only two made

[Arnold Greene]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

NO BIG DEAL BUT................
For what its worth Chevrolet only made 20 (TWENTY) PRODUCTION L-88's. These were the assembly line assembled cars. 17 are known to exist and 3 have the original engines. The rest have replacement engines no matter what the re stamped block says. The rest were cars with engines used as "Service parts" (engines) so they could be used in SCCA type of events. The famous "K-MOTION CORVETTE" from Motion performance in NY was NOT a real L-88 driven by the late Astoris Chas shown in car magazines. But who cares !! It was a car that made for "Wet Dreams"I have a copy of EVERY Corvette Black book printed and they ALL say 20 prodction L-88 cars I know personally the 2 guys who own the ZL-1's The Yellow one and the bule one. The blue one has NO paperwork and is about 1 hour from me here in Florida. The yellow one is fully documented and is also in Florida just off Rt # 4 at his dealership along with a cpl. of REAL L-88's of the 1967 varitey. A good frien had a RED 69 L-88 Coupe that he tried to race with a factory Turbo 400. He was a salesman at a local Chevrolet dealer in Md. The guy with the white ZL-1 I do not know but it is supposed to be fully documented. . I have been a Corvette guy since before I had a drivers liscense. I have owned 11 of them and raced a few (not L-88s) including a 435 HP '67 roadster which was one of 20 (yes twenty) built that I ordered new with the M-22 trans. Look them up....its all there in the Corvette black book.

Terry is absolutely correct. There were 20 L88 (427/430, aluminum head, 12.5/1 comp. ratio, radio/heater delete, aluminum radiator, w/expansion tank without a fan shroud) optioned 67's and16 L89 (aluminum head 427/435, also the rarest 67 BB option) optioned 67's, so this could be where the 36 number comes from. The Corvette Black Book and NCRS are authenticated sources for these and other Corvette questions anyone may have. In 1988, the Special Collection at Bloomington Gold, featured many L88's from 67, 68, and 69 and was known as EarthQuake 88.