Callaway ZR-1 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

LGAFF · 05-09-2009

Any know the full scoop on this car?

http://www.tv4autos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=821

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyawdVat_gY

05-09-2009

Callaway Le Mans body kit. Had the regular aerobody kit, and then the nose was a custom one piece CF unit. They didn't sell very many of them. There are 4 or 5 running around.

Kevin · 05-09-2009

a guy i know has a LT1 LM. amazing car in person, I've seen the one you posted at carlisle. such a nice car

HIZNHRZ · 05-09-2009

That is one VERY good looking ZR-1.

IowaZR-1 · 05-09-2009

I'm not real crazy about the front end, but I really like the way the sides are more straight looking and not wrapped in under the body. Wish GM had done something like this to set the KOTH apart.

WB9MCW · 05-10-2009

The wing is just to much for my taste!

I am sure it works fine but just too 'Boy Racer' IMO.

Less the wing the lines almost look like a JAG E-Type with that LM Hood!

That I do like! To me IowaZR-1 That is the best part - no pop ups and nice air flow!
A Euro look 4 sure -- Does take away from the traditional Vette nose but a preview of the C6 to come.

Kevin · 05-10-2009

normally I'd agree but the wing is functional

Aurora40 · 05-10-2009

I really dislike Callaway's LM hood. I think it looks bizarre and bug-eyed, and I don't like how the fenderwell is always closed. However, I can absolutely appreciate the work that went into it. They don't do anything half-way, and that is one amazing bit of custom work.

tomtom72 · 05-11-2009

JMHO....it looks sweet, but the wing for the street is a bit over the top for my taste.....

I would miss the C4 clam shell with the straighter lines. No doubt a very unusual look for the car and the craftsmanship is obvious.

I wonder if GM made them look like that, maybe optional on the wing, if the Z would have sold better?

WB9MCW · 05-11-2009

I think the Bug Eye does detract from the classic vette look and think the same for the C6 because of this and the large air flow opening.

When a C6 is behind me I can't tell it is a vette anymore because of these things.

Now if I wanted a LeMans racer I would want aero-lamps and better cooling and even a functional down force wing (since it really works) so for these reasons and a lower ride overall to keep the air from under the vette it would all make total sense to have the LM design.

But being a lover of the classic lines of the C2 to C4 and not liking the butt of a C5 ( the nose is fine ) the C6 was a departing of the vette as a bottom feeder as we know and the dilemma of poor areo-dynamics of the pop up lamps so----------------

Having said all of this The LM is a preview of the C6 that has come to be and for the reasons provided sans the tail wing.

But forever the sleek hideaway lamps and smooth looking "classic front ends" of the C2-C5 have been lost and now the new vette looks like most others in the review mirror.

Such is progress I guess.

05-09-2009	#1
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Callaway ZR-1 Any know the full scoop on this car? http://www.tv4autos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=821 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyawdVat_gY __________________ LGAFF 90 #966-150K miles-sold 92 #234-sold 1987 Callaway TT #17 1991 ZR-1 #1359

05-09-2009	#2
Jeffvette Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Callaway ZR-1 Callaway Le Mans body kit. Had the regular aerobody kit, and then the nose was a custom one piece CF unit. They didn't sell very many of them. There are 4 or 5 running around.

05-09-2009	#3
Kevin Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 4,632	Re: Callaway ZR-1 a guy i know has a LT1 LM. amazing car in person, I've seen the one you posted at carlisle. such a nice car __________________ It's not the car, it's the people - Doug Johnson 90 r/r "KEYS ON" nick named "T.L.B"

05-09-2009	#4
HIZNHRZ Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 738	Re: Callaway ZR-1 That is one VERY good looking ZR-1.

05-09-2009	#5
IowaZR-1 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Iowa aka "one big cornfield" Posts: 341	Re: Callaway ZR-1 I'm not real crazy about the front end, but I really like the way the sides are more straight looking and not wrapped in under the body. Wish GM had done something like this to set the KOTH apart.

05-10-2009	#6
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: Callaway ZR-1 The wing is just to much for my taste! I am sure it works fine but just too 'Boy Racer' IMO. Less the wing the lines almost look like a JAG E-Type with that LM Hood! That I do like! To me IowaZR-1 That is the best part - no pop ups and nice air flow! A Euro look 4 sure -- Does take away from the traditional Vette nose but a preview of the C6 to come. __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln Last edited by WB9MCW; 05-10-2009 at 01:15 PM.

05-10-2009	#7
Kevin Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 4,632	Re: Callaway ZR-1 normally I'd agree but the wing is functional __________________ It's not the car, it's the people - Doug Johnson 90 r/r "KEYS ON" nick named "T.L.B"

05-10-2009	#8
Aurora40 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 2,713	Re: Callaway ZR-1 I really dislike Callaway's LM hood. I think it looks bizarre and bug-eyed, and I don't like how the fenderwell is always closed. However, I can absolutely appreciate the work that went into it. They don't do anything half-way, and that is one amazing bit of custom work. __________________ Bob Saveland Former owner of #2517 [IMG]http://a.random-image.net/aurora40/vette.jpg[/img]

05-11-2009	#9
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,645	Re: Callaway ZR-1 JMHO....it looks sweet, but the wing for the street is a bit over the top for my taste..... I would miss the C4 clam shell with the straighter lines. No doubt a very unusual look for the car and the craftsmanship is obvious. I wonder if GM made them look like that, maybe optional on the wing, if the Z would have sold better? __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member

05-11-2009	#10
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: Callaway ZR-1 I think the Bug Eye does detract from the classic vette look and think the same for the C6 because of this and the large air flow opening. When a C6 is behind me I can't tell it is a vette anymore because of these things. Now if I wanted a LeMans racer I would want aero-lamps and better cooling and even a functional down force wing (since it really works) so for these reasons and a lower ride overall to keep the air from under the vette it would all make total sense to have the LM design. But being a lover of the classic lines of the C2 to C4 and not liking the butt of a C5 ( the nose is fine ) the C6 was a departing of the vette as a bottom feeder as we know and the dilemma of poor areo-dynamics of the pop up lamps so---------------- Having said all of this The LM is a preview of the C6 that has come to be and for the reasons provided sans the tail wing. But forever the sleek hideaway lamps and smooth looking "classic front ends" of the C2-C5 have been lost and now the new vette looks like most others in the review mirror. Such is progress I guess. __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln Last edited by WB9MCW; 05-11-2009 at 12:05 PM.