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This was posted last week by Ken

"I got a chance to cruise around and get some photos of cars that were still not put away for the night. The first two photos are George Yag's 2013 COPO 350 running C/SA, ***one of only two made***. Very nice to see the 350 combo out."


I don't know George Yag and I'm not questioning his car in any way. Very nice car I'm sure and a very good combo to run. My question is-----

Does that mean now that the 1967 Corvette L88 combo would now be legal? There were 2 built and it would be a money pit but for YEARS that combo was not legal. How about the all aluminum BB 69 Corvette? Only two were produced. Sure seems to me that they would also be legal.

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Terry,
There were 36 1967 L-88 Corvettes documented as built and sold to the general public through dealers. The combination WAS legal until the Chrysler Hemi people screamed about Tony Rhodes and Scott Wilcox, at which point NHRA removed the combination from the guide. I was told by the man who, before his tragic premature death, was the Corvette archivist for Chevrolet, that there were other 1967 L-88 Corvettes built and sold to "favored racers/customers", at least enough to make the required 50, but that no documentation was provided by Chevrolet.

Honestly, considering we now have cars in the guide that were never produced and sold in the required quantity, or ever sold for street use with a valid VIN, the 1967 Corvette L-88 should be returned to the guide. The 1967 Corvette L-88 is at least as valid a combination as some paper cars that were never produced, ever, but instead are merely a collection of part numbers found in a catalog.

I can, however, see some justification in NOT allowing the 1969 ZL-1 Corvette into the guide, considering there were MAYBE three of them built.

Scott Wilcox's car is now owned and raced by Jimmy Bridges in SS/B with a 396, and Tony Rhodes' car was for sale locally on craig's list about 4-6 months ago.

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Alan,
I think maybe we're both wrong on the 67. After posting I checked number made and seems it was either 18 or 20. I know for sure there were only 2, 1969 All aluminum BB Corvettes and that's also what NHRA has as a number.
NHRA opened the can of worms when they changed the numbers and said they didn't have to be offered to the public.

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Bring back 67 The L88 !!!!!!!!
It was a real street car, and deserves to be included.

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Where the rub is is the car manufacturers have to give the info on the new cars to NHRA for it to be in the guide. Doesn't matter how many were made if the specs aren't sent to NHRA it isn't going to be in the guide. Case in point, the Yenko Duece, they made over 150 of them, even have a list of all the vin numbers but NHRA didn't get the specs from GM they won't put them in the guide.

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No, Terry, 36 is the official number for 1967 L-88 Corvettes built and sold through dealers. I've researched this several times. There is a somewhat reliable rumor of a third 69 ZL-1 Corvette. Officially, there were two, but several people who would know say there was a third built.

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We need more Hot Rods in the class guide like the L-88's, ZL-1's, the Yenko Deuce and A/C Cobra's. With the new Supercars, there should be no such thing as "not enough made". Two or three ZL-1 'Vettes is adequate in my book. They made them, so let them race them. Same with Yenko Deuce's. A little common sense at NHRA and even a minor understanding of muscle car history should be adequate.

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Opening up to these type of combos would be a great boost to the muscle car crowd. It might even help spark more interest.






Bruce Cameron

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We have a ZL-1. There's no real need to put it together. At 445HP rating, it won't make the power a "new COPO" 427/425 makes, and it puts us in BB.

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X2,,,, good luck finding that common sense and understanding, however.
Danny Durham