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Thanks a million, Dean. John

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John, this is from Autoweek 9-89

hope this works.....

Dean Nelson

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Came through perfectly, Dean. Thanks! John

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I had 1990 #354 it has Steel halfhsafts.

I also have 1990 #854 it has aluminum.

you see 608 had steel 854 had aluminum.

So somewhere in between there.

Need more 90 owners to chime in to get a good idea of when it happened.

It was cool having steel halfshafts haha :dancing

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Dean, the November, 1989 Keepin' Track Of Vettes with its article "Rick Mears Receives the Very First ZR-1!" just arrived and I am attaching a scan. It confirms what you found and adds some further details.

Per the article Mears' car (#18), presented to him on the morning of August 30, 1989, at a special ceremony on the production line (stopped for 45 minutes for the occasion) wasn't the first production ZR-1 to leave the plant. The first was #19 awarded to Rick Hendrick at a banquet the previous evening. Mears was non-production Penske yellow while Hedrick's was black. John

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John,
I did not know about the Hendrick car. But is was #19 and the Mears car is #18.
I assume he did not have to buy it like he now gets the 001 cars each year for 1 mil. bid's!

I guess the new question could be.......what happen to #18.
At one time about 95 or so I think he sold it. If he did.....who has it?

Dean Nelson

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Dean and John,

Thanks for posting those articles. Very interesting stuff.


Gary

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1990 #792 a.k.a. "Girlfriend" has aluminum half shafts.

'Crabs