Question about value of 92 ZR-1

[dorri732]

Originally Posted by bamawrx

Never thought the same guy would have both. .

Funny, I bought both of them from the same guy.

[bamawrx]

No kidding. That is hilarious.

[bamawrx]

I've been thinking about your car. Parting out may be the way to go. Too many cars in 15-19k range available with under 40k miles. An unwrecked unflooded unburnt zr1 should add up pretty quickly in parts.

[dorri732]

Originally Posted by bamawrx

I've been thinking about your car. Parting out may be the way to go. Too many cars in 15-19k range available with under 40k miles. An unwrecked unflooded unburnt zr1 should add up pretty quickly in parts.

I just don't see the value in parts. A high mileage engine is what? $5k? Then the only ZR-1 specific parts are the body panels. I think it's worth more as a complete car.

Maybe I'm wrong. At any rate, I'm not in any particular hurry to sell. I really do think the car will only go up in value, but I guess everyone thinks that about their collector car.

[tccrab]

Don't lose the faith, brother.
The value will surely go up........someday.
Hard to predict how long that will be.
Remember during the oil embargo and big block cars of all makes and models weren't worth a chit and got hauled off to the scrappers?
Just like then, our beloved Z's are undervalued now because John Q Public has either forgotten what a leap of technology the mighty LT5 is, or never bothered to learn.
All people seem to know now is that "they're hard to find parts for" and "there's nobody that knows how to work on them at the Chevy Dealership".
*sigh*

'Crabs

[DennisC]

Keep it, as stated by others it should start appreciating in value soon, I wanted a 1991 Quasar Blue one in 1991 when I was a patrolman but couldn't afford a new one at $69K, settled for a 93 Quasar Blue LT-1 one when I made Detective, 17 years later I found a 1991 Quasar Blue ZR-1 with 56,000 miles on it. I hit the buy button at $22,500 and got my dream car, I have put about $10,000.00 into the motor and still doing upgrades and things to it, restoring carpet next. Love this car, hang on to it it will appreciate.

[Cal55]

Originally Posted by DennisC

Keep it, as stated by others it should start appreciating in value soon, I wanted a 1991 Quasar Blue one in 1991 when I was a patrolman but couldn't afford a new one at $69K, settled for a 93 Quasar Blue LT-1 one when I made Detective, 17 years later I found a 1991 Quasar Blue ZR-1 with 56,000 miles on it. I hit the buy button at $22,500 and got my dream car, I have put about $10,000.00 into the motor and still doing upgrades and things to it, restoring carpet next. Love this car, hang on to it it will appreciate.

I have a 91 Quasar Blue/Black ZR1 with 27K miles on it. I'm thinking about selling it reluctantly, maybe I should keep it. I had a 1970 Bridgehampton Blue Stingray coupe, 350/300hp, 4 speed, that I owned for about 10 years that I kind of miss. This car is in much nicer condition than that was when I bought it and around the same age as when I bought the 70, but that car had around 175,000 miles on it and I was told it was 75K, until I talked to the original owner. Blue has always been one of my favorite colors from the time I was a kid and had a blue 5 speed Schwinn Stingray.

[cvette98pacecar]

Originally Posted by DennisC

Keep it, as stated by others it should start appreciating in value soon, I wanted a 1991 Quasar Blue one in 1991 when I was a patrolman but couldn't afford a new one at $69K, settled for a 93 Quasar Blue LT-1 one when I made Detective, 17 years later I found a 1991 Quasar Blue ZR-1 with 56,000 miles on it. I hit the buy button at $22,500 and got my dream car, I have put about $10,000.00 into the motor and still doing upgrades and things to it, restoring carpet next. Love this car, hang on to it it will appreciate.

That is kind of funny. I was a single dad and settled on a 92 QB Roadster. bought my first Z three years ago when my last child was out of college.
I am now like Krammer. Buy, Buy, Buy.

[DennisC]

Funny my son was born in 96 and he moved in with me from mom's the year I bought mine we both have the right priorities children first, He wants to join Marines when he graduates so I imagine my stable of two Corvettes will grow.

[Mystic ZR-1]

Originally Posted by Cal55

I have a 91 Quasar Blue/Black ZR1 with 27K miles on it. I'm thinking about selling it reluctantly, maybe I should keep it. I had a 1970 Bridgehampton Blue Stingray coupe, 350/300hp, 4 speed, that I owned for about 10 years that I kind of miss. This car is in much nicer condition than that was when I bought it and around the same age as when I bought the 70, but that car had around 175,000 miles on it and I was told it was 75K, until I talked to the original owner. Blue has always been one of my favorite colors from the time I was a kid and had a blue 5 speed Schwinn Stingray.

Shoulda kept the Schiwnn! $$$ today!