only two made

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Terry Cain

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.

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.