World's RAREST Production Corvette Ever Built - 1 of 2 - 1969 ZL1 - 427 ALL Aluminum ENG #musclecar

WORLD'S RAREST Production Corvette Ever Built - 1 of 2 - 1969 ZL1 - All Aluminum Heads and Block make this a fire-breathing almost undrivable automobile. Made for racing in 1969, this ULTRA Rare COPO somehow survived its racing days and was ultimately purchased by Roger Judski of Roger's Corvette Center for about $300,000.00 Dollars in the early 1990s in a government auction. Apparently, the car was owned by a notorious drug dealer and was seized by the FBI. It has been owned by Roger ever since and is potentially worth $5,000,000.00 Million dollars! #musclecar

Rogers Corvette - Muscle Car Madness '06

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[davids]

Wow, I actually have this car in my 1:18 scale die-cast collection. It is great to see the actual car. 👌

[realnikonlover]

My late Cousin owned it's little sister the 1969 Mako Corvette with a cast iron L88 427 with tri-carb manifold setup. It sounded great with its side pipes and was a real runner.

[markr]

When this car was up for auction at KSC, I was a lead with Roads and Grounds. One of the more interesting duties was setting up the lot where the auctions were held. This gave me the opportunity to check out some really interesting cars. The local news had made a big deal about the ZL1 which I had read about in some car magazine or other. The morning of the auction, I managed to be there when they brought it to the lot and parked it right out front. The GSA big wig who was in charge knew who I was so I was able to get up close. When he came over, I had to ask him if I could sit in it. To my surprise, he said sure. As I sat there, I noticed the keys were in the ignition. I still kick myself for not asking if I could start it. Later that day, I managed to be there when the ZL1 came up. The lady auctioneer started the bidding at $300, 000. She kept lowering the "opening bid" until someone finally offered $50k. Of course it eventually crept up to $300k but it actually took a while. I was on the clock and really should have been elsewhere, but I stuck around till the end. Better than a Shuttle launch.

[neverendingmods]

And the stories 2 made, every owner known since new but 20 people on here saw car, knew an owner, or rode in one.

[goleafsgo]

1969 was a great year at General Motors. Nice Vette is one heck of an understatement.

[Novaman]

Wow! You bring the best cars! Thank you sir, keep them coming please!

[stevewilkins]

That Corvette was originally sold at Hechler Chevrolet on Nine Mile Rd Highland Springs Va. It sat in the showroom for months unsold due to its price. The other ZL-1 was an orange convertible. There is rumor of a white coupe also but Chevrolet says only the 2 were produced.

[ejgrant]

I was a member of Northen California Corvette Association. One of my fellow club members was a GM engineer @ St Louis in 68-69 era and he told the story of several "Lunch time runs" in that 69 ZL-1 Corvette....Lunch times were a great event for my friend Al...He ordered a 1970 LT-1 Coupe through the GM employee plan and wanted 4.56 gear set as he was into Autocrossing (called Slalom Racing back then)....Numerous delays because he wanted the AM/FM stereo....Was told he could have the 4.56's or the radio with 4.10's for less money....He wanted the 4.56's and didn't realize to get them he had to pay for the ZR-1 package....He went ahead and forsook the radio...Said he never realized what a rare beast he had purchased and regrets selling that ZR-1 these days.

[myand]

I was able to speak with Roger and check out his ZL1, and also the orange ZL1 convertible when they were at Bloomington. Something I wanted to do for decades!

[crusherbmx]

I've known about this car for 41 years, quite famous, $5, 000, 000 is not unrealistic.

[robertmcwhinney]

69 is my favorite year! I doing state inspections back in the 90's and a customer came in with a 69 that he'd installed digital instruments cluster, speedo, oil pressure, tach all that stuff. Normally I would cringe at that, but these were really nice, red vetted with black inter. And the the leds in the gages was red aswell, really complimented the interior well.😎👍

[cashonlyj]

I remember Rodger's shop behind his Mom and Dad's motel on orange blossom trail in the 70's . Rodger and my father Bob Abraham had some dealings.

[Oromanowarful]

Gonna likely be the most valuable/rarest corvette for the rest of time.
I've loved the 69 zl1 corvette since i was a boy, this one is beautiful, one day i would love to make a replica of zora duntovs white roadster 'mule' car that the press took pictures of back in 69, 70.
As for auction, i could easily see this corvette reaching over $20M. it's a one of a kind from a different time period.

[alloyrat]

A few years ago Roger told me an offer he had turned down. It was BIG $$$!

[mikescaffo]

Wow what a beautiful beast that corvette is it will only go up in value

[mgbchuck]

LOL, it's NOT just a L88 with an aluminum block (had a larger cam with .600" lift), 540hp would be a weak ZL1, in the COPO Camaros (with headers) they were known to make 600hp+

[sethmaki]

The only time that hood should be closed is when the car is in motion. That ZL1 deserves to be displayed.

[brentoatfield]

I think a 69 427 Vette doesn't qualify as nothing. Can't think of a more iconic Vette

[rcfred_]

I love this car, have seen it in magazines and on the internet many times over the years - cool color too. Apparently there is also a white ZL-1 out there, but I like this one.

[bobdavis]

You need to talk a bit less. The ZL1 Vette was Much more than the L88. It had its own set of heads, intake, Cam and block. It's NOT simply an L88 with an aluminum block.
The ZL1 in the VETTE was rated at 580 SAE gross HP. With 4:56.1 rear gears and slicks, the ZL1 ran 10.50s in the qtr at 132mph.