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Old 08-22-2011, 05:10 PM
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I was wondering how to get a value if my car is a rare prototype?
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That would depend upon the color.
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Vin?
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Pics of engine?
Old 08-22-2011, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by mater916
I was wondering how to get a value if my car is a rare prototype?
Please don't take offense, but doubtful you have a 1986 prototype.

How long have you owned the car?

Does the vin number start with an E?

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Originally Posted by LT5corsa
Please don't take offense, but doubtful you have a 1986 prototype.

How long have you owned the car?

Does the vin number start with an E?

More details!



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no offense just trying to find info the vin starts with a 1
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the car is in my pics, and the vin starts with 1 ,350 v8 5.7
Old 08-22-2011, 08:18 PM
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This won't end well.
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Do you have an L98 tuned port engine or an LT5?
Old 08-22-2011, 08:29 PM
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I am obviously clueless I just wanted a vette,bought it from a collectors son,had no room for it with the lambo and ferrari, got it real cheap
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Originally Posted by mater916
I am obviously clueless I just wanted a vette,bought it from a collectors son,had no room for it with the lambo and ferrari, got it real cheap
Take pictures of the motor and I'll bet you have a stock 350 (which is a great motor).

If it was a 1986 prototype in original condition, it might be priceless.



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Originally Posted by mater916
I am obviously clueless I just wanted a vette,bought it from a collectors son,had no room for it with the lambo and ferrari, got it real cheap
I will step out on a limb here.
I am absolutely positive that it's not a prototype ZR1.
There are only a handful of ZR1 prototypes that survived.
This ain't one of them.
More than likely it's a standard C4 with ZR1 emblems added on.
Hope you got it *REAL* cheap, otherwise you got screwed.
I could be wrong and I will apologize if I am.

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Based on the pictures you have, it is just a run of the mill 1986 L98.

The rear is a 91-96 rear cap, but it is not a ZR-1 rear either since it is not wide enough.

The badge on the rear has no bearing on what the car is.
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To my knowledge, there are only two 86 mule cars. Keith Beschi owns both and one is still crushed.
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Originally Posted by bb62
Based on the pictures you have, it is just a run of the mill 1986 L98.

The rear is a 91-96 rear cap, but it is not a ZR-1 rear either since it is not wide enough.

The badge on the rear has no bearing on what the car is.
I am not seeing the pictures??
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the body is a zr1,I AM THINKING THEY PUT IT ON?
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Originally Posted by mater916
the body is a zr1,I AM THINKING THEY PUT IT ON?
Doubtful, it would have been very costly.

PICTURES of the engine and rear bumper will help.



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The cars used by Lotus for LT-5 engine fitment were normal 86 vin cars shipped over to England. The stock engine was pulled and various iterations of the Phase I LT-5 were installed for testing. All were crushed and one was recreated from the remains of 2 cars and a donar car.

The first cars assembled that can be labled as true ZR-1 prototype were the 25 built as 88 year models in the May June 1987 time frame, two are known to exist. One EX5014 will be on display at Carslile this week.

These first 25 were not idenfified as ZR-1s on the build sheet rather they are labled 'King of the Hill', aparently the ZR-1 designation was not applied until after the build of these cars. In fact the green ligtht for these cars was not actually given until Dec 1988 months after the first cars were on the street.

You do not have a ZR-1.

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I'll admit I don't know crap about corvettes,and listened to the bull I was told,I'm a girl lol,but I do have a 1973 chevelle deluxe,it's in my pics,beautiful and hard to find
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I only paid 1,000 for a running vette, no matter what it is,that's a steal


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