New Owners/National list of Z Shops

[Ccmano]

Is anyone familiar with Northstar Automotive in Mountainview CA?

https://www.northstarauto.com

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[A26B]

WARNING!! Eberts Engine Service results in a strong warning from Norton Internet Security. Do not click this link, especially if you do not have Internet Malware Protection.

Also,
AutoMasters of Bowling Green weblink is no longer viable. Jim VanDorn, shop owner, passed away & Automasters is closed.

South Georgia Corvette URL is not working. Aaron Scott/South Georgia Corvette is on Facebook.

Originally Posted by 93RubyZ

I think it's been over ten years ago or so, but I worked on a project that included preparing a list of "ZR-1 shops." My research was based pretty much solely on the inputs from members of this forum as well as those from Corvette Forum and possibly whatever else I was able to find on the web. There was no confirmation done on the validity of the recommendations and this is over ten years old so it's possible some of these shops no longer exist, but here is the list (take it for what it's worth -- this is not a personal recommendation from me as I have only personal experience with one shiop on this list -- ZR51/Bill Boudreau, who I would highly recommend):

Name, Location, Phone, Website
Bank's Chevrolet, Concord, NH 603-224-4055
Brady's High Performance, Willow Street, PA 717-283-0056
Ebert's Engine Service, Abita Springs, LA 985-960-2483 http://www.acsvette.com
Freedom Cars, Nashville, TN 615-254-5252
Guldstrand Motorsports, Burbank, CA 818-558-1499 http://www.guldstrand.com
Haibeck Automotive Technology, Addison, IL 630-458-8427 http://www.zr1specialist.com
Henderson Performance Technologies, New Braunfels, TX 210-867-6286 http://www.hendersonperformance.com
Jim Watson Performance Concepts, Lawrenceville, GA 770-978-7400
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, Inc., Decatur, IN 260-724-2552 http://www.lingenfelter.com
Pacific Northwest ZR-1, Vancouver, WA 206-755-0976 http://www.pnwzr1.com
Pine Belt Chevrolet, Eatontown, NJ 732-542-1000
Purifoy Chevrolet, Ft. Lupton, CO 303-659-8311
South Georgia Corvette, Inc., Thomasville, GA 229-226-4447 http://www.sgvette.com
SS Racing, Dallas, TX 972-519-3553
The Vette Doctors Inc., Amityville, NY 631-841-0779 http://www.thevettedoctors.com
Tony's Corvettes, Gaithersburg, MD 301-869-7110
ZR51 Performance, Cave Creek, AZ 602-319-6575 http://www.zfdoc.com
Auto Masters, Bowling Green, KY 270-842-0454 http://www.automastersofbg.com

[Ccmano]

I know this might be a sore subject for some but...

Is Jeff Flint still active with Pacific Northwest ZR-1 near Seattle?
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[93RubyZ]

Thanks for the warning! I edited my post to remove those links. I just copied and pasted what I had from years ago and didn't check the links before posting.

[haber rj]

Anyone know of any ZR1 shops in Southern Ontario Canada that can work on our cars.

[haber rj]

I had lunch with Aaron Scott from South Georgia Corvettes a week ago and I am happy to announce that South Georgia Corvettes is open and back in business. After a brief closing for personal reasons Aaron assured me that he was back and eager to provide whatever services is needed to the Corvette community. He will be updating his website shortly and his contact number ls 1-229-403-7009. He is at his original location in Thomasville Georgia. I do believe this is good news for the Vette community in and around the southern United States.

[Ccmano]

Originally Posted by haber rj

I had lunch with Aaron Scott from South Georgia Corvettes a week ago and I am happy to announce that South Georgia Corvettes is open and back in business. After a brief closing for personal reasons Aaron assured me that he was back and eager to provide whatever services is needed to the Corvette community. He will be updating his website shortly and his contact number ls 1-229-403-7009. He is at his original location in Thomasville Georgia. I do believe this is good news for the Vette community in and around the southern United States.

That’s great news! I’ve updated the listing on the first page. Let us know when the website is up and what the url is.
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[Bob Eyres]

I second the opinion that Aaron Scott is a first class Corvette (LT5) mechanic.
And a good guy too. I was on my way to BG for the "Gathering", one time way back in the last century. I had a failure in the ZF6, (long story), and limped in to Aaron's shop. Within a couple of hours he popped in a spare ZF6 that he had in the shop, and shipped my trans out for a rebuild. I got to Bowling Green on time, and then home with no problem. He let me use the trans until mine came back. Great guy.
A word of warning for any shop listed here though. Many of these places have had "up and down" reputations over the years. Because of staff changes, and because of the fact that the LT5 is, in many ways an "orphan engine", not the "latest and greatest" anymore, But mainly because their reputation depends on the personal integrity of one individual, and that can vary over the years for multiple reasons. One of the shops listed, rated at the very highest level by many , gave me the most horrendous service ever. But they have obviously cleaned up their act since, and I don't think it's fair to criticize after a long time period. When in doubt, ask for current opinion from the guys on this list.

BTW, one more shop to mention, in Florida, "Eismann's Corvette Center" here in Jupiter. They've been building, restoring, and servicing Corvettes for more than forty years. I don't go there regularly any more because of high labor costs, but they do know their Corvettes, and LT5's, since day one.

[Ccmano]

Canada Shop added...
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[Tripler]

Originally Posted by Ccmano

Canada Shop added...
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That's awesome . Thankyou . Dave is an amazingly nice guy . Fun thing about Dave is that he and his son do tractor pulls as a hobby . These tractors are lawn tractors lol and we plan to attend one of these events . Can you imagine a lawn tractor pushing close to 80 or more hp lol . Some run nitrous . From the factory they were 25hp at the most .
Hopefully nothing serious goes wrong with our Z but we have Dave close by if needed.