1967 sunfire yellow l88 corvette coupe

[RPOLS3]

Is the generally accepted thought for Corvettes is that the aluminum heads on 67 L88's (and L89's ?) were painted orange with the engine assembly? Not so for 68 and 69?

[Motorhead848]

was this car previously owned by larry bowman? now corvette mike?

[TimG]

L89 Corvettes in 1967 had chrome valve covers. There were only 16 of these. The L88 had orange valve covers in 1967. The chrome valve cover L89 is a beautiful Corvette engine with the high rise tri-power intake.

[Big Block Bill]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

Is the generally accepted thought for Corvettes is that the aluminum heads on 67 L88's (and L89's ?) were painted orange with the engine assembly? Not so for 68 and 69?

My un-restored 69 L-89 had bare Aluminum heads, and by the pictures of the red car at Barrett-Jackson 2014, the heads are definitely orange so being a Duntov awarded car we can assume that that is the way the NCRS judges it in 1967 L-88 cars.

I do believe that in 1967 the L-89 cars were the only big blocks that came from the factory with chrome valve covers. I think in 1968 & 1969 all Big Block Corvettes had chrome valve covers.

Bill