mule car

[digg101]

saw this on facebook

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Hi. Moving this to the For Sale section for you.

:fahne:

[32valvZ]

Ahhh, the elusive Muke car.... :p

[Kevszr1]

I saw this also. Were there really 84 mule / test cars built? 84 prototypes for testing.....? Seems a lot.......

[Z51JEFF]

This is a production 90 Z,nothing more.

[TX '90 ZR1]

My '90 was built in 1989 also.
Does this mean I can call it a "Muke Car" and double the price??
[-X ;)

[Z51JEFF]

My '90 was built in 1989 also.
Does this mean I can call it a "Muke Car" and double the price??
[-X ;)

Only if it was bought new through eBay😁

[JThomas]

Was that Dempsey's car, of Evolution Motorsports?

[TX '90 ZR1]

Only if it was bought new through eBay😁

Thanks for reminding me Jeff!
I might have bought it new through eBay? At my age, my memory tends to be erratic.
Just in case I did, I'll take 50k for mine if anyone wants to take the chance!! :dancing
:cheers:

[GOLDCYLON]

Edited the title. This is also not a Mule or a Muke car.

[Kevszr1]

His price is now up’d to $57K. Hummmmm?

[Kevszr1]

Was that Dempsey's car, of Evolution Motorsports?

Yes it was, I found the post and info on this forum.

[Vette73]

So I guess Dempsey sold this to the person who is trying to flip it? Or, its still Dempseys and its on consignment?

[Vette Guy]

In my personal tracking of our ZR-1s I believe the first 14 '90s were retained by GM. #15 and 16 were "YE8*WD1 -* Engineering Test / Pilot Vehicle". #17 was "ACM - Vehicle Lead Unit". #20 was the first European Export, as was 21, 23-27, 29-31, 44. No information on #77, but #101 went to CPC as a QC car. #133 - 137 were "WD1 -* Pilot Vehicle", and #319 "YE8* -* Engineering Test Vehicle". No doubt this was a CPC vehicle from the title address.

If you look at the photos of #77, it does have a pre-production plenum, #277, which is stamped on the passenger side of the plenum runner base.

http://zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=20376&highlight=0077

I have #247 w/a bunch of other parts: TB/AH/FR. I found them on eBay back in 2003 as some of these pre-production engines were parted out up in Michigan. I purchased these with the intent of preserving my parts and porting them to run on the car (I didn't perceive any significant value of these parts, and they were relatively inexpensive) - I didn't use them as the finish was off from the rest of my battleship grey looking engine. The #247 plenum is now wall-art, has been refinished, but still very usable.

After the 2018 Gathering, I asked Greg Van Deventer about the #247 stamp and odd coolant lines - he informed me that these were pre-production parts. (notice the aluminum cooling line coming from the front of the plenum on the driver's side). That said, it would be very interesting to know how pre-production parts made their way onto into a production ZR-1, or even made it out of MerCruiser to the assembly plant. 'WVZR-1' pointed out that someone put phenolic spacers under the plenum and the attaching hardware is not OEM.

[Dynomite]

I have 1990 #72 (one of the first) and 1990 #3032 (the last one sold to public) :thumbsup:

1990 #72
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=380&pictureid=3213
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=381&pictureid=3217

1990 #3032
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=379&pictureid=3211
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=379&pictureid=3690

[TX '90 ZR1]

I have 1990 #72 (one of the first) and 1990 #3032 (the last one sold to public) :thumbsup:

1990 #72
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=380&pictureid=3213
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=381&pictureid=3217

1990 #3032
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=379&pictureid=3211
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=379&pictureid=3690

Looking GOOD. Showing lots of "Carter Bling" =D>:cheers:

[Ccmano]

Can someone post a link to this ad on Facebook? Been searching but can’t find it.
H
:cheers:

[TX '90 ZR1]

Can someone post a link to this ad on Facebook? Been searching but can’t find it.
H
:cheers:
Same here. Of course, my computer skills are limited, to say the least. :o