Question on Motion Corvette gas cap

JoeC · #1 01-17-2001, 02:54 PM

Is the Motion Corvette LeMans style gas cap used as the actual gas cap on the tank or does the tank retain the original gas cap? Looking at pictures, it appears that the LeMans cap has a flange that is bolted to the fiberglass rear body panel but is there another flange connecting the tank to the cap? In the original Motion parts ads, it is not shown how the cap is connected to the gas tank.

SuperCars · #2 01-18-2001, 12:14 AM

Joe, on my 69 Phase III Vette the Lemans style gas cap is screwed to the fiberglas top body panel. When you flip it open all you see below is the factory gas cap flange with no gas cap. It appears there is nothing to prevent gas from sloshing up over the top of the factory gas cap flange when you have a full tank.There is only the rubber boot surrounding the factory gas tank flange.

Also, sorry I didn't respond to some old 69 Yenko Nova questions you had a while back, as I got sidetracked. I will go back to that topic and respond on what little bit I know. Kevin.

JoeC · #3 01-19-2001, 12:33 AM

Thanks Kevin. I have another question for you on your ZL1 Corvette. I am curious about the history on the black stripe. Was it done at the factory or the dealership or by another owner? It appears to be the same as a Motion style stripe.

JoeC · #4 01-19-2001, 01:14 AM

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DarrylD · #5 01-20-2001, 05:30 AM

Joe,
The black stripe on Kevins car is factory and was special ordered (2ZQ4AA)$400.00 along with the Can-Am White (2972AA)no-charge, by the original owner, Jack Cheskaty. Wonder if he saw a Motion car and said he wanted it painted like that? This info came from an article in the Nov. 1985 issue of "Vette" magazine. Maybe Kevin can varify this or inform us if new information has come out.
Darryl

DarrylD · #6 01-20-2001, 04:35 PM

Using this as an opportunity to practice posting pictures. If this works, its the magazine cover with the ZL-1 Corvette.
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DarrylD · #7 01-20-2001, 04:57 PM

Now that I have succeeded at that, back to your original question. My Phase III GT has a custom aluminum fuel tank that was installed by a previous owner. The Le Mans cap is secured to the fiberglass deck and has an alum. flange that fits right in the top of the tank(no way for fuel to splash out). Not as it was originally done by Motion, but a very good design. Someday I might restore the car to original, but for now I try to change as little as possible. My thinking is that the previous owners and the modifications they did(especially for racing)are all a part of the history of the car and returning it to the way it left Motion would be denying this history. Now, having said that, I do believe in restoring cars, and most likely will some day.
Darryl

SuperCars · #8 01-21-2001, 02:00 PM

Joe I'm still in Phoenix at Barrett Jackson auction; just now checking this post using my laptop computer. The original owner of my ZL-1 is still alive. I am in contact with him regularly. He is the Internal Revenue District Director for the five Western states. He bought the car new, and has been a wealth of information for me. The Window sticker mentioned in this Topic by Daryl was a reproduction; made for display purposes by Otis Chandler, when it belonged to him. I asked Jack about the original GM factory window sticker to which he responds he remembers very well the original window sticker, i.e. the Zl-1 motor option as he says quote: " there was no mistaking that as it essentialy doubled the price of the car". When I asked him about the stripes; he responded that they were on the car when he bought it, but they were not listed on the window sticker. I have the above statements on notorized affadavits from him on his IRS letterhead. My assumption is that the stripes were dealer applied. Any way Jack had this ZL-1 for just under two years, raced it most of his ownership. I have original race programs, race photos, and the contract he had with a racer named Woody Walcher and Associates race team. Woody is still alive and confirms the above as well. Jack traded the Zl-1 for another Vette in late 1970 not knowing there were only two ZL-1's made and what significance it was destined to be.

JoeC · #9 01-21-2001, 06:15 PM

thanks for the replys Darry and Kevin and good luck in Phoenix. I have been watching some of it on speedvision.

DarrylD · #10 01-21-2001, 07:20 PM

Kevin, Thanks for the updated info on the stripe. I re-read the article carfully and toward the end it says "It should also be noted that this ZL-1 Corvette was factory painted Can-Am White". I take it now, that this means "not white & black". The article is at the time D&A Corvettes restored it.
Also interesting, is that the article is by Martyn Schorr and in it he says he had a ZL-1 Corvette, back in 1969 when he was editor of CARS Magazine, and it wasn't this one or the Yellow one(RogersCorvette).
The DEC. '91 issue of "VETTE" magazine did an article on a Monoco Orange conv.(w/auto.) that the owner claims he bought new as a ZL-1. The owner was John Maher of Leechburg, Pa. and the article was by Jim Campisano. Do you know anything about this car?
Most interesting, is that to buy the ZL=1, he sold an L-88 to no less than his freind, the late DON YENKO.
Darryl