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So maybe DRM did the work ?
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Sorry for being late on this I didn't see the thread! DRM did not do any work on this ZR-1. Dieline Corporation that built all of the die's and all of the C4 frames for GM built the frame by hand in the companies Grand Rapids, MI shop and the original ZR-1 #1639 was used as a parts car. The ZR-1 has 144 feet of mig welding to all the seams, the engine cradle is beefed up, the fire wall is different, and all the shock mounting points are modified and reinforced. The frame is filled from front to back with foam and the bars welded in. The front tube bars aren't so much for rigidity but for crash resistance. When the guys at Dieline were crash testing the C4's the cars tined to fold in on the passenger compartment. That’s what the bars are for, but they do add to the overall rigidity of the car. This ZR-1 is
not one of the Rippie Black Widow ZR-1's it was built before the Black Widow cars were built. The motor was built by Kim Baker (In the Black finish) and the remainder of the car by Dieline Corp.
Here is the car being built at Dieline Corp:
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