1967 L88 Corvette - A Force To Be Reckoned With

A force to be reckoned with was the L88 Corvette, it was a dominant force on the drag strip, and in the 24 hours of Daytona road race circuit, if your not a believer in the Corvette, maybe after this post you will be.

I know that I am a believer, for years I've wanted an L88 Corvette, to be more specific a 1967 L88 Corvette, what a machine.

The likes of which as never been seen since the 1960's, and may never be seen again.

I had a Friend that owned a 1968 model L88 Corvette, and awesome did not even begin to describe that car, it was a furious all out powerhouse built to destroy anything in it's path, and that it did on many occasions.

Now that I have finished my shining promotion for the 1967 L88 Corvette, it's time to talk about the car itself.

I could write an all-day long article about this particular car, but we'll stick to the specifics of it, and try to impress up on you the impact of a true American super car

The genius behind this car was of course Zora Arkus-Duntov, a brilliant Russian car designer who had an idea that made him a force to contend with.

It was actually 1967.5 when the L88 was offered on the 1967 Corvette, this was a race car that got put on the street, and surprised a lot of people with it's shear power and torque (RPO L88) was what you'd need to order to get this option on your Corvette.

it boasted a 427 CID engine rated at 435 HP from the factory, but we all know about the factory HP ratings.

That is if we're true muscle car freaks the actual HP of this fire-breathing car was closer to 700 HP, which at the time they were not allowed to sell due to insurance reasons, so of course it was a very underrated power figure.

There have been 1/4 mile times recorded in the 10 second range, after the slicks were put on the car, and the headers uncorked, a real engine tuner, and driver could make this car do amazing thing.

On the road circuit or the 1/4 mile, this car was a heart pounding ride of shear terror, and not for the weak of heart, the engine was outfitted with an 850 Holley double pumper carburettor, a camshaft with a .5635 inch intake lift, a rock-crusher 4 speed, and that's not where it ended, an optional automatic transmission was also available for those with a taste for the easy life.


88% of all 1967 Corvette's came with the 4-speed rock-crusher transmission; 10.1% had the powerglide automatic transmission, 20.8% had power brakes, well you get the idea here, all L88 Corvette's had a stripe down the center of the stinger hood to let people know that this was no ordinary Corvette, the paint codes were as follows for the Corvette line of cars in 1967, [990] Tuxedo Black,; [972] Ermine White; [974] Rally Red; [976] Marina Blue; [977] Lyndale Blue; [980] Elkhart Blue; [938] Goodward Green; [984] Sunfire Yellow; [986] Silver Pearl; [988] Marlboro Maroon.