Corvette Museum

[Meanmyz]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

Here you go.. ZR-1 Spider album
https://plus.google.com/photos/10133...081?banner=pwa

I have to ask, does anyone know why GM changed the color on this car from silver / yellow to black/red? Any ideas?

While this combination is beautiful, I remember this car coming out about the same time as Callaway's lime green Speedster and I thought silver/yellow was WILD!

I also remember now too, wasn't there a Spyder done in red too? I know there was. It was like Torch Red, but with crushed glass in the paint. ...And no, I am not talking about 50th anniversary paint!

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by Meanmyz

I have to ask, does anyone know why GM changed the color on this car from silver / yellow to black/red? Any ideas?

While this combination is beautiful, I remember this car coming out about the same time as Callaway's lime green Speedster and I thought silver/yellow was WILD!

I also remember now too, wasn't there a Spyder done in red too? I know there was. It was like Torch Red, but with crushed glass in the paint. ...And no, I am not talking about 50th anniversary paint!

I always thought there were 2 cars,a silver and a dark red.In fact there was only the one car.

[Meanmyz]

Maybe your right Jeff. But I am on it now...going to look through some old Vette mags. Besides, I promised another member an article from an old mag.

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by Meanmyz

Maybe your right Jeff. But I am on it now...going to look through some old Vette mags. Besides, I promised another member an article from an old mag.

I remember when this car was built and around that same time I thought there were 2,ASC did one and G.M. either did one or another company one under contract to G.M. did the other.Both cars in question were Spyders with short windshield.

[Meanmyz]

I certainly don't mean to be thowing this thread off topic, but for the sake of good discussion, I want to say "Bingo", because I found an article on the second ASC car. If any of you have it, it is the June '93 issue of Vette (someone please tell me where the last 20 years have gone!).

The second car I am referring to was the ASC LT1 Spyder. This car was built two years after the silver one (debuted at the 1993 NAIAS in Detroit). It was painted Riverside red (a bright red) and had a special intermediate paint coat of mirrored glass suspended in a clear finish, followed by the final clear protective finish.

From what I see of this car, unlike the ZR-1, it didn't have the windshield cut down - at least not at the time of this article.

Give a shout out if any of you want me to post a pic.

[LGAFF]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MAY-1991-VET...item3cdbc7999e

[Bob Eyres]

I had a bizarre dream last night about this disaster. I had pulled up to the museum in the ZR-1 for the Gathering, and there was a huge blinking neon sign on top, "Corvette Caverns".
Inside, they had partially filled the hole and installed a spiral staircase in the rotunda, leading down into a natural cavern. There were numerous exhibits, and cars were displayed on the cavern floor. "Big Block Grotto", with a light show and a recording of an uncapped L88 blasting through speakers. It was amazing, but cheezy, and way too touristy.
What a great idea!..............Naaaaaaaaah.

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by Meanmyz

Maybe your right Jeff. But I am on it now...going to look through some old Vette mags. Besides, I promised another member an article from an old mag.

They are the same car.Theres a picture somewhere of the car as it is now and there are some details on the motor that are this same bright yellow of the interior when it was silver.[IMG][/IMG]

[XfireZ51]

Here's the Spyder from a Motor Trend gallery. Originally silver.

http://m.motortrend.com/wot/1402_che...-quarter-high/