30 years ago in Bowling Green - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

gbrtng · 3 Days Ago

We watched the "last" ZR-1 being driven from the plant to the museum with
Jim Perkins at the wheel and Dave McLellan riding shotgun. What a weekend we had with many of the ZR-1 development folks. Perkins lived a storied life at Chevrolet and Lexus. A tribute was held in Charlotte by Rick Hendrick a few months after his death.

RIP ...

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...1489&fhid=4758

Is there anyone here who were at the April 1995 event? I still have my coffee cup.

WARP TEN · 2 Days Ago

I was there too, Glen, the weekend of April 28-30, 1995. For the little "parade" from the plant to the museum, Perkins wanted to have the lead cars be red white and blue, with the red one being the last ZR-1 produced, #448, that he was driving with Dave. So Larry Merow (founder of the original ZR-1 Registry) was second with this white ZR-1 and I was third with my '93 Quasar Blue. As we drove the 1/4 mile from the plant to the museum, I video taped it with one hand while driving, shifting and steering with the other. It was not the highest quality video, but it was a record of the event. I handed it over to Jim Voter when I sold him the '93 (which he still has) so maybe he will chime in. As I recall we had at least 300 ZR-1s there that weekend, probably the largest gathering we had before or since.--Bob

gbrtng · 2 Days Ago

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Originally Posted by WARP TEN

I was there too, Glen, the weekend of April 28-30, 1995. For the little "parade" from the plant to the museum, Perkins wanted to have the lead cars be red white and blue, with the red one being the last ZR-1 produced, #448, that he was driving with Dave. So Larry Merow (founder of the original ZR-1 Registry) was second with this white ZR-1 and I was third with my '93 Quasar Blue. As we drove the 1/4 mile from the plant to the museum, I video taped it with one hand while driving, shifting and steering with the other. It was not the highest quality video, but it was a record of the event. I handed it over to Jim Voter when I sold him the '93 (which he still has) so maybe he will chime in. As I recall we had at least 300 ZR-1s there that weekend, probably the largest gathering we had before or since.--Bob

There were 400 at Carlisle in 1996 ... Larry Merow was hyping 500 but missed a bit. I hope that video still exists.

ZR-1 Guy · 3 Hours Ago

I was at the gathering at Carlisle in 96 and they actually might have had as many as 400 ZR-1s! At the banquet dinner they had at the end of the Carlisle event I actually won the 1st place door prize which was a cutaway of a ZR-1 head that was originally used for development and later traveled around with the GM team as a promotional piece. See the attached pictures:

Glenn (ZR-1Guy) Reschke
1990 ZR-1 #3000 (original owner, sold 2019 with 130,000 miles)

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gbrtng Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio area Posts: 1,182	30 years ago in Bowling Green We watched the "last" ZR-1 being driven from the plant to the museum with Jim Perkins at the wheel and Dave McLellan riding shotgun. What a weekend we had with many of the ZR-1 development folks. Perkins lived a storied life at Chevrolet and Lexus. A tribute was held in Charlotte by Rick Hendrick a few months after his death. RIP ... https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...1489&fhid=4758 Is there anyone here who were at the April 1995 event? I still have my coffee cup. __________________ “Buy the best example of what you want, and pay whatever it takes. That way, you cry only once.” ~ Bruce Meyer

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WARP TEN Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lake Bluff, IL Posts: 2,144	Re: 30 years ago in Bowling Green I was there too, Glen, the weekend of April 28-30, 1995. For the little "parade" from the plant to the museum, Perkins wanted to have the lead cars be red white and blue, with the red one being the last ZR-1 produced, #448, that he was driving with Dave. So Larry Merow (founder of the original ZR-1 Registry) was second with this white ZR-1 and I was third with my '93 Quasar Blue. As we drove the 1/4 mile from the plant to the museum, I video taped it with one hand while driving, shifting and steering with the other. It was not the highest quality video, but it was a record of the event. I handed it over to Jim Voter when I sold him the '93 (which he still has) so maybe he will chime in. As I recall we had at least 300 ZR-1s there that weekend, probably the largest gathering we had before or since.--Bob __________________ 2016 Long Beach Red Z06 #10281 "POPS Z" 1995 Polo Green #409 "WARP TEN"--Haibeck 350/510 package, 4.10s, Hurst, Stock Exhaust with QTP Cutouts --Sold but still running strong 1993 Quasar Blue #161 "HIL KING" --Sold but still running strong, now with more than 120,000 miles 1967 Marlboro Maroon/Saddle Corvette Coupe 300 hp/4-spd --Sold a long time ago ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #95 NCM Lifetime Member Favorite Quote--Attributed to Mickey Thompson: "Too Much Horsepower is Almost Enough" Last edited by WARP TEN; 2 Days Ago at 11:08 AM.