Legendary 1967 L88 427 Corvette and 1965 Z16 Chevelle Racer Cliff Gottlob Opens Up About His Life!!!

Impromptu visit and interview with Cliff Gottlob legendary Chevrolet racer and innovative engineer opens up and speaks on his life and major racing accomplishments.

[@RexCars1]

WOW.. Great Interview.. Great Man....

[@charlesblack7697]

Great interview, thank you for that! Here is a Chevelle story for you. Back in 1975 I met a GM of Canada marketing manager. He told me an amazing story about a 1967 Chevelle SS he special ordered for a customer in Winnipeg Manitoba. The customer wanted his Chevelle built with the 1966 L-72 427 Corvette motor. The COPO was approved and the 427 Chevelle was built. However the train carrying the car was derailed and the Chevelle was destroyed. The ordered was placed again and on four more occasions; five times in all the 427 Chevelle never survived the delivery process. As the GM manager said to me 'I guess that 427 Chevelle was just not meant to be'. The customer never did get his 427 Chevelle even with the personal efforts of a GM manager to guide the order process.

[@dominickserignese8837]

What an amazing man. A living legend... I could sit for hours and listen to his stories about Chevrolet engines. I'd love to take a peek at that 65 Chevelle and his Classic Chevrolet speed parts.

[@bencox1160]

That building is Soo full of racing history buried all over. Been in there a ton of times

[@christolbert4628]

What a story. Thanks, Patrick.

[@alfee9411]

Great interview Thank You for your service Cliff What an innovator

[@scottbaker1018]

Wow outstanding content great job

[@davidblackwell6914]

One of the best Chevelle interviews on your channel and KZbin

[@mgcarr61camaro91]

Thanks for this interview! What an amazing man! 👍👍

[@scottsavinski9311]

I could listen to his story all day... Great interview....

[@jeffmiller3520]

That was awesome Patrick Thanks Cliff for sharing

[@jasonhinds463]

Good stuff!

[@richardarios5706]

that’s badass 👍👍

[@thekillercapricorn6334]

Cool story. Thanks for sharing

[@raymondvick6212]

Patrick, what a mind blowing interview with a genuine legend. This guy is the epitome of raw muscle creations. He worked with his mind along with tools, no tuners or chips ( no disrespect) to those choices. He believes in the legendary three C's of the muscle car era. Patrick, super interview with this man. Respect your commitment to bring us news of the way it was. Big blocks never die. Thanks, Raymond

[@user-ww7hw2jy1x]

What an incredible man indeed! Absolutely love his stories, his sense of humor, and the awesome display of knowledge that he possesses! Thanks for sharing this with us Patrick!👍😊😎

[@MrLen99]

Wow ! What an amazing story, I learned quite a bit from Cliff ! Keep up the excellent work Patrick and thanks !

[@danlaur7973]

Unbelievable story! This man is a total legend who lived & breathed the dawn of the muscle car era

[@stevebuckmaster13]

Very young guy who knew a ton of information at his age back then , What a fantastic video . Thanks Patrick !

[@christ510]

Wow what a treat to see a living 1960's Chevy racing legend/engineer from the past and still present. I'd love to sit down and buy that guy a beer and hear a couple stories. Pat please do us all a solid and dont leave us hanging and hit the local watering hole and let him tell us his favorite memories of the past.

[@davemadeja8466]

Wow! A true legend and still to this day he could show gm a few things.

[@mrho4speed]

Thank you for sharing this video! There is no substitute for talking about cars with the guys that actually built, raced and lived with these cars in this era!!!

[@reelfun6042]

Fantastic Knowledge . The man is a plethora of information. Moral of the story . Stay on top of things.

[@sgtyork9330]

Very interesting gentleman. Very cool guy. First thing I spotted was his Bridgeport mill. I love having one myself.

[@christopherhess8523]

Wow, this is the best video I've ever seen of yours. Great stuff!

[@troyledbetter6597]

Fascinating interview!

[@buff6637]

Wow! Thanks for the History lesson! What a cool guy!! Cliff Gottlob☮️🙏

[@Jimbo1315]

Wow! What a great and interesting video! Ed Cole’s son, Nick, is a good friend of mine. Nick came down to Louisiana to work for a cattle rancher/race car driver from my hometown. We met in the early 90’s and also raced our hot rods against each other. He would often speak of his dad and all the ideas he had for the small block Chevy. Nick ended up marrying a good friend I graduated with. They now reside in Texas. It’s a small world folks. I bet Cliff could’ve helped Junior Johnson keep his big block motors together in the early 60’s. Junior said if the motor stayed together, he would always win. Broken valve springs or busted pistons would shut him down in many races.

[@donshotrodgarage1717]

That's pretty cool. I for appreciate the history of early American Performance! The mid to late 50s started the Performance that we still have today! Great Video Patrick!

[@Scott-sy4fs]

I'm sorry about the way he entered into the service,but thank him for his service.👍

[@tomvalk1927]

That was awesome

[@keithyoung7640]

Legend

[@joel3993]

What cool days to be involved with cars... modify them as you saw fit... ordered them with options that you wanted.....nowdays you get what they produce...all computers.....I love points ignitions too

[@1972davidt]

What an awesome video Patrick! I’ve never heard of that guy but I’m going to research him and his racing career now. Thanks for sharing!

[@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters]

wow - love it - that would great to see that car to come out of storage and meet Cliff.

[@johnkirvin5029]

WOW!!!

[@brianz426]

Awesome 😎

[@georgemattar1705]

This man drove a then new 67 L88 in the dead of winter ftom St. Louis to Daytona. Bear in mind a 67 L88 does not have a heater.

[@kevinkendall3122]

I'd say the heat from the engine alone was all he needed,big blocks put off a lot of heat,I know (72 Chevelless SS454)

[@66427]

Gm needs let cliff handle the DOD fuel management problems they are having in the LS engines

[@DanEBoyd]

EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! And even more props for the increased frequency of video uploads lately!👍

[@samfaelinn]

This is the guy I would want for a neighbor

[@johnwhitaker545]

Dang! I didn’t see this one coming. I kinda wish it was a longer video

[@donaldgray8864]

Wow great information!! I'd love to sit and talk to this guy

[@CORVAIRWILD]

1st Rockford Illinois Corvair view

[@Batman3488]

I saw a tuxedo ❤

[@22kpar1xcyberdyne9]

● Refreshing to hear authentic back stories of automotive history before guys like him pass away. ● Imagine if all of these intelligent men had cellphone camera technology back then to record their success and failures.

[@davidcosgrove4074]

Awesome thanks

[@kennethwright4947]

I sure did enjoy that, but can you go back?

[@samryan7954]

A 2019 Corvette Stingray with base smallblock engine is light years ahead of the cover '65 427 big block.👍

[@davidh7398]

Very interesting character. He sure laughs a lot... Reminds me of Chet Walters ink specialist in Beverly Hills Ninja. 😂

[@ServantofYaHi777]

Patrick , I'm thinking you may have stumbled across a nitch here, maybe actually sit down and interview these guys and let them tell they're stories .

[@christ510]

That would be amazing to see.

[@benhoke6330]

Wouldn't it be great if he would take you a ride in the l88 !

[@michaelmaher4328]

What id give to have driven the hot rod chevys Cliff has raced. Cliff is the cockdaddy of chevys 1960's muscle cars.

[@donaldbrown1300]

Very cool interview😊

[@MAsonTRIX]

[@ARKANSASHUBCAP]

WOW !!