65 Chevelle SS Z16

[Too Many Projects]

Bored Jeff ??? never, I've wanted one of these since I learned of them in late '69. A friend had a Green one in about '70-71. Was it authentic and original ? Hard to say, as I remember very little for details about the car, other than it had a very hard time grabbing the pavement. He bought it to compete with our other friend who had bought a new '69 300 Deluxe with the L78/TH400 right after graduation.

A thought on the reason for the 3.31, open, rear gears may be from the last couple sentences of the memo above. Chevrolet didn't produce these to be stripped down and turned into race cars right away. They wanted them out in the publics eyes to see what they could have by ordering a new Chevelle. The same could apply to the ONLY 375hp 396 ever built with a hydraulic cam. That cam wasn't going to be the best option for high rpm, wot, drag racing either. They wanted the cars driving around, reliably, as advertisement.

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Bored Jeff ??? never, I've wanted one of these since I learned of them in late '69. A friend had a Green one in about '70-71. Was it authentic and original ? Hard to say, as I remember very little for details about the car, other than it had a very hard time grabbing the pavement. He bought it to compete with our other friend who had bought a new '69 300 Deluxe with the L78/TH400 right after graduation.

A thought on the reason for the 3.31, open, rear gears may be from the last couple sentences of the memo above. Chevrolet didn't produce these to be stripped down and turned into race cars right away. They wanted them out in the publics eyes to see what they could have by ordering a new Chevelle. The same could apply to the ONLY 375hp 396 ever built with a hydraulic cam. That cam wasn't going to be the best option for high rpm, wot, drag racing either. They wanted the cars driving around, reliably, as advertisement.

The Z16 was available in three colors only: Tuxedo Black, Regal Red and Crosus Yellow. No Green.