427 engine options for 1969

[Keith Tedford]

With the L72, you had an engine that was a good daily driver, that wasn't finicky or hard to keep in tune, from my experience. It even started at 32 degrees below zero. With our car, you could drive grandma around town in stop and go traffic and never ruffle a feather. On the other end was the ZL1, an all out race engine, if you wanted to go to the track. The L71 and L88 wouldn't have added much in the way of alternatives although the L88 would have been a lot cheaper option than the ZL1. GM probably had their own reasons, or perhaps they just built what dealers COPO ordered.