black 69 zl1

[black69]

I talked with the original owner of my 60 corvette every now and then, and asked him if he knew if the ZL1 prototype car was destroyed. The original owner of my vette was the only holley guy inside chevy plant back then and worked on the black car. He does not think they destroyed it, and said there was only one car made. Is it for 110% certain the car is detroyed?

[William]

Since I have been in the hobby 35 years I have stories going way back.

Chevy built a 1970 Camaro ZL-1 styling car that Bill Mitchell ended up with, shown on page 110 of "The Great Camaro". It was later updated with a 1978-style nose. I believe it still exists. The engine in that car was supposed to have come from the 1969 ZL-1 show car. Way back in the '80s at a show I asked someone from Chevy what became of the '69 ZL-1 show car. He believed the chassis was sold to someone from the Tech Center purportedly to build into a race car. If that happened, the car may be around but would have to have paperwork to prove its' provenance.

FWIW I have a photo of another 1969 Camaro show car that has many of the same styling features but is not an RS. It is Daytona yellow/black vinyl, has bullet-style mirrors, Chaparral-style wheels, lots of different stripes. I believe it is a factory styling car because it has a 1969 Michigan tag and a Z/28-style fender emblem "Z/427." Particularly intriguing is the blacked-out vinyl roof trim and the identical front spoiler as the ZL-1 show car.

There is someone who has "a box full of original photographs and documentation" [his words] of the ZL-1 showcar. Years ago he sent me a copy of a ZL-1 decal used on it. I am 100% certain of his word.

But I understand his reluctance. If that car still exists in original condition.....WOW!

[iluv69s]

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FWIW I have a photo of another 1969 Camaro show car that has many of the same styling features but is not an RS. It is Daytona yellow/black vinyl, has bullet-style mirrors, Chaparral-style wheels, lots of different stripes. I believe it is a factory styling car because it has a 1969 Michigan tag and a Z/28-style fender emblem "Z/427." Particularly intriguing is the blacked-out vinyl roof trim and the identical front spoiler as the ZL-1 show car.




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Let's see the photo !!

[William]

I do not have a hosting site-can I send to you? It was on a calendar and is huge.

[JK98SS]

www.photobucket.com is free and easy.

[William]

Here goes...

[BigBlockBoy]

[quote=William]Since I have been in the hobby 35 years I have stories going way back.

Chevy built a 1970 Camaro ZL-1 styling car that Bill Mitchell ended up with, shown on page 110 of "The Great Camaro". It was later updated with a 1978-style nose. I believe it still exists. The engine in that car was supposed to have come from the 1969 ZL-1 show car. Way back in the '80s at a show I asked someone from Chevy what became of the '69 ZL-1 show car. He believed the chassis was sold to someone from the Tech Center purportedly to build into a race car. If that happened, the car may be around but would have to have paperwork to prove its' provenance.

forgive me as I am not a Camaro guy but I find the part about "the chassis being sold for a race car" hard to believe.Aren't these cars unibody? so unless what he meant was the rolling body I doubt some one from the tech center would by the rear end set up and front suspension to build a race car.But who knows.There is an old timer around here who's dad was a big wig with Chevy back in the day.Who swears that one of the cars that his dad got for him to drive was a black Camaro with an aluminum 427.Who knows

[jannes_z-28]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: William</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since I have been in the hobby 35 years I have stories going way back.

Chevy built a 1970 Camaro ZL-1 styling car that Bill Mitchell ended up with, shown on page 110 of &quot;The Great Camaro&quot;. It was later updated with a 1978-style nose. I believe it still exists. The engine in that car was supposed to have come from the 1969 ZL-1 show car.</div></div>

Is this the one you're referring to:
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthrea...7720#Post367720


Jan

[al8apex]

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