Detroit Steel

This 1970 ZR-1, engineered by Corvette legend Zora-Arkus Duntov, is heading to Russo and Steel's Monterey Auction.

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red03vette

wow! what are the specs on these Vette's? i bet she's gonna be expensive...

Rowdy Rat

My guess is it'll go for somewhere between a buck and a buck and a quarter... Real car with a restamped engine.

Regards,

Stan Falenski

NewbVetteGuy

What does "restamped engine" mean?

Faster Rat

It means just that...the stamp is not the one that it left the factory with. Whatever it means beyond that is up to one's imagination.

NewbVetteGuy

Wait, WHAT?!? So you can buy a different engine that's non#'s matching and then have a "#'s matching" stamp put on it and then sell it as a "#'s matching, restamped engine"?


-I'm going to have the only 1979 L82, Aluminum Profiler Heads, "#'s matching, restamped engine" around, then!

(I hope that's not what this means...)

-I can modernize my 79 with new parts and keep it's "# matching" status; woohoo! *Grin*
"#'s matching, restamped Steeroids Rack and Pinion conversion" -that makes it worth more money, right?
"#'s matching, restamped Alpine touch screen stereo" -with the original AM/FM radio #'s "stamped" on it...

Adam

Faster Rat

I have no idea what the seller is claiming...do you? This is precisely why many on this forum advise buyers not to pay original motor money for any car...unless proof positive is provided that the motor (and transmission) are indeed the same exact items that the car was born with. Matching numbers is meaningless terminology.

NewbVetteGuy

Nope; I didn't say, nor imply what the seller may or may not be claiming either. I was just asking what the term "restamped engine" means; that's still what I'm asking.


Adam

dmk0210

These have the LT1 350 right, with some Duntov magic suspension ugrades?

Edit: Wow, I just looked these up. 25 made in 1970 and only 8 were convertibles. Only 53 total C3 ZR-1 were built between 1970-72.

At first I thought this was one of the ZL-1 cars What were like three of those? (And 69 Camaros, ironically)





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fishslayer143

There were only about 20 of those ever made in 1970... awesome car

The13Bats

I never even heard of these before...pretty cool and will likely be tall stack o toad pelts.

fishslayer143

they were loaded with goodies.. Brakes ,Suspension ,LT-1 engine ,Transistor Ignition, alum radiator , Rock Crusher ...everything Zora Duntov had , he put in it

jr9170

This 70 ZR-1 has sold a few times the past couple of years at auction always in the 100-130k range.