Ultra Rare ZL1 and L88 Corvettes Started up at Roger's Corvette Center

We visited Roger's Corvette Center in Orlando, FL to check out the 1969 Corvette ZL1 along with Roger's other rare Corvettes in his cllection which include a 1968 L88, a 1967 L88 and the 1966 L72 Tanker.
After the ZL-1 was started, they went down the road and started each of the rare Corvettes.
Visit Rogers Corvette Center at www.rogerscorvettes.com

[@CorvettesandCassicCars-mw6me]

What a beast! last summer I attended a Corvette show a Gentleman had a 1969 L88 at the show and he started it up for me and shook the ground. Love these cars.

[@williammatthews2948]

I pee'd a little bit when they started that ZL1. Now I need a cigarette, and a nap.

[@gsmith207]

haaaaa😂

[@181le6]

Yeah, that probably wasn't pee. lol

[@181le6]

It must smell awesome in there. I'd rather hear them run individually though.

[@georgewettig1860]

I am very glad to have one and to have hold on to as long as I have. It is an Awesome ride , nothing compares!

[@truebetold65]

Those C3s are so beautiful.. they're like piscasos on wheels.

[@Sir.VicsMasher]

The first time I heard about the 1969 Corvette ZL1 was a white one featured in a hardback book called American Muscle [Muscle cars from the Otis Chandler collection] which I read as a teen back in the 90's. "600 hp sounded good to me"

[@oe542]

That brings back memories! I don’t know how many times I read that book but it was enough that it fell apart.

[@depot1858]

Gotta love all that history fired up together 🏁🏁

[@Tusuperbis]

that's like going to heaven alive! dream cars!

[@maker-matt]

I have an issue of Hot Rod magazine that the cover says "we take a 625hp look at the all aluminum Chevy 427"

[@markr9730]

When the ZL1 sold at the Government auction at KSC, I was lead over the Roads & Grounds crew that set up the lot. Ropes, stanchions etc. I knew all about the ZL1, so I was standing there looking at it, trying not to drool, when the GSA boss walked up. I asked him if I could sit in it, and to my surprise he said yes. To this day, I kick myself for not asking if I could start it. The keys were in the ignition. I was on duty during the auction the next day, but I managed to be there. The news paper had said were expecting $700K. The lady auctioneer started the bidding at $300K. Crickets..... When she finally got the first bid it was only $50K. But it rose quickly and like it said in the video, it sold for $300K. One of my best days at work, better than a Shuttle launch.

[@stanleykeith6969]

I Flew in from Pa. for this auction, I too was there.

[@mikatamminen2786]

@@stanleykeith6969 Sure...

[@kevinanderson6926]

I was at an auction there about a month prior to that. Saw the announcement for the ZL-1 being sold by the DEA. Wish I could've gone just to see the action on it.

[@V8_screw_electric_cars]

Why was it a government auction?

[@markr9730]

@@V8_screw_electric_cars KSC had a fleet of cars and trucks that were auctioned off as they wore out. Vehicles (including boats) that the IRS seized or law enforcement confiscated from drug dealers etc. often found their way there as well. It's been a while but I seem to remember the ZL1 was the later. But don't quote me on that.

[@clemenza24]

When I die and go to Corvette heaven those 4 cars will be there for me to drive around in !

[@joevette6290]

Two L-88's and the ZL-1 all running at the same time is real BADDASS!!!

[@joevette6290]

Heard 30 L-88 racing around Daytona but a ZL-1 in the group is an historic moment

[@74SD455TA]

Absolutely INCREDIBLE!....WOW.........life is good...the fumes have to be gettin a little heavy in there......right.......I know my garage......

[@chalemi6909]

My favorite all time design is the '68-69 models. Those curves man....those curves! At 10:07 listening to that growl of the L-88, you know it wants to run!

[@jordanjohnanderson]

What a great symphony of sound.

[@gordiesings]

The sound of those engines running, is the only background music I want to hear.

[@jayobama9582]

That is awesome, thanks so much for filming that for us. The 69 ZL1 definitely is a mythical car. The white L88 in the middle is actually a 68 - double red lights at the rear with separate reverse lights, no Stingray fender badge and different door handle. Even more rare as they only made 80 L88s in 68. All the cars are well tuned I must say. What sort of gas do they run? Premium wouldn't do it as the L88s had a factory sticker saying minimum 103 octane required. Fantastic sound!

[@kevinanderson6926]

You can also tell it's a 68' and not a 69', because the 68' has a push button on the door to open it, and the 69' didn't.

[@kevinanderson6926]

My friend that had the 68' L-88, either ran AVGAS mixed with Sunoco 260 , or just straight Sunoco 280.

[@jayobama9582]

@@kevinanderson6926 That's right, quite a few things are different. I like the 68s because they are unique. Interior grab handle, ignition is on dash instead of the steering column, smaller centre in steering wheel, lower seats without headrest and I think even the front fender flares are slightly different to 69 and onwards.

[@thefullmoongamer]

Yes, yes, yes. The sound of heaven!

[@stanleykeith6969]

I was there when they had the auction in Oct. 1991 @ Cape Kennedy space center . Fed. United States Marshals sold this car for $1,000,000.00. The guy was a Drug Dealer they told us. They stared it off at $400,000.00 and some guy said we are not buying the Space Shuttle. Roger Judski and another guy started bidding and it sold for one million. I have pictures of this event as it took place. We had flown down to Fla. to see this. Wife and I saw Roger write the check. I have a Corvette Book that I had Roger sign. There was another 1969 ZL1 owned by Otis Chandler in Calf. I don't know if he still has it. The only 2 that were made, a White one and a Yellow one. Both 4 speeds, no automatic's. There was a Fake one going around with a GULF sticker on the hood and the car was painted Orange. It was a auto. It was from Pa. Its a FAKE ! When this car came into the Chevy garage in West Penn Chevy in Leechburg, Pa. I know the guy that took this L88 off the car carrier, his name is Denny. The guy that bought it raced the car and went through several motors, and then it became a ZL1 and said he raced for Gulf Research. It is still a rare car as a L88. The guy sold it and they had the car repainted, Its still a Fake ! GOD BLESS AMERICA !

[@mikatamminen2786]

it went for 300K... not one mil...

[@stanleykeith6969]

@@mikatamminen2786 I was there when he wrote the check out for ONE Million. I saw the check.

[@stanleykeith6969]

Roger Judski's 1969 ZL1 Corvette, one of two made.

[@mikatamminen2786]

@@stanleykeith6969 actually real RPO ones 2 but test mules 2 others...the Zora personal Racer and the Orange Coupé drag car. Well known facts...

[@mikatamminen2786]

@@stanleykeith6969 BS... www.corvettereport.com/roger-judski-buys-one-of-two-official-1969-zl-1-corvettes/

[@uptownsamcv]

great video, I stopped in there once and it's an awesome place. it's actually located in Maitland.

[@user-ld6tx9vh5m]

Great video, however, a little bit of mis-information. I am an avid Vette lover since forever and I worked at the GM tech Center in Warren, Michigan during the development of the big blocks, L88's, etc. during the 1960's. The first three L88 427's that were dyno'd produced 595 to 615 hp although the advertised rating was 430. There were 18 L88's sold for the 1967 model year, not 20. During the 1980's this number grew to 19 and just recently it became 20. Warren

[@c5scottman]

So many uninformed people think the '67 L88 Corvette is the rarest, fastest and most valuable Corvette to roll off the assembly line.

[@milojanis4901]

Why would they think otherwise? It was all of what you say, and was still the fastest, until about 12 years ago. The ZL1 was the same engine in all aluminum trim, rather than just the aluminum heads......

[@hoghogwild]

@@milojanis4901 L88 and ZL1 used different camshafts. Similar timing, 0.540/0.560" lift for the L88 and 0.560"/0.600" lift for the Zl-1 Cam. The ZL-1 camshaft was Zyglo'ed, with zero indications permitted at the factory as well.

[@brucechamberlain9890]

If you sold your wife for one of these you’d still not have buyers remorse.

[@livewire2759]

@@hoghogwild The "heavy duty 427" (L88) used three different cams over the years. The earliest engines, which were only available through special order from racing teams, and apparently had iron heads, built in late '65 through late '66 used the 540/560 cam, which was still being used when the HD 427 became the L88 option (now with alum heads) in mid '67 and was used through mid '68. In mid '68 the 540/560 cam was replaced with a 550/580 cam (if I remember the specs right), which was used through mid '69, when the final cam, 560/600, was used in both the L88 and ZL1 engines, and that cam was also available through dealer parts and installed in the L88 and ZL1 crate engines well into the '70s. Early "L88"s with the first cam dyno test around 540hp, the '68 cam dynos around 550hp, and the '69 cam dynos around 560. I've also heard of results up to 580hp, but I assume those had some head work done as well. The factory only did 3 angle valve jobs, even on these high performance heads, so most engine builders will do a 5 angle or even a 7 angle valve job, plus a little bit of porting, not to make the ports larger, but just to clean up the castings and polish the exhaust ports. There are also some claims of only 480hp, but my research showed that number came from a "net" test with stock cast iron manifolds, belt driven water pump and alternator, and they even had the smog pump installed... so 480 net hp, not bad at all. LOL

[@stevematz7354]

I doubt you'll see that happen too many times in your Lifetime. Keith was close on ZL1 Crate Engines. Records from the Tonawanda engine plant revealed 94 ZL1 engines with Corvette prefixes were built ; 80 coded for use with manual transmissions and 14 for use with automatics. It's acknowledged among Corvette historians that the majority of these engines were sold to racers, but a few went over dealers' parts counters to private parties. Although two ZL1s were sold to the public, only one has provenance and pedigree (Roger's Yellow/Blk) The other White ZL1 owned by Kevin Suydam has some controversary concerning the engine. The Car is a True ZL1 but the engine may have been replaced by another ZL1 Engine. More than a Few L88 and ZL1 Engines were blown up back then in both SCCA & Drag Racing. Always stories floating around about other 69 ZL1's. There were only 2 69 production ZL1 Corvettes that came off the St Louis Assembly Line. Any other 69 Corvette with a ZL1 Engine was either Dealer or Self installed. A number of those 94 Engines ended up at Dealers like Fred Gibb and Harry Mann Chevrolet ...

[@RyanSnodgrass]

Has anyone seen actual GM/Chevrolet documentation showing the 94 ZL1 engines and the breakdown of manual vs auto? Is there a copy floating around somewhere? I'd love to see this. Does anyone have detailed photos of the yellow ZL-1 (trim tags, engine details, etc)?

[@hoghogwild]

Tonowanda built 154 1969 ZL-1 engines(Camaro/Corvette-service engines) and 549 1967-69 L-88's for all MY combined. 1969 L-88=$1032.15 Sport Coupe=$4781.00, Convertible=$4438.00. Of the 116 1969 L-88s 17 were optioned with RPO M40 THM-400 3 speed auto trans($221.80 option), leaving 99 with the 4 speed manual.

[@culcune]

@@hoghogwild Did the 69 1969 Camaro ZL-1s use any of these engines, or was that a different batch?

[@hoghogwild]

@@culcune Yes, the ZL-1's regardless of application (Regular Production Order=RPO for ZL-1 Vette, Central Office Production Order=COPO for ZL-1 Camaro and the Service Engines(ZL-1 crate engines). Since the ZL-1 was hand assembled in an air-conditioned/clean-room assembly facility with 4-5 employees taking 16 hours per engine, in an air-conditioned/clean-room assembly facility, the ZL-1 was a hugely expensive engine to manufacture. As such, its super low rate production targets were far removed from the high rate type of production that was seen for the more common Camaro variants. ZL-1 production was ramped up, its production targets were realized, then ZL-1 production was ramped down/ceased and the assets of the program absorbed by other projects. Since the ZL-1 was only available, in a car, for MY1969 in the RPO Vettes(2 built) or using the more complicated COPO ordering system, which the 69 1969 ZL-1 Camaros were made available(to racers), if the engine is a ZL-1, it was built at the same facility, in the same time period as any other ZL-1 engine. Every ZL-1 that came off that line was broken in for an hour, then was pulled and the results were between 500-535hp which Chevrolet gave a 430hp "rating", which was 100% accurate. The 1969 ZL-1 427 did in fact only make 430hp, it just made 430hp at 5200rpm, which was about 1000rpm less, than the power peak at which the ZL-1 did make its full horsepower, at 6200-6400 rpm running Sunoco 260 fuel. Headers/open exhaust The ZL-1 Camaros came equipped with the log manifolds(Vettes manifolds were much better) and wimpy stock exhaust that cut the ZL-1s power almost exactly in half. That rip snorting 500-535hp became a wheezy 275hp when forced to breath through a straw. Chevrolet knew that the racers would simply rip off the manifolds and exhaust and install the headers that Chev dealerships would find in the cars, uninstalled. Some nice dealers would make these headers a "dealer installed option".

[@joevette6290]

Hi Steve since you got so much data on Zl-1's maybe you could find out how many 70 LT-1's came with a 4.56 rear! my first vette had an M-22 and a 4.56 but no other option it was a canadian built LT-1 THANKS STEVE

[@keithsclassicgarage1133]

Top pier cars for sure!

[@BigEdKOWALIK-ok9co]

Jaw on the ground. I'm going to have to go there someday. I like them all. What a collection of Americana... I'd put one in Florida, UpState, Utah. Yellow is 🔥 for sure, like Orange and Green. Candy apple Red and blue or a heavy pearl are normally my colors but those year cars it almost doesn't matter. Brown? nah... side pipes are 🔥

[@duanemcdonald3895]

ZL-1 I love you and 👄 ❤️ I love you. 🌎

[@GaryN6369]

Very cool!

[@pepe3120]

WOW!!! CORVETTE HEAVEN!

[@fifteenbyfive]

It sounds so awesome in there 10 minutes in. Ya had to be there to get drunk on all that non-catalyzed exhaust. Delicious sights and sounds

[@motherlovinsnuffstar]

Those are some awesome cars, and excellent specimens of great historical (and monetary) value. It would have been too cool if GM had made a canam (all aluminum) version of the LS7 454 and put it in some of these cars.

[@livewire2759]

There were apparently plans for just that... but of course they were scrapped along with the LS7. They were going to call it the "LT2", an all aluminum 454 with 12.5 to 1 compression, big cam, cowl induction, etc... that the L88s and ZL1s had. Supposedly, a prototype was given to Motor Trend Magazine for testing, but some sources say that was an LS7 prototype (iron block, alum heads, 11.0 to 1 compression)... but it's all lost to history now.

[@thomasfraioli5797]

Listen to that car rocking and rolling !!!

[@yesode4201]

Any way to hold the camera a little closer to your face? It think I see a pimple.

[@sammy2840]

Had three of these at a Specialty dealership in Waterloo, Iowa in 85. Around $10,000 ea. Kicking myself. The L88 was scary fast!

[@deborahchesser7375]

Roger is a lucky man

[@kevinanderson6926]

Had a friend that bought a 68' L-88 in the early 70's for $2800!!! The guy he bought it from, sold it because it didn't have A/C. Had it for a few years, then sold it because "Momma said they needed a family car". I KNOW he wishes he still had it. That was one BADASS Vette, and the fastest car I ever rode in!!!

[@mercedes-amgforlife3237]

I know the son of the guy who bought the last 1968 L-88 Corvette. The guy's wife sold it while he was out on the road, and when he returned to find it gone he divorced her. She sold for around $2,000 IIRC. Some big time Corvette collector in Texas bought years later.

[@richardbarnette756]

Hey buddy I drove the 1969 zl1 corvette back in the day

[@JoshuaTrenge]

Wow….

[@hoghogwild]

A ZL-1 and 2 L-88s and not a SINGLE fan shroud in sight!

[@thud9797]

Believe L88 automatics (69 only) did use a small shroud.

[@truebetold65]

That ZL1 is nasty in a good way.

[@alanhale6494]

I would love to see a 69 ZL1 Corvette

[@Ray-fc8bo]

The ZL-1 was sold at Hechler Chevrolet in Richmond, Va. A friend and I went to look and got to sit in it because my Dad bought his car there. There's a lot of backstory on this car......

[@oe542]

There always is with these super rares

[@MichaelMosesHammer]

Eddy the Mug bought, and owned a white 69 ZL1 from Crivelli Chevrolet in Mckees Rocks Pa. 15136

[@brucechamberlain9890]

I bet a lot of classics have interesting histories.

[@CrisisGuildWOW]

With all of them running, you cant hear them individually. Not very good.

[@jasonmcmillan4373]

The white one must be kept under lock and key at Fort Knox or something. It's always the yellow one that makes an appearance. As for the orange convertible, that cars provenance must be questionable given how many sources claim there are only two.

[@ssdtrain1]

L79 is a 1968 327/350hp 4spd... I've got one,, LOL >:}

[@brgable]

I bet that place reeks of 103+ octane fuel......heaven!

[@edwardalamo2507]

114 is available today, a better fuel.

[@BlessedMe11]

There's just something magic about all four of those Vettes. What a damn shame Chevrolet didn't make many more of them. Totally F'd up!

[@hoghogwild]

They would have if more people ordered them. The ZL1 Corvette was an RPO(Regular Production Option). In 1969 the base Corvettes cost Sport Coupe=$4781.00, Convertible=$4438.00. The 1969 L-88=$1032.15 on top of that, plus the mandatory options required to even check off the L88 box. Consider that the ZL-1 engine alone cost over $4000 on its own, plus the mandatory options, you can see why people weren't lining up to buy these cars.

[@livewire2759]

@@hoghogwild I believe that the ZL1 package actually included the mandatory options in the price, which is partly why it was such an expensive package. If it was just the engine alone it would have had an "LXX" code. The "ZXX" code indicates that it's a package option with other options included. I think the reason they did that is to discourage the average idiot from buying it, wrecking it and suing GM... same reason they only rated it and the L88 at 430hp.

[@hoghogwild]

​@@livewire2759 OK sure, but the engine portion of whatever package code cost over $4000 on its own and the rest of the package was more. The breakdowns show every single part number The package was worth more than a base Vette. A ZL-1 Vette cost almost $11,000. For performance, headers and open exhaust are always assumed. Yes it was an expensive option. It was hand assembled by 2 engineers over 16 hours in an air conditioned room and carted down to the dyno for break in and testing. They never had a ZL-1 under 500hp and many 510-520hp of the just under 100 ZL-1 engines built.

[@livewire2759]

@@hoghogwild The Yellow ZL1 cost $11,000 because it was a special order by the plant manager who built it with all the bells and whistles... including the radio and heater options which the ZL1s were not supposed to have. Sure, they listed the part numbers of the various mandatory options, but again, I think that "over 4,000" price tag included the price of the HD brakes, HD susp., etc... not that those were added on top of that 4,000. Also, the L88s were hand built as well, with the same amount of care, yet that option only added a few hundred dollars because the other mandatory options weren't included in the price of it. The ZL1 was really just the addition of the aluminum block, which was very expensive, but not 4 grand by itself, so it must have included the price of the other mandatory options. Now, I'm not an expert, and I certainly wasn't around at the time to verify all of this, so I'll admit I could be wrong, but logically, it just doesn't make sense to me that they would charge over 4 grand for the addition of an aluminum block.

[@wrzl1675]

A lot of those surplus ZL1 427’s went into COPO Camaro’s

[@Cheops2112]

I don’t think there were any “Surplus” ZL-1 engines....they were all special ordered through the COPO program. 69 Camaro’s and 2 corvettes of which only one exists. 🙂

[@oe542]

There’s no surplus.

[@livewire2759]

The Camaro's were all built before this Corvette was... They built around 80 of these engines for factory installations (and probably double that for over the counter sales). One or two test mule Corvettes were built, one ordered Corvette was built, then all 69 of the Camaros, and finally this last Corvette featured here. The remaining 10 or so engines were stored in a GM warehouse for decades and only recently rediscovered. To my knowledge, they were sold to collectors who have used a few to restore some of the Camaro's who's original engines were lost.

[@mhousto20]

What a glorious sound. Too bad the ZL1 will be imprisoned forever. Put a set of modern tires on him and go play.

[@culcune]

Build a 'tribute' car and run the heck out of it. Way too valuable--not only monetary, but historically valuable.

[@livewire2759]

Modern tires... Why? Those are modern reproductions that are on it anyway, so I say, LIGHT 'EM UP!

[@Bigfrankie078]

I have a set of 1967 L88 heads im trying to sell them?

[@kevinanderson6926]

He bought the ZL-1 at a government auction at Cape Kennedy in 1991. The DEA seized it from a "Dealer"

[@duanemcdonald3895]

I lover you see's ♥️ and I love you. 👶 ❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

[@craigcampbell8560]

While I've never been surprised that ZL1 cars are rare, I've always been surprised the ZL1 Corvette is ridiculously rare (only 2 were built) because while it does make sense to have a big block that weighs the same as a small block in drag racing, the performance of a Corvette with what is essentially an L88 with the same weight and balance of a small block Corvette on a road course would have been astounding. I get that they were incredibly expensive for their time, but who wouldn't want the brutal power of the big block coupled with the handling characteristics of the small block?

[@frankcastle5294]

Makes a 427 Cobra sound like my Craftsman lawn tractor.

[@juansaladzar]

Surprised they don’t have an oddball 65 396 big block brah 🤔

[@speedydry]

I saw the second 1969 Corvette ZL1 new in Austin, on Chevy dealers lot. White with all kinds of factory racing equipment. Side pipes and racing quick fill cap on rear deck. I wanted to buy it and put on blocks, but couldn’t raise the money. Oh well. My chance at riches lost. Still cry in my sleep at nights over it! I tried to get info on car from dealer a few years, but they didn’t keep records that far back. I believe this car was wrecked in race. Where a-bouts now unknown.

[@corvette25hi]

Show the car dude?

[@ericthompson3551]

Damn, why did the best spec'ed Corvette ever have to be in yellow?

[@mikatamminen2786]

Daytona Yellow...

[@livewire2759]

I like yellow on Corvettes... but yeah, Tuxedo black, Can-Am white, Cortez silver or my personal favorite, Fathom green, would have been better. (I also like Monaco Orange, introduced that year)

[@fritzmeynejr2983]

Automotive History!

[@bandguy5810]

If you want to hear not ONLY what a ZL-1 427 Chevy sounds like, but with full open headers and a Hillborn full comp fuel injection with EIGHT velocity stacks, dial up ANY McLaren Mark 8 Can-Am car video here on YoutTube from the factory team in New Zealand, Kiwi Orange bodies. Mopar Hemi? Ford Cobra? PFFFFT...

[@normanhanna2037]

In 1971 my friend bought.a 1967 l88 for 3500 dollars perfect condition

[@erinfreize4717]

What happened to the white one?

[@kevinanderson6926]

The White one is supposedly owned by a collector in California.

[@toolpusher-tz9op]

It is surprising and ironic at the same time. That these large engines were not successful for the public. They used to heat up and were difficult to operate in the winter. So, they were canceled from production and what remains of them are now locked up in museums. The show continues @@.

[@duanemcdonald3895]

I love you and miss your love you love me baby girl and I love you. 👶 ❤😂😢😮😅😅😅😢

[@jodypowell1961]

It's ok but how come nobody talks about the best stingray ever built!!! In high school in 1977 I had the fastest vett on the road!!! The 1968 427 convertible?

[@lyleswavel320]

ZL1 ran around 122mph in quarter mile in 11.6 seconds or so, depending on who you talk to

[@staceybowen2879]

The car was originally sold at hechler Chevrolet for the price of 10,000 to John Zegas. John over reved the motor the night he bought it and it dropped a valve. John and his boat racing friend Tommy Moore took the motor out that night and took the blown motor back to heckler. John wanted another motor sent to him, the dealership was not supposed to have sold the car, and gm didn't want to warranty the motor. John threatened to stop payment on the 10k check he wrote for the car. Gm finally decided to send another motor to the dealership for John, but Detroit wanted to have the zl 1 to figure out what went wrong. When the replacement motor showed up, John never put it back in the Corvette, he put it in his v drive drag boat, thinking it would be faster because of the weight difference. He ended up blowing up the replacement motor in his boat as well. John then took the Vette and pushed it outside behind his shop where it sat for some time. John and Tommy Moore put a 427 iron block in the car and they sold it. John was killed in a boating accident some years later, he was driving a new sleekcraft jet boat that had just come out that he had put a hot big block in to drag race. It was running over 100 mph when the boat flipped . John wasn't wearing a life jacket, he was found in the Appomattox river 3 days later.

[@oe542]

How is he doing today?

[@tomp1612]

@@oe542I would have to imagine he's not a lot healthier than when he died. :)

[@mrelac6817]

Absolutely beautiful but that is alot of 427s going off at one time and I don't think that little fan on the floor will save everybody from Carbon monoxide poisoning in that closed area.

[@larryshamlin5945]

I'll take all 4 please.

[@whicker59]

This popped up again. This time I'd say the ZL1 running is next thing to Lazarus coming forth ALIVE from his grave.

[@tbear68-]

OMG!! LESS FACE MORE CARS!!!! I gotra go...😳

[@duanemcdonald3895]

I love you. 🌎 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😅😅😅

[@mattrosenboom4810]

I love the smell of race gas in the morning!

[@duanemcdonald3895]

Yes Z-1 🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

[@higbeedoug]

Nice vid however, why do we need to be viewing the narrator?

[@Carguylogan]

These dudes saying "they were detuned, they rated em at 425 hp but it was really more like 7,000" is cringy AF. If the L88 made 550 bhp it would have trapped 130 mph in the 1/4 right off the showroom floor. Actually they did 110 mph and under, same thing with the 426 Hemi Challengers and the other top dogs of the 1960s. They were rated at 430 gross hp and they actually made like 375 bhp by today's standards. Put a factory stock L88 on a Dynojet and it would probably show low 300s at the tires. The LS5 454 engines in the early 70s Corvettes rated at 340 hp were shown to make 230-240 wheel on chassis dynos by actual owners.

[@whicker59]

Now get FL to give these 4 cars about 5 miles of I4, and let's see em strut their stuff.

[@reecejewell1018]

I always wondered what God drove.

[@ericthompson3551]

Valhalla!

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

yes but we do not want your head close up in every shot = really poor job there !

[@deborahchesser7375]

Can I have a job Roger?

[@timmitzlaff8960]

The ultimate would be to hear the ZL1 go through the gears out side of course. Inside it’s not impressive. And now you have 2 or 3 running altogether. It’s just a bunch of racket.

[@geraldcasper5539]

SHOW THE CAR

[@briancenti5423]

the L-88 was a true racing engine and was Not very tractable on the street, where the L-89 was. the L-88 made 585 HP. the ZL1 was the most powerful and rarest 'vette Ever. made only 2 and an engine was stolen enroute inside GM !!! it had an aluminum block, heads and intake, weighed less than a 302, put out 600HP. had a double chain driven cam with .600 lift. wasn't very tractable, but with Zora driving it, it ran a 11.00@129.42 mph..all this according to Corvette Fever magazine. at the time, it was the quickest 'vette ever. they also put the ZL1 427 in the '69 camaro with only 69 being produced. a man named wayne walker in west virgina had one of the 2 produced.

[@bobdavis3357]

There were only 2 ZL1s ever produced. One red, one yellow original ZL1. And in 67, only 12 L88s were sold to the public. I am very suspicious that the vette that you have there is an actual 69 ZL1. provide the VIN to me and I will verify it.

[@thud9797]

People speak so definitively on production numbers when back then the factory did all kinds of things, exactly how are you going to "verify" anything?

[@javierruiz7756]

should I report this as Porn?¿?¿?¿ Thank you for this Gift :D

[@edwardalamo2507]

69 Camaros, had ZL1 engines, in reality L88s won more races.

[@chemicalspore]

Everyone is just getting high on fumes

[@urbanstuff9950]

Dude, your face is WAY too CLOSE to the camera

[@edwardalamo2507]

Want a be, only Zora Duntov knew the true history of these high performance engines

[@user-ji6rq6kr6m]

I had a chance at the L88 but did not like color on it or a67 fastback 427/435 both were ugly

[@pattygq]

Carbon monoxide convention.

[@tomallen6073]

ZL 1 sounds like it has a dead hole.

[@livewire2759]

Big cam + high compression + no choke = rough idle

[@twintriode]

Back when some American's could build some shit. Now they just buy Kia's and think WOW this is some great stuff! Fucking Duntov.

[@rockiemountin7535]

Meanwhile the carbon monoxide is building up fast!

[@TheAmerican1963]

made....not true.....only 20 were ordered.......that is the difference.....

[@danlaur7973]

Can anyone breathe in there? Lol

[@stanleykeith6969]

This is going out to Brian D. Talley ! You want to see a REAL ZL-1's look at this car. REAL ZL-1's Not like that FAKE GULF Orange 1969 L-88. YOUR THE AH ! LMFAO ! I was there when Mr. Roger Judski's brought this1969 ZL1 Corvette from Federal Marshall's.

[@whicker59]

Would b nice to see the VETTES instead of ur face.

[@the_lost_navigator]

A man's night at 'the opera'... it smells like testosterone and warm engine oil