The most "significant" Chevrolet performance car.

[ORIGLS6]

We're opening a HUGE can of worms here.

One for the upcoming loooooooooooooooooooooong list would be the '57 Chevy/Corvette F.I.: the first to hit the magical One HP per Cubic Inch.

[Charley Lillard]

I think I had commented that my opinion that the RS ZL1 is probably the most valuable production Chevrolet. My comparison would be against the # 1 ZL1 in stock form and I would rather take the RS ZL1 especially in the unrestored condition that it is in. I would also take it over either of the ZL1 Vettes. One has no paperwork and I think the other is restored.

[Tenney]

One of the Grand Sports. Would lean toward the blue RS ZL-1 musclecar-wise, tho.

[hvychev]

Charley or anyone who knows, other than the blue ZL1's amazing originality, what is the story behind the car? Any significant history or events involving the car?

Interesting so far guys!

[csx289]

Frankie,

Pretty good chapter about the blue RS ZL1 in my book- also includes Ken Barnhart's ZL1...good reading if I don't say so myself Hell, the damn book is less than 4 crappy magazines if you buy it on Amazon.com

On the topic (and also in the book), might I cast a vote for the one and only 1968 Z/28 convertible built for Pete Estes - one-off car with factory cross ram, 4.56 gear, JL8 brakes, 'glass hood, etc. I've driven it and it is one wicked car - and nobody will EVER say they like "the other" Z/28 convertible more

Colin

[Les Quam]

Enough about your book already that was about as shameless a plug as you will ever find! One car book doesn't make you Earnest Hemingway you know? LOL LOL
Although it was a nice chapter on the ZL-1s.

[quick-bowtie]

Colin beat me to it but I agree the Estes Z car.. That car is just plain awesome.

[69 Post Sedan]

For me growing up (Beloit, WI) I can remember a black Nova that had Cragars all around it with the biggest tires I had ever seen in the back. My first car was a Nova. As I grew older I can remember an article in a magazine that interviewed Don Yenko. He said the 1969 427 Yenko Nova was “a beast, almost lethal, a car that they should not have produced; as they were skirting the edge of product liability when they built this car”.

So I vote for the 1969 Chevrolet 427 Yenko Nova.

[kwhizz]

This is the one that had the "Most" Impact on me growing up in Chicago.....From my perspective......The Sickness started with the 62 409 "Bubbletop" cars......I know, I know.....But for me .....this is where it started and I have a real soft spot for them........There was a guy in the Neighborhood by the name of Bill Bretz that had a duplicate of the Car in the Pic........Ran it at the International Amphitheater and the Grove and was the Fastest Car around at the time........Pretty Cool and Good Memories



Ken