembered reading somewhere that about 30 unsold cars were returned to Chevy and it took until the early 70s to sell them off.

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #9 02-06-2007, 05:37 PM

Yes, that is correct. I would speculate that your dad's car was one of the cars sent back, and dealer transfered from Gibb to another dealer.

I vaguely recall that #36 was found in MD or VA, and had it's vin mis-registered with the state. I'm not sure that the subsequent owners found out which dealer it was sold from. Does your dad have any paperwork from the car, old registrations, insurance papers, loan documents... anything?

Allison Andrews · #10 02-06-2007, 05:41 PM

I don't think so. I don't even think he has any photos of it. I told him about one going up at auction for $880,000 and he was pretty shocked (I know they all don't go for that). I told him he should have just parked it in a garage and never traded it in. I guess back then he didn't fully realize what he had.

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