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New Difficult To Imagine, Exactly True, At That Spot Is Even Too Hence An Master Copy Possessor Driving His Zl1 1969 Camaro, Ken Barnhart. The Master Copy Engine Has 1.7 Miles On It, Too Is Sitting On A Shelf. A Duplicate Has Been Used To Proceed This Camaro Racing Without Worry


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No stranger to the quarter-mile, Barnhart had been racing since the '50s. He almost won the 1959 Nationals at Detroit Dragway, only his none-too-featherweight '39 Cadillac was edged past times a fleeter Studebaker. He took the G/Stock trophy at Indy inwards 1961, however, inwards a quick '55 Chevy. The ZL-1 brought him dorsum from a brusk retirement.

Curiously, every bit before long every bit the Camaro was inwards Barnhart's garage, the master copy aluminum 427 was removed. It was replaced alongside the duplicate, over-the-counter ZL-1 engine that is silent works life nether the hood today. Except for an old-school Edelbrock Torker intake manifold as well as replacement 850-cfm carb, the engine is faithful to the master copy ZL-1.

The graphics as well as lettering that adorn the Camaro's bodywork were done inwards 1969 as well as haven't been touched since. The entirely paintwork that's been applied to the car's flanks occurred when the bring upward fender openings were slightly stretched to adjust larger rubber.

Barnhart's reliable as well as rigid combination made his Camaro the scourge of Super Stock racing for a brace of years. He captured the SS/B championship at Indy inwards 1970, as well as was runner-up at the Nationals inwards 1971.

Barnhart slogged it out inwards Super Stock through the mid-'70s-recording a best e.t. of 9.92 at 134 mph-with a narrowed Dana rearend as well as 5.38 gears

Barnhart's been the proprietor of a gas station located on the same Elgin, Illinois, corner since 1959.


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it is release xvi of 69 made

Barnhart was recuperating from an accident incurred land drag racing, flipping through a periodical most cars, when he came across the ZL1. He forthwith made upward his heed to purchase i of the 69 vehicles if possible, and, although he had retired, to dive dorsum into drag racing.

 “This vehicle has never been street driven,” said Barnhart. “It hasn’t been run inwards a contest inwards twenty years, only I silent accept it as well as pose it downwardly at the track.

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