Oh, The sad reality as time marches on. :-(

[RICH17]

My dad's built falcon drag car ran 13's back in the 70's. That was flying in that time.

 

[Yaj Yak]

no it wasnt

 

[jason05gt]

KJ was alive in the 60s and spent a lot of time at race tracks during that time period. He knows all.

 

[Yaj Yak]

https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/FL0114-174307/0/1968-Chevrolet-Corvette-L88-Coupe/4-Speed/

In all of Corvette’s glorious history, there was never anything like the L88. It was solely intended for racing, and was so potent that Chevrolet actually actively discouraged its sale to the general public, even to the extent of understating its actual horsepower rating at 430 HP, less than the incredibly powerful L71 427/435 HP Tri-Power option; in reality, the L88’s figure approached 560 horses. The formula for the L88 engine was both simple and devastating: 4-bolt mains, forged crank, rods and pistons, 12.5:1 compression, aluminum heads with huge valves, a wild solid lifter cam and a gulping Holley 850 CFM 4-barrel double pumper on an aluminum intake. There were no creature comforts, and it had to be ordered with transistor ignition, vacuum power brakes, a special master cylinder and dual pin brake calipers, heavy duty suspension, a Muncie M22 ”Rock Crusher” 4-speed and Positraction. The original owner of this 1968 L88 coupe purchased the car at Polar Chevrolet in White Bear Lake, Minnesota specifically for the purpose of drag racing. He raced the car around the Midwest, including his home track, Minnesota Dragway, where he achieved the car’s best time of 11.78 at 120 MPH. As evidenced by photos of the car taken just after its purchase in May 1968, it comes with the complete owner history from new. It has been collector-owned since the early 1990s and began scooping up awards in 1994. It was named to the Bloomington Gold Special Collection in 1998 and again in 2008. It won Bloomington Gold Certification in 1995 and 2000, and was awarded Bloomington Survivor Certification in 1995. It was also a recipient of the National Corvette Restorers Society Duntov Mark of Excellence and National Top Flight Awards in 2007. Certified authentic by NCRS Master Judge Chuck Berge, it is exceptionally well documented with the original window sticker on the driver’s side window, a shipper’s copy of the build sheet, the original Protect-O-Plate, all awards and many original pictures and drag strip time slips from its first year in competition. It is also accompanied by a letter from the first owner to the current owner describing the car’s history (including the original owner’s discovery and acquisition of the original engine) until its sale in the early 1990s. For Corvette collectors, this is it.

 

[Yaj Yak]

KJ was alive in the 60s and spent a lot of time at race tracks during that time period. He knows all.

uh... no, but i did do quite a bit of research on this stuff last year.

 

[Yaj Yak]

https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/FL0114-174307/0/1968-Chevrolet-Corvette-L88-Coupe/4-Speed/

one of the coolest parts about this car, was an original story I saw, that they pulled it, with a wagon, with the original owner working the brakes of the 'vette, while his wife dragged the vette with the wagon

 

[Euro]

This article is stupid. Ya, let's compare some of the baddest muscle cars from the late 60's(some of the least powerful ones anyway ) to 2015's automobiles and technology. Replace some of those weaker powered cars(like a 350 Camaro..wheewwww) with something that stood up for itself, like any COPO bowtie with the capability of low 13's off the showroom floor, and a warranty. Or an L88 car.

The cars from back then handled like shit, and stopped like a freight train at full speed because nobody gave a shit. That was the norm across the board unless you picked out something like a Z28, AAR Cuda, or Challenger T/A. It was all about how big the # was under the hood and how low the number was at the end of the quarter mile.

 

[1quick]

That l88 won't even run on today's pump gas there is a tag on the car I thought it was by the shifter that said 100 octane minimum, my old boss had one and had to put spacers on the heads to get it to run 93

 

[1quick]

It was a bad mother fucker though, a guy I work with had a built big block Chevelle that he said was barely street able it had such a big can in it and he was super happy to get it into the mid 12's back in the 70's

 

[Yaj Yak]

[MENTION=396]Mike K[/MENTION] knows a lot, but he is not omniscient.

RIGHT MIKE K. YOU AREN'T GOD.

so. fucking. badass.

That l88 won't even run on today's pump gas there is a tag on the car I thought it was by the shifter that said 100 octane minimum, my old boss had one and had to put spacers on the heads to get it to run 93

pssssst.... see above... i posted the pic! so fucking badasss.

 

[1quick]

pssssst.... see above... i posted the pic! so fucking badasss.

There you go lol i can't see the pictures that well on my phone, what compression were they you probably posted it somewhere already would think it would have to be 12:1 or more to need that good of gas with aluminum heads

 

[Euro]

12.5:1 I think

 

[1quick]

I found it right in kj's article he posted lol

 

[Euro]

I didn't even see that haha

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Old junk will always be cooler than new junk

 

[1quick]

My boss that had the 67 l88 vett won best of show at Morris cruise night the one time he took it, all original with 40k miles aside from the motor work to make it drivable on 93

 

[Euro]

The things that they did back then, I could spend days on reading and looking at photos.

Like the "swiss cheese" Catalinas. Pontiac was getting pounced on in factory drag racing, so let's take the SD Catalina and drill 100+ holes in the already cut up frame, add in aluminum parts anywhere we can, fuck sway bars and sound deadener. A near 4k pound car down to 3300 Low 12's at 114mph.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Love 63 Swiss cheese Catalina's.

 

[Yaj Yak]

the swiss cheese cars were so fucking awesome in person.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Even though I liked my 64, I always wished it was a 63

Yea know,

 

[1quick]

I remember reading about a factory drag team that was acid dipping all the body panels to lighten it up, they got caught when a tech inspector leaned on the car and the quarter panel caved in lol

 

[Euro]

the swiss cheese cars were so fucking awesome in person.

I about collapsed at the MCACN show a couple years ago when they had 5-6 of them there together out of the 14 that were made.

 

[RICH17]

My dad has a cousin that has a swiis cheese car and aluminum fender car. which that side of the family was closer

 

[nos4blood70]

Old cars are sweet when other people own them.

Just like children.

 

[Euro]

Hell no. Old cars and kids are awesome when you own them