1969 Camaro ZL-1 #1! Muscle Car Of The Week Video #1

1969 Camaro ZL-1 #1! Muscle Car Of The Week Video #1
The first episode of Muscle Car Of The Week features a the very first 1969 Camaro with option package ZL-1, complete with the original all-aluminum 427 V8 and an amazing history. This is the first of 69 ZL-1 Camaros ever built, and was delivered to Fred Gibb Chevrolet on New Year's Eve in 1968. Gibb and his crew transformed the car into a drag race record setter, and drove the car in races all over the country. In this video, Charley Lillard takes us through the car and tells us the stories about the original car and its restoration. Today there are less than 40 original ZL-1 Camaros still in existence. You can guess next week's muscle car over the week on our Facebook page.
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[@stevenkoski228]

The Holy Grail of all Camaros.

[@tomtom8889]

I love the stance of this car. I know it’s a drag racing set up but that ride height & tire size/profile is just spot on imo. Would love to have that look on a street camaro👍.

[@Blackscorpion1963]

Muscle Car Of The CENTURY.

[@ChicagoDonny922]

I'll never EVER forget her!!!! I met her around 2001-'02, she was just as beautiful in person as you could imagine she'd be. The Gentleman who she was with at the time had her, a yellow Yenko (#7) '69, & the "matching corresponding" (#7) '02 Yenko Camaro. It was the last day (Sunday) of the "Super Chevy Show" back when it was held at the McCormick Place, back home in Chicago. He & I talked damn near until some of the other people were starting to breakdown their displays in order to load up their Ladies for the ride back to their destinations...

[@ericou812]

start that beast up!!!!

[@BrewBlaster]

Great stuff. I'm recently subscribed and it's neat to start from the oldest stuff; especially with car things. I look forward the rest of your history and up till now and beyond.

[@jeremythompson9895]

69 ZL1 is my all time favorite big block Camaro. 67 Z28 is my all time favorite small block Camaro. Give the nod to the z28 because it's a much better handling car compared to the big block ZL1 which was basically a factory drag car

[@CHRISG98]

Bill Porterfeild had that car in Monmouth Illinois several times for the Maplecity Street Machines car cruise, very nice car

[@GearheadOutlaw]

Liked before even started the video!

[@bentnickel7487]

Charlie acts like he lost a bet and really didn't want to be there talking to Kevin.

[@michaelcarmean4906]

💥 They Don’t Look Much Better Than This💥

[@dicklong8275]

I had the pleasure of setting in this car at a Camaro Show in Martin Mi many years ago.

[@ronclaman156]

Fred Gibbs was the man !!! COOL AS HELL

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi3857]

It would be great seeing another episode of this, seeing it was the first ZL-1 and Episode # 1. Would be nice to see and hear it run around the Brothers Parking Lot.

[@poolhustler6]

awesome car ….. off the charts

[@johnmoriarty6158]

9.32!

[@angelperez7891]

Though the Camaro was redesigned for 1970, the 1969 Camaro body was still built during 1970, a result of delays in the production launch of the second-generation. During the 1970 first-generation Camaro run the convertible was dropped, RS headlights were no longer hidden, all models got the smaller rounded-corner grille previously used only on the RS and the taillights were changed to simpler red lenses with a single horizontal trim strip forming two vertically-stacked sections.

[@ncautoman57]

Super nice!

[@angelperez7891]

It sold for $7,300 during 1969.

[@stephenhensley7004]

Had to see this video after seeing the Factory Built And Backed Racers (Episode 367) this week.

[@NewtonWashinton]

Dick Harrell also built in 1969 a ZL1 427 Nova, I seen a new one in 1969. $6300.00 it was a $3300.00 Nova with a $3000.00 eng option.

[@karlknudson9249]

fred gibb ordered 50 of these zl1 camaros , can you imajine that having 50 camaros worth a million a piece if fred only knew but he didnt live long enough to see the price mature

[@stripervince1]

They're old chevys. They ain't worth a million a piece.

[@ronclaman156]

@@stripervince1 only 69 built

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

@@stripervince1 try to buy one and find out just how much it will cost you .

[@zxtenn]

SERIOUS TIMES THERE

[@Trebor-gw8lt]

In a way, I’d like to see it restored back to stock.

[@blubu68]

Zed L1 !!

[@michaelcarmean4906]

I Have A Friend That Owns a Black One In 1980… I Remember He Was Offered $70,000 Back Then

[@mtl-ss1538]

" went to America in about 1970 I thought it would make a great race car," Jane remembered. "General Motors in Detroit told me there were two available in Melbourne, Florida - this car in Hugger Orange (#33, VIN 610732) and a Le Mans Blue (#52 VIN 620934) automatic for drag racing - so I bought them both."www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/feature-cars/1109/bob-jane-camaro-zl-1-review

[@howabouthetruth2157]

ATTENTION ALL VIEWERS: The other viewer here "MTL-ss" was kind enough to share a link to a fascinating article pertaining to these original '69 ZL1 COPO Camaro's, and one of the greatest Australian racers/track owners: Bob Jane, who STOMPED the competition in his '69 ZL1 in Australia. Click the link, see the images & read the ENTIRE article, you won't be disappointed. THANK YOU MTL-ss for sharing this link to the article, I really enjoyed it. Learned a lot from it too. I've been living here in Melbourne Florida since 1969 and I was well aware of the 1960 Indy 500 winner: Jim Rathman, and his Chevrolet dealership here. As a kid, I used to go see some of the cars he would have on display in the showroom. ( hotrods, race winning cars, old classics, etc. ) But I never knew until now, how perhaps the most famous of all Aussie racers traveled all the way here to Melbourne Florida back in 1970 to buy TWO original 1969 ZL1's from Jim Rathman. It was the only 2 that were allotted & shipped to Rathman Chevrolet. Bob Jane took them back to Australia, prepared them for racing, and stomped the competition. Thanks again, and I hope ya get this message after 3 + years.

[@Merylstreep1949]

I want one, damn the cost.

[@thomasmagda4580]

C'mon Charlie. Talk about the first 50 and what the sticker price was.

[@johnrossi6212]

Was it originally a stick? Looks like it has a clutch peddle.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

The guy he was talking to said it was originally an automatic, but back when this was built and raced it MAY have had a clutch pedal put in it which would have allowed them to run a ClutchTurbo 400 trans .

[@markg.2501]

WHAT??? No Start Up?? ......... Color me Disappointed

[@petemcpeterson6205]

Its funny he didn't mention this car burned in a trailer fire .

[@shotgunarms]

l88, very desirable. Ahead of it's time and a powerhouse

[@rogergoins9404]

Sweeeeeeeet

[@timothyvaher2421]

So Cool 😎. The O.G. Camaro built to race, with an Aluminum 427. It shows a 146 mph Record! It takes a lot of work to get that speed today.

[@TopG800]

the fastest run I have seen is 10 highs at 125-130 mph

[@Helicamman]

Pretty sure this is a tribute with the vin tag on it, that car burnt to nothing in reggie jacksons garage

[@jamescreech2858]

On 8 unbiased

[@bigpaw64]

it that guy one of the brothers??

[@thomasmagda4580]

No, its Charlie Lillard. Classic car collector and expert.

[@jasonwandling4203]

He seems like an arrogant asshole.

[@Martmns]

Why is the car shown with SS/E classification lettering on the windshield and side windows when the car is obviously in it's later, Pro/Stock configuration???

[@JAAB9296]

I would bet that this car did not have a narrowed rear end in 69. That had to happen after 70.

[@edge2sword186]

I thought Jenkins raced one ?

[@darrellsomers5427]

He ran a ZL1 engine ,it was a transplant it wasn't a ZL1 car

[@jackkeller3172]

69 ZL1 made it out of the factory there were 300 that were scrapped general motors considered these cars a liability because they didn't put a blow proof bell housing in there and an exploding clutch would cut the hinges off the door my father was a pink supervisor in the factory in Norwood I got a red 69 copo cast iron for my high school graduation present drag racing religiously before and a half years never wrecked it never killed anybody but I acquired so many tickets everything except vehicular manslaughter in triplicate and I had there were four kofo Camaros in the little town of Milford that I grew up i to sell the car to be able to get insurance on a new truck what a waste I believe the man by the name of Pete Estes at general motors had to do a whole lot with this car

[@TopG800]

you might be thinking of 427 yenkos, just less than 70 zl1s were ever made

[@josephnewcomb5670]

Over 600hp easily

[@TopG800]

Makes 475hp, not 600

[@marknieuwejaar1075]

I want how much?

[@markpalio4411]

Absolute SILLY Money!! ;-)

[@dannymostarac1799]

Bad mother

[@stevenfaucher7533]

How much horsepower does this zl1 make?

[@ericou812]

well over 550 hp,advertised hp is 425...but you know its over 500 but since this one is built to be drag raced...id say over 600

[@stevenfaucher7533]

ericou812 thank you for telling me , man i love this car!

[@gordongreninger6109]

Steven Faucher According to the guys that raced them those numbers seem to be legit. What the responder left out is those numbers maybe good for one or two passes down the 1/4 mile. Grumpy Jenkins claims that them all aluminum zl1 engines were only good for a couple passes before they had to replace the engine with a fresh one.

[@TopG800]

@@ericou812 i watched a video on sleepers, including a 69 zl1, makes around 490-520hp

[@earlsspeedshop7058]

To bad it has markers gauges and shifter it

[@Grapehill]

Nice car, but I'm thinking the carb is wrong :

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

From the factory , yes but this car is in it's racing trim .

[@Buasop]

That thing looks like it should be sold at an Alabama swap meet

[@chuckcarlini2807]

Trailer queen!

[@bobsilver3983]

That guy looks like he was drinking.

[@gordongreninger6109]

Bob Silver So what. Throw him the keys and lets get this party started.

[@vintagesavoiur]

Probably just polished off a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20

[@rogerodle8750]

So true. "I think it was this... I can't remember that...". It was painful listening to him. Supposed to be an expert, but didn't know the subject matter and didn't seem to want to be there.

[@robertdean6222]

What’s faster a Z 28 or 396 LS

[@m22dude]

That WHITE GTO is way kooler in the background

[@garrettcarpenter3319]

I cannot believe you did not start the car i would not show a car if I could not start it up.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

You don't even own a car worthy of showing anywhere.

[@garrettcarpenter3319]

Howabouthetruth hmm considering you don’t know a thing about me? Haha I definitely would get rid of it if I couldn’t at least start it

[@howabouthetruth2157]

@@garrettcarpenter3319 Nobody here gives a shit "what you would do" and you're only making more lame excuses simply as a way to piss & complain. These people don't owe YOU a damned thing, and you should be grateful they even show such a rare, special car. Lastly: It's a damned RACE CAR......ya just don't "turn a key and start" one of these old school SUPER STOCK drag racers. Ya have to go through several things to prepare the car TO RUN. And that is NOT needed when the car has been RETIRED & put up FOR SHOW nowadays. Besides, this awesome car has already earned its keep MANY times over: winning multiple championships & breaking SEVERAL speed records at the drag strip. Grow up BOY.

[@entrepreneurhomeboy]

@@garrettcarpenter3319 howabout is right on all counts. he's right about the car and he's right about you too. get a clue kid.

[@garrettcarpenter3319]

entrepreneurhomeboy I know a race car is for starting and running I’m sure if they fire up his nitro funny car all the time they is heck of a lot more maintenance on that thing than this car right here......I bet you money if I had the car it would be started or it would be gone...it would absolutely not hurt a thing to fire it up...it’s a solid lift cam motor not as much valve pressure or anything......don prudhomme started his digger up on nitro and the car was perfectly fine

[@thewiseowl3672]

I can’t watch ant longer. The interviewee has about as much knowledge and information as my cat. Sorry,

[@howabouthetruth2157]

@Emmick82 You're BOTH nothing more than a couple candy ass trolling little twerps.