ZL-1s from Sutliff Chevrolet

**mhassett** · #1 07-18-2003, 09:18 PM

Tom, I met Bruce Larson last year at GM Carlisle and he told me that when my car was new the dealer couldn't sell it so they used to make him take it to the drag strip to try and get people interested in buying it!! He sent me a 1969 era license plate frame from Sutliff Chevrolet. I thought it was pretty neat to have my car at the York show being so close to Harrisburg but nobody really paid attention to where it came from. Mark #35 ZL-1 [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

sYc · #2 07-19-2003, 12:59 AM

Mark, Wow, what a tough job. Being made to take a ZL-1 to the drag strip. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img] As per interested, folks sure took notice each time you started it. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Ed Cunneen · #3 07-21-2003, 01:48 PM

I own the other ZL-1 from Sutliff Chevrolet, a LeMans Blue 4-speed car #46. I purchased it from the original owner, Lee Patton of Harrisburg, who told me stories of a street race with the car against Bruce. Lee told me he won the race! The ZL-1 still has 16K on the odometer. My engine ended up with the stock car racers, but [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif[/img] fortunately survived.

**mhassett** · #4 07-21-2003, 10:57 PM

Ed, are you talking about my car?? Mark

Ed Cunneen · #5 07-22-2003, 04:43 PM

Lee never told me which car Bruce had at the time they raced. However,I don't think it was your car.

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