Why a ZR-1?

[rhipsher]

Out of all the muslce/exotic sports cars we have to choose from, why did you choose the ZR-1 over all the rest? Was it pure chance? Or was it something you've always wanted and were actively looking to buy at the time you aquired it? Maybe it was a hand me down from a family member. I'm curious to read how the ZR-1 came into your lives.

I would make this a poll but there may be more reasons than I can come up with.

I guess I'll start. For me it was very unexpected. I always kinda new what they were. And the last time I saw one was in California some time around 1990. It was on highway 101 and it was white. It had the little ZR-1 badge under the right rear tail light. And I remember thinking well thats stupid! You mean chevy couldn't of advertised the super vette better than that? Of course I was 20 years old and was looking at it with an untrained eye.

I thought my next muscle car was going to be a 69 ss396 chevelle or a camaro. Maybe a 68 R/T 440 mganum charger. Something along those lines. But the thought of owning a ZR-1 never crossed my mind.

What about you guys?:happy1:

[ZR1Vette]

For me it was three things (not in order of priority):
-Connection to Lotus (having owned Lotus cars)
-being a Corvette
-just one of the very special very limited production Vettes

AND

Just a damn cool special ride :handshak:
M

[MB ZR1]

I've been a vette nut since I 12 or so. I'm 30 now, so I grew up with the C4 and wanted one for years. I'll admit I never knew that much about the ZR-1, but when I seriously started really researching what car I wanted to buy the obvious choice was a ZR-1. It took 2 years until I made my choice. I at 1st was going to buy a 96 Collectors Edition with the LT4 (I really wanted a GS but realized how rare they were) but as I found out more about the ZR-1 I decided it was for me. May of last year I drove my dream car home.:dancing:cheers:

[vettn71]

I remember when they first were introduced and the absolute uproar they created! I didn't give owning one much thought, as I owned a 1971 since 1987. LS5, 4spd, ac, red-on-red I thought I would own it forever. However, I just got to the point where I had no time to finish it, and if I did, I had soo much time and monay invested I was afraid to drive it. I started lurking here and 1990 #4122 came up. It just reignited the fire! There's some definite drawbacks to owning such an exotic, but no more than if it were a Lambo or high-end Porche, plus I honestly believe they are the next L-88s in the Corvette market. It's going to take 10 years or so for the market to recognize them. That's what happened to the L88 and the LS6, and now any big block Corvette is like gold. Now's the time to buy. If I had any place to put another one, I'd buy it.

Jim

[jonszr1]

guess i came to know about them when i went to dick gulstrands with my 92 lt1 to get an idea about what mods would be best. i had this car paper that the used car guys in reno put out . the wilson brothers had this zr1 for 13995 in 2003 with 70 k miles on it . so i asked dick about the car and the look on his face was amazing . he said dont worry about modding the lt1. tomarrow just go to reno and get that car if it cks out ok. he gave me a ck list of thing to look for . so the next day i drove to reno and traded the lt1 and 4 grand for my blk zr1 . i have been in love with these cars ever since . i bought another a year later with high miles that i was going to mod . then bud eyre chev called me telling me of a callaway they had that might have a bad motor ,that they would let loose of cheap .i ended up trading the red car and 8,000 for the white callaway with 42k miles on her . the engine problem turned out to be a dissconnected vacume line from the secondary pump which i fixed before i left the lot . best part was gary burke the saleman (who i knew) asked if there was something wrong when he saw the hood up . i said i am fixing what is wrong with the motor .he said B>S. i said hop in and i will show you .prceeded to burn about 30 feet of rubber on a side street ,and said what do you think, is it fixed? he muttered a bunch of 4 letter words when he got out of the car . i thanked him and drove ole Farrah home . put a big red bow on it for my wife . not enough space to share the deal i pulled on her .but it sure was fun . i really miss her , she really loved that car ,and gave her the name she has now .

[Ccmano]

I've been a car nut all my life, from my first car, a 66 GTO (in 1971) till now. I've gone through muscle cars and imported sports cars. I even work in the car business. I had 3 Miata's just prior to my vette obsession, including turbo and supercharged ones. As much as I liked the Miata's I always just barely fit into one. I've always lusted after corvettes but didn't own one till 2004 when I picked up a cherry low mile 1991 Vert. that one of my dealers had taken in on trade. I was hooked. In 2006 I had been watching e-bay ads and a 1990 Z caught my eye. That's when I started researching and discovered what they were and this forum. I had to have it and it was cheap. I ended up buying the 90' direct from the guy after he had posted it 3 or 4 times and it didn't sell. Since then the car has had all the usual C4 and Zr-1 issues, and I've done several upgrades. I have to say this is the most involved I've been in any of my cars in long time. These cars are truly exotic and special..... not to mention a bargain.

[Z Factor]

I've always loved Corvettes and remember when the rumors started about a super vette that was being drawn up. The anticipation built my interest to a fever pitch, and when I saw my first ZR-1 in person on a dealers showroom, I was slipping on my own drool. Trouble was that there was no way I could afford the $60K back in 1990. So I made due with a few other sports cars until I was able to afford one. To me, the Corvette was not a muscle car, but the ZR-1 made a perfect blend of a prestigious sports car that packed plenty of muscle.

:cheers:

[Aurora40]

I grew up thinking they were cool. I looked at B2K's as well. Though there is less selection with them, and I felt like the ZR-1 would be more reliable to drive often.

[Z51JEFF]

Little more than a year ago I was in the market for my dream car,the one I had always wanted.Didnt have any one car in mind,just the car Ive always wanted.Thought about a 69 Z/28..........not gonna pay $40K for a Camaro.Ive always liked Midyears so I started thinking about those,found a nice 64 but it was 2 hours away and wasnt about to drive that far to look at a car with unknown history.A new Corvette,how many people get the chance to buy a new Corvette.Checked em out,had the options I wanted in the car but the quality issues in the new cars put me off,I wont take my car to anybody for repairs and the thought of taking my new Corvette back to the dealer for anything wasnt going to work.You want to talk about a bunch of arrogant pr!cks,check out the C6 section on another site.You mention quality issues to these d!cks and they have an answer for everything.So I start thinking about a ZR-1,Ive always followed the car since the late 80,s,knew exactly what the car was so that was my choice.When the C5 came out in 1997 my brother asked me if I had a choice what would I own between the 2,I told him at the time it would be a tough choice.When I bought my ZR-1,didnt even consider a C5,any C5 for that matter.Ive always known these cars are gold and one of these days the value is going to shoot through the roof,its a bit odd knowing I have one of these in my garage.

[Cdn ZR1 95]

Couldn't resist an practically new Z at less than half the original price

[cuisinartvette]

Lots to offer.

Has a look all its own from the rear
Gets decent mpg, easily to mod without giving up reliability
Looks and handles good, has some creature comforts

Does a little of everthing pretty well and not everyone has one.

One day another may pop up in my life...For now its about finishing the musclecar. Who knows...

[bb62]

I've owned one Sting Ray or another since 1981. I have had a 67 435HP coupe since 1995. To me they represented the pinnacle of the old high horsepower era (and still do). However, I felt like I was missing something with all the advances in the newer Corvettes. It always seemed like there was this huge gulf between the 1982 and older Corvette enthusiests and the enthusiests for the 1984 and newer cars. Having made the decision to buy a newer Corvette, I gravitated to the ZR-1 for a number of reasons. First, it represents to me the reentry into the high performance car realm by Chevrolet with the Corvette. The rarity of the Lotus engine and the beauty and engineering) of the LT5 itself.

I think my cars make beautiful historical bookends - the last of the old type of power and the first of the new type of power.

[RICKYRJ1]

It started in 1990 when a local Chevy mechanic was test driving one. He saw me staring at him and asked me if I knew what it was. When I was able to give him the specs on the car he asked if I wanted a ride. I was 26 and could barely afford my rent at the time let alone a supercar payment. Jump to 2005 I go to Carlisle for the first time and see all the ZR1's lined up in a row with the hoods up.. To see the LT5 15 yrs later I knew I wanted one. Started my computer searches found this forum and was impressed with the support given by fellow Z owner someone had a problem with their Z. Picked up my 95 in Oct.05 with 3k miles, new car in my book and for half what it cost new. Bottom line, it started with the car but has turned out to be the people I have met and become freinds with ( I hope they know who I'm talking about ) LOL. I would love to pick up another one.

[Norsky4360]

Several years ago while walking around one of our favorite local Corvette shows my wife was drawn to a bright red C4 coupe. Neither one of us were huge fans of the C4s but there was something about this car that caught her attention. Circling around it I noticed the ZR-1 emblem on the rear bumper and told her "Girl, you got good taste! But we'll never be able to afford one of these."

Fast forward to a Saturday morning in the early October of 2006. Over breakfast we were looking at the paper and my wife sees an ad for a red '90 ZR-1 at a local dealership, reads it to me, and says "We should go check it out today while we're out running errands." To make a long story a tad shorter - two weeks later the car was sitting in the garage next to our '70 convertible (aka "The Toy"). We're pretty sure it wasn't the same car we'd seen several years before but it was just as captivating. The ZR-1 (aka "The Beast") had just 7,500 miles on the odometer from the original owner and was in showroom shape. Unfortunately because it was so late in the fall we didn't get to drive it much before the driving season ended.

In the summer of 2007 we put 5,000 miles on it during a two week road trip and I was pleasantly surprised at how nice a road car "The Beast" is. We averaged just over 24 MPG for the entire trip (one stretch of 19 MPG @ 110 MPH with the A/C on - LOVE driving in Nevada!). It will be our vacation road trip car for the foreable future. We're lucky to be the 2nd "caretakers" of a such a great piece of Corvette history.

[Paul Workman]

The ZR-1 hits sooo many buttons in me, that I'd bore y'all to tears to list them. Perhaps McClellan said it best: "It's a Corvette, only more so!" It has been since it was introduced - an exotic not to get too involved in, cuz I never thought I'd be able to afford one. Then it happened, and I bought my dream come true a little over a year ago, and I still haven't come down or lost the permagrin! It is everything and more of what tickles my fancy, when it comes to cars; Corvettes in general, but this one especially. :thumbsup: I feel lucky to be driving one - make that honored! I've owned and built muscle cars; SBC and BBCs. But, this is by far the baddest most ferocious BEAST I've ever driven! WooHoo!

P.

[USAFPILOT]

Simple...the year I turned 16 it was the baddest thing out...I swore I would have one. Even when newer and better cars were out I still wanted the ZR-1...partly because they are just so few and far between...and they still hold there own vs anything.

[RedSled]

I had wanted a Corvette for a long time and spent a good 1 1/2 years looking at and driving various mid-years. I wasn't finding the car I wanted in the price I could afford when I saw an article about the ZR-1. I remembered when they came out and how broke I was then. But I found this site, found a car locally to drive and went "whoa." To me it was all over then. I loved the engine. I thought it was such a great handling Corvette. For the price point, I was hooked and found my car here on the Registry.

- Keith '90 #1383, Red/Red

[JThomas]

I've been a Corvette fanatic since I was a child growing up in Detroit. Always wanted a mid-year but at 6'6", I don't fit in those very well. I don't fit in a C4 very well either. My first Corvette was an '89. I liked the styling of the C4 and the fact that the car was becoming a true challenge to other european marques, it was appealing to me. Then GM upgraded the car to the ZR-1. It became one of those cars I promised to buy myself someday, but at sixty thousand plus, I couldn't afford that back in the day. Three Corvettes later I purchased my '07 Z06. Believing that car was truly special and unique, I thought I was finally satisfied with the ultimate Corvette. Then I found an Ebay listing for my ZR-1. Fully understanding the history of the car, I jumped at it for a reasonable price. Now I own two very unique pieces of Corvette history. Both are very different but a blast to drive in their own right.

[ZR1Vette]

I forgot writing this for the Registry newletter (Jan 2008):

Passion is interesting…somehow you can recollect a moment when it strikes you, but fail to see the importance of that moment. It was 1967 and I was working for a friend’s father who was opening a service station in Annandale, Virginia. The ‘American Iron’ muscle car was in full swing and the big 3 were in the throws of a major horse power war and each was ‘one upping’ the other step by step. Regardless of make or horse power one car always garnered my fancy as probably it did with any young male…Corvette. So on that 1967 day, this young 17 year old male was pumping gas and “IT” drove up…a brand spankin’ new 1967 blue 427 side piper coupe with the sweetest sound and look. Unfortunately, the driver did not match the car as he said with arrogance dripping, “fill her up, don’t touch and maybe one day you can own a Vette…” Well he misjudged who was filling his car up and in silence I simply smiled and said in my mind’s eye ‘yep you betcha’. So that was the moment of the start of passion and it took 28 years to become real.

I could not help it…maybe is was that connection to the XKE and the forward hinging hood; or the Lotus connection; or simply an American manufacturer going edgy and challenging the world… whatever, but the ZR-1 had caught my eye. Every show or Vette gathering that had a ZR-1, I was there looking, smiling and saying ‘one day I will’. So I began looking, talking, reading, researching and getting serious about purchasing this wonder ZR-1 machine. I admit what first drew me was the heart of the beast and not so much its clothing much like a first date that maybe had a few visible flaws, but a wonderful heart and personality. But as time went by I began to appreciate the ZR-1 in all of its attributes and even began to see myself in a red-on-red ride.

[tomtom72]

I got infected by corvettes waaay back in 1977, and I started with a 72 LT-1 air coupe. Kept that until 1986. I really loved that car, drove the a$$ off of it, 70,000 miles worth! It made me look like this--->:mrgreen:

Fast forward to 2003, no vette since '86. Soooo I decided that I needed a hobby again. I started looking and found that I could have a note & any C5:(....couldn't afford the LT-1 cars that had been restored, and didn't want to restore the ones that I could afford. I lamented my plight to Rob at CAC and he said "look at the ZR-1's, they are in your budget target." I should say that I didn't want a note on a toy.

I did some checking and found that the ZR-1 was a complete car, not just good at going fast. It was, IMHO, everything that my 72 LT-1 wanted to be but couldn't be because of the technology at the time. Now I look like this all the time because I own a ZR-1 since 12/16/04! ---->:mrgreen:

I guess I was late to the table, but better late than never!

[tccrab]

Girlfriend is my first 'Vette.

Never really wanted one pre-Girlfriend.
The Corvette tax always scared me off.

Girlfriend came to me, not I to her.
I wasn't looking.
She was a "Good Job, Here's A Pat On The Back" from a very well to do childhood friend/business associate.
It was "A Deal I Couldn't Refuse", and I mean that in every sense of the term.


TomC
"Crabs"

[DaveK]

"Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." - Louis Daniel Armstrong

[Z51JEFF]

How could you want anything else?http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a136/FLYTYM/Cruisers013.jpg

[rhipsher]

This is good stuff. So far what I've gathered is that most of us are upper middle class. Ferrari's and Lambo's are just a little out of our price range. "We all can't be Dr. Sanjay." And although we all love corvettes and they were more in our price range we didn't want a plane Jane dime a dozen vette you see every day. And we love the ZR-1's rich short history in time and the impact it had on the world when it came out. And although it's not the fastest vette anymore the fact remains that it took an awful long time for GM to out do it. And you know it was not easy for them to do.

[Z51JEFF]

Ferrari's and Lambo's are just a little out of our price range. "We all can't be Dr. Sanjay."

Yes,but Dr.Sanjay could have pretty much whatever he wants and he owns a ZR-1,says alot.

[DaveK]

To be perfectly honest, if I had all the money in the world I'd still take a ZR-1 over anything else.. Ferrari, Lambo-whatever. I fell in love in 1989 and am still in love. I thought that the C4 body was almost perfect and with the slight changes with the ZR-1 package it WAS perfect. I've never seen another car that just looks 'right' from any angle the way the ZR-1 does. The fact that it also blended performance, economy and handling into the same package just was the icing on the cake.

Diligentia, Vis, Celeratis - as we used to say.

[SharkPilot]

It all started for me when I was 19 and brought my first Corvette home. That was my white '69 and I still own it. A few years later a friend purchased a '68 435hp roadster. She moved away and shortly after that I bought that car from her.
Around that time the ZR-1's were still being built and I loved everything about them except for the price. To me it was always something special to see a ZR-1 on the road but I never thought that I would own one.
Years later, the ache for a ZR-1 still burned when I realized that my income and the car's prices had come a lot closer together. So I went shopping. A friend, the same one that had owned the '68, wondered why I didn't go for a C5 Z06. When she asked that we were at a Corvette show. There was a row of probably 15 Z06's lined up and down at the other end was a lone 90 model ZR-1. That was the answer to her question. I have always loved the LT5 engine and I also like having something different than everyone else.
A few months later I brought "Mr. Z" home. Yes, there have been a few speedbumps along the way but in the 2+ years that I have owned it that grin is still there every time that engine revs up.
Are there faster Corvettes? Yes. Are there Corvettes that cost less to fix? Yes Are newer model Vettes more comfortable? Maybe.
But none of them have that engine. And that's what a ZR-1 is all about.

SharkPilot :cheers:

[flyin ryan]

This is turning out to be pretty good thread...:)

[TexasRedZ]

It's all about that beautifully crafted engine!
I'm from a little younger generation but my story is the same and incorporates alot of what has already been said.
I was a teenager when the ZR-1 really came into it's own and I remember reading every article I could find about it. It wasn't untill 1997 that I actually saw one in person. It was sitting in the parking lot of the retail store I worked at in high school. I knew something was different about it but it wasn't untill I got closer and saw the emblem on the rear bumper that I realized how special it truely was. :blahblah:
Fast forward to college, my sophmore year for my final in speach class I gave a lecture over the "KOTH" and the famous article 0-100-0 featuring none other than Lingenfelter's mighty ZR-1. I got an A+ with a female professor none the less.
Time passed and by 2006 I had almost forgotten about the mighty car until one day I saw a '90 red on red at a local car lot. It was only the second time I had seen one on the street. Sure I had seen a couple at a car show here and there but not a driver. So of course I checked it out, kicked the tires and B.S.'d with the salesman but talk is cheap when you ain't got money. So I moved on and some other lucky guy bought it.
Not 8 months later I saw that same car back at the car lot and thought "what? this can't be":jawdrop:, but it was.
I knew then it was now or never. Without hesitation I took it home that afternoon. 18 months later it has been the biggest PITA but I wouldn't trade it for the world. The permagrin that you get as soon as you turn the key, the punch in the gut you get stomping on it in 2nd at 20 mph and leaving tread as far as your rear view can see, oh and seeing every mustang guy's face through the rear view too.:dancing

[Jason 91]

This is an interesting topic with lots of great history.

For me and like others have said, this was the coolest car out there when I was a 16 year old kid. I wanted one so bad that I used to get on the nerves of people always talking about it. I remember it being a major event just to see one on the street (still is to this day). At the time, I thought I could never afford one.

A few years ago after having moved to Denver :confused:, I was talking to a peer of mine who was a muscle car fan and telling him how I'd always wanted to own a ZR-1. He said to me "What's your price range?" and I told him what it was thinking I didn't have enough disposable cash to purchase one (I had seen a 92 for sale in the NYC area about a year before for 40k, as I recall, so this was my reference point). He promptly pulled up a couple on one of the car listing sites for well within my price range to my amazement.

The rest was history once I found "that blue color" I always liked.

Jason

[MB ZR1]

This is turning out to be pretty good thread...:)

It sure has been intresting so far. Keep them coming.:cheers:

[rhipsher]

Speaking of the great Dr. Sanjay. Me and my 19 year old nephew were driving the beast to the niffty fiftees car show that happens every saturday night here in Houston and low and behold I look in my rear view mirror and saw this bad to the bone Ford GT. It pulls up beside me and guess who? It was Sanjay and his brother Sajeev giving me a thumbs up. They happened to be heading to the same place. We must of B.S'd for at least 3 hours. Sanjay offered to give my nephew a ride in his Ford GT. The look on my nephews face was priceless.:thumbsup:

[Z51JEFF]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a136/FLYTYM/IMG_0035-1.jpgTo me the motor is only half of the car,the body completes the package.I think if the car didnt have the ZR-1 body work the appeal wouldnt have been the same.I cant help but think how close the 96 GS came to getting the Z body panels.

[flyin ryan]

[IMG]I cant help but think how close the 96 GS came to getting the Z body panels.I don't mean to go off topic myself, but since you mentioned it, how close did the Grand Sports come to getting our body panel's...do tell :dontknow:

[threestar40]

How could you want anything else?http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a136/FLYTYM/Cruisers013.jpg

Man, I read all these posts and this is the most Bad A$$,

Rick :cool::worship::iamwithst

[rhipsher]

I had a feeling this was going to be a good thread when I started it. I've very much enjoyed reading the replies. The LT5 engine reminds me of a pit bull flexing its chest muscles just looking to give somebody a black eye. Not even the new ZR1's engine looks that intimidating. Saw the new and the old parked right next to each other at the dealer ship with both hoods open. The new one's motor is covered in plastic. The 90 Z has nothing concieling the engine. Engine bay eye candy all the way. And even though I've seen my LT5 a million times "(Once you've seen one LT5 you've pretty much seen them all)" If I know there's one for sale at a dealership I'll always stop and take a look at it. I guess it's my way of paying my respects to a rare breed also knowing I have one in my garage puts a smile on my face.:thumbsup:

[Z51JEFF]

I don't mean to go off topic myself, but since you mentioned it, how close did the Grand Sports come to getting our body panel's...do tell :dontknow:

Think about it,GS was a limited edition option,C4 was in its last year and the body panels were already there.It had to be thrown around within G.M. at some point.Now,back on topic please.

[flyin ryan]

Think about it,GS was a limited edition option,C4 was in its last year and the body panels were already there.It had to be thrown around within G.M. at some point.Now,back on topic please.Sorry...i thought you had some 'Inside' information. If i had known you were only 'Speculating' i wouldn't have brought it up in this great thread started by rhipsher :cool:

[key_on]

Like most who have posted to this thread, I can clearly remember my first encounter with the ZR-1. It was at a new car show in Kansas City, and the highlight of the show was a 1991 ZR-1 ... red with black interior. It was roped off, so no one could get too close. But I could get close enought to see the window sticker, and I remember thinking that there was no way on God's green earth I would ever be able to own one of those. A dozen years later, the declining value of ZR-1's and the increase in my income had somehow met in the middle, and I was able to buy an almost new ZR-1. I have come to realize that I'm not so much the owner, as I am the custodian of the car. At some point in the future (hopefully many years down the road), it will be time to pass it on to my son's. Like me, they understand that it is more than just a Corvette.

[Toyvet1]

The Z is a second Vette for me. Ive owned a 1979 since new, over the years it has had three personalities . I have always thought the Vette was the ideal sports / muscle car.

When i decided to sell my Harley FLHTCUI I asked my what what she thought about replacing the bike with a second Corvette. I was suprised when she liked the idea. She had two conditions, it had to be a car she could drive and it had to be stock and stay stock. Since my 79 is a 383 custom bodied car she has no interested in driving it. She also knows its a never ending money pit.

That lead me to find a nice 1990 Polo Green and Bisquet Z. I found the car that only had 15,500 miles when I found it. It had the normal problems to be repaired but is a great car to drive. Only problem is deciding what car to drive when I head out...

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q55/toyvet1/june2008050.jpg

[secondchance]

For me 3 reasons:

1. I got my 1st ZR-1 in 1991. It was for me about exotic as a vette could be-all american sports car with British designed all aluminum overhead cam! this is sort of automobile equvelant to all conqeuring P51 Mustang (not Ford Mustang but the North American Mustang).

2. I have always loved big cube monster torque detroit V8s but missed high revving european cammers. LT5, in my book, represents the best of both world.

3. I bought the second one in 2000 because I missed the first one. Now, this car represents the best part of my years - 1990s. Everyday, when I open the door, jump in, turn the key and hear the LT5 come alive, it is 1991 for me all over again and makes me feel I am still 35!

[diamond zr1]

next to my stude avanti,the zr1 was the most advanced engineered car of its time/in 1967 I had the choice of buying a 63 split window or an avanti,and even though the avanti is worth a fraction of a nice split window,I am glad I went with the stude/ the zr1 was in a class by itself,and I was lucky enough to drive one in 90,always wanted one and finally found a dark red one a couple years ago/It is probably my favorite car in my collection,from a 34 ford to a c6 twin turbo/

[-=Jeff=-]

I was in High School when the ZR-1 debuted. I remember seeing one for the first time at the 1990 Chicago Auto Show, Red with the CLEAR Hood. I have a picture somewhere still I think..

In 1993 I bought my first corvette, 1989 coupe, at the time the ZR-1 was well out of my reach and the 89 was still a corvette. I kept the 89 for 15 years and modified it and built it the way I wanted, it was a great car, but I still had always wanted a ZR-1. I remember in 1995 looking at a 1990 Z, red with Saddle interior, it was still a bit more then I could spend on a car, so I just decided I was not meant to have one..

I remember when Pete bought his in 1999, then Al shortly after. Of course that did not help, but looking it still was not in my grasp.. Then I got married and we had a couple kids so now that chance was slipping away.

When ccmano emailed me about the one in Denver for 11K that needed work, I was interested, good price, within my grasp, but work is needed.. ccmano looked at the car, I worked out a deal and bought it. yes it was in sad shape and still needs a ton of work, but you know what, it is that dream car I have wanted since I saw the Motor Trend 'Corvette from Hell' Article.

I am glad I finally got it. this one is not going anywhere, except downt he road with me behind the wheel