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Old 10-16-2013   #21
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Wonder what the story was behind not offering the ZR in silver?
not sure gm made a 90-95 corvette in silver...
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Old 10-16-2013   #22
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magnesium tends to turn black quickly alot of effort to maintain the shine
wonder if you put a sealant on it if it would help...
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magnesium tends to turn black quickly alot of effort to maintain the shine
Also bear in mind Magnesium will blossom in open air!!!
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I was just making the comment from an aesthetics point. Whether it was practical to do or not is not something I was suggesting. Just a polished look up against the silver would be cool IMO.
No you are right alot of old hot rodders do it, just takes alot of work. I think the magnesium fear is overplayed.....go on ebay and look at all of the bare gasser wheels for sale and then restored and put on vehicles.
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Default Re: Any silver zr1 out there???

That looks great with the black halo like the C6Z's...any more pics out there? I'm a corvette pic whore...got a desktop full of them😜
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There is another on the west coast... Trying to remember there names, a father/son team that brought a silver Z to the Vegas events. I think Brandon was the son but the father's name escapes me... It's been a while...
Yes, I remember the car/great color, but not there names
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Old 10-17-2013   #27
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There are a few more pictures of this car floating around somewhere.One of the things I find interesting is with the early prototype cars and the Mules is they were built in colors that production ZR-1s were never offered in.There is picture somewhere of an early car in silver,one of the headlights is stuck halfway up.If I ever have to repaint my car it will be an off silver with super fine metallic.Ive been in touch with a guy that has a water jet company and asked about some custom emblems if it ever got that far.A silver Bleeder,ooooooooooooooh yea baby!
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There are a few more pictures of this car floating around somewhere.One of the things I find interesting is with the early prototype cars and the Mules is they were built in colors that production ZR-1s were never offered in.There is picture somewhere of an early car in silver,one of the headlights is stuck halfway up.If I ever have to repaint my car it will be an off silver with super fine metallic.Ive been in touch with a guy that has a water jet company and asked about some custom emblems if it ever got that far.A silver Bleeder,ooooooooooooooh yea baby!
don't forget, gm had other colors pre-1990. two tones, silver, light blue...those were standard colors when the mules were being tested
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There is picture somewhere of an early car in silver,one of the headlights is stuck halfway up.

I actually think that was a ram air setup test....remember reading it somewhere
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looks a lot like the sledgehammer
Much better IMHO. The black halo, the dymags, very classy.

I always wanted a silver one, but now days silver is one of the most popular colors in the marketplace, now not so much.

That SoCal silver one has been around since the early days. It got clipped when nearly new, and the owner changed it to silver.

It sounds crazy, but because there were no other silver Vettes in that time period, they should have gone to a Cadillac silver (deep, fine, metallic) and painted ALL ZR-1's silver. Engine to match, "active suspension" style raised hood, and ZR-1 specific wheels.

I think you would see some way better auction prices recently if they'd made the car more distinctive. JMHO
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