Het moet wel zo zijn geweest als door Exit beschreven;
Tuerlinx heeft de bedoeling gehad om in 1968 aan de 24H van Le Mans deel te nemen met een Corvette.
Maar de Corvette kon niet op tijd geleverd worden.
De Corvette is pas in 1969 geleverd en dat zal dus niet zo heel erg ver voor 11-05-1969 geweest zijn.
Gezien zijn deelname aan Spa 1000km op 11-05-1969 in een bijna standaard Corvette.
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http://www.corvetteforum.com, waar ik dezelfde vraag heb gesteld.
http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3- ... 8-a-2.htmlInteresting pictures, the car looks like it just came off the boat, they threw numbers and some sponsor stickers on it and went racing! It still has the bumpers, mirror and emblems installed. It's hard to tell, but does it even have a roll bar or cage in it there?
If that is the same car, as in the other pictures, it's likely a very early 69,.....and it's not an L-88.
68's and very early 69's, had black plastic grills, with silver painted edges. These were replaced with plain black grills, a month or two into 69 production. After going back and looking at the first picture you posted, the car appears to have dark front side marker lamps. 68's had clear front markers, with amber bulbs, while 69's had amber lenses in the markers. Seeing that the car has 69 doors, side markers and rear exhaust panel, I'm pretty sure it's a very early 69. It must have started life as a 427/390 single 4 bbl, or a 400 or 435 tri-power.
As far it being an L-88, your latest pictures of the car, show it with a regular 427 big block hood. With that hood, it could not have been an L-88. The L-88 needed the taller hood to clear the intake manifold, carb and air cleaner.