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Old 12-28-2022, 10:45 PM
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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.

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Old 12-29-2022, 03:08 PM
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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.
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Old 12-29-2022, 04:22 PM
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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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



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