Uh oh... I've crossed over to the darkside!

[djpatrick35]

Hey guys,

It's been a while, but I come back to you as a dirty car salesman! :censored:

After the newspaper and magazine business took a fall, I figured I might as well find something else that I love: cars.

Now, after getting my start at a Dodge dealership, now I'm back on the winning team at Stasek Chevrolet in Wheeling, Illinois. So if you guys need anything or want to see a friendly face in hostile territory, drop by and ask for Dan... :thumbsup:

But I do have another motive as well. I'm trying to work out an employee discount for the black on black '90 Z that's EXACTLY like my old one that was taken from me over a year ago!

So all of you keep your damn hands off her!!!






Well, unless you want to buy it from me! :mrgreen:

[-=Jeff=-]

you mean the one they have had for like 3 years and cannot sell?
















but you better wait until Marhc or April to buy it though...:sign10::p

[QB93Z]

Hey DJ,

Good to hear from you again. Buy it and bring it to Bowling Green next year for the 20th Anniversary Gathering.

Good luck!

Jim

[Hammer]

They have had that car awhile. I have on my list first in March 2003 with 32,088 miles on it. Found it on cars.com then.

Maybe you can get a steal on it and then apply your employee discount. Good luck.

[-=Jeff=-]

They have had that car awhile. I have on my list first in March 2003 with 32,088 miles on it. Found it on cars.com then.

Maybe you can get a steal on it and then apply your employee discount. Good luck.

Yeah rumor is they also did a CRAP LOAD of work to it, I heard that is not the original trans in it

[LGAFF]

If I recall this was traded in by a former registry member and they have a lot $ into it. if I recall 20K+

[-=Jeff=-]

If I recall this was traded in by a former registry member and they have a lot $ into it. if I recall 20K+

That is the car

[-=Jeff=-]

32K miles and $27K price tag

I have seen it at Bloomington Gold at the Stasek Tent the last 2 years
http://www.billstasekchevrolet.com/inventory/details.aspx?s=u&id=NLIL0042.1/230102&d=Chevrolet&m=Corvette&y=1990

Car #2910

[phrogs]

oh jesus go take it out for a spin and get under the hood cause it some mechanical problem so they dont want to put money into it and get it for cheap!

maybe some bad injectors??? or a couple of vacum lines....

ok im bad but it would be funny if it worked!

[djpatrick35]

The manager told me they had to rebuild the transmission by buying another ZF and cannibalizing the parts. That work alone cost several thousand dollars... The timing of the rebuild makes me wonder if part of my old Z is sitting in the garage at my own dealership!

[-=Jeff=-]

The manager told me they had to rebuild the transmission by buying another ZF and cannibalizing the parts. That work alone cost several thousand dollars... The timing of the rebuild makes me wonder if part of my old Z is sitting in the garage at my own dealership!

no I am quite sure the trans was done before then..

why did they have to rebuild the trans?

[XfireZ51]

The manager told me they had to rebuild the transmission by buying another ZF and cannibalizing the parts. That work alone cost several thousand dollars... The timing of the rebuild makes me wonder if part of my old Z is sitting in the garage at my own dealership!

They should have just sent the trans to ZFdoc :confused:

[djpatrick35]

One of the synchros was blown on the car. Like I said, they cannibalized another ZF for the job. Perhaps it would have been easier with an outside source but the Corvette techs here are pretty impressive. They assign one to you for the lifetime of the car.

Now, they may not be Haibeck, but pretty damn good from what I've heard.

[Wild and Blue]

One of the synchros was blown on the car. Like I said, they cannibalized another ZF for the job. Perhaps it would have been easier with an outside source but the Corvette techs here are pretty impressive. They assign one to you for the lifetime of the car.

Now, they may not be Haibeck, but pretty damn good from what I've heard.

Nice program.=D>

[XfireZ51]

dj,

I know Bill Stasek fairly well. He has always run
a top notch place and I have bought several vehicles from him because of his superior service. I stll doubt tho that they do as much ZF rebuild work as someone like Boudreau.
If you get the chance ask Bill about the stolen ZR-1 story. Very entertaining.

[Pete]

I know who reloaded the tensioners.:)

Pete

[XfireZ51]

Is Woody still the Corvette tech there?

[djpatrick35]

Is Woody still the Corvette tech there?


I just talked to Bob Stasek and he says that Woody left many years ago. Now the head Corvette tech is a guy named Elvis.

As for the stolen Corvette story, he says a Russian theft ring stole a Corvette back in 1991 but he doesn't think it was a ZR-1. Anyway, after he stole it he managed to wreck it out west so the whole thing was very ugly from the dealership's standpoint.

[djpatrick35]

Hey I just heard the story straight from Bill Stasek's mouth.

He said that a guy rolled into the dealership driving a Porsche that was brand new and still had dealer plates on it. It was late 1990 after the ZR-1 bubble had popped so every dealership was itching to get their ZR-1's off the lot. So, against Bill Stasek's better judgement, he called the Porsche dealership in Arkansas and asked about the car he drove up in. The Porsche dealership said the car was all paid for. He had pay stubs and income tax returns so everything looked fine.

So, they went ahead with the deal. A day after the guy drove off with the Z, the Porsche dealership called Stasek and said "I really hope you didn't finish that deal on the ZR-1 because that guy's check just bounced!"

After about a month, they found the Z sitting in a train station parking lot safe and sound despite all of the worry. It turns out that they caught the guy after he did the same thing to a Ford dealership after he "bought" a Ford Bronco using the same tactics...

[LGAFF]

Same scam at Lamborghini dealer a few years back....car was held at Co-Part in Elgin for some time..sat out in the snow. The oil was drained from the engine when they found it. Fortunately, the guy picking it up checked the fluids and did not start it.

[XfireZ51]

Hey I just heard the story straight from Bill Stasek's mouth.

He said that a guy rolled into the dealership driving a Porsche that was brand new and still had dealer plates on it. It was late 1990 after the ZR-1 bubble had popped so every dealership was itching to get their ZR-1's off the lot. So, against Bill Stasek's better judgement, he called the Porsche dealership in Arkansas and asked about the car he drove up in. The Porsche dealership said the car was all paid for. He had pay stubs and income tax returns so everything looked fine.

So, they went ahead with the deal. A day after the guy drove off with the Z, the Porsche dealership called Stasek and said "I really hope you didn't finish that deal on the ZR-1 because that guy's check just bounced!"

After about a month, they found the Z sitting in a train station parking lot safe and sound despite all of the worry. It turns out that they caught the guy after he did the same thing to a Ford dealership after he "bought" a Ford Bronco using the same tactics...

That's the story I remember Bill telling me. :thumbsup:

[-=Jeff=-]

now we need the real story on the current 90 on their lot

[djpatrick35]

One thing that's cool about the car is that it seems to be an original ZR-1 windshield b/c it has the radar detector cutout but there's no sign of delamination on it. I'm going to ask if they replaced that too.