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Originally Posted by Jeff Hail
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Cool!
The L88/ZL-1 flares (10” rears), the funky headlights necessitating the special grill sold originally by Ecklers out of Florida and sold through other outlets, and copied by others! C3 styled L88 hood like I run! Bruno’s in the Valley was the go to, for exactly these mod pieces or JD Corvette down in Downey, now Bellflower. The car is pretty high up for a racer, and no spoiler. Anytime I come across Vintage Corvettes, I climb up under them, to look for things like the 68 up camber rod bracket, that drops rear roll center and gives better geometry for the camber rod inner. I look at the frame rails to see if the bumper stop protrusions are grinded smooth, along with the inside tire side of the frame. The car in the picture is running 3-3/4- 3-7/8 backspacing rims. The side walls on a 1960s Blue Streak or other wider H series tire, a 60s/70s profile tire 60 or 50 aspect ration would clear to the inside, but the parking brake, if he had one, would have to be rerouted. The tire size shown would not require a rear sway bar to be narrowed or cut and rewelded. He might not have even run one, unless he was balancing out the car with a front bar larger than F-41. The biggest bars sold were the Rancho bars, and I have one of those in my garage just as a conversation piece. I am a heavy 4 corner spring advocate, not bars. I only use bars to balance the car, not be my primary suspension. I probably have better pictures of this car in my collection. I have more literature than probably anyone in the Country.
I think that picture is between the two Carls turns facing west?
PS we didn't get beer traveling, and locally at our Turnbull Canyon haunt, we drank it after the race runs, usually elsewhere.