Equipment
ZL1 427/425hp, 4-speed, power brakes, body color wheels with hub caps and Goodyear Wide Tread tires, radio delete, No. 18 of 69.
Condition
Represented to be the original aluminum ZL1 engine. Very good paint. Body panels are straight and the doors close effortlessly. The brightwork is in good condition with only some minor scuffing. The engine compartment is well sorted with some grime on the engine from use and pitting on the headers. The underbody is fully restored and extremely clean. The rather Spartan interior is well kept and shows like new. Restored once in the 1980s and again in 2000, although the car presents like it was more recent than that. Driven a little bit, but still beautiful and a great example of one of the most sought after Camaros, documented by the dealer order sheet and original bill of sale.
Market commentary
Sold at Mecum's Fall Classic in 2005 for $840,000, then hammered not sold among the cornucopia of top-notch muscle cars in Kissimmmee earlier this year from the Brett Torino collection at a high bid of $600,000. With the exact same reported high bid twice in six months, the market has pretty much spoken as to what this car deserves. Given that there was no purpose in buying a ZL1 except to flog it unmercifully down dragstrips the survival of the original engine block is something of a miracle -- and a tribute the people who built and maintained it in its early life.