ZL1 #51 at Barrett-Jackson

**quick-bowtie** · #1 12-31-2006, 05:20 AM

I know all that steel metal replacement kinda scares me off but if it was raced you never know what happened.. Does anyone know who restoration on it or more importantly if the hidden vins are there and not messed with? with all that metal replacement it might sell for alot less.. I gotta givem him credit for disclosing all the metal replacement. Wasnt this car at the spring Mecum auction I seem to remember a White ZL1 there? could be thinking of some other car though.

**Stefano** · #2 12-31-2006, 05:34 AM

Lamar Walden who raced the car also initially restored it himself. The car was at the Mecum Rockford Spring Classic and at B/J a few years ago.

69motion · #3 12-31-2006, 06:08 AM

i sold an orig zl1 motor that said 305 of 500 on side of block with orig rear numbers

nuch_ss396 · #4 12-31-2006, 06:17 AM

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i sold an orig zl1 motor that said 305 of 500 on side of block with orig rear numbers

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Jeff !

500 blocks?! I didn't think the number was that high.
Does anyone know if they cast all 500? Anyone ever see
a higher sequence number than 305? Were they all cast
with "n" of 500 on them?

Steve

TurboBob · #5 12-31-2006, 06:53 AM

My name is Bob johnson and I live in dallas,ga If you like a good story here it is. In the early 80's Lamar bought his car back out of a trailer park in Rome,Ga for $700.00 The car had never been titled and somewhere along it's life it was taged and that's how it was found. I know Lamar well and was there when it came home. It was extremely rough and pretty much anything to do with original ZL-1 stuff was gone it was completely back-halfed for racing and had a olds type rear with 14in. wide tires and had a unique fiberglass front end that bolted together in peaces like stock sheet metal did and still had GM part numbers on them. I've never seen another set like them. Ther was a doner car involved and they replaced every bit of the floor from the firewall back and inner structer and used new GM quarters,tail pan and every piece of the front was replaced. I don't know about now but when It was done it wasn't of quality VERY obivice were it was welded together. Thank's hope this helped

**rich p** · #6 12-31-2006, 04:44 PM

Hey Bobby !! Hope everything is WELL !! We missed you at the PlayBoy Mansion. See ya at BJ"S.

Good luck on the CUDA

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