My camaro is an original 327 rallysport, automatic, lemans blue with a black vinyl top and black standard interior. I've always wanted to put together a zl1 tribute car to cruise and race in the pure stocks. 69 zl1 camaros were built in 1969 and car #55 is my motivation. It is the most highly optioned zl1 camaro built being a lemans blue rallysport 4 speed with a white vinyl top and white standard interior. Today it is still an original survivor with 8000 miles.
My car is a nice driver and was repainted by a previous owner back in 2000. I've had the top replaced and had new seat covers and door panels from Legendary installed. The wheels are Wheel Vintiques type 62s which are very close to the original "xt" wheels. I have all of the engine parts minus a new 053 zl1 block. Nos 074 heads, new factory crossdrilled crank, new 4296 Holley carb, new TRW zl1 replacement 50cc dome pistons, etc. I have an original 69 052 zl1 block but I don't want to use it for this combination as some have had reliability problems. The car will get an autogear supercased m22 4 speed, centerforce dual friction clutch, pypes crossflow exhaust and a moser 12 bolt rear.

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Are you kidding me!!!! holy moly.....

WOW!!!!!!! AWESOME COLLECTION!!!!! I KNOW WHO TO CALL TO LOOK FOR PARTS NOW!!!

Gotta love a guy who doesn't no when to stop....but, only one john deere?

Yeah Ralph,

I've got some real delusions of grandeur But after seeing all of your sweet mopars and some of the other guys' stuff, I know that I'm in good company and not alone in my affliction.

Prior to breaking ground on the garage in October of 2007, my yard looked like Fred Sanford's.

The JD saves me from those sweltering days when I had to push mow. The enjoyment that my son gets when I drive him around on it is priceless!

The grey primer camaro was my first 69 that I bought in 1990. It has a 588 bowtie tall deck, 13-1, fully ported dart 360s, turbo 400 with a brake and a dana 60. twenty years later still in primer.

The grey camaro is the first 69 that I bought back in 1990. It has a 588ci tall deck bowtie,
13-1, fully ported dart 360's, turbo 400 with a brake, and a dana 60. It weighs 3680lbs. with me in it. I made 7 passes with it back in 1996 on three separate trips to NED. First time made two runs in the mid tens but had push rod tips break. Second time up made 2 runs but had needle bearings spit from an old set of roller rockers. Third time up ran 3 times and on the last pass it went a 9.90 at 136.30, on the 7600 chip at about 1100ft. The car had 4.56's with a 29x12 slick. After the breakage and teardowns, I lost interest. Maybe when my son gets older I'll try it again.

Nice collection, I do like the 1st gen camaros especially the pace car. Good luck with the build and hope to see one of your cars in the spring.