ZL1 Corvette at Auction Next Month.

[Tracker1]

Originally Posted by Big Block Bill

I talked to the owner of the Monaco Orange M-40 car at MCACN back in 2018? when he showed it and had paperwork to prove it was an original produced ZL-1 making it (3) total. The Yellow 4 speed Coupe, the White 4 speed Coupe, and now this Orange Automatic Roadster. Is it everyone's belief the Orange Cars paperwork is not genuine? This debate seems to have been going on a LONG time with no concrete answer. I would like to know what everyone on the Yenko.net site thinks. Sure would be cool if it was REAL.

Bill

Did he explain why there are two sets of nearly identical documents , one with a font that would not be printable on any printer or typewriter available in 1969? Perhaps it was done for display purposes only while the original was securely home in a safe? That is certainly plausible.

Also why does his tank sticker say RPO ZL1 when the yellow Judski car says RPO L88 then farther down ZL1 ALUMINUM CYLINDER BLOCK? These are the questions that I have around the docs for the orange car that I don't have answers for.

[DarrenX33]

When I see this topic come up I always think of this old post from way back when where Larry (Pantera) commented about seeing a blue ZL1 back then.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...light=corvette

[useless tony]

If I understand all this and can do the math, we have two stick cars ... one yellow one white, an orange auto and an undetermined trans blue car. All legit ZL1 Vettes.

[Keith Seymore]

I went to GMI with a young man named Kris Heberling.

His dad was George Heberling who, at one time, was the Assistant Staff Engineer of the engineering/assembly liaison group for the St Louis plant.

He drove one of the ZL1 Corvettes as his assigned company owned vehicle.

K

[1903USMCUnertl]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I went to GMI with a young man named Kris Heberling.

His dad was George Heberling who, at one time, was the Assistant Staff Engineer of the engineering/assembly liaison group for the St Louis plant.

He drove one of the ZL1 Corvettes as his assigned company owned vehicle.

K

Did he possibly drive the yellow car, which was retailed through Hechler? My understanding is the car was originally an engineer's demo and then was released for sale. I seem to remember seeing a Chevrolet memo asking if any dealers were interested in the car, highlighting this as well.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 1903USMCUnertl

Did he possibly drive the yellow car, which was retailed through Hechler? My understanding is the car was originally an engineer's demo and then was released for sale. I seem to remember seeing a Chevrolet memo asking if any dealers were interested in the car, highlighting this as well.

Yes - it was the yellow car. In fact, he ordered it, followed it through the build, then drove it.

The guy sitting on my desk is saying it was somewhat of a pilot car and therefore probably the first built.

Apparently the hood stripe was painted in the repair area of the plant and was such a bear to do that they only did just the one.

K

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Apparently the hood stripe was painted in the repair area of the plant and was such a bear to do that they only did just the one.

K

And so the striper, in an act of civil disobedience, declined to do two ...

[Tracker1]

Originally Posted by useless tony

If I understand all this and can do the math, we have two stick cars ... one yellow one white, an orange auto and an undetermined trans blue car. All legit ZL1 Vettes.

The blue car is a hearsay unicorn and shouldn't be included in the discussion of these three other cars.

[EZ Nova]

Originally Posted by Tracker1

The blue car is a hearsay unicorn and shouldn't be included in the discussion of these three other cars.

Why is that? Was it the late Larry Clain RIP that said there was a Blue 69 ZL1 that he saw NEW with the window sticker in the spring of 69? Was in the 69 ZL1 Vette thread.

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by DarrenX33

When I see this topic come up I always think of this old post from way back when where Larry (Pantera) commented about seeing a blue ZL1 back then.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...light=corvette

I miss Larry!