1968 Corvette 427 Tri-Power L-89

[Motion Camaro]

<font color="blue">Here's the flyer my buddy in Jersey sent me...his words...

"1968 Corvette L-89 427 coupe"
"This car is a body off restored numbers matching real L-89 Car. Only 624 of
these were made. It was off bodied by Tim Thorpe of Thorpe Restorations in
Ofallon, Illinois. He is a Bloomington Gold Judge. He also feels this car could
have been a C.O.P.O ( central office production order) car because of the
options that it has (who knows). I also have the tank sticker and 1 old
title.
Almost everything replaced on this engine was done by Duckworth Racing to
factory specs (uses leaded fuel).
Even though this car was restored I went over car according to the assembly
manual and purchased many parts I felt weren't quite right or not nice enough.
Example: Real G&lt; old stock radio knobs...paid $300.00 ..... these knobs were
only used on 68 Corvettes, no other year, no other model.The list goes on and
on.....
I drive this car periodically and it is very fast and very reliable. It does
not overheat in traffic as many big block cars did.
It wins trophys..........no bragging........just fact............

$55,000 now.......will be in the 60's by the fall...............


the car is stored in an environmentally controlled garage.......


This car is a steel block, aluminum head 427 rated at 435 horsepower (tri-
power) which has actually been found to be 500 horsepower. The L-88 car had a
bit more tweaking and a huge 4 bbl carb and was 550 HP. Here are the options
this car has....4 speed, Power steering, J56 brakes (heavy duty power disc
brakes), headrest option, telescopic steering wheel, am-fm stereo radio, the
original pollution pump (not a repro), rally wheels, speedminder speedometer,
and reproduction Firestone Bias Belted redline wide oval tires (not radials,
like the originals) It is Silverstone silver with a black interior.
I have a notorized letter from Corvette Mike stating that this is a numbers
matching car...Tim Thorpe Restorations has all documentation on this car as to
it's originality. </font>



<font color="red"> CALL:
Gary Burd (owner) 609-971-7954
Bob Dischert 954-481-9310 </font>

[Stefano]

Cool car. Just for my info as I have seen some Copo Corvettes.(Most due to a non standard color combination).

What made him think it had to be special ordered thru the Central Office? It seems to have RROs and standard colors?

[PeteLeathersac]

Nice car! .
Since he has the tank sticker, shouldn't there be no wondering if it's a Copo or not? .

~ Pete

[Stefano]

Your right tank sticker should show COPO options.

[737Driver]

Tank stickers are often not completely readable. Could be the upper right corner is not clear or even completely missing. I do agree that when the possibility of COPO/F&amp;SO is mentioned, that person should be ready to back up the claim. Tim Thorpe is well regarded in the Corvette community and I would be interested in why he thinks it may be a COPO. My guess is the indication of RPO J56 makes him think that. There were 80 L88s with that 'mandatory' heavy duty brake option in 68. Most believe that although it was an RPO, it was only available when RPO L88 was specified. Records indicate 81 J56 Corvettes produced. Is this the only non L88 car to come with this option?

Regards,

Mark Donnally

[oldsmobob]

the only reason Gary put that in his listing is because Tim Thorpe sugested that it could be..but since Thorpe Restorations still has most of the documentation, they should know.....thanks for everyones input on this