Million dollar camaro....

[Mark_C]

It is a fiberglass crossram hood and it is different than a "production" 69 FG hood, see attached

[Mark_C]

69 "production" FG crossram hood

[Jeff H]

Mark, the JL8 RPO might have been issued early on but the option was not actually available until later in the year. The sport wheel became an RPO but none were ever installed on a car. I've seen some paperwork showing that the JL8 option was not available at times during the 69 production year. What makes me curious now is if this 68 Z28 convertible had factory headers added to it when it ran the crossram. Motown, do you know if it had headers at that time? I can't see a crossram 302 being an easy car to drive with stock exhaust manifolds.

[Stefano]

Cross Ram not Cross Fire

[camarojoe]

Who did the restoration on this car? Maybe ask them, perhaps they did some research before bolting the stuff on?

[Mark_C]

Then how did Al Maynard find one in a car built around the same time? The JL8 in the car has to be a HD service part axle not a production axle. Who knows how long those were around before the RPO was initiated. GM was using the service axle in the 68 TA racing series weren't they?

[68l30]

Thanks for the dates Mark.I've never questioned the car only speculated that this "may" have been the first use of the Zl-2 hood.Interesting car..I'd love to stare at the binder of documents some day..

Joe,that was what I was thinking....It would not make much sense to install this package in Sept,had to be done in July.Why put it all on last years model and try to impress Estes..


Steve

[MotownMadman]

The headers came on the car, the original paint markings are still on the date coded rear axle which are J56.
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[Jeff H]

There is a big difference between the JL8 option and the HD service disc brake rear. I assume this 68 has the HD service package rear which is technically not the JL8 rear. Matt, does the paperwork with the car show the headers as part of the Z28 option?

[MotownMadman]

Jeff,
It reads as the headers were part of the Z-28 option but came in the trunk to be installed by the dealer or owner. If you can get the spring 2003 issue of Muscle Car Review, it has Don Johnsons Nash Bridges Cuda on the cover, there is an article in this issue called "18 Days to Glory" which goes into detail about this Z, why it was built, and what options were installed before giving it to Pete Estes.
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