69 ZL1 for sale eBay
#21
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I remember reading another thread about these cars...maybe a year or so ago? Lots of discussion on the tank stickers
#22
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#23
Melting Slicks
My take is that it wasn’t born a ZL-1.
No mention of J-50, J-56, or F-41 mentioned on the build order. There is one documented 1969 L-88 that came through without J-56, but it was a COPO order and identified as such on the tank sticker. This one isn’t.
No VIN derivative on the pad. My guess is that if there was a better photo of the pad, it wouldn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Heaters were required on all Corvettes built 1968 and after. A defroster was mandated by federal law on all 48 state U.S. cars… Which necessitated a heater. Hawaii/Alaska and Canadian L-88s were an insignificant number… They all got heaters.
In 1967-1969, M-22 equipped L-88s received an aluminum radiator without a fan shroud. 1969 M-40 equipped L-88s received a copper radiator and most received fan shrouds.
Regards,
Stan Falenski
No mention of J-50, J-56, or F-41 mentioned on the build order. There is one documented 1969 L-88 that came through without J-56, but it was a COPO order and identified as such on the tank sticker. This one isn’t.
No VIN derivative on the pad. My guess is that if there was a better photo of the pad, it wouldn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Heaters were required on all Corvettes built 1968 and after. A defroster was mandated by federal law on all 48 state U.S. cars… Which necessitated a heater. Hawaii/Alaska and Canadian L-88s were an insignificant number… They all got heaters.
In 1967-1969, M-22 equipped L-88s received an aluminum radiator without a fan shroud. 1969 M-40 equipped L-88s received a copper radiator and most received fan shrouds.
Regards,
Stan Falenski
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#24
Melting Slicks
Regards,
Stan Falenski
#25
Everybody here is pretty informative on these cars. I think there was one around the Pittsburgh area not too long ago. But I have one question. How the hell does someone lose a piece of documentation that is literally worth hundreds of thousands of dollars?
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#26
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Is that a "Performance" optional rear end ratio? I know later model vettes had a RPO G-92 "performance" ratio...
#27
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Like losing a lottery ticket...
#28
Melting Slicks
The 3.36 rear axle WAS the performance ratio with the M-40 transmission in a Corvette… That was the lowest ratio that you could get with that drivetrain combination. Kind of strange since solid lifter Camaros/Chevelles could get a 4.10 with the M-40.
Regards,
Stan Falenski
#29
Melting Slicks
Also if you look carefully you can see the car was ordered with a radio.
Here is a closeup of the tank sticker and you can see where I pointed the arrows the letter A in the RPO code area on the radio line as well as the tops of the wording by the edge of the torn section.
Last edited by ed427vette; 12-09-2023 at 01:39 AM.
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#30
Melting Slicks
Thanks for getting in on this car.
What he was referring to was that it was listed twice on the bottom. They list them twice as you stated correctly but for some reason on automatic cars they list them both on the bottom instead of one on top and one on bottom. Just the way the programmed that option to print out on the IBM machine.
#32
The yellow coupe is a documented factory built ZL1 the orange convertible is not. The consensus is that the car started out as an L88 M40 car.
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#33
The car is a super cool car and would be fun to own, sounds great! The car has J56 calipers but no power brakes. 9 leaf spring and it does not have the F41 suspension option. Looking at the tank sticker it has the posi-traction axle listed twice, which is correct for an L71, L89 or L88 M40 car that had the CY high shift point transmission. In my opinion it left the factory as an M40 L71 car with a radio.
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That is typical and correct for cars with automatics.
Also if you look carefully you can see the car was ordered with a radio.
Here is a closeup of the tank sticker and you can see where I pointed the arrows the letter A in the RPO code area on the radio line as well as the tops of the wording by the edge of the torn section.
Also if you look carefully you can see the car was ordered with a radio.
Here is a closeup of the tank sticker and you can see where I pointed the arrows the letter A in the RPO code area on the radio line as well as the tops of the wording by the edge of the torn section.
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#35
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The hood doesn't quite look correct either looks like hand laid fiberglass. The conversion was definitely done a long time ago just curious that no one remembers this car out in California.
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#36
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Nice catch on the tank sticker Ed!
Regards,
Stan Falenski
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Up to 80k and reserve still not met... 7 days to go...
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I don’t know about this one, but I wish I could have bought this ZL-1 for $5,000 brand new back then. It say unsold in the dealer for $10,000.
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