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Originally Posted by jerrydirks
Well guys...I am the owner of the broken ZR1 Widow Maker Ser #1. I was not aware of all this gossip until today. I can't believe all the BS in this string of messages. How disappointing for fellow Vette lovers to trash my car with no facts!
Here are the facts on the car. I have ALL the original documents.
Built in 1996 for a total cost of car purchase and mods of $110K.
Widow Maker#001 was built for a NY owner, whose name I will withhold. He was a ZR1 Registry Charter member. Car has window stickers for the early years including the Charter Member sticker.
The entire build was documented in the ZR1 Registry newsletters,November 96 and April 97. Does anyone have copies of these....I have many years which will go with the car including the whole story of this special build.
Vette Doctors did the work in NY. DRM did the engine only.
I have personally confirmed the build sheet signature with Doug, he confirmed it is his sig.
The car was stored, little used from 1997 through October 2007 when I purchased the car in Minneapolis.
We all know the challenges of putting a car back on the road. I have personally invested over $35K in the past year. The engine failure was a heartbreaker for me.
I did remove an aftermarket security system. Not several, everything works great...except the motor. No wiring problems!
I showed the car once this summer, Doug saw the car then. He stated that he put many of the LeMans engine mods in this engine.
The engine failed shifting well under 7K rpms, I was out for a fall color cruise with my wife, not racing or the like.
If I had the cash I would repair the engine. I have found the mechanic that actually turned the wrenches on this engine.
To date I have not put a wrench on the engine. I do not believe the bottom end went at all. But I do not know. No knocks were heard, oil pan is fine. No leaks! Just stopped running. If I had a shop....I definately would be attempting to fix this engine.
This car is real, nice shape and my responses are HONEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to the many of you that posted factual logical messages.
Others, if you are trying to drive down the value of my car......well it is what it is.
Send me a personal message and I will honestly answer all questions.
But please stop the speculation! This was a DRM special build, and believed to be the ONLY documented Widow Maker. Has anyone else seen a documented DRM Widow Maker build sheet? I would be interested to know.
Thanks!
Jerry Dirks
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Nice car brother! Motor looks just like my old DRM368 before I switched to a stroker......I kinda miss the black motor though, but it's under the bench when I get to really missing her
Hopefully the guy you found can fix it for ya and then you can keep it around.....like I said before....an easy fix more then likely.