L89 El Camino

[Hawkeye]

I would pay an uber fare for a ride in that Elky!!

Marty

[jl8z28]

Bill that's what I thought that they didn't make very many

[Charley Lillard]

Here is a Hemmings ad for it in 2001 when another one of my idiot friends almost bought it.

[Mr70]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick, I believe the Tonawanda records show units &quot;shipped&quot;, and not necessarily to assembly plants for production installation. Example. Tonawanda records show over 15,000 '62 409s shipped but only a little over 8,000 were installed in cars.

You would need to find Chevrolet records showing how many RPO L89 options were installed in '69 models.
Verne </div></div>

Chevrolet reports,of the 412 L-89 optioned Chevelle engines received from Tonawanda in 1969:
333 were coded KG for M/T
12 more were coded CKG for M/T 402cid.

66 were coded KH for TH400
1 more was coded CKH for TH400 402cid.
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412 Total L-89 engines received
400 Total L-89 Chevelles assembled
12 extra engines were left for Service

97% of this Tonawanda engine production went into Chevrolet vehicles.

[olredalert]

----Charley,,, That &quot;Joe&quot; would be Joe Hrudkas kid. Right around this timeframe he bought a chain of Dairy Queens in the greater Phoenix area, hence the address at the bottom of the add. I had a chance to buy it back then as well but didn't have the scratch. The original tires were long gone by then as the original owner installed bigger &quot;Sonic&quot; tires almost immediately after he picked it up at the dealer. I might have put the Goodyears on (memory here is bad) but I'm betting that Bill Lipay, Joes buyer and an old friend of mine from Barberton OH took the Sonics off and found some original style Goodyears......Bill S

[68l30]

I sold those Goodyears a few years back. They were genuine, but carried a later 70's date...not born with to the truck.

BIG

[olredalert]

----That would make perfect sense, Big. Thanks!.....Bill S

[68l30]

No problem Bill. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]


That truck drives out NICE, one of the best running Big Blocks I've ever driven. Take care of her!

BIG

[olredalert]

----Tell Charlie that as he ended up with it. I do at least like knowing its in safe hands.....Bill S

[Xplantdad]

There was a Dairy Queen here in the Phoenix area that always had an Indy Pace 69 Camaro parked in front of it....same guy?