GMMG ZL1

[olredalert]

-------Speaking of Loftus Ford,I lived in Hinsdale three blocks behind where they were in the 60s.Moved there from Florida to manage the Corvette shop for Jack D and his partner.Bought the house just after Jack built his new dealership in 1976/77.It was handy because I worked out of the old dealership on Ogden,where he sold all those "Yenkos" from.Its funny because all the times I ever talked to Jack about cars(and there were many)he never talked about Don Y or his cars.........Bill S.....ol red!

[Stefano]

There is a ZL1 SuperCar '02 Camaro in the February issue of 'Hot Rod',page 16. Is this one of the numbered 69(plus 2 prototypes) built by GMMG?

Looks to be a ZL1 Grand Sport tribute Camaro?

[mc25t190]

i'm going to check it out. boy, [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] the awareness and attention these fabulous cars are starting to get its really heating up as the last 2 were gobbled up from the tennessee dealership at substantial margins (steve west?) IMO, 600 hp. will get a lot of attention when even more people become aware of the fact that they exist,IMO. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[Charley Lillard]

The 2002 ZL1 in Hot Rod is the Prototype that GMMG built for Chevrolet. This is the same one that was Red. Chevrolet has painted it Lemans Blue and added that Red stripe that I don't care for.

[Stefano]

Wasn't the Original Corvette Grand Sport a 1967 Model with an L88 not a '69 with a ZL1?

[ChrisS]

Stefano,
The original 5 Grand Sports were patterned after the 1963 body, although I believe very few production parts were used in their assembly. The incorporated a hand-laid ultra-thin fiberglass body, tube-frame and a 377 cubic inch all-aluminum block. The attachment is of the engine compartment of Grand Sport #002. Later in the '60s one or more of them were campaigned on the racing circuit with a 427.

[Stefano]

Thanks Chris, I was way off on that one.

[sYc]

Actually the first Grand Sport ran a regular production "race prepared" small block. It resides in a garage outside of Pittsburg, after passing through Yenko Chevrolet. It is quite impressive to see, as it is complete, with paperwork. It has been offered to the sYc, but not for sure what best to do with it. Certainly a valuable piece of history.

[mc25t190]

charlie, thats pretty cool, i drove that car when matt brought it over to the house. it ran strong, i can't wait till the 600 HP. comes out, GMMG superstock ZL1.