NeedaLT5

How can you look at this car and NOT make a joke out of it? Did you see this thing? Lol, I love C4s and I’ve always wanted a ZR1, but it’s obvious that this one is hilarious looking...

Z51JEFF

.....it is pretty hideous.

ChumpVette

It kind of has an interesting history.

My thoughts:
1) It was owned by Mattress Mack and used as his personal car.
2) Mack always had great give-a-way prizes and it could have been one of them.

I would take the 5 minutes and craft up an email and try and get a hold of Jim @ Gallery Furniture.

Sleazy Rider

back in the early 90's mac came to our club meeting a couple times, san jacinto corvette club. he had just purchased a new zr1 and wanted to get acquainted with some other corvette people, so he said. this must be that car. anyways, never heard from him again and it looks like he used this car as a way to advertise his furniture store, tax write off.

91Vette

Congrats on your new project ZR-1, Matt!

Looking forward to many videos showing your progress.

Don’t end up selling it off like the Goblin or Monte Carlo!

And the the forum will have your back with respect to recommended mods and $$ - we won’t tell Mere!

ccmano

Not sure where in Texas you are. There’s a shop in Magnolia, “Crossed Flags Performance” that knows these cars, particularly the engine, inside out. Steve Schroeder is the owner. If you don’t know these engines I would have them go through the mechanicals to see what you actually have and what it needs. Good luck, looks like a fun project.

Oh, and www.MirrockCorvette.com a dismantler in PA just got in a 3k mile 91’ Z with a perfect interior. I believe the interior is red. Black with red guts is nice!
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Crossed Flags Performance, 36675 High Meadow Industrial Lane, Magnolia, Texas. 77355, 832-748-1286, http://www.crossedflagsllc.com/sschroder@crossedflagsllc.com

EvanZR1

Congrats and good luck on the project. The exterior is kind of hilarious, honestly I'd probably just put a wrap on it once you get the car running. All the interior is standard C4, so while it's a mess, there's plenty of donor parts available if you need them to completely redo it. I'll add another vote for Crossed Flags Performance if you need a shop to do some work. I've had really great results with them.

billschroeder5842

X2.... Steve and the crew took very good care of me and did an outstanding job on #1388

VikingTrad3r

What we have here is...a guy who likes c4's but is afraid that his subscribers don't like c4's so he is kinda making a bit of fun of it.

that said, that Z is absolutely hilarious so i say have at it man.

my guess is that you got it really really really cheap. i would have bought it too!!!!!!!

subbed and it IS NICE TO SEE more zr1 content on youtube.

novaks47

Well.....at least it's got a Corsa already on it!

Bill781

Congrats!! Be looking forward to seeing what you do with her....the idea of a mild-custom seems really appealing--I'm one of those guys who scopes out the mild-custom C2s, LOL...Best of luck with the project!

OH PS--there are a couple of FB pages for custom C4s--I'm not currently a member, but there might be some good ideas over there.

FB Custom Built C4 Corvettes

C4 Custom Rods

ccmano

Holy $hit! This guy must have a huge YouTube following. That video has gotten 687k views in 2 days!!! At least the Z is getting exposure to a new generation. Let’s see what he actually ends up doing with it?
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ghoastrider1

hope the paint is ok, I have a friend that owns a body shop,,paint still cost me $ 4,500, best of luck and keep us posted.

The Snowman

I would say that 3,2 million subscribers is a half decent following.
Saw the video on his channel a couple of days ago and I´m really looking forward to the progress with this car. It is in an interesting state right now.

RedRedRed

Sad to see what happened to a ZR1 in only 60,000 miles. That said, the dash display doesn't work, so hard to tell how many miles it really has, I guess. Must be from the paperwork, but the miles don't really matter on a project like this anyway. Definitely the worst ZR1 I've ever seen in person or in pics. Come to think of it, I've never seen a trashed ZR1 in person, only nice ones.

I don't think he's making a joke out of it, he's just having a sense of humor about what he bought. And... the video is intended for his You Tube audience, not other Corvette enthusiasts.

I couldn't believe he was just starting up a car that hadn't been on the road in 16-17 years with no prep - old gas and all. Especially a ZR1. However, he is planning to tear down and rebuild everything anyway, that's what he bought it for. I'd hate to see the block ruined by running and revving it under those conditions, though - who knows what would happen to it? Hard to believe it actually started, assuming the video is straight forward and the start up wasn't staged/edited.

Looks like he has the means to do what he plans, so I don't think it's going to end up back in the junk yard. I look forwarding to watching the progress. I hope that he provides pics/videos here directed at Corvette enthusiasts, not just for his You Tube audience.

barchetta1

Nice try with the jeep thing and brilliant move.

1993C4LT1

My 96 lt4 will be going to them shortly.
OP, congrats and keep us posted.

ccmano

Dude, get that Dexcool coolant out of that engine! It will eat up the head gaskets! This has been been documented by Marc Haibeck, ZR1Specialist.com, currently the number one authority on these engines. That engine needs the old style green coolant only!
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Jitsu

Curious what you are having done. I too have a 96 LT4.

Benny42

WOW! Mattress Mac didn't take very good care of that car!