01-26-2018 | #11 |
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri
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Re: Have you noticed?
Attrition. As time passes, Zs are consumed by it - lost to accidents, floods, neglect, hacked to death (i.e., hot-rodders) etc. So, if it was rare to begin with it becomes super rare as more time passes. And, add a new element to the list: taken out of circulation by hoarders and (let's face it...) as owners become OLDER e.g., to supply that "barn find" inventory to be discovered decades from now.
That's why it's up to US to "KEEP THE LEGEND ALIVE"!
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01-26-2018 | #12 |
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Clayton, North Carolina
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Re: Have you noticed?
Even if prices skyrocket, I’d still keep my Z. I just love to be it’s caretaker and drive it on nice days. It’s just so special to me and so enjoyable to drive. JM2C’s!
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01-26-2018 | #13 |
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Omaha
Posts: 403
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Re: Have you noticed?
Love my steel blue, and yes they seem to be getting rarer. When Dave was restoring mine, he got the interior out of a 40K mile donor steel blue ZR-1. So the reported production numbers (11 in 90 and 46 in 91) is at least one smaller (and probably several more than that). I think mine's the only steel blue I've seen for sale in at least the last 6 months.
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01-27-2018 | #14 |
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Detroit
Posts: 68
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Re: Have you noticed?
As I think all of the ZR-1 colors are nice....There is just something about a bright RED Corvette that moves me.
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mullica Hill, New Jersey
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01-27-2018 | #16 |
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Detroit
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01-27-2018 | #17 |
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mystic CT
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01-27-2018 | #18 |
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Brooklyn ny
Posts: 1,045
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Re: Have you noticed?
I too follow pricing trends and advertised 90-95 Zs for sale...Its true, not many so called rare colors available, mostly black and of course red...
Who knows, maybe some owners are holding on to them or they are just gone for one reason or another... Sent from my LG-TP260 using ZR-1 Net Registry mobile app |
01-27-2018 | #19 |
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Santa Barbara CA
Posts: 51
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Re: Have you noticed?
Being a kid of the 90s, I always liked these cars but never started paying attention to the colors until last year when I got my Bright Aqua 93. I needed another car like a hole in my foot, but it wasn't likely I was going to find another like it! I was actually surprised how long it was on the local market.
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicagoland, IL
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