1967 Corvette L88 Roadster Muscle Car Of The Week Video #28

1967 Corvette L88 Roadster Muscle Car Of The Week Video #28

The Brothers Collection is home to some of the most collectible Corvettes in the world, and this week's Muscle Car Of The Week is a great example. It's a 1967 L88 427 Corvette Convertible, one of just 20 L88s made in 1967. It seems the number of convertibles versus hardtop '67 L88s is the subject of debate, but it's safe to say that this is one of the rarest Corvettes ever built.

The 435 HP L88 427 is the stuff of legends, and the L88 Corvette is devoid of nearly all creature comforts, but the distinctive styling and "L88" hood make it look as fast as it is. Watch the video to learn all the details of this amazing car.

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[Joe-uowv]

The best is that I lived in that era. There were muscle cars all over come Friday and Saturday night. My ride was a 68 L78 Chevelle triple black. Now at 71 it brings back so many memories.

[feeneysmechanical]

That engine was built around the corner from my house. The good ol Tonawanda engine plant

[mikescaffo]

I could listen to that beautiful beast run all day it gives me goosebumps

[greggkerber]

Such an incredible car. I feel extremely privileged to have seen it in person twice.

[christophers]

a true L88 fuckin beautyful! I try telling people the difference between the L88 and the tri power but they don't get it. now I can just refer them to this video. great work man, CHEVY FOREVER!

[georgegould]

The Chevrolet Corvette for year 1967 was a perfect Car and has never been repeated !

[tomnekuda]

In college a good friend of mine had this exact same grey color. I used to drive when we "double dated" in the car once in a while....you've never lived 'til you double-date in a ''67 recommended....LOL. When we drove it around just he and I, it was a lovely car. Plenty of power and handling. The three deuces just moaned when whacked open. The only complaint I had on the car was the "buzzy" shift lever...drive a guy nuts on a road trip. We kept a small pillow that we'd pack around the shift lever on long trips. I used to see those small pillows on a lot of "Vettes in those days....must have been a common complaint. The 427 had "right now" power....no lag whatsoever.

[graysonrussell]

I lived in that era and I owned a silver blue, both tops fuel injection 64 corvette with leather interior, power brakes. I got to cruise around Friday and Saturday nights in this car. Did not realize I was the luckiest 17 year old in the country. What a time to be alive!

[benburra]

Stunning example. Is that color Lynndale Blue Metallic?
I’ve owned 2 Corvettes…still my dream was to own a ‘67 big-block roadster. Came close 20 years ago with a guy in Ohio but had a buddy talk me out of it…more appropriately…I let him and talked my self out of it and bought a ‘02 Z51 roadster with 5100 miles on it from a 68 year old women! A doctors wife who said “I can’t handle the car”.
I grew up on the NW Side of Chicago…Austin & Fullerton. My dad owned 2 Standard Oil service stations from 1962 to 1988. Occasionally on the days he could make it home to sit for a supper on time at 6:00 PM…he’d stop for a “quick one” at the corner gin mill…”Frank & Annie’s” on Fullerton & Mason. When the church bells rang at 6:00 and he wasn’t home, my mom would tell me to run down to Frank’s and tell dad supper is on the table. A day that I STILL think about regularly occurred in August of ‘67. I ran down, turned the corner and there it was…a brand new roadster ‘67 in that color. Stinger hood, big block with a white inlay, pipes, red-stripes, a saddle interior and the “Z-FRANK” sticker on the back. It stopped me in my tracks! I was standing there at 10 years old and David walked out the screen door. David was one of Frank & Annie’s sons. A giant and a hero to this 10 year old. David had returned home 3-weeks earlier from 2 tours in Viet Nam. He enlisted…served his tour and one more for his brother who also enlisted but was medically unable to serve. Frank, Annie & his brother bought him the car as a homecoming (ALIVE) present. He stood behind me with his hands on my shoulders and just asked if I liked it. He then shouted through the screen to my dad…”your old lady says suppers on the table get your ass home….I’m takin your kid and driving him home…the long way”! I can STILL to this day remember everything. The sounds and vibrations of that 427, the heat on the seats, the smells, being thrown back into my seat with evert shift…and the perpetual smile that has still not left me. I remember we went all the way west to Mannheim Road, north to Lawrence, east to Cumberland and ended up Irving to Austin and then home in front of our house some 40 minutes later.
Wonderful memories that I still keep. A dream car, with a guy who was never too busy to stop for 10 minutes to toss a football around with hail-Mary passes or hit a few high & long pop-ups to me…my hero!

[culcune]

I don't know if it had been mentioned prior, but in the mid-80s, I started subscribing to Hot Rod magazine. Sometime in the 80s, there was an in depth article on the Corvette and the man considered its father, Zora Arkus-Duntov, who was still alive. He explained the 430 horsepower rating and how it was pretty much arbitrary. If I recall, he explained he kind of picked the 430 figure, and then they dyno'd the engine to see where it made 430, and that was its 'peak' horsepower rating, lol. The article also mentioned, of course, how he really wanted to have a rear engine Corvette, which he would, alas, never see in person other than some prototypes 'back in the day.'

[mikewalsh]

you know this beast is special when its spot in the garage is next to the Bugatti! I would rather have this Vette over the Veyron anyday!

[jeremythompson]

Maybe my favorite Vette of all. Not really a Chevy guy but I love classic muscle cars no matter the make or model. Even the AMC muscle cars like the AMX, Javelin SST, and Rebel Machine

[danielbrealey]

What a pretty car, mid- year 'Vette's have always been my favourite of all the 'Vette's. That L- 88 is something special. Would love to hear one with all it's 'day 2' mods done, some open exhausts and headers would really liven this thing up and make it sound even better

[Thecorvette]

The dyno in CA tested a number of L88's from 1967 through 1969. The average was 560hp at sea level. These new generations will never know what we actually did in the 60's and 70's. They are just making it up.

[duramax]

Just found my favourite car in the world, but damn it’s worth as much as my house.

[GearheadOutlaw]

Here's something you don't see everyday.

And it is damn worth seeing

[stevematz]

The Cams used in the L88 #3925535 (.540 int .560 exh) and 69 ZL #3959180 (.560 int .600 exh) were always intended for an open header exhaust system. In fact running these Cams as well as any other Race Profile Camshaft through cast iron exhaust manifolds / Muffler system actually lost you Horsepower. The most powerful L88's were the 2nd design late 69 Corvette using the #3946074 Open Chamber Aluminum heads; which Chevy Engineers claimed flowed 30% better than the 2 previous aluminum versions #3904392 (67only) and #3919842 used on 68 and early 69 Corvette.(074 head also used on ZL1 corvette and 69 COPO 9560 Camaro). Dyno numbers from different sources have various HP numbers but GM/Chevy Dynoed both 69 L88 & ZL1 engines with open tube type header systems and attained numbers in the 540-550 range with OEM installed engine components (minus CI exhaust.Mufflers. With further Head work, extended Blueprinting, etc. attaining numbers close to 600hp is feasible ...

[randyjones]

Love the 67 color and the rallyes.427..very nice.rj

[gymesum]

Omg this car gives me wood ! and I'm 64 years old ....

[scottslater-nbch]

67 L88 is my very favourite one year only👍