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It's a bit of a story. I essentially "overbought" this car. I started looking for a C4 ZR-1 last year. My budget was considerably lower than this car and I was really looking for a stock(ish) car.

This car dropped right in my lap. A friend of mine that works for a local dealership contacted me saying that they took a ZR-1 in on trade (toward a 2018 Grand Sport) knowing that I was looking for one. I went to look at it and was impressed. At that time, there was no documentation or any idea that it was Street Skinner #1. After months sitting in the indoor storage area of the dealership, it remained unsold. I started doing more research on the car and ended up finding a picture of it online (unique stripes). I then found a previous listing for the car and saw some information regarding its history. More research revealed just what the car was/is; however, the documentation and details were still missing.

After some time, my friend was able to contact the previous owner who thankfully still had all of the documentation. Apparently he thought it was unimportant to disclose the history of the car and/or include the documentation. So, the history of this car was nearly lost. We ended up having to pay additional money for the previous owner to release the documentation to us. But, we had to have it.

Knowing the history of the car and how unique it is (and having the documentation), I came up considerably in price and purchased it. It was somewhat of an emotional purchase since the car was too great to chance leaving the ZR-1 community (where it belongs) and go to an unknowing person. It was too convenient of a purchase being 10 miles from my house.

In the end, I'm in a car that's about $10k more than I was looking for. I already own a 2009 Z06 that is heavily modified and really just wanted a C4 ZR-1 to cruise in.

I don't need to sell it and am happy to enjoy it. It's just a more expensive Z that I was intending for my purpose and decided to put it up for sale to see if there was interest.