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Old 06-17-2018, 03:25 AM
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Just read this post from 2012 on Hotrodders.com regarding ZL-1 #6. No idea if this is a known car, known event or whatever, but I thought I'd share since I would imagine someone on here tracks this kind of information.

Posted by someone called Mouse Fink:
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The Chevrolet dealership where I purchased the 327 FI short block was one of the few dealerships that received 1 of 69 COPO ZL1 Camaros in 1969. It was #6 COPO Camaro originally ordered by Fred Gibb Chevrolet in LaHarpe, IL. I was a friend of the dealership owner and he let me drive #6 COPO Camaro around town for an hour and to a coffee shop with a salesman. The #6 COPO Camaro was Cortez Silver and had an all aluminum ZL1 427 CI engine with a TH400 transmission. After a week of negotiations, the #6 COPO ZL1 Camaro was purchased off the showroom floor by Jim Hall from Odessa Texas and was prepared for the 1970 Trans-Am Series. After driving #6 COPO Camaro in the 1970 Trans Am Series, Hall scrapped the car. The 1970 Trans Am Series were Jim Hall's last racing events. I must be the only person that knows what happened to that car.
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Here is Jim Hall's 1970 Trans Am Camaro. http://www.chevyhardcore.com/feature...arral-camaros/
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Not seeing the link between a 1969 ZL-1 and the Hall 1970 Trans-Am car. Is the whereabouts of #6 currently known?
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Not seeing the link between a 1969 ZL-1 and the Hall 1970 Trans-Am car. Is the whereabouts of #6 currently known?
Not seeing the link? I think McCune was showing that there is a conflict with the story’s claim of the ZL 1 being Hall’s 70 T-A car. Or, maybe the truth is that “Mouse Fink” is the only one who knows this story, as claimed, because it his own?
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Gotcha. Kind of what I thought too.
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If you read the rest of his post it seems that he misunderstood several things, such as what engines had domed pistons and forged crankshafts.
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/dome...p-65629-2.html
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ZL1 #6 was re-assigned to Holley Chev, Brownwood, TX sometime in 1969. When the ZL1 story began to evolve in the '80s, #6 was reportedly found in storage virtually intact, less engine. The original short block was located and the engine pieced back together. It was restored for some reason and has its complete original drivetrain.

The Jim Hall connection is flaky. He was one of few true insiders at Chevrolet Engineering going back to the Chaparral days. If he wanted something from Chevrolet, I doubt he needed to go through a dealership. When Penske moved to AMC for the 1970 T/A season, Hall ended up the '69 car Donohue won the championship in. He may have done some testing with it but is not known to have raced it. As the new 'factory' team, why would he run last years' car? He built and raced 1970 Camaros for the '70 season. The ex-Donohue '69 was subsequently sold and raced in Mexico.

It's my understanding #6 has its original warranty folder. Wonder whose name is on it.
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