Berger Chevy #3 ZL1

[iluv69s]

Yes that is correct... subject to working hours insp.

I can see the car was actually picked up at 6 PM .. after hours I would guess.

But didn’t the first two cars end up arriving late at night ?

[iluv69s]

Originally Posted by William

Dealers had to perform a PDI; pre-delivery inspection. It was on a form that had several copies. The procedure required a pop imprint.

Here is the imprint from ZL1 #9. Not giving away any secrets here; 250,000 people saw this at B-J.

My old car 34 is an 02D car. Those engine and rear dates are pretty tight. They sure did not sit around after assembly !

[Berger L-72]

William can tell us for sure,but I think the hold up,at least some of the time, was getting the BE's built and down to Norwood.My rear end and build date of the car,were very close. As were two body number COPO's on either side of my car.

[1903USMCUnertl]

the Courtesy (OH?) COPO...red L72 car?

[William]

I think Jim Mattison made that statement in an interview. But that was also true for Z/28s-Chevy stopped taking orders for them Nov '68 because dealer orders exceeded their capacity to build 302 engines during normal order lead time.

Some components were in continuous production based on a sales forecast-307 engines, powerglide transmissions, etc. That stuff was always in stock. COPOs were not forecast; Z/28s probably were but they guessed wrong. In those days, dealer orders were transmitted to the plants for Production Control to plan material. When they saw COPO orders due 4 weeks out, they ordered BE axles in whatever the unit quantity was, probably what a shipping rack held. That's why the dates are so close. There are 33 known BE axle dates and 1,066 COPO Camaros so 33/1066 = 32. Maybe had to order them in multiples of 8. When the axle plant notified Norwood PC that their order of of BE axles shipped, Norwood could release COPO production orders.

Axle availability was not what held up ZL1s #1 & #2 [final-assembled Dec 30] based on this POP imprint. My guess: ZL2 parts.

[Kurt S]

IIRC, Mattison dated Emmert's daughter.

[JoeC]

Chevy gave a ZL1 engine to Motion Performance for testing in 1968

They tested it in the 1968 Motion Camaro drag car

there was magazine article on it in 1968

I posted the article years ago