My short ZL-1 version

[Mike Hoenes]

just  a couple of things -
monte carlos didnt come out until '70.
hotrod magazine did an article on the gm "barn" a few months ago. it does
exist. interesting reading.
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From: Joe Boucher
To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
Subject: My short ZL-1 version
Date: Thursday, October 08, 1998 10:38AM

>From my friend that owns a ZL-1 engine:
Less than 75 built for '69 model year.  Developed for a NHRA drag class
requiring a
minimum of 50 production cars built.  GM decided on Camaro's.  One
dealership
bought the 50 car run of completely stripped down Camaro's.  Other dealers
screamed, so 18 more were built.  The remaining engines have no documentaion
of
where they went.  Rumors abound about a few in Corvettes (actually these
were
probably documented), one or two in Monte Carlo's, all associated with the
cars
going to GM big wig's.  These cars are supposed to be stored in the secret
GM
warehouse were these special cars go.  Probably next door to the governments
alien
warehouse.

There is a ZL-1 mailing list on the web.  I don't know how to contact it.

My friend acquired his engine from an individual in Florida.  He was
introduced to
the lead engineer of the ZL-1 project who by then was a V.P or President of
Olds or
Pontiac.  Anyway, way up there.  The V.P. had all the documentation of the
COPO
number version of the street Camaro that was to be built.  He and my buddy
made an
"exchange" for a copy of the documentation.  He then converted his already
prestine
'69 Camaro into what would have been sold to the public, if it had.  He's
told me
the car accelrates from 60 to 100 almost instanteously and just keeps going.
There's a rich SOB that has more than one of the original ZL-1's.  The first
show
my friend went to, the SOB tried to buy the car.  My friend laughed at him.

Joe Boucher
'70 RS/SS Camaro  '81 TBI Suburban