89 vin 78 at Barrett Jackson 2017

[rush91]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

I believe this car is as close as a production ready 89 that there is. This car is-was owned by a collector for years. All pre-production ZR-1s meaning anything before model year 1990 would look pretty much like this car. The earliest pre-production cars had an LT5 emblem where the ZR-1 emblem is on the bumper. I believe this maybe only a handful,meaning you could count on one hand production ready cars like this that are in public hands. I could be wrong on some of the facts here.

I think you maybe right. But the interior on the car for sale, is a '89 interior. Which is the same interior on the car in the book. I'd love to know the history of this car, or cars like it. Which as you said, must only be a handful......

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by rush91

I think you maybe right. But the interior on the car for sale, is a '89 interior. Which is the same interior on the car in the book. I'd love to know the history of this car, or cars like it. Which as you said, must only be a handful......

All pre 90 cars had this interior. What makes this car extremely rare is the fact that it is factory fresh minus all the miles it has. And has been in private hands.I believe at one point the car was for sale at around $200,000. There are some here that know the history of the car and owner but you would have to ask about it in the GENERAL section to get someone's attention. I myself would like to know how it got sold to a private individual.

[SAB]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

All pre 90 cars had this interior. What makes this car extremely rare is the fact that it is factory fresh minus all the miles it has. And has been in private hands.I believe at one point the car was for sale at around $200,000. There are some here that know the history of the car and owner but you would have to ask about it in the GENERAL section to get someone's attention. I myself would like to know how it got sold to a private individual.

I am pretty sure this car was sold when GM sold off a bunch of their cars in 2009. It looks like this car sold for 198K when the buyers fee is included. I would like to know more about the overall condition of the car and what paperwork it has from GM. Interesting car for sure. I don't see it bringing 200K especially if it has been for sale for years at Nelson auto and has not sold during that time. That said, with an auction, you never know what will happen.

[1991KOTH]

Originally Posted by SAB

I am pretty sure this car was sold when GM sold off a bunch of their cars in 2009. It looks like this car sold for 198K when the buyers fee is included. I would like to know more about the overall condition of the car and what paperwork it has from GM. Interesting car for sure. I don't see it bringing 200K especially if it has been for sale for years at Nelson auto and has not sold during that time. That said, with an auction, you never know what will happen.

I dont think any pre productions have come even close to 200k.. I think maybe the snake skinner was close


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[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by SAB

I am pretty sure this car was sold when GM sold off a bunch of their cars in 2009. It looks like this car sold for 198K when the buyers fee is included. I would like to know more about the overall condition of the car and what paperwork it has from GM. Interesting car for sure. I don't see it bringing 200K especially if it has been for sale for years at Nelson auto and has not sold during that time. That said, with an auction, you never know what will happen.

I don't believe this car was in the 2009 sale. The cars sold at that time were the Purple Smash car,Snake Skinner,the Dark Blue car that was used by a vocational school,maybe one of the narrow body convertible. Probably forgetting some here. An interisting note on the Purple Smash car,it's believed to be the Red car in a lot of the GM publicly photos including the solid Red car in this thread and the guy that bought the Purple car also bought the Dark Blue car that was used by a school somewhere.

[SAB]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

I don't believe this car was in the 2009 sale. The cars sold at that time were the Purple Smash car,Snake Skinner,the Dark Blue car that was used by a vocational school,maybe one of the narrow body convertible. Probably forgetting some here. An interisting note on the Purple Smash car,it's believed to be the Red car in a lot of the GM publicly photos including the solid Red car in this thread and the guy that bought the Purple car also bought the Dark Blue car that was used by a school somewhere.

This is the car that sold in 09 that I was referring to. I assumed that it was the same car but I could be wrong.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Event...-1-COUPE-71862

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by SAB

This is the car that sold in 09 that I was referring to. I assumed that it was the same car but I could be wrong.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Event...-1-COUPE-71862

Yep,that looks like the same car.

[Vette73]

Originally Posted by SAB

This is the car that sold in 09 that I was referring to. I assumed that it was the same car but I could be wrong.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Event...-1-COUPE-71862

Jeez 198K ? It's basically the same ZR-1 as we all own....Meanwhile same condition ZR-1s are struggling to get past 20K....

[PhillipsLT5]

NO reserve as most are at B/J

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by PhillipsLT5

NO reserve as most are at B/J

Somebody's going to steal that car!