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[URY914]

[doublestuff]

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by URY914

I recall reading (obsessing) about this 'vette years and years ago. IIRC, it is an original ZL-1...on of very, very few factory built ZL-1's.

[URY914]

[URY914]

Someone posted that only two were made. This then is #1 or #2.

[URY914]

[URY914]

[SteamWolf]

World's longest truck (road train) 112 semi-trailers, 1,300 t and 1,474.3 metres (4,836 ft 11 in) long

[SteamWolf]

How about this for a curiosity.

The Bottrill Dreadnought, invented before caterpillar tracks as a way of traversing soft ground with heavy machinery.




Remarkable Australian Farm Machines: Ingenuity on the Land - Graeme R. Quick - Google Books

Australian Tractors: Indigenous Tractors and Self-Propelled Machines in ... - Graeme R. Quick - Google Books

[enzo1]

Originally Posted by URY914

Bonanza: my 1st bike

[enzo1]

[enzo1]

Originally Posted by doublestuff

cool...loks like a nice one

[Mrmerlin]

I have this sitting on a shelf



Different angle, yes thats a 928 sitting on the shiny surface

[URY914]

[carr914]

Originally Posted by URY914

Someone posted that only two were made. This then is #1 or #2.

Yes, only 2

Here is a picture of the same car at the NCRS National show at Cypress Gardens in probably 1985. Back then it was worth about $65,000

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[Eric 951]

[enzo1]

[Aragorn]

[pavulon]

not to stray from random even farther (or to go all "Mustang" on it) but...from the web:
The most sought after Corvette ever to roll off the assembly line is the ultra-rare ZL1. According to GM production records only two were built. Its engine option added over $4700 to the cost of a standard car. The ZL1 motor incorporated a specially reinforced all-aluminum 427 block and heads, with a radical solid lifter cam and a Holley four-barrel 'double pumper' carburetor. These cars were rumored to have 700 hp and be capable of 200 mph. This car was originally ordered specially for racing by John Maker of Leechburg, PA through the office of Grady Davis of Gulf Oil. It was raced for four years in drag racing events. The current owner purchased it from Mr. Maker in 2007. The odometer reads just over 3,000 original miles. It is in original condition except for a repaint (in the original color).