Dealer-built ZL1 454 (yes, 454) Chevelle topic on TC

[Belair62]

Good point Rainer. Maybe we are too fast in dismissing these new stories.As I said in a previous post,who knows what these individual dealers were up to.Mr 70 is willing to post the back-up info so all can see and discuss.I for one would love to see this turn out to be true.If you can't post questions/stories to learn more or try and verify things then people will have the right to say this board is just a bunch of "experts" & "know-it-alls" and we all know thats not true.You never know,that old 70 Chevelle race car you saw behind the barn with glass fenders that you passed of as just an old tired competitor may be a.......

[Rainer]

Thanks Belair62. Trust me guys, I don't have much tolerance either when it comes to bogus claims and tall tales based on word of mouth or someone's memory going back 20+ years. There is some paperwork here, so like Rick asked, just keep an open mind 'til he gets his scans up. Healthy skepticism is good, rigid denial keeps the hobby from advancing.

As far as substantiating the claim further, here's a great opportunity to take advantage of the power of the internet and recruit someone in the Detroit area (Trenton is less than 10 mi. outside of the Detroit metro area) who is willing to head to their local library and dig through some microfilm of 1970-era Detroit newspapers to see if any ads can be found for Ray Ridge Chevy. Also, its probably likely that some of the former dealership employees are still in the area, and they could help substantiate this as well. How about a dragstrip in the Trenton area?

Think about this - how many other potential new discoveries are we missing out on because someone is immediately considered full of sh!t and their story dismissed simply because it doesn't fit in with what we already know? Again, all I'm encouraging is healthy skepticism and an open mind. OK, I'm off my soapbox now

[Mr70]

I was able to post the Documents this week.Please Click on post to view.
www.chevelles.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/005096.html

[Edited by mr70 (03-29-2001 at 06:22 PM).]

[Belair62]

Very interesting Rick....unbelievable what a dealer would do for a customer back then.I bet there are folks trying to sniff one of these out right now !

[whitetop]

The one sheet were it listed all the performance modifications looks just like it came right out of a Baldwin Motion catalog As a matter of fact the options are right out of a B/M catalog.i.e. Mallory ignition, Inglewood tires, 3 bl Holley, real wood steering wheel, c-D ignition, injector drive for Holley, Sun gauge package and on & on.... B/M had very specific items they were known for and the above items as well as the others were it.

If the dealer did all the mods such as adding fiberglass fenders etc. why did they leave the headers in the trunk??

I'm still skeptical.

whitetop

[Edited by whitetop (03-30-2001 at 08:59 AM).]