Herbie's Hugger L89 Super Stock Camaro

[Mr70]

Fuget about it..

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

The salesman at Stocker Chev. told me they nicknamed their gobi beige deuce 'calves shitt brown' That's just not right, but their gobi beige deuce survives today, still painted gobi

[Bill Pritchard]

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The salesman at Stocker Chev. told me they nicknamed their gobi beige deuce 'calves shitt brown'

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Musta been a clever marketing tactic

[Stefano]

I've collected quite a few pics and info about Herbie's Hugger. I'll post some of the Vintage stuff soon.

Here is the original Window Sticker, which the DeSalve's had kept along with the original Keys, knock outs and owners manual. Barry also provided some cool pics and vintage news paper clippings,as well as other related info.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Nice paperwork!!

[Stefano]

Booth & Aarons Handled the Engine building early on and John Lingenfelter Built H.H's. engines later on.

Barry said that they traded the L89 as credit on their first Booth Aarons built 427.

[427king]

I always thought the L89 head option added over 800.00 to the separate option of L78[additional]. It appears to be a 300.00 plus option on the window sticker shown,unless im reading it wrong. I believe an L89 was over a 1100.00 option because the heads had to be added to the L78 option and paid in addition

[Charley Lillard]

394.95=L89

[Stefano]

I have seen RPO L89 listed as $710.95 for 1969 which was the L78 396 with aluminum heads. It appears that a net credit for the L78 was provided, which was $316.00. This nets out to the $394.95 L89 option price on the window sticker.

This way you weren't paying 2X for the 396 option.

[427king]

I think its written in a few publications that the L89 option was actually in addition to the L78 and some have it listed as one with the L78 not being needed first for the L89 option.