I'm doing a lot better now.
Time heals, it just never seems like it'll be fast enough. In time, I'm sure we'll laugh about it, just not anytime soon. My dad previously was thinking about getting a Z06 when he retires. I asked him recently what good all the extra power would do, besides allowing me to jump it 10 feet further. :mrgreen:

I'd gladly drive through 1000 fences instead of having your memories.

yeah I'm sure that helped.

Dear sweet Kevin,

My goal was to express to the man that there are much worse things in life and to not feel so down on himself, what good words have you said to him other than hounding him for his vin and saying "it'll be okay"? Really helped him out there didnt you?

anger management needed much?

Once a week for over 2 years now,... Doesn’t seem to be as effective as I hoped for. :sign10: GOOOOSFRABA.....

I say its uncle Sam’s fault, after basic I went through a special warfare program and one day for no apparent reason (we had already received every immunization known to man.) they gave all the recruits 12 shots of mystery juice..... The week after that all of our hair fell out and many of us had to be hospitalized and dropped from the program. My behavior patterns have NEVER been the same. I’m sure my grandkids will read about all the facts in 50 years or so about the "experiments". So bear with me. I guess what I meant to say was,...

Gee Kevin, I think your mean spirited comment about my post was a regretful misallocation of your valuable time and resources. Perhaps in the future you should redirect that time and energy to the betterment of yourself as a human being, in the hopes that one day man kind will reap the benefits of your bountiful wisdom. Have an outstanding day!

Hmmm,... see this version just lacks the snap and good wholesome fun of the last one. Maybe if I could work a "stomp a mud hole in your head" bit into it somewhere... food for thought!

The car arrived at Conte's last week.
We should finally hear something by next week.

While we've been waiting, I've done some research and realized that if the motor is sound, the car's parts value makes it almost more worthwhile to part it out and put the money towards another ZR1 (and keep that one dry).

I'm still pushing my father towards fixing it and keeping it for a while longer. I think that if the repairs/restoration are done right and documented with lots of photos, the car's value shouldn't wind up drastically lower than normal. This would only be if nothing strange happens with the car for at least a year or two afterwards.

Well depending on how bad everything looks will determine the big picture I think.

any thoughts to what your dad would want for the car if he desides not to fix it?

It would all depend on whether or not the motor is sound.

If he decides it's not worth fixing, we'll probably accept offers for the whole car first. Determining what's a worthwhile offer will be arbitrary, but would probably have to be around the value of the easy to sell/valuable parts on the car - motor, tranny, rear, windshield, etc minus the effort involved in parting the car out.

In our conversation about this avenue, he's said the funds likely would not go towards another Corvette. For that reason, I'm encouraging him to keep the ZR1.

Patton, any thoughts of a new career as a stand up comedian? Your second reply to Kevin was hilarious. Thanks for the chuckle.

Re: Please help save a ZR1
 

After a lot of waiting the verdict is finally in :-({|=

"They then proceeded with compression testing. The compression is coming back with a wide range of results which indicates engine damage. The bad valves are in the front, so hydro lock is the probable cause. He could do further work, but that means taking the engine apart. It'll probably cost more to do that than the car is worth."

Looks like we'll either be parting it out or selling it as a project/parts car.

Anyone interested PM me with offers for parts or the car itself. Conte's has offered to help part the car out, but I don't know how that role will exactly work. Solid interest in parts or the car itself will influence what we decide to do with it.

I'm on my way out of town for the next few days to help my grandmother in Ft Lauderdale. Any messages sent after tomorrow morning won't get reply until Sunday or early next week.

Thanks again for all the morale support. I wish this were going to turn out better, but I'm alive and well so I can't complain too much.