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guinnessdood · 10-28-2007

Kely asked me to post this for him...

I am sure many of you have seen and read about the utterly unreal [till you have been in it] fire storm we just suffered through in San Diego the past 3 days. After a middle of the night announcement [via police car loudspeaker] to evacuate our homes immediately, I did so as quickly as possible. My girl friend was also ordered to vacate her home in Ranch Bernardo, about 3 miles from where I live. Neither of us gave a thought to my '91 ZR that has been living in her garage for the past six or seven years, as of course, we both expected to be back in our homes within a few hours or perhaps a day at the most. Well, yep, her perfectly safe appearing California tract home got burned down to a crispy pile of ashes, along with my ZR. Under 30,000 miles, new F1 tires, new battery and kept as pristine as possible, yet driven when the mood struck me.

At the very least I thought I would have a salvageable LT5 and transmission, but all I expect to see when the police allow us back in will be a small pile of melted plastic and several lumps of melted metal.

So we scratch another original GM made '91 from the list of the living. Me? My house was not touched and other than several days of really bad air, we all came thru without a mark!

So I guess in the very near future I will bid the ZR community good bye as at my age I really should not be buying something as quick & fast as a ZR. It was insured for a stated value, and the insurance company has already informed me they are sending a check via next day delivery for well over $20k plus they will prepare another check once I send them photos. Pretty damn fast response for an insurance company!

Good luck to all and take care, it has been a fun filled 15 years of being the proud owner of a ZR.

I still have a never been on bronze top and all the original materials, including the brief case and most of all of the original
ZR-1 printed newsletters from the LarryMerrow days.

Kely

'91 #338 Red/Black
Best qtr time: 12.66 @ 114.9mph.

10-28-2007	#1
guinnessdood Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Woods Cross, UT Posts: 389	Kely X. Midili - Lost His ZR-1 In The Fire Kely asked me to post this for him... I am sure many of you have seen and read about the utterly unreal [till you have been in it] fire storm we just suffered through in San Diego the past 3 days. After a middle of the night announcement [via police car loudspeaker] to evacuate our homes immediately, I did so as quickly as possible. My girl friend was also ordered to vacate her home in Ranch Bernardo, about 3 miles from where I live. Neither of us gave a thought to my '91 ZR that has been living in her garage for the past six or seven years, as of course, we both expected to be back in our homes within a few hours or perhaps a day at the most. Well, yep, her perfectly safe appearing California tract home got burned down to a crispy pile of ashes, along with my ZR. Under 30,000 miles, new F1 tires, new battery and kept as pristine as possible, yet driven when the mood struck me. At the very least I thought I would have a salvageable LT5 and transmission, but all I expect to see when the police allow us back in will be a small pile of melted plastic and several lumps of melted metal. So we scratch another original GM made '91 from the list of the living. Me? My house was not touched and other than several days of really bad air, we all came thru without a mark! So I guess in the very near future I will bid the ZR community good bye as at my age I really should not be buying something as quick & fast as a ZR. It was insured for a stated value, and the insurance company has already informed me they are sending a check via next day delivery for well over $20k plus they will prepare another check once I send them photos. Pretty damn fast response for an insurance company! Good luck to all and take care, it has been a fun filled 15 years of being the proud owner of a ZR. I still have a never been on bronze top and all the original materials, including the brief case and most of all of the original ZR-1 printed newsletters from the LarryMerrow days. Kely '91 #338 Red/Black Best qtr time: 12.66 @ 114.9mph.