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Old 09-23-2004, 12:57 AM
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Last I heard,it was in Florida,in a collection.I have some pretty cool inner GM Documents about this Vette.Seems once it was confiscated and going up for auction in the 1990's,GM was jockeying for position to acquire it again.I have about 12 GM Letters talking candidly back & fourth between the higher ups,with their opinion about how to get this,and what it's true value is.They hired 3 experts to go look at it,and determined it was real.But the final bidding exceeded their wildest dreams,and they let it go.I guess they wanted it for a possible Chevrolet Museum back then.
I also uncovered a 1969 Chevrolet Zone letter,telling all dealers that the St.Louis Ass. Plant has a Low mile 1969 Aluminum block Engineers(George)Corvette for sale,and to contact them if interested.It was in fact,this Yellow ZL-1 Corvette.

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Old 09-23-2004, 01:06 AM
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Around 1980-83 in hemm. was a zl-1 vette for sale no motor do any of you remember this? I think it was down in vir.
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Old 09-23-2004, 12:27 PM
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I was told there is a blue one too.
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Old 09-23-2004, 05:17 PM
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I saw the blue one when it was new. Setting in the parking lot of a auto appostery shop with the window sticker still on it. That was about a mile from two different Chev dealers here in Tulsa. Never saw it again. It could have been used by the DX racing division. They were in and out of Tulsa all the time.
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Old 09-23-2004, 05:38 PM
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I heard the blue one was destroyed?
Kevin S. has the White one in his collection.
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Old 09-23-2004, 07:54 PM
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How come if there where only 2, there is a yellow one, a blue one and a white one?
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Old 09-24-2004, 01:23 AM
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I had heard that there may have been as many as 6 or 7 actually built. Don't know if there is any truth to that or not.
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Old 09-24-2004, 02:11 AM
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Coupe or convertible, and what stripe pattern was it running?
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Old 09-24-2004, 03:34 AM
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It was newly off the trunk and still had the window sticker. No stripes on it yet.

It was almost closing time and nobody was around. (yes that was tempting to a kid my age) It was gone later (6:30)when I left my aunts house a few blocks away. I had a '68 400hp th400 the same color being rebuilt from a wreck which is why this one caught my eye in the first place.
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