Whats with Chevy and the Z models?
01-01-2014, 10:14 PM
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For those interested in the real story:
http://www.67z28.com/history.htm
LOTS of info from those who were there.
http://www.67z28.com/history.htm
LOTS of info from those who were there.
01-02-2014, 11:54 AM
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Any "Z" in Chevy stands for Zora Arkus Duntov. He was the chief engineer in the GM performance dept. and he is the designer of the Corvette. He had a fetish for stuffing big motors into small cars. And GM continue that tradition till this date.. He retired from GM in the late 70's and died in 1996. But even after retirement he still was there to help for every new model change. GM pays homage to him with the "Z"
01-02-2014, 10:24 PM
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Quoted from the article:
"Some people believed that the Z in Z-28 stood for Zora, as in Zora Arkus-Duntov, the Corvette engineer. Not so...... Ironically, Z-27 is the RPO number for the early Camaro Super Sport package, and Z-28 simply followed it sequentially. RPO Z-29 apparently hasn't been taken yet, but perhaps Chevrolet is keeping it in reserve for some future Z-28 successor."
