1969 L-88 TH400 Corvette 1 of 17 garage find youtube

[JoeC]

1969 L-88 TH400 Corvette 1 of 17 L-88 auto transmission Corvette garage find

great video with the owner who collected a lot of info on the car

He worked for Chevy and talked with Zora and other Corvette engineers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ibFnMWiCg

[fsc66]

GM records I have show a total of 15, but those records are only through Sept 69. Must have been 2 more produced after Sept.

Paul

[muscle_collector]

is he selling it

[John Brown]

He's not selling it. It is currently undergoing a complete restoration.

[dykstra]

FWIW these guys aka “Horsepower Depot” will be at MCACN with a couple of their cars.

[JoeC]

I follow the Horsepower Depot youtube channel to watch what the Pennington's do with their spec L-88 Corvettes and ZL-1 Camaro.

I was surprised to see this great video with the original L-88 and interview with the owner.

Their race cars run low 9 sec ETs with a lot of mods but with stock tires, exhaust manifolds etc

[markinnaples]

Wow, talk about garage gold.

[John Brown]

Originally Posted by JoeC

I follow the Horsepower Depot youtube channel to watch what the Pennington's do with their spec L-88 Corvettes and ZL-1 Camaro.

I was surprised to see this great video with the original L-88 and interview with the owner.

Their race cars run low 9 sec ETs with a lot of mods but with stock tires, exhaust manifolds etc

The 540 cubic inch 69 L88 clone went 9.01 @ 151.10 at Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun, Maryland. Jordan previously held the record for the class at 9.10 driving his 67 Corvette. Terry put it down to 9.01 last week with the black car. They have both been knocking on the door, trying to get a 8.99 or better for the last two years. It will happen.....

[John Brown]

For anyone interested, here is a link to the Horsepower Depot youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@HorsepowerDepot/videos

[SBR]

Originally Posted by fsc66

GM records I have show a total of 15, but those records are only through Sept 69. Must have been 2 more produced after Sept.

Paul

I could be wrong but I believe the number of THM L88s made is actually 15. ZL1 was a cylinder case option for the L88s and was included in the 116 total units just like the L89 was a cylinder head option for 1967 to 1969 L71 Corvettes.