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Originally Posted by | 1990 ZR-1 |
Hello everyone,
Newbie here, and new to the Corvette world in general. As of two days ago, I'm a proud new onwer (eventhough I don't have her in my possesion yet) of a Red/Saddle '90 ZR-1 with 33k original miles, stock with the exception of SLP intake and Magnaflow Force exhaust. I purchased it from a dealer from Phoenix AZ and am having it shippied to Medford NJ in an enclosed tailer. Can't wait to lay eyes on this legendary beast for the first time. She should be here by next friday. This will be a week from hell. I hate waiting. She'll be my first american sports car. I'm not biased when it cars to cars, and I have a general respect to everything automotive that has any significance to it. I've owed anything from British to German to Japanese, and my current daily driver is a 2003 Audi RS6 4.2L v8 twinturbo 450hp stock (only about 830 ever exported to US, wtih worlwide production of only about 2400 units).
Needless to say, I'll be here often aksing questions since I'm not that familiar with Corvettes, and I do most of the work myself in my garage.
I do plan on keeping her stock for resale value, and I have an immidiate question. How can I find out which build # my car is, and how many were built in that color combination? Not sure if there's a way to tell by Vin #. The car is super clean, and the private inspection did not detect anything out of the ordinary wth the exception of the horn and a couple of buttons on the passanger seat not working. The only minus is that it does not come with any records outside of what's in the carfax, which was clean and extensive. Due to this fact I was able to negotiate a great price, and at $15k it was a steal for a car with such low documented original miles. Any help would be greatly appresicated.
Thanks Everyone!
-Gary
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Gary,
Congrats on your new purchase!!!! Great get @ $15000!!!!!
"I do plan on keeping her stock for resale value" Don't worry about resale value, enjoy your car. If you do decide to modify her, you can put her back to stock with no problem....
One of the best upgrades are headers and that is probably the best bang for the buck. Also many upgrade the exhaust to either B & B or Corsa.
Count on a few things. Likely you will have to change out injectors, coil packs, fuel filters and maybe the tires. All are easy to do and if you ask the members, we know the "deals" on EVERYTHING!!! Be patient and look for deals.
Your interior looks GREAT!!!!!!! Must be garage kept. You have lots of Z members near you and many that can help with questions / issues with your car.
Do searches for "Wazoo" and you will see lots of activity (local guys in NY / NJ / MD / VA / PA and get together often!) Best event is the Corvettes of Carlisle and close to you (happends in August)
Lots of great info on
www.zr1netregistry.com and becoming a member has it's privileges!
Look forward to seeing you at some local events
David