Value of ZR-1

[gmonsen]

Agree...

And, if I didn't already own one, I'd certainly buy one now.

[JFFerner]

Originally Posted by gmonsen

Sometimes the forums prove the adage that you shouldn't cast pearls before swine...

Perhaps the value of ZR1's is sinking like a stone. If so, I suggest selling for $10,000 while these pieces of junk can still get those prices. After all these 4 cam powered cars are really just bastard C4's. Maybe they'll only be worth $5,000 in a few months?

Interesting use, the term "Bastard". Is this from first hand knowledge...experience?

[gmonsen]

You mean interesting use "of" the term bastard? I kind of gather you may be trying to insult me, but your sentence construction and conceptual framework is so screwed up, it's difficult for people to understand your insult easily. You might better have said, "do you say it's a bastard, because you yourself are one and that's why you can recognize another?" People shouldn't have to work so hard to see how witty you are. (If you are not trying to insult me, then your comment is far too obtuse...)

[BigJohn]

Well I would not check Kelly Blue Book!
You may get your answer.

[lfalzarano]

Shame you got rid of it. These cars need to be driven and when they sit in a garage for a long time, seals and parts rot out. A lightly driven car is more enjoyable to have and drive, because anything that faded over the years has been addressed. Whereas, a super low mileage ZR-1 will have all kinds of age issues when driven; new leaks, blown injectors, fluids that expired etc.

Get another one, and enjoy the fun in driving a ZR-1. It is priceless!


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[32valvesftw]

While the ZR-1 is a rare Vette, in many peoples eyes these are just a C4. So pricing wise we caught up in the undervaluation of the C4 in general

[gmonsen]

Eventually, various cognoscenti will see its value. It remains a remarkable outlier among all Corvettes. I described it earlier in facetious terms as a bastard, but in many ways it is a bastard child of the un-American pairing of Chevrolet and Lotus. The Corvette motor had always been a push rod and not some fancy, expensive, sophisticated European dual overhead cam motor. I wouldn't doubt that the LT4 pushing out 300 hp and roughly equaling the performance of a 1990 ZR1 was the result of Chevy engineers saying we can push the boundaries of the push rod even further and don't need no European technology. It's "un-American". It's expensive. Eventually, all this is going to enhance the desirability of the ZR1 imho.

[Livin' in the 80's]

Look at this. Cheap as a daily driver.

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/w...084083230.html

[lfalzarano]

Even with the miles on it, some day it will be valuable since it is mostly original. It will find a new owner that will take care of it.

[gmonsen]

With reasonably nice or even really nice ZR1's going for $10-15,000 it almost makes sense to buy a second one...