1969 Zl-1 Decals

[Pat Roberts]

Thanks in advance for any help. Does anyone know of a company or have a source that has the decals available like the ones on the nose of the 69 ZL-1 ? I tried to include a photo of the decals. The photo can be seen at

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/phot...28647/cat/1073

I would like to purchase a set of these if they are available.
Thanks again,
Pat

[Terry M.]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

That is not a decal -- it is a painted stripe. There may have been a mask used to produce it -- but if there was a mask used, I am not aware of where one can get it.

[Pat Roberts]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Thanks for the information. I was told that Ecklers carried these as a decal set many years ago. I called them and they told me they no longer carry these but if I could find the name of the company that made them they might still have them available. Of course they no longer had the information or the name of the company that was their supplier.

[Kevin M.]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Is that your car? What's wrong with the stripe that's on there?

Kevin

[Tracy C.]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Getting a decal that size to lay down and look correct would be a nightmare. You would be better off painting it anyway.

tc

[Steve Wallach]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

I am VERY familiar with that Stripe! My 68 was purchased from the Warren MI, Tech Center with THAT stripe painted on the hood. It was then used on the rarest of all production Vettes, the ZL-1.in 1969.

I have not been able to find a template for that stripe, but I have it painted on my car if you are in Southern Cal, you are more than welcom to take measurements?

Cheers,

Steve

[Steve Antonucci]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Tracy,

You hit the nail on the head with that one ! Nightmare would about size it up.

Since only one of these stripe patterns existed back in the day, would it
therefore not be painted on vs. a decal anyway? I'm not a Corvette expert,
but I've only ever seen the yellow ZL-1 with this stripe. Besides, there
were only two ( possibly three ) ZL-1 Vette's anyway. Would the numbers
have justified design & manufacture of a deecal back in the day?

Steve

[Steve Antonucci]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Steve,

I guess I stand corrected. Sounds like it may have been a production item.

Do you have specifics on the stripe? Was it a special order option? Did
it have a part number in the normal ordering process? Is it listed on any
original doumentation you may have for your car?

Steve

[Pat Roberts]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

The car shown in the photo is not mine. Thanks for all of the input.

[Steve Wallach]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Hi Steve,

The only Vettes This has ever "officially" appeared on are the two "production" ZL-1 Corvettes.

I have Tech Center Documentation and dated pictures of my car at the time of delivery, (Shows the Stripe) the original Registration, etc..

The Stripe on my car was not a production item, my car has been called a "Stripe Mule" by some experts and it is thought my car was used to "lay up" that Stripe. It was done at the Warren, Tech Center. My car is a well equiped L-71 White with Black Interior and the Black Stripe.

To my knowlege, there was not a "part number" for the stripe, but it is thoroughly discussed in "The 69 Stingray" by Rick Bizzoco who has personally inspected, photographed, and researched my car.

Regards,

Steve

[Steve Antonucci]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Neat story Steve!

Stripe mule - huh? That's a new one on me!

Do you know if the stripe just appeared on the car at the time of delivery,
or did the original buyer know it was coming that way? Just seems strange
that a well equipped L/71 would show up with an unordered stripe like that.

I can't answer for how car buyers of the day reacted, but I probably would
have been miffed if my as ordered car showed up with an unordered stripe.
Of course, perhaps the car was just made and shipped out as an un-ordered
car and sat on a lot until being purchased. Do you know anything about the
original owner vs. how it was ordered?

Steve

[Joe L.]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Pat-----

The specifications for the striping configuration and placement can be found in the UPC ZL-1, Sheet A1 of the 1969 AIM. This is the very last page of the AIM, so it's very easy to find.

[Steve Wallach]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Steve,

the car was bought with the stripe as a used car from the Tech Center. Back then, only employees of GM could buy "Tech Center" Cars. The original owner of this car was actually GM. The original private party owner owned if for over 35 years and I got to know him pretty well. A friend of his was an engineer at the Tech Center. So to answer your question, yes, he knew it had the stripe on it when he bought it, but it had no meaning to him back then. The ZL-1 wasn't known of when he bought this car, and the ZL-1 wasn't popular back then due to the huge cost of the option.

Steve

[Mike L.]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

I've seen both ZL-1 and they have different stripes. The yellow car is stripped as showned in the pictures, but the white car has a totaly different stripe. But there maybe more than the two cars out there???????

[Steve Wallach]

Re: 1969 Zl-1 Decals

Mike,

You're right the White ZL-1 is painted differently. Rick Bizzoco told me there is quite a bit of controversy around the validity of that car.

Steve