[737Driver]

JoeC and Charles share some accurate and very interesting points on the ZL1 Corvettes. On the topic of color, Monaco Orange was available on the 1969 Corvette and was coded 990. In July of 2001 I had a Corvette featured in the Bloomington Glod Special Collection. There, I met Mr. Bob Clift (Chevy PR in 1969) and had the honor of a one on one conversation which included that day of thrashing the orange ZL1 for the 1969 press preview. Interesting for a number of reasons, a couple of which were the bumpers were chrome plated fiberglass and the windows were plexiglass. Everything was done to minimize weight. As he was quoted in a later book, 'it took off like a striped ass ape'. Bob was one of Zora's favorite people and accompanied him on many clandestine outings. One such outing had him driving one of the Grand Sports through downtown Miami early in the morning to the loading docks to be shipped to Nassau. I have a pic of Mr. Clift and I together but have no idea how to post it. I was grateful to have the chance to meet him.

Regards,

Mark Donnally