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.
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