are we talking "sales" numbers...as far as produced/for sale....or "engines/builds" that went/gone.....by way of race/cars/tracks/teams. Just wondering myself
I am so surprised they were able to get so many L88’s in one place. I loved the red 69 with the factory side pipes. Mine was a 69 convertible 427/435hp tri-power with factory side pipes. Sold it to pay for my first wedding. I wish I still had that car.
The L-88 was for hard-core performance fans, with a lot of cash and dealer connections. They had no heaters, a/c, radio, and the M-22 Rock Crusher transmissions. They weren’t made for comfort; just speed.
and of course the "POOR MANS" l88....aka the LT1.....the ORIGINAL LT1....a beast of a car in its own right....smol block aside. Probably easier to drive "FAST" too...bc of the weight/balance difference. IDC i saw a 68 L88 once in the wild....and could not hesitate to give that man all the props he deserves. Easily one of the Greatest/grandest Cars ive seen in real life...needless to say i followed him around town just to hear it/see it on the road.
The L88 was a bitch of a road-car. But in it's defence it wasn't meant to be. Fast as all Ffffff and just as loud. Any attempt to muffle it would take the edge off performance. 107RON was sometimes hard to get. The idle would rattle your teeth and the duration of the cam at idle would allow raw av-gas to fume from the side-pipes bringing tears to your eyes. Had to fit an aluminium flexi- fan and shroud and gaint oil cooler to cool it. The muscle in my left leg is twice the size of my right and my bicep exercises consisted of a regular drive around the block. Drive it above 3000rpm and as it was designed to be, and the planets aligned. I loved my L88 ........ it had personality like no other.
Wow... every color of the Bow-tie rainbow , T-tops, conv. , racing ... it's a dream ✌😎 Thank you for that sweet L88 music..... that's going on a continuous power loop 😆
If you notice the big block hood bulges on so many of the cars, the OP is suggesting that there was an explosion of L88's (the baddest engine of the time except for the ZL1). It was a very rare option.
Love it had one blue one 1969 had one 350/300 auto and also had 69 with 350/350 in black LT hood scoop 4 speed 40 pound clutch and headman headers it was 1981I miss them so much still love corvettes and Harleys also 67 years young
I have a British green ‘68 L68 427 tri-power 4spd convertible that has a sound pretty close to these. Sets off car alarms and makes everything in the house shake when i fire it over ;)
Man, I'd love to build a 69 L88, or better yet, a ZL1 tribute vette. Always wanted a big block vette from the year i was born. These cars are bad ass. Love the early C3's before they lost the chrome, and went with the plastic bumpers.
Watching barrette Jackson auction one day heard a comment that they have sold more (don't remember exact car) than were built .. could have been the L88 vette or LS6 SS chevelle. . Maybe 426 hemi cars .. but guy hinted there are some replica cars that get sold as authentic lol.
Man I'm in heaven, very nice machines. I think the early C3s are the best looking vette. I owned a 1969 454 4 speed, I own a 1990 ZR-1 now, it's a great car and badass, but something about a fat block counting them off, thanks for posting, beautiful rides. Corvette Forever👍👍🏁🏁
im the same way my old man was born 63....and clearly Loves the splitty fuelie to death and its his favorite corvette. I was huge on C3s growing up in the 90s i didnt really like the c4. Id love to put an l78 into a c3 stingray myself with some side pipes....but id probably end up building the engine into a 63-66 chevy II....or cut the windshield of a k5 and put it on airbags...XD the engine belongs in a "PERFORMER" ngl....but these days its so hard to justify driving a "HIPO" car on the streets...vs having a cruiser...at least here in cali.
Oh wow. The mid years are nice but the 68-72 C3’s are a beauty to behold.... I’ve never seen that many C3’s in one place at one time, not even at a NCRS Regional. Wish I could have been there to see that gorgeous display.
I was at Earthquake 88. It was incredible. All the L88s on the lawn near the Judging field at Bloomington. Chip Miller was in his white 69 L88 conv. RIP Chip.
Do these guys have to run race gas every time they drive these L88 powered cars? As I recall, the warning label on the console called for minimum 104 octane fuel. I guess if you have the money to own and drive this rare of a Vette, fuel costs certainly are not a concern!
Yes race fuel for sure, maybe you could idle around on 100 octane av gas but race fuel is what it should run. The fuel warning sticker said 103 research octane or 95 motor octane. We use the R+M/2 method in the US so that means 99 octane bare minimum.
the 67 for me is pretty nuts....prior to the 68 c3/body swap. Like one of those "dream cars to own" if you win the lotto IMO. Id gladly own a LT1 C3 too...but i already got a 11:1 l78 to put into a c3 roller/build God willing.
62s and 67s are my most favorite Corvettes, and among my all-time favorite cars (to look at, I mean) ever built. C3s I can do without. C7s are also pretty great-looking, especially considering all the stupid standard regulations they have to meet that the old cars were free from.
@@donziperk That I can at least stand behind. The ‘68-‘70s are pretty good (maybe after that? I don’t know anything about them), particularly with that cool L88 hood.
Well, I feel ripped off. While it was nice seeing all of the Plastic Fantastics. I was expecting a different type of explosion. A bit of a bait and switch really, just to get your views up. Full marks for all of the L-88s, but minus several thousand for your deception
One other thing is their was three different L-88 camshafts,3rd design with .580 lift intake and .605 exhaust is always the one that sounds best. 2nd design was .560 intake .580 exhaust if memory serves me , and I don’t trust it . But those are close
Ok The 1st L-88 Equipped Vette was a white 65 convertIble/roadster Zora ordered it just too shipp the engine then once he got it he had the boys put it into the second L-88 vette a 63 vette...Then they Raced it..!!
Yeah then Roger Penske got a 66 and Dick Guldstrand himself picked it up from St Louis at Christmas 65 and froze his butt off driving it back to Pennsylvania with no heater. But these were backdoor cars and the first RPO L88 did not appear until 1967.
Two totally different animals. The Vette was a street car that was modified for racing, the Cobra was a race car modified to run on the street. The Vette was 800 lbs. heavier. The cars are too different and should never be compared and yet its done all the time for some reason.
@@biggootz Your facts are incorrect........ AC Ace, British production sports car. *Not a purpose built off road race car.* Your right, two totally different animals. As Carroll always said, "Power to weight ratio."
@@cooperparts There's no debate that the British AC was a sports car. At that time what was a Corvette? I believe it qualified as a sports car. *Both production sports cars.*
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they even want to slow down all the gas pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime. Called Bundesabgasbespaßungsverordnung in German.... :-(///
I’d pay to be the flag man, line would move a lot slower, back in the 1980s I had a 1972 cutlass supreme s with a 350 rocket, my other buddy had a 1979 trans am I think, with a 400 and my other buddy had a 1976 Camaro, but that Camaro had a engine from a 60s corvette, it wasn’t a big block, it was either a 327 or 350, but let me tell you off the line Camaro would leave us, the trans am or similar would overtake him at around 40, I’d be left in the dust, damn wish I had my lbz ppe back then…..lol
I don't care how much power todays cars make. They ALL sound like shit compared to the old cars! Nothing like the sound of solid liftered engines.
Pretty impressive, when you consider that there were only 20 1967 L88s made, and TEN of them are here!
Always hear there are more today than was originally built.....
There were 80 67 L88s built
are we talking "sales" numbers...as far as produced/for sale....or "engines/builds" that went/gone.....by way of race/cars/tracks/teams. Just wondering myself
@@daveb1081 20 in 1967. Extremely rare.
Heaven....l had a 67 sunfire yellow coupe with L79....not a BB but l miss that car
I am so surprised they were able to get so many L88’s in one place. I loved the red 69 with the factory side pipes. Mine was a 69 convertible 427/435hp tri-power with factory side pipes. Sold it to pay for my first wedding. I wish I still had that car.
Hopefully you're still married
@@Kevlar67476 not to my first wife. lol
That was tragic. Sorry for the loss of your car.
Thought the wife's parents pays for the wedding !
@@kennethallen3586 yeah, that did not happen. I definitely didn’t marry into money.
The L-88 was for hard-core performance fans, with a lot of cash and dealer connections. They had no heaters, a/c, radio, and the M-22 Rock Crusher transmissions. They weren’t made for comfort; just speed.
The ZL1 427 in 69 started the L88 that's what they are they have iron blocks instead of aluminum
@@boblongdickder6178 Don't know what you mean by 'started". L88 predates the ZL1.
That "not built for comfort, just to go fast" statement describesththe built '56 Chevy I had when my wife and I started dating.
and of course the "POOR MANS" l88....aka the LT1.....the ORIGINAL LT1....a beast of a car in its own right....smol block aside. Probably easier to drive "FAST" too...bc of the weight/balance difference. IDC i saw a 68 L88 once in the wild....and could not hesitate to give that man all the props he deserves. Easily one of the Greatest/grandest Cars ive seen in real life...needless to say i followed him around town just to hear it/see it on the road.
The L88 was a bitch of a road-car. But in it's defence it wasn't meant to be.
Fast as all Ffffff and just as loud. Any attempt to muffle it would take the edge off performance. 107RON was sometimes hard to get. The idle would rattle your teeth and the duration of the cam at idle would allow raw av-gas to fume from the side-pipes bringing tears to your eyes. Had to fit an aluminium flexi- fan and shroud and gaint oil cooler to cool it. The muscle in my left leg is twice the size of my right and my bicep exercises consisted of a regular drive around the block.
Drive it above 3000rpm and as it was designed to be, and the planets aligned.
I loved my L88 ........ it had personality like no other.
Nothing sounds like an L88.
You got that right !!
How about a new title. "A shit load of L88s!"
Wow... every color of the Bow-tie rainbow , T-tops, conv. , racing
... it's a dream ✌😎
Thank you for that sweet L88 music..... that's going on a continuous power loop 😆
That's beautiful music. A Honda will never sound that great. Lol.
Ya think !!
"Where is the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom..."
-marvin the martian
If you notice the big block hood bulges on so many of the cars, the OP is suggesting that there was an explosion of L88's (the baddest engine of the time except for the ZL1). It was a very rare option.
😂👍 Beat me to the same quote by 5 months.
KAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM ! How's that?
The aludium Q36 explosive space modulator, that creature has stolen the space modulator!
I think what he means is the place exploded with L88 Vettes. Not that one blew up.
Love it had one blue one 1969 had one 350/300 auto and also had 69 with 350/350 in black LT hood scoop 4 speed 40 pound clutch and headman headers it was 1981I miss them so much still love corvettes and Harleys also 67 years young
Man, I bet the smell of all that high octane is heavenly!
I should have read the comments before watching for an L88 to blow up!
I have a British green ‘68 L68 427 tri-power 4spd convertible that has a sound pretty close to these. Sets off car alarms and makes everything in the house shake when i fire it over ;)
Man, I'd love to build a 69 L88, or better yet, a ZL1 tribute vette. Always wanted a big block vette from the year i was born. These cars are bad ass. Love the early C3's before they lost the chrome, and went with the plastic bumpers.
Agree
owned a 69 Z-L1 tribute. the only one in Lemans Blue , car now in Ohio
What cars are supposed to sound like! 😝👍
Wow very impressive. All engineers had was a block of clay and a slide rule.
I wonder how many of these cars are real L88s. I've heard that of the 1,040 fuel injected 283s built in 1957 at least 1,200 are still on the road.
😝
Don't forget all the 427 Tri Power Vettes that seem to flood every auction. Twice as many rolling around now than were built 54 years ago !
Watching barrette Jackson auction one day heard a comment that they have sold more (don't remember exact car) than were built .. could have been the L88 vette or LS6 SS chevelle. . Maybe 426 hemi cars .. but guy hinted there are some replica cars that get sold as authentic lol.
@@codyramos3200 No replica car is getting past the true experts.
Man, did you see the carnage when the rod broke out of the side of the block !!!!
Me neither.
Man I'm in heaven, very nice machines. I think the early C3s are the best looking vette. I owned a 1969 454 4 speed, I own a 1990 ZR-1 now, it's a great car and badass, but something about a fat block counting them off, thanks for posting, beautiful rides. Corvette Forever👍👍🏁🏁
That 454 LS5 was one hell of an engine. Always lusted after a 72 with a 454.
im the same way my old man was born 63....and clearly Loves the splitty fuelie to death and its his favorite corvette. I was huge on C3s growing up in the 90s i didnt really like the c4. Id love to put an l78 into a c3 stingray myself with some side pipes....but id probably end up building the engine into a 63-66 chevy II....or cut the windshield of a k5 and put it on airbags...XD the engine belongs in a "PERFORMER" ngl....but these days its so hard to justify driving a "HIPO" car on the streets...vs having a cruiser...at least here in cali.
Totally agree
Oh wow. The mid years are nice but the 68-72 C3’s are a beauty to behold.... I’ve never seen that many C3’s in one place at one time, not even at a NCRS Regional. Wish I could have been there to see that gorgeous display.
Totally agree
I was at Earthquake 88. It was incredible. All the L88s on the lawn near the Judging field at Bloomington. Chip Miller was in his white 69 L88 conv. RIP Chip.
I talked to Chip @ Carlisle many times...nice guy....RIP
You know there were exactly 20 1967 L88 Corvettes built. I think we saw at least 45 of them. Nice.
Lol
Do these guys have to run race gas every time they drive these L88 powered cars? As I recall, the warning label on the console called for minimum 104 octane fuel. I guess if you have the money to own and drive this rare of a Vette, fuel costs certainly are not a concern!
Yes race fuel for sure, maybe you could idle around on 100 octane av gas but race fuel is what it should run. The fuel warning sticker said 103 research octane or 95 motor octane. We use the R+M/2 method in the US so that means 99 octane bare minimum.
That dude directing the traffic waits all year for this day! 😂
😂
It's all shits and giggles until a Cobra shows up.
@@45autom Except in the real world.
Cobras get a great view.... of Stingray taillights
Cobra the ugly asx death trap
I watched the video 3 times and didn’t see any L88 explode. Are you sure you got it on film?
the 67 for me is pretty nuts....prior to the 68 c3/body swap. Like one of those "dream cars to own" if you win the lotto IMO. Id gladly own a LT1 C3 too...but i already got a 11:1 l78 to put into a c3 roller/build God willing.
new corvette shows are weak. but that looks awesome at 2:39 i love that vinyl wrapped removable hard top so much
it's not a wrap...
@@mikatamminen2786 its a vinyl top.. vinyl wrapped top.. its literally a wrapped top..
Not a wrap in the sense many will think of, it's just a regular vinyl top that were common back in the day.
@@thud9797 it was a vinyl wrap before a vinyl wrap
If you like Corvettes keep watching. If you are waiting for a car to throw a rod don't waste your time!
C2s and C3s and I know that they weren’t shown but I have to add C1s were the best looking cars that were ever built in USA.
I have to respectfully disagree.
C2s and 3s by miles are prettier.
62s and 67s are my most favorite Corvettes, and among my all-time favorite cars (to look at, I mean) ever built. C3s I can do without. C7s are also pretty great-looking, especially considering all the stupid standard regulations they have to meet that the old cars were free from.
@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney I’ll be more specific early C3s with chrome bumpers.
@@donziperk That I can at least stand behind. The ‘68-‘70s are pretty good (maybe after that? I don’t know anything about them), particularly with that cool L88 hood.
@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney The 68 to 70 are my favourite. They kinda stole some lines from the Ferrari gt250 but a the did a nice job of it
Well, I feel ripped off. While it was nice seeing all of the Plastic Fantastics. I was expecting a different type of explosion. A bit of a bait and switch really, just to get your views up. Full marks for all of the L-88s, but minus several thousand for your deception
Ya scared me, I thought we lost a rare gem! ...nice to see a bunch of '68s. ...427 = my favorite number!
I came here to see rods busting through engine blocks, oiled tracks and fiery crashes. Big disappointment
Some of those seem to have tame idles for an L88 they only made a couple hundred ever and only 20 were C2's. Some on the other hand sounded legit.
The type of fuel used and the timing changes the sounds drastically.
One other thing is their was three different L-88 camshafts,3rd design with .580 lift intake and .605 exhaust is always the one that sounds best. 2nd design was .560 intake .580 exhaust if memory serves me , and I don’t trust it . But those are close
@@varise4216 So that third design is also the ZL-1 cam?
427 extravaganza
Nice. I miss my 73 . It was silver like a lot of these are . Memories.
No offence intended, but why not get at least a 72, in my opinion they are way nicer.
I was disappointed I was full-on expecting Richie Rich to Redline his motor.
It would have been anticlimactic.
virtually every one a big block. Sickos !!!!!!!
Is that what heaven looks like?
Oh an explosion of L88's I get it
The only car with the top down is Tom Marcucci with his 69 crown jewel
Holy grunt Batman! I can hear the torque from here!
No literal explosion - only many L88 Vettes driving slowly by. Title should have been "many L88 Vettes drive slowly by".
Ok The 1st L-88 Equipped Vette was a white 65 convertIble/roadster Zora ordered it just too shipp the engine then once he got it he had the boys put it into the second L-88 vette a 63 vette...Then they Raced it..!!
Yeah then Roger Penske got a 66 and Dick Guldstrand himself picked it up from St Louis at Christmas 65 and froze his butt off driving it back to Pennsylvania with no heater. But these were backdoor cars and the first RPO L88 did not appear until 1967.
Took me exactly 1:52 to realize there was no 💥!!! In my defense, I just woke up
1:21 - Pull up your pants...
The cams, the cams!!
Zora told GM not to sell engines to Carroll. Carroll said fine, I plan on winning anyway, and win he did against those Vettes.
Two totally different animals. The Vette was a street car that was modified for racing, the Cobra was a race car modified to run on the street. The Vette was 800 lbs. heavier. The cars are too different and should never be compared and yet its done all the time for some reason.
@@biggootz Your facts are incorrect........
AC Ace, British production sports car. *Not a purpose built off road race car.*
Your right, two totally different animals. As Carroll always said, "Power to weight ratio."
@@biggootz Well said!👍
I think it was a sports car and a very fast sports car the corvair was a so called sports car 2 seater
@@cooperparts
There's no debate that the British AC was a sports car. At that time what was a Corvette? I believe it qualified as a sports car. *Both production sports cars.*
I'm not a vette guy , but those were some nice vettes !!!!!😎😎😎😎😎😎😄😄😄😄😄🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺🍺🍺
very nice to see, and the sound. Think there`s more L88 then produced, but really nice anyway :-)
My first love / lust is a Vette and man enough to admit it..
200+ order only build cars for three years by Zuntov, (1967-69) for at least $1.3M a piece from the last time I watched one at an auction.
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by
reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated
central gas station per city or county. Now they even want to slow down
all the gas pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From
2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as
exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox
oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no
investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even
created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime. Called Bundesabgasbespaßungsverordnung in German.... :-(///
Best of the best here.
I was waiting for a car to explode🤬
Was there’s at the corvette museum:) nice ones I know where a c3 for sale
Where?
Bloomington Gold at the Indianapolis motor speedway. Doesn't get any better
Such a glorious noise!!!
Wow. How COOL is THAT ?? ( !!!!!!!!! )
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS. Incredible.
Love the '63-'67 models best. Didn't notice any split rear window models though. '63's only, I believe.
L88 was 67-69 only
Half a year 63 sorry
31.5
C3's pissed off the Corvette guys, but they were wrong.
Did anyone notice the Corvette in this video ?
Maybe they meant "Exposition" instead of "Explosion"....
L88, L89, whatever it takes
More early 'vettes than you can shake a stick at.
More than you can shake a stick shift at!
I was really hoping for an actual explosion.
"I love the smell of L-88's in the morning.....it smells like.....victory!"
Robert Duvall....well...you know....close enough!
Napalm and gasoline, not too dissimilar. 👍
Nothing like “wrapping your ass in glass.”
plastic
'glass
The one that exploded 3:12
My favorite 2 years for Vettes 67-69
That's three years. 😀
Doesnt Tom Marcucci look awesome with the top down!! on his 69 blue unrestored " gem"!!!😁😁
I think "An Explosion of L88s" is what you were looking for. Still, gotta get them clicks one way or another.
oh what used to be for GM...
One hunkajunk after another.
Oh my
Pure Corvette ecstasy, really wonderful moment caught on video
Invasion not explosion!
I don’t think they blowup ......otherwise they wouldn’t be so iconic .. I believe the nomenclature is “ bulletproof”
Man.....I didn't think there were that many L88's still running around.
It's like Carroll Shelby once said about '67 Shelby Mustangs. There were around 5,000 built
and 15,000 still running that we know of.😆
There's always one dufus waving and guiding traffic when guidance is not necessary, and the guy is always wearing shorts and a goofy hat. Always.
I didnt see no splosion! Kinda looking for a KaBoom !
car @ 3:13 had been in explosion.
Talk about rolling art!
Is like GTA when u steal a rare car then suddenly they're everywhere
Look at all those Prius eaters.
simple minds are amused easily
Would be fun to drive my Cobra through that lineup....lol
If your cobra crackles like an L88 bring it !
I’d pay to be the flag man, line would move a lot slower, back in the 1980s I had a 1972 cutlass supreme s with a 350 rocket, my other buddy had a 1979 trans am I think, with a 400 and my other buddy had a 1976 Camaro, but that Camaro had a engine from a 60s corvette, it wasn’t a big block, it was either a 327 or 350, but let me tell you off the line Camaro would leave us, the trans am or similar would overtake him at around 40, I’d be left in the dust, damn wish I had my lbz ppe back then…..lol
2:48 Dirk Diggler is in da house!!
Fucking awesome
Love the silver
Reminds me of Earthquake 88 in Bloomington IL
Lots of wannabes but number 9 seems the real deal.
No boom???????
Oh I think I just had a release!
I bet half the worlds supply of jean shorts and New Balances were in that one location
Explosion????
It's strange I didn't see a explosion.
So what blew up?
My Lord, all those beer bellies & baggy shorts. That is a Horrible sight. Cars are cool.
Never seen so many 67s