[William]

"Pace Cars were doled out as rewards to performing dealers, and were sent on spec. In other words, the dealer got what they got. "

Fairy Tale. Dealers ordered Z11s just like any other car, for stock or to customer specs. Program cars were around then too, sometimes called "Brass Hat" cars. Ask any Chevrolet dealer in business back then and they will tell you Z11s were sale-proof. Many of them were in stock long after the '500'. In researching ZL1 #4 Dan Palchanes provided an August '69 newspaper ad for Hauser Chevrolet. The ad also shows their Z11 "list $4429 now $3679." A family member that still has the '69 SS purchased new in October '69 remembers the dealer trying to steer him to their Z11. Another dealer in the area told me he DX'd his in February 1970 and was happy to get rid of it. A wholesaler in business at that time remembers seeing dozens of festival Z11s at Midwest used car auctions in June.

Z11s are hot now but they were a tough sell new.