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taximan1 · 07-05-2006

I don't disagree with anything either of you have said. I can guarantee that people on this forum, and people like Marc Haibeck could make huge improvements in the ZR1. But thats not what NCRS is all about. Their goal is simple, "preservation and presentation of the car as it left the factory". And that is not a perfect science either.

I remember about 15 years ago at Carlisle talking to a St. Louis factory line assembler who was there with Zora Duntov. He was chuckling at the NCRS flight judging going on next to the main pavillion. He said he didn't know how they could judge tthings like bolt patterns and markings, when in 1962 he was sent to the local hardware supplier to pick up bolts and screws for the last remaining 1962's being built before the model changeover.

Unfortunately people who put a lot of time and money in customizing their ZR1's will have to understand that they will suffer financially in the future for it. Thats not a criticism, just a fact. I have all the admiration in the world for guys that have the know how to take a sophisiticated machine like that and make it even better.

07-05-2006	#23
taximan1 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 15	Re: Refinishing the engine - Would it take away NCRS points? I don't disagree with anything either of you have said. I can guarantee that people on this forum, and people like Marc Haibeck could make huge improvements in the ZR1. But thats not what NCRS is all about. Their goal is simple, "preservation and presentation of the car as it left the factory". And that is not a perfect science either. I remember about 15 years ago at Carlisle talking to a St. Louis factory line assembler who was there with Zora Duntov. He was chuckling at the NCRS flight judging going on next to the main pavillion. He said he didn't know how they could judge tthings like bolt patterns and markings, when in 1962 he was sent to the local hardware supplier to pick up bolts and screws for the last remaining 1962's being built before the model changeover. Unfortunately people who put a lot of time and money in customizing their ZR1's will have to understand that they will suffer financially in the future for it. Thats not a criticism, just a fact. I have all the admiration in the world for guys that have the know how to take a sophisiticated machine like that and make it even better.