Gibb 70 Camaro ZL1 - Mecum Auction

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Fred Gibb purchased the car in 1971, installing a potent dual tunnel-ram equipped aluminum ZL1 engine, fiberglass front end and Kelsey-Hayes “Stripper” wheels. Painted in the Gibb/Harrell trademark Candy Red and Gold, the car was featured in the May 1971 issue of Rodder & Super Stock Magazine. After completing its tour of duty on the Fred Gibb racing team the vehicle went through several owners until it was purchased in the mid Nineties from Bill Porterfield by Kim Howie of Albia, Iowa. Howie returned the car to La Harpe, where the roll cage, chassis, and suspension were upgraded to meet modern racing specs.

Since then the car has been through a nine year restoration, during which it was returned to its distinctive, and very Seventies, Gibb/Harrell livery. It still packs an all-aluminum heart in the form of a completely correct 427 ZL1 engine, rated at 816 horsepower thanks in no small part to the vintage twin Holleys, towering tunnel ram intake and free-flowing ZL1 heads: all correct, including the special factory distributor.