The car Charly speaks of, ZL1#61, did lead a tuff life. It is owned by member Mike Miller "ZL1#61". And yes the firewall was hacked to death. However the dash vin plate is still in place with it's original rivets.
I met Mike through another member and helped Mike with a few things on his car.
I got to see her as Mike and his body guy restored the car.
They did an amazing job bringing a real ZL1 back from the dead. The work on the car was top shelf stuff. Great pains were taken to retain as much of the original sheetmetal as possible, the paint and body work is killer.
Mike is a great car guy and I am sure he would be glad to talk to anyone really interested. I know he has allot of photos of the car during build.
Car at Summit Racing in Akron Oh this June.