[Alan Roehrich]

A closer look at some stuff I have read reveals that most consider the convertible to be something of a hoax. The car I saw that was supposed to be "the" Z-16 convertible, and also supposed to be a gift to Dan Blocker from Chevrolet (they were a big advertiser on Bonanza) was identical in color to the one car that is verified to be his.

There are two problems that I had forgotten. First, Chevrolet does not list having built even one convertible, and they also do not list one as being built with an automatic.

The Z-16 that is verified to have been Dan Blocker's car is butternut yellow hard top with a black top.

The one convertible I saw was butternut yellow with a black convertible top and black interior. It also had a 400 transmission with an odd looking console. The timing cover on that car looked different as well, and it sounded like it had a two gear cam drive, if you've ever heard a Chevrolet big block with one of the original two gear cam drives and reverse rotation camshaft, you almost always know one if you hear it. Chevrolet says no such car was ever built, and the documentation on this car has been claimed to be forged.

I had forgotten about this until I was reminded of it this morning after I posted that.