1969 ZL1 Vette?

[muscle_collector]

got a question for the guys who know, why do I see some of the "L88" (put in quotation marks as probably more are fakes than real ones) have the emblem at the rear of the hood scoop instead of the front of it? which is correct? did all the originals say 427 or did any come with L88 call out?

[SBR]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

got a question for the guys who know, why do I see some of the "L88" (put in quotation marks as probably more are fakes than real ones) have the emblem at the rear of the hood scoop instead of the front of it? which is correct? did all the originals say 427 or did any come with L88 call out?

The L88 emblem on the hood is an add on. Real L88 hoods had only the 427 numbers on them.

[olredalert]

----Only L88 emblems from GM are decal style. As far as I know, and I bought a 1969 3000 mile original L88 Monaco orange convert from the original owner, there were no actual L88 callouts anywhere but on the console. New owners to the L88 family really want to announce their arrival. I guess the hood alone isn't enough for those guys. The 427 emblem is correct as SBR has stated.

----As usual with all of us, I really wish I wouldn't have sold it!!!......Bill S

[rynoshark]

The orange and yellow 1969 RPO ZL1s are both at Bloomington this week, is this the first time both have appeared at the same event? Timely show, especially as recently uncovered ZL1 development documents in the GM Heritage Center seem to be starting to clear up some of the mysteries and myths of the 1969 ZL1s. One GM document reportedly temporarily authorizes closed chamber heads specifically for type L88/ZL1 engines with M40 automatics right before the orange car was built, so sounds like that debate can be put to rest. Has anyone had a chance to see the documents in person at Bloomington?

[1903USMCUnertl]

I used to work at Hechler in the early 90's (1992-1996) and a lot of the key people involved with the yellow car were still around at the time. The salesperson who retailed the car (Hoyt Rotella..since passed), the mechanics who used to work on the car (Mikey Toler and Dick Burton..both passed), the asst service manager (Lloyd Spence...still here I beleive) and the General Manager (Ted Patrick...who later bought the dealership...passed).

It was interesting to get their perspectives on the car. At the time it was there it was more of a pain in the ass than anything else...it sat inside the showroom and people were always asking to hear it run or climbing into it. It was hard to start and stunk up the dealership (fouling maybe) when it needed to be moved. It also apparently used to bring the Zone people over (the Richmond Zone office was about 3 miles from the dealership) and they were always nosing around. The funniest one to me though was how when it started up it almost rattled the window glass out of the building when reved up.

Hechler had a long straight service bay and apparently when the mechanics worked on it...they were always trying to "holeshot" the car through the service department. Lloyd mentioned one day they almost broadsided a customers car when a mechanic was backing out of a lift area.. after that the "holeshots" stopped.


Cool car

[AutoInsane]

The orange Gulf ZL-1 was in Dr Simeone’s collection I don’t see it on the website any longer. Any idea of where this car is?

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by AutoInsane

The orange Gulf ZL-1 was in Dr Simeone’s collection I don’t see it on the website any longer. Any idea of where this car is?

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/th...578525/page-13

[427.060]

Does Kevin Suydam own the white car?