ZL1 Corvette at Auction Next Month.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 1903USMCUnertl

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.

K

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

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.

K

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