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Very special ZR-1. This is "Street Skinner #1" from Jim Van Dorn's Auto Masters. It's also the beautiful Quasar Blue (1 of 71 for 1991). Mechanically flawless. Meticulously maintained. Extremely clean. All documentation since 1994. VERY highly documented car. It was also featured in multiple Corvette magazines in the late 90's. Originally delivered/sold by Malcolm Konner Chevrolet in Paramus, NJ.
No accidents, all original paint, clean Carfax. 80k miles on the car. The engine conversion was done at 45k miles.
The Street Skinner package was rated at 460hp (without headers). The car now has headers and is probably around 500hp. Doug Rippie Motorsports ported heads and intake. Stock cams (stock drivability). The mods are in line with what you would get in the Haibeck 500 package.
I have extensive documentation with the car. Nearly everything since 1994. There is a photo album that the original owner (Tom Sullivan) put together with a ton of pictures from Auto Masters during the build including pictures of Scott Skinner from Mercury Marine assembling the engine himself. I also have a copy of all the Corvette magazines that featured the car. Pizza box, window sticker, build sheet, dealer brochure, etc... Many parts on the car have been replaced on the car over the years as needed. This is not a ZR-1 that requires $3-5k worth of maintenance. No electrical issues. I've pressed every button. Everything works. Heat is hot, A/C blows cole.
The car is extremely clean. And I'm picky. The condition is along the lines of most of the 20-30k mile, well-cared for ZR-1's I've personally seen at Carlisle. The paint is the worst part of the car, but it's probably a 8.5 out of 10. Again, I'm REAL picky. Most people would say the paint is "near perfect". For a 1991, it's impressively nice and looks beautiful. There are some small imperfection and defects in a few areas as to be expected with the original paint; however, nothing significant. The windshield has minimal delamination. The delamination is concentrated to the outside 1.5" edge. The interior is gorgeous. No funky smell (non-smoker since day 1, no musty/mildew, no black ice air freshener, etc..). The driver's seat shows nearly zero wear, including the bolster.
The underside of the car looks like new. It's not even dirty. Lifelong California, Arizona, and North Carolina car. Just gorgeous.
Modifications:
-Auto Masters "Street Skinner" engine package (Doug Rippie ported heads, intake plenum, etc...)
-Shortblock rebuilt/blueprinted personally by Scott Skinner (Mercury Marine) - numbers matching
-Engine Powder Coated - Silver
-1996 Grand Sport front calipers powder coated black
-1995 GM ZR-1 "A-mold" 5-spoke wheels (OEM silver)
-Toyo R888 front tires (275/40-17)
-Toyo R888 rear tires (315/35-17)
-Side windows tinted
-Rear window tinted
-Watson 1 7/8" coated headers
-B&B Tri Flow stainless 3" exhaust
-Transmission rebuilt by ZF
-New clutch (less than 2k miles)
The only issues that the car currently has is that the tach reads high (very common issue) and the weatherstripping around the door has cracking (still seals).
I'm asking $29,000 (Updated: $23,500) I will also entertain partial trades for cars plus cash. The only cars that I'd be interested in are stock ZR-1's, 92-96 base LT1/LT4 C4's (stock or modified), or 4th generation Camaro/Firebirds.
The car has 80k miles on it. The engine rebuild/modifications were done at 45k miles. The clutch and transmission have less than 10k miles.
I do not have the stock manifolds; however, this car was built in CA and (at the time) was able to pass CA emissions with the stock manifolds and cats. These can be purchased for around $250-300 from what I've seen recently on ZR1net.
The underside is basically pristine. I'll work on getting some pictures.
Close up of each A-mold wheel. A few small imperfections in each wheel, but overall very nice. Zero curb marks and no bends. Yes, I know they have Collector's Edition center caps
The salt finally is off the roads here in western NY and I took the car to work two days this week (80 mile round trip). The car runs flawlessly. This was the first time I was really able to take it on the highway for some distance other than when I test drove it last summer quickly. It didn't take long to see that the speedometer was off by a few miles per hour at highway speed. My initial thought was that the car might actually have 3.73 gears. I was able to get the car in the air today and checked for myself. 4.10 driveshaft revolutions per one tire revolution. That was a nice surprise! The gears make no noise. Very nice install. The LTPWS light is on now. I have 4 sensors that I will/can include with the vehicle purchase. I bought the tires/wheels already mounted so I'm not sure if there are sensors in them. The light didn't come on until I drove more than 30 miles consecutively. Now I wonder if the speedometer has been off since the engine work was done at Auto Masters. If so, the car probably only has 75k miles in reality
I took a few pictures while under the car today to show the cleanliness:
03-09-2018, 10:48 PM
1991 ZR-1 Auto Masters "Street Skinner #1" FS/FT
