1990 ZR-1 Production number

[bhedberg]

From the earliest days of the ZR-1 the number of 1990 model year ZR-1's produced was reported as 3049. This number is said to include 17 pilot cars and or engineering vehicles which had the first 17 VIN numbers 0001 - 0017 just as production cars did. Sometime after 2004 the Black Book changed the number therein from 3049 to 3032. The zr1netregistry is reporting 1990 production at 3032 also.

Can anyone shed some light on the confusion about how many were actually produced and what event led to lowering the previously reported production number? Has anyone found a 1990 ZR-1 with a VIN above 3032?

There is a discussion on the ZR-1 facebook page on this subject.