line up our z's
01-08-2008, 09:39 PM
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line up our z's
First of all Ihave no idea ? what number my z is and Ive had it for 3 yrs. My vin # is 1G1YZ23JXL5800359 Well anyways I was just woundering has anyone ever tried to find out where the ZR-1 Is that was built just before or just after theirs ? and so on.....Mine is black/black 1990 I bought in Illinois 3 yrs ago now in tennessee. nick z vette.
01-08-2008, 09:41 PM
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First of all Ihave no idea ? what number my z is and Ive had it for 3 yrs. My vin # is 1G1YZ23JXL5800359 Well anyways I was just woundering has anyone ever tried to find out where the ZR-1 Is that was built just before or just after theirs ? and so on.....Mine is black/black 1990 I bought in Illinois 3 yrs ago now in tennessee. nick z vette.
MY 1990 # 359
01-08-2008, 10:02 PM
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First of all Ihave no idea ? what number my z is and Ive had it for 3 yrs. My vin # is 1G1YZ23JXL5800359 Well anyways I was just woundering has anyone ever tried to find out where the ZR-1 Is that was built just before or just after theirs ? and so on.....Mine is black/black 1990 I bought in Illinois 3 yrs ago now in tennessee. nick z vette.
01-09-2008, 12:13 AM
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My 1990 is #74
special attention, was given. it has cool
fuzzy dice.
here's a story, gordon killibrew, hof, and probably one of the most considerate corvette people i have ever met,
was at bowling green a couple of years ago for the gathering, we were all out in the parking lot, BS, ing
and he' looks at my car for a minute and says, you got an early car, 14.
i replied no sir, it's 74. he replied, the first 60 were never offered to the public, most went to gm execs or dealers
and such, he then kinda grinned, and told me 4 things, that were wrong with the car, that i fixed the next day, a couple
with his help. THAT"S why, ZR-1 's are special to me, the people you meet, and the knowledge they share freely.
party on.
special attention, was given. it has cool
fuzzy dice.
here's a story, gordon killibrew, hof, and probably one of the most considerate corvette people i have ever met,
was at bowling green a couple of years ago for the gathering, we were all out in the parking lot, BS, ing
and he' looks at my car for a minute and says, you got an early car, 14.
i replied no sir, it's 74. he replied, the first 60 were never offered to the public, most went to gm execs or dealers
and such, he then kinda grinned, and told me 4 things, that were wrong with the car, that i fixed the next day, a couple
with his help. THAT"S why, ZR-1 's are special to me, the people you meet, and the knowledge they share freely.
party on.
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01-09-2008, 07:01 AM
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01-09-2008, 07:46 AM
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01-09-2008, 12:51 PM
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Any of you remember when some of the early ZR-1s were experiencing cam, etc failures...WHAT SERIAL NUMBERS WERE INVOLVED?
The cause of the failures was quickly identified: not a fault of the Mercruiser's manufacturing team. The ZR-1s sat outside the factory in the cold and when it was time to load on the truck the driver fired it up and reved the hell out of it to get it up the ramp and on the truck. Probably by the time it was positioned on the truck and shut down no oil had yet even reached the chain, cams etc. The soultion was to install a delay of starting LT5 for a few seconds until oil could be pumped onto chain, cams etc. Problem solved.
Wonder if # 359 was of part of that group. I understand the Doug Johnson's original BEAST, '90#596, was not part of that group.
The cause of the failures was quickly identified: not a fault of the Mercruiser's manufacturing team. The ZR-1s sat outside the factory in the cold and when it was time to load on the truck the driver fired it up and reved the hell out of it to get it up the ramp and on the truck. Probably by the time it was positioned on the truck and shut down no oil had yet even reached the chain, cams etc. The soultion was to install a delay of starting LT5 for a few seconds until oil could be pumped onto chain, cams etc. Problem solved.
Wonder if # 359 was of part of that group. I understand the Doug Johnson's original BEAST, '90#596, was not part of that group.
01-09-2008, 06:33 PM
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Any of you remember when some of the early ZR-1s were experiencing cam, etc failures...WHAT SERIAL NUMBERS WERE INVOLVED?
The cause of the failures was quickly identified: not a fault of the Mercruiser's manufacturing team. The ZR-1s sat outside the factory in the cold and when it was time to load on the truck the driver fired it up and reved the hell out of it to get it up the ramp and on the truck. Probably by the time it was positioned on the truck and shut down no oil had yet even reached the chain, cams etc. The soultion was to install a delay of starting LT5 for a few seconds until oil could be pumped onto chain, cams etc. Problem solved.
Wonder if # 359 was of part of that group. I understand the Doug Johnson's original BEAST, '90#596, was not part of that group.
The cause of the failures was quickly identified: not a fault of the Mercruiser's manufacturing team. The ZR-1s sat outside the factory in the cold and when it was time to load on the truck the driver fired it up and reved the hell out of it to get it up the ramp and on the truck. Probably by the time it was positioned on the truck and shut down no oil had yet even reached the chain, cams etc. The soultion was to install a delay of starting LT5 for a few seconds until oil could be pumped onto chain, cams etc. Problem solved.
Wonder if # 359 was of part of that group. I understand the Doug Johnson's original BEAST, '90#596, was not part of that group.
a lady they had hired, to move the car out of the plant was the culprit, but as i understand, it was only a few cars. and they were all immediatley mechanically corrected, after.
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01-10-2008, 12:41 AM
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not who s after but where is the zr/1 that was bilt after yours
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01-10-2008, 06:54 AM
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Might be of interest (with heavy heart)>>> (from ZR-1 Registry)
DATE TOTALED YEAR COLOR VIN NUMBER OTHER INFO
???? 1990 ? 1G1YZ23J8L5801154 ZR-1 was burnt and totaled in FL.
10/95 1990 Red/Black 1G1YZ23J9L5801356 Totaled by dealer during test drive, 13,621 miles. Car was shipped to Australia. ZR has since been restored to original condition and converted to right hand drive.
6/1/01 1990 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J0L5800208 Hit a pole at 40 mph.
1999 1991 Red/Black 1G1YZ23J7M5800384 Flipped over. Was rebuilt and is back on the road.
2000 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J2L5800596 Totaled by tornado.
Summer 1999 1995 Black/Black 1G1YZ22J3S5800283 Only had 4,000 miles when totaled.
4/97 1992 Black Rose/Black 1G1YZ23J1N5800379 Totaled by owner.
5/18/99 1994 Adm Blue/Grey 1G1YZ22JXR5800310 Hydro planed during thunderstorm and hit a old oak tree. Car bought at salvage and put back together for racing.
11/99 1991 ? 1G1YZ23J8M5801365 Hit pole
?? 1990 Red/Black 1G1YZ23J7L5802070 Roll over, parted out.
1/01 1990 Red/Tan 1G1YZ23J7L5801517 -
08/01 1994 Adm Blue/Gray 1G1YZ22J0R5800395 Totaled in Ensenada, Mexico in an Open Road Race.
08/01 1991 Polo Green/Saddle 1G1YZ23J6M5800909 Rolled over and totaled.
?? 1992 White/Red 1G1YZ23J5N5800045 Class A State of Virginia rebuildable insurance wreck.
?? 1991 Dark Red/Beige 1G1YZ23J8M5801513 ZR has Florida salvage title stamped rebuildable.
3/01 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3L5801109 ZR was totaled with 60K miles, hit by truck, sold and being rebuilt.
1991 1991 Black/? 1G1YZ23J5M5800383 ZR was stolen off the new car transport. The engine, transmission, and rear end were removed. Original drive train was put back in the car. Car has a salvage/rebuild title from Pennsylvania. ZR now has clean South Carolina title
5/01 1995 Black/Black 1G1YZ22J2S5800145 ZR-1 caught fire and was totaled.
10/14/01 1994 Black Rose/Gray 1G1YZ22JXR5800114 ZR-1 suffered extensive damage in a high speed autocross and was totaled. ZR has been rebuilt.
10/24/02 1990 Red/Saddle 1G1YZ23J5L5800897 .
5/30/03 1990 Charcoal/? 1G1YZ23J7L5800741 Hit a pole. Not rebuildable in several opinions, engine/tranny are questionable. Car was located in Dallas Texas.
-/-/03 1991 White/Gray 1G1YZ23J6M5801459 This Corvette hydroplaned and rolled over in the rain landing back on its tires.
9/11/02 1993 Ruby/Ruby 1G1YZ28J6P5800042 The owner hit a tree in his own yard.
12/4/04 1990 Red/? 1G1YZ23J5L5801726 ZR-1 was flooded and is being parted out.
12/4/03 1991 White/? 1G1YZ23J6M5801459 Was parted out.
12/4/03 1990 Red/Tan 1G1YZ23J2L5802428 Wrecked in the nose, California salvage certificate, being rebuilt.
12/27/03 1992 ?/? 1G1YZ23J7N5800306 Salvage title.
1/20/04 1991 White/Red 1G1YZ23J5M5800853 Had 9,000 miles on it. Believed it was wrecked in 1998, hit in the rear then hard roll over. Car was parted out.
7/27/03 1990 Black/Gray 1G1YZ23J1L5801027 Totaled by owner. Hydroplaned in a Severe sudden thunderstorm at 49 mph. Spun 180° , rear end hit a culvert, ripped the right rear wheel from the drive shaft and flipped the car onto the roof. Car slide on its roof for a hundred feet to the guide rails. Car sold at salvage.
7/25/96 1990 Red/Beige 1G1YZ23J2L5800999 ZR-1 was issued a Salvage Title by the Loveland, CO DMV on 7/25/1996
5/18/01 1991 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J5M5800364 ZR-1 was totaled during an autocross.
5/14/04 1992 Polo Green/Beige 1G1YZ23J5N5800160 ZR-1 was totaled at Spokane Raceway Park. Pic1 Pic2
10/30/04 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3L5801918 The ZR had 23,503 miles but the insurance company considered it totaled. The water got up to the top of the power seat motors. The engine, transmission, front and rear suspension now reside under a '58
corvette.
12/12/04 1994 Red/Black 1G1YZ22J5R5800442 Engine and tranny was sold on EBay, so we assume ZR-1 is totaled.
12/27/04 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3L5801689 Hit something hard on the left front. ZR was being parted out.
1/7/05 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3L5801253 Was being parted out.
?/?/? 1994 Red/Black 1G1YZ22J5R5800263 Crash during the rain (spinout) and drove over a large concrete medium.
?/?/? 1990 Red/Saddle 1G1YZ23J3L5802549 Car was wreck at track buckled the body at the firewall parted out.
?/?/01 1994 Black/Black 1G1YZ22J2R5800026 17,000 miles, burned to the ground in car trailer fire in 2001. No fiberglass or interior left. Engine, drivetrain, front and rear suspension sold. Frame last known was in Indiana. This was a Tommy Morrison modified motor (plenum, injector housings, heads ported, BIG cams of unknown origin), purported to be *the* engine that powered one of Morrisons ZR-1s to it's best finish in the 24 hours of Daytona
3/5/05 1990 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J5L5801726 Seen on Ebay being parted out, was flooded this winter in PA.
9/6/05 1992 White/White 1G1YZ23J0N5800406 Flood totaled, it was a 30 minute fresh water flood that only got as high as the side moldings and wicked into the interior carpets.
9/1/05 1991 Red/Grey 1G1YZ23J2M5800244 Totally burnt Sept 05 in California
8/05 1991 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J1M5801644 Was driven into a lake.
09/22/05 1990 Black/? 1G1YZ23J4L5801698 Found in salvage year.
1/06 1990 ?/? 1G1YZ23J6L5802707 Received info from owner overseas.
7/17/06 1991 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J9M5801729 IAA Auction, 63,274 miles
8/28/06 1991 Polo Green/Black 1G1YZ23JM58000658 Was being parted out, 80,000 miles salvage title.
9/12/06 1990 Black/Red 1G1YZ23J1L5802582 Seen being parted out on EBay,23,546 miles.
8/1/90 1990 ?/? 1G1YZ23J8L5801901 Carfax states a salvage title was issued in New Jersey 08/01/90 , then again 8/16/90 in New Jersey with 5 miles on car. Then again reissued in Virginia. No date given. Factory warranty was voided. We assume car was parted out.
10/17/06 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3M5801032 ZR-1 being parted out on Ebay - Quote from seller:
"This car was wrecked and given a salvage title in CA.
The frame is out pushed in 3 inches on the rear drivers side and they just used a wheel spacer...as well as many other issues.
11/11/06 1990 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J3L5802194 ZR-1 was in a light roll over. Frame and body was sold off.
12/23/06 1990 Red/? 1G1YZ23J2L5800887 Parted out salvage title
THE CAR WAS HIT HARD IN THE RIGHT 1/4 PANEL.
1/30/07 1990 ?/? 1G1YZ23J2L5800999 ZR-1 was seen in South Seattle a couple of years ago. It was for sale cheap and it looked like it. Really hacked up wrong windshield, paint was falling off in sheets, interior was used for a dog house. No mufflers, engine had lots of leaks and smoked/clattered on start-up.
3/23/07 1991 Dk Red Met/Beige 1G1YZ23J6M5800893 Wrecked and rebuilt
10/9/07 1990 White/Red 1G1YZ23J1L5802713 Totaled
DATE TOTALED YEAR COLOR VIN NUMBER OTHER INFO
???? 1990 ? 1G1YZ23J8L5801154 ZR-1 was burnt and totaled in FL.
10/95 1990 Red/Black 1G1YZ23J9L5801356 Totaled by dealer during test drive, 13,621 miles. Car was shipped to Australia. ZR has since been restored to original condition and converted to right hand drive.
6/1/01 1990 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J0L5800208 Hit a pole at 40 mph.
1999 1991 Red/Black 1G1YZ23J7M5800384 Flipped over. Was rebuilt and is back on the road.
2000 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J2L5800596 Totaled by tornado.
Summer 1999 1995 Black/Black 1G1YZ22J3S5800283 Only had 4,000 miles when totaled.
4/97 1992 Black Rose/Black 1G1YZ23J1N5800379 Totaled by owner.
5/18/99 1994 Adm Blue/Grey 1G1YZ22JXR5800310 Hydro planed during thunderstorm and hit a old oak tree. Car bought at salvage and put back together for racing.
11/99 1991 ? 1G1YZ23J8M5801365 Hit pole
?? 1990 Red/Black 1G1YZ23J7L5802070 Roll over, parted out.
1/01 1990 Red/Tan 1G1YZ23J7L5801517 -
08/01 1994 Adm Blue/Gray 1G1YZ22J0R5800395 Totaled in Ensenada, Mexico in an Open Road Race.
08/01 1991 Polo Green/Saddle 1G1YZ23J6M5800909 Rolled over and totaled.
?? 1992 White/Red 1G1YZ23J5N5800045 Class A State of Virginia rebuildable insurance wreck.
?? 1991 Dark Red/Beige 1G1YZ23J8M5801513 ZR has Florida salvage title stamped rebuildable.
3/01 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3L5801109 ZR was totaled with 60K miles, hit by truck, sold and being rebuilt.
1991 1991 Black/? 1G1YZ23J5M5800383 ZR was stolen off the new car transport. The engine, transmission, and rear end were removed. Original drive train was put back in the car. Car has a salvage/rebuild title from Pennsylvania. ZR now has clean South Carolina title
5/01 1995 Black/Black 1G1YZ22J2S5800145 ZR-1 caught fire and was totaled.
10/14/01 1994 Black Rose/Gray 1G1YZ22JXR5800114 ZR-1 suffered extensive damage in a high speed autocross and was totaled. ZR has been rebuilt.
10/24/02 1990 Red/Saddle 1G1YZ23J5L5800897 .
5/30/03 1990 Charcoal/? 1G1YZ23J7L5800741 Hit a pole. Not rebuildable in several opinions, engine/tranny are questionable. Car was located in Dallas Texas.
-/-/03 1991 White/Gray 1G1YZ23J6M5801459 This Corvette hydroplaned and rolled over in the rain landing back on its tires.
9/11/02 1993 Ruby/Ruby 1G1YZ28J6P5800042 The owner hit a tree in his own yard.
12/4/04 1990 Red/? 1G1YZ23J5L5801726 ZR-1 was flooded and is being parted out.
12/4/03 1991 White/? 1G1YZ23J6M5801459 Was parted out.
12/4/03 1990 Red/Tan 1G1YZ23J2L5802428 Wrecked in the nose, California salvage certificate, being rebuilt.
12/27/03 1992 ?/? 1G1YZ23J7N5800306 Salvage title.
1/20/04 1991 White/Red 1G1YZ23J5M5800853 Had 9,000 miles on it. Believed it was wrecked in 1998, hit in the rear then hard roll over. Car was parted out.
7/27/03 1990 Black/Gray 1G1YZ23J1L5801027 Totaled by owner. Hydroplaned in a Severe sudden thunderstorm at 49 mph. Spun 180° , rear end hit a culvert, ripped the right rear wheel from the drive shaft and flipped the car onto the roof. Car slide on its roof for a hundred feet to the guide rails. Car sold at salvage.
7/25/96 1990 Red/Beige 1G1YZ23J2L5800999 ZR-1 was issued a Salvage Title by the Loveland, CO DMV on 7/25/1996
5/18/01 1991 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J5M5800364 ZR-1 was totaled during an autocross.
5/14/04 1992 Polo Green/Beige 1G1YZ23J5N5800160 ZR-1 was totaled at Spokane Raceway Park. Pic1 Pic2
10/30/04 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3L5801918 The ZR had 23,503 miles but the insurance company considered it totaled. The water got up to the top of the power seat motors. The engine, transmission, front and rear suspension now reside under a '58
corvette.
12/12/04 1994 Red/Black 1G1YZ22J5R5800442 Engine and tranny was sold on EBay, so we assume ZR-1 is totaled.
12/27/04 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3L5801689 Hit something hard on the left front. ZR was being parted out.
1/7/05 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3L5801253 Was being parted out.
?/?/? 1994 Red/Black 1G1YZ22J5R5800263 Crash during the rain (spinout) and drove over a large concrete medium.
?/?/? 1990 Red/Saddle 1G1YZ23J3L5802549 Car was wreck at track buckled the body at the firewall parted out.
?/?/01 1994 Black/Black 1G1YZ22J2R5800026 17,000 miles, burned to the ground in car trailer fire in 2001. No fiberglass or interior left. Engine, drivetrain, front and rear suspension sold. Frame last known was in Indiana. This was a Tommy Morrison modified motor (plenum, injector housings, heads ported, BIG cams of unknown origin), purported to be *the* engine that powered one of Morrisons ZR-1s to it's best finish in the 24 hours of Daytona
3/5/05 1990 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J5L5801726 Seen on Ebay being parted out, was flooded this winter in PA.
9/6/05 1992 White/White 1G1YZ23J0N5800406 Flood totaled, it was a 30 minute fresh water flood that only got as high as the side moldings and wicked into the interior carpets.
9/1/05 1991 Red/Grey 1G1YZ23J2M5800244 Totally burnt Sept 05 in California
8/05 1991 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J1M5801644 Was driven into a lake.
09/22/05 1990 Black/? 1G1YZ23J4L5801698 Found in salvage year.
1/06 1990 ?/? 1G1YZ23J6L5802707 Received info from owner overseas.
7/17/06 1991 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J9M5801729 IAA Auction, 63,274 miles
8/28/06 1991 Polo Green/Black 1G1YZ23JM58000658 Was being parted out, 80,000 miles salvage title.
9/12/06 1990 Black/Red 1G1YZ23J1L5802582 Seen being parted out on EBay,23,546 miles.
8/1/90 1990 ?/? 1G1YZ23J8L5801901 Carfax states a salvage title was issued in New Jersey 08/01/90 , then again 8/16/90 in New Jersey with 5 miles on car. Then again reissued in Virginia. No date given. Factory warranty was voided. We assume car was parted out.
10/17/06 1990 Black/Black 1G1YZ23J3M5801032 ZR-1 being parted out on Ebay - Quote from seller:
"This car was wrecked and given a salvage title in CA.
The frame is out pushed in 3 inches on the rear drivers side and they just used a wheel spacer...as well as many other issues.
11/11/06 1990 Red/Red 1G1YZ23J3L5802194 ZR-1 was in a light roll over. Frame and body was sold off.
12/23/06 1990 Red/? 1G1YZ23J2L5800887 Parted out salvage title
THE CAR WAS HIT HARD IN THE RIGHT 1/4 PANEL.
1/30/07 1990 ?/? 1G1YZ23J2L5800999 ZR-1 was seen in South Seattle a couple of years ago. It was for sale cheap and it looked like it. Really hacked up wrong windshield, paint was falling off in sheets, interior was used for a dog house. No mufflers, engine had lots of leaks and smoked/clattered on start-up.
3/23/07 1991 Dk Red Met/Beige 1G1YZ23J6M5800893 Wrecked and rebuilt
10/9/07 1990 White/Red 1G1YZ23J1L5802713 Totaled
01-11-2008, 12:13 AM
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1990 #2161 red/red 1st owner hydroplaned in birmingham, al. in 1998 on i-65. slid backward into guard rail damaging left rear. bought the car from a salvage yard, repaired, still looks sharp and has a proud owner.
01-11-2008, 08:36 PM
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90 - 193 2nd owner, Black- Has Signature on Intake Manifold: ( Jack Calloway) that is fading out, Don't know if that means anything or he just autograph it? I tried to find the orginal owner to no avail.
01-11-2008, 08:45 PM
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Hope you got a good picture of that signature before it's faded and then gone! Someday someone will want to know about that even if it's gone, IMHO!!!
