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1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray ZL-1 Convertible 

RM Sotheby's

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Stuck on you - a vintage ZL-1 Corvette Ed “Big Daddy” Roth decal.

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1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray ZL-1 Sport Coupe

A 1:24 scale model issued by Danbury Mint in 2005.  It is finished in Can-Am White & Black.

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1969 Corvette Stingray ZL-1 Convertible

this particular example was “strictly developed as an FIA/NHRA homologation experiment” and is the first of two factory-documented Corvettes with the high-performance RPO ZL-1 option—an aluminum version of Chevrolet’s  monstrous 427-cubic-inch L88 V-8 engine. (The second model was a coupe.)

The bright-orange convertible was then sold to drag racer John W. Maher of Leechburg, Pennsylvania, in December 1968, coupled with an M40 automatic transmission. At the time, the $4,718 package more than doubled the base price of a new Corvette.

The vehicle remained in the driver’s possession until 2007 when it was sold to Kevin Mackay’s Corvette Repair Inc., which then had the convertible fully restored in 2014 and installed an early, factory-correct, date-coded, all-aluminum ZL-1 unit.

Courtesy: RM Sotheby’s

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