Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

Wayne Carini, the Indiana Jones of the collector car world, WAS AT THE CAR SHOW IN NAPLES FLA THIS WEEK END! I ASK HIM ABOUT THE collectability OF ARE CARS. HE SAID, (PUT IT IN THE GARAGE FOR 5 TO 10 YEARS)!!!:cheers:

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

I'd rather drive it

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

You and me Kevin. Put 400+ miles on mine today. Pushing hard on 150K :cheers:

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

it also sounds like a fairly generic response with no real thought put into it

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Agreed. Some people have already had one in storage for over 20 years. Life is too short. Who the hell knows if you'll be alive in 10 years!

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

No kidding. Could probably give the same response about any 20-year-old car right now, doesn't mean any of them are going to be particularly valuable.

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

So..... Not much in depth thoughts then ? Kind of a generic response.

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I am sure Bob was busy chasing bikinis when he wrote this.....but he(Bob) called me and talked to me about it, Wayne apparently thinks in 5-8 years prices are going to take off and thinks its worthy collector.....he said buy now

lets think this out
*Only DOHC car
*Only engine built outside Chevrolet
*Still holds the world endurance record
*No other Corvette surpassed its speed from 1990 to 2001


the ZR1 is back, the B2K option is back we are starting to get a sense of nostalgia about the cars that started the 2nd muscle car revolution. Not to mention that even a 12.8 stock Z can stay up with some of the pig fat cars of today with 500+ hp

Pull a string for me Bob....

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

Nice hobby

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

we've been saying this since at least 1999

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

Lee,

No question that the ZR-1 was the starter pistol for real, affordable horsepower. I think the legends lives and gets stronger with those of us here that continue to burn the "flamefront" brightly!

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

Im surprised he got that much out of the guy,from what I understand hes a Tool with not much to say to anybody.

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Just my two cents......I am not knowledgeable about collector cars as to me anything that I like, if I had the cash, would be in my 'collection'. The only thing would be I'd devalue them because I'd be driving all of them, so I'd never be a collector in any real sense.

I do believe later on when car guys look around for an 'inflection' point in returning to legal big power in the post EPA era, our motors will be that point. If you argue the counter point to that you are not looking at the blue prints for any of the big power motors of today. GM's line up uses stuff borrowed from our motors, up and down the spectrum actually not just the hot rod motors. Ford took it to the extreme and sort of made copies of our motors. Okay, I never looked at the new Hemi series from MOPAR so I'll leave that out. JMHO:o

I'm guilty of wanting to drive my Z as much as I have time to do so. I like nothing better than to get her on cruises that last for hours. To me that's the way I get to realize what a darn good GT car a ZR-1 really is. Thanks Dave, Tony, Graham, et al for my ZR-1!:mrgreen:

:cheers:
Tom

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

I met Wayne at a Concours D'elegance last August and had a nice chat with him for a few minutes. He was very polite and cordial.

Re: Wayne Carini and the collectability of ZR-1
 

I THOUGHT SO TOO!