1988 KoH EX5007 - P8Y080

[bobby]

Well, there was no traction on my previous post using the VIN, so perhaps indicating the experimental number will provide more recognition.


Does anybody have the build sheet for 1988 King of the Hill EX5007 (P8Y080)?


If so, could you post it to this thread?


Thank you.

[Corvettes White]

Bobby

Welcome to the Forum. Asking the questions you are, you may want to introduce yourself and your interests.

George.

[bobby]

Thank you for that warm welcome. However, I joined this forum May 17, 2016. Consequently, my ‘welcome’ is almost three years late. Nevertheless, I am glad the welcome has finally come, as I have been sitting here at my laptop in my boxer shorts since May 2016 patiently waiting for acceptance into the forum. Since that time, and my few posts, I have read a ton of great posts on this forum.

Responses to my query seem to be conditional. (“Asking the questions you are, you may want to introduce yourself and your interests.”) Okay, I didn’t think my question had national security implications and I have never been good at my elevator pitch, but sure, I can do this, here goes (big inhale, focus, now long exhale):

Well, okay, let’s see, about me. I’ve spent some time at Chino State. Not the University. The Penitentiary. Oh, the first few years, it was definitely difficult to adjust. Fortunately, my cell mate, Frank, was a world-class tattoo artist. I was amazed at just how many tattoos could fit on my arms and back. With time, I began to design my own tattoos. I learned to enjoy the look of “King of the Hill” inked in large-font Old-English lettering across my chest. I must admit that I had to bellicosely prove my ownership of that decree many times while on break in the yard.

Now that I’m out of the Big House (and I ain’t talkin’ the University of Michigan football stadium), I thought I’d get back to what I know and love: The illicit reassignment of private property. I thought that the easiest way to accomplish this would be to join an online forum and simply ask for someone to mail me their car keys and address. But, those guys over at the Corvair forum are smarter than I thought, whether or not they have read Unsafe at Any Speed, and I achieved no success with them.

So, foiled by those Corvair guys, I tried the Citation X-11 forum (gotta love the High Output emblem on the hood bulge), the Chevette forum, the Geo Metro forum, the Pontiac T1000 forum, and others. To no avail.

Then, I stumbled upon this forum. I had no idea what the heck these Corvette cars were because they had all these silly numbers and hyphens and letters derived from the Latin alphabet: ZR-1, ZR-12, ZR-32, DR-1, P8Y001, EX5999, et cetera. I like dabbling in the Latin language and I like Latina women, but I was never that good at math and numbers and my head was spinning. I thought, gee, how can I scam someone out of their silly-numbered vehicle? It then hit me…ask for a nearly unreadable copy of the factory build sheet! Further, I keenly decided that a vehicle which has likely been crushed for decades would be the perfect target!

The truth?

Member of NCRS (since 1983) and NCM. Owner of multiple Corvettes. Law degree.

Well, shucks, I hope I passed my background check.

[-=Jeff=-]

There are only a few people I know of that deep dive into the prototype info.. they are not always on here..

[bobby]

Thank you, Jeff. I appreciate it.

[-=Jeff=-]

Tyler Townsley
Brett Henderson

are 2 guys that would know, but both rarely post

[Tyler Townsley]

My prototype build sheets are on display with my car at Rojers Coevette Center in Maintland about 2 hrs away and I am rarely in the area. I have all the sheets but that one on line so am not sure I have it. It is available from the NCM for $30. Just email (or visit) and give them the production vin number and they will make a copy for you. That's what I did to get mine.


http://thepandatrap.com/gallery/ZR-1s

[bobby]

Thank you Tyler. I suspected that you may not have 00039 since you posted all but that one and car 00057, if I remember correctly. I believe that 1989ZR1#74 posted 00057. I'll give Betty a call.

[Tyler Townsley]

Thank you Tyler. I suspected that you may not have 00039 since you posted all but that one and car 00057, if I remember correctly. I believe that 1989ZR1#74 posted 00057. I'll give Betty a call.


Do you know where this car is?? If its in Calif I think I know how it got there, the same way one of the active suspension cars got there.


http://thepandatrap.com/gallery/ZR-1s/active4


Tyler

[bobby]

I do not know where the car is. However, I always wondered how that Active car got to California. If you have time, perhaps you can share.

I notice that the Active car in your link has 1990 wheels, so I assume it is one of the 17 units of 1990 RPO Z5Z cars. Is it? Unless the 15 units of 1989 Active cars had the new 1990 wheels. Did they? Were all 1989 Active cars Black, as were all Active cars in 1990?

Do you think the six additional hood/front fascia vents were taken from another GM model or were they custom fabricated?

The nose emblem looks like it was chromed, unlike 1989-90 emblems. Perhaps it indicated 'Active'?

Note that the Active car in your link has the 1983-90 side 'gills.' The 'gills' in the attachments are the 1991-94 style. What are your thoughts about that?

I also notice that the Active car in your link does not have the Active hood emblem, as seen in the attached photo. Do you have a close up of that emblem?

Thank you.

[Tyler Townsley]

George found the car and has the story. My memory is a little hazy on the details so best contact him. I think he lives near you.


http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?p=81285#post81285


If you follow the threads from this time you will learn a lot from them. I am not well versed on the active suspension cars, I believe GM sold one at BJ the year Eric bought his purple car. If not maybe the next year when GM sold the 89 I found in Florida.(Eric bought that one for a song.)


Tyler

[Corvettes White]

Bobby


Two active suspension cars were out here in ‘03. I saw one of them, but missed the other. The one was a ’90 build. I later heard that one or both went back East. It was all sort of quiet. And one of them may have been the one sold at Barrett-Jackson in 2009 just prior to the BK. Below is a portion of an article from the era. IDK where the two active cars went. The two ’89 “normal” ZR-1 cars went to Arizona. I believe from two different auctions.

The grills I also recall were off production GM cars.

About how or why they were in California, IDK, however I do know a higher up was retiring out here about the same time.

As of this writing, sevenvintage ZR-1s have already crossed the block, going for $25,300 to $176,000. Ofthem, four were privately owned (Lot #s 91, 353, 644.1 and 760), low-mileoriginals, the best of which was a red 1990 model with only 2,500 miles on theclock that went for $66,000. The other three came from GM's HeritageCollection, which the company is selling off both to raise cash and save moneyon storing the massive number of vehicles in its collection. The first was the1990 Active Suspension Prototype (Lot #82), the first car on which GMexperimented with an early form of active suspension. It sold for $150,700.Later, one of the 83 1989 model ZR-1s that GM built for press fleets and carshows but never released to the public sold for $110,000 (Lot #96).
The star of the early ZR-1s atthe auction is the 1989 "Snake Skinner" car that John Heinricy andcompany built to demonstrate the Corvette's supremacy (Lot #396.1). It featuresa special 475-hp LT5 DOHC V-8 built by Mercury (https://www.motortrend.com/cars/mercury/)Marine for the project and is just one of 83 models made in 1989. The white"Snake Skinner," so-named for its domination of Mustang Cobras and Dodge (https://www.motortrend.com/cars/dodge/)Vipers, sold for $176,000.


PS, I hear someone is compiling a list or writing a book about the earlier C’4’s.

George

[bobby]

Good information, Tyler and George. Thank you. I'll need a few days to read and absorb that thread.

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Welcome, Bobby.

Always good help out here.

[LGAFF]

One of the active cars was purchased by Tony Gaples owner of Black Dog Speed Shop in Lincolnshire, Il...not sure if he still has it.