 | Behold the mighty 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, appearing as LOT R479 at Mecum Kissimmee. The 1969 Camaro with the uber rare, all-aluminum, 427-cubic-inch ZL-1 big-block was designed for racing. Chevrolet rated the ZL1 at 430 hp @ 5200 rpm and 450 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm. Dyno tests of factory ZL1s revealed their output was more in the 550hp range. 69 ZL-1 Camaros were built. |
 | First. Most powerful. Quickest. One Chevy combines them all: the 1969 Chevrolet ZL1 Camaro. It went a step beyond the 427 Yenko and even the mighty L88 Corvette. A batch of '69 Camaros came with a version of the 427-cid V-8 used by the all-conquering Can-Am Chaparral. This was another very special Central Office Production Order. COPO 9560. These are the rarest of all 1969 Camaros. |
 | The 427 was called the ZL1. It was similar to the most-potent iteration of the aluminum-head L88, but it was the first production Chevy engine to also have an aluminum block. It had a 430-bhp factory rating, but was well over 500 bhp. All this came at a price: $4,160 for the ZL1 engine alone, pushing the car's sticker to a ridiculous $7,200. |  |
 | Two 1969 ZL1 Camaros were offered as a matched pair in 2018. Numbers 18 and 30 of the 69 Chevy built. The pair made $1.2m. |
 | This 1969 ZL-1 sold for $1,094,500, in January at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale sale. In 2017 the car changed hands for $770k. The only Camaro to sell at auction for seven figures now has it's original engine. The ZL-1 featured rectangular-port, open-chamber aluminum heads, and a forged crank, connecting rods, and pistons. It featured a solid-lifter camshaft.  |
No comments:
Post a Comment