[JoeC]

One of the black and gold prototype ZL1 Camaros showed up at a press preview of the 1970 Chevrolet line. Since the 70 Camaro and Corvette was late, Chevy brought the b&g 69 ZL1 Camaro and two 69 ZL1 Corvettes to this dog and pony show for the new 1970 line. The ZL1 Camaro had an aluminum block and heads with L72 specs. One ZL1 Corvette was a TH400 with 4:88 gears, headers, and drag slicks the other was set up for road racing. The press loved the Camaro and called it a big block Z/28. One ZL1 Corvette was set up for drag racing and ran in the 10s and the press was allowed to run the car on a drag strip that Chevy had set up. There was a LT1 Nova there that I believe was a prototype of the Yenko Deuce Nova. One writer said his lap times on road course was quicker with the LT1 F41 Nova then with the ZL1 Camaro because the Camaro would smoke the tires coming out of the corners. There was also a 70 LS6 Chevelle there. This was a fantastic day in Chevy hi po history but there was not much written about it which is very strange since it was a press preview. I have only been able to find 2 small articles about that day.