That's next week! Ready for some Seagrams???:cheers:

I am always ready for a little after dinner totty or 2 or 3 or well you know :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers: :cheers:

Awesome Brett.
Looks good sitting next to certain 53's and 54's I know :)
guys at the shop did a nice job.

The door handles and door glass are now in. We installed the hood and adjusted the front bumper today. Now, onto the sanding and buffing tomorrow. The headlights will go in tomorrow, also. I need to get this thing home and detalied before next Wednesday.

Pretty dusty but I just had to take some pics with the hood installed. I worked pretty hard to get the panel fitment right.

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simply amazing job you are doing. It is fantastic that this great piece of Corvette history will now live on.
All of your hard work is worth it, well done

:iagree:

This car is front-page awesome and it's story belongs in every Corvette magazine being published !

I just wonder which one will be first...... GREAT JOB Brett :cheers:

Brett,

Looking Great!!!

:rock:

Thanks, guys. I had some good help.:cheers:

I'm sure whenever you've been working on this car you have that vision of it when it was brand new way back then. And we all appreciate you bringing it back to life :cool: :thumbs:

This car is going to look awsum setting in the NCM next week. Bet I get to help get it inside and set up. Then Brett can help us load up the 53. Good trade off.

Way to go!!!
:cheers:

Looking good! Would love to hear how you got the hood to fit, I have NEVER been able to get the corners of the hood to line up with the outside of the bumpers correctly!

There are SO MANY adjustments to the front end that you can get it to fit if you massage it enough.

I actually cut my own gap along the center part of the hood/bumper so the corners would be tighter at each end. I took out enough shims from the bumper and hood so they would be touching. That brought in the corners. I then cut the gap between the hood and bumper. Excellent fit at that point.

Adjustment of the inner fenders is also a big part. The inner fenders control the fender part of the bumper cover. I shimmed and elongated some of the mounting holes until I was satisfied with the fit.

All in all, I'm almost 100% happy with it. I'll tweak it some more after Bowling Green.

Very, very cool. ZR-1s were my favorite car growing up. I'm hoping to bring my car to the NCRS Nationals in 2012. Maybe I'll see you there? I'll be the one with the red Corvette. :D

Finally got it home from being sanded and buffed. Emblems, headlights and windshield banner now in place. Only have to install the B pillar weatherstrip and it's ready for Bowling Green!:woohoo::woohoo:

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Amazing work Brett, Outstanding! http://i41.tinypic.com/98xes0.gif

Beautiful!! I am very impressed by how much you have done since the last photos were posted. Amazing car!

Chris

"Congratulations" to you Brett, and a huge thank you for sharing your 1989 prototype ZR-1's journey with us here at CF.:thumbs:
Wayne(from across the pond in Oz)

Brett...You are a master craftsman, to be sure! To accomplish such a restoration is (to me) miraculous! It will be worth the trip to BG just to see that car! What a saga...:thumbs:

Looking forward to seeing you again. WooHoo! Just a few days now!

P.

Bringing this 88 back to life was a fun ride. The mechanicals will be just as fun. When Tyler told me about the car, I just had to have it. Can't wait to get it running this summer.

See everyone in BG next Wednesday!

That car is just gorgeous Brett.It was magic watching this thing come together.:thumbs:

WOW, just WOW!!! :cool:

Brett - Looks great !!!
Look forward to seeing it and hearing it !!

Well worth the standing ovation!

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:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers: :cheers:

:rofl::rofl::cheers::cheers:

It's ready to go. Juggling projects in order to get this ready for Bowling Green this week. LOTS going on but it's ready to go....finally.
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You Rock Brett. Its amazing what you do with corvettes.

Mike :cheers:

Thanks, Mike. Hope you and the Mrs are doing well these days.
:cheers:

I can not believe this is the same car that you and I picked up last fall. WOW what a transformation. :thumbs:

Spectacular :thumbs:

:cool:

Wow! just Wow!

That's awesome, good luck to you. :cheers:

Wow! :eek:

nice work

Great work! When will the interior be finished?

Cool story, cool resurrection of such an incredibly cool car!

this summer at my leisure.

Subscribed! Very awesome work you've done! :cheers:

Unbelievable!!! :rock:

First class job. Way to bring her back to life.....

Pictures do not do this car justice! Amazing job Brett!!!

It was a great weekend at the NCM. I got to realize my goal of having my car on display with the exterior complete. The next time it enters the NCM, it will be under it's own power. :cheers:

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Daniel, you ended up with one heck of a ZR1. Please post us some pics!!!!!!!

Brett, you are the man! Awesome pic there. Incredible restoration.

Mike :cheers:

That is so cool. I wish I was there :cool:

Brett - Awesome
Congrats
Looks great !!!
Peice of rolling history

Pretty amazing when you consider where Brett started from... some pics from the ZR-1 Gathering this last week>>

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Michael

Standin tall !! looks like you got a prime spot.

Gary :thumbs:

:cool:

Brett would you ever consider bring it to Carlisle, I am sure it would be "King of the Show".

Ohh hurry up already!

I probably won't take it anywhere again until I have time to get it running. I intend to make it run over the Winter months. I might bring it out again if invited. I just hate having it at a show where people can rub up against new paint.

I just like having it.

Just think if it was old and original you would not have to worry about paint.

Tyler

hahahahahahahaha...............lucky dog!:D

Sure trumps the "barn find display" cars that were at Carlisle this year.
They were only dirty and neglected, but did not have a back hoe run over them, then drop the bucket!
Your car is very, very special!
Especially to the ZR-1 crowd.
:cheers:
Marty
1FUNZR1

Thanks, Marty. :cheers:

Very special indeed! :thumbs:

Wow. Just read the 14 page build diary here. Unbelievable find, and an incredible resurrection. Kudos.

pretty amazing story, great job bringing it back to life.

It's amazing to go back and look at the early pics and compare to what it looks like now :eek: :cool:

Chiming in from the red-headed step-child forum of LS2GTO.com, just wanted to say this is absolutely amazing. I read every post in the 14 pages of this thread, it was better than most movies out these days. A beautiful story with a perfect ending. Congratulations!

Absolutely beautiful in every way. Awesome build... Awesome car. :thumbs:

Nice thred, and what a GEM of a car!!!!

Amazing!

Unbelievable story!

SAVE the WAVE! :seeya

This is a priceless thread. The passion for the car shows so much.

Job well done!

Chris

:iagree: 100%

WOW,... Great job. You saved a piece of History from the grave yard.

I know this is a older thread, but i just came across it while searching. Congrats on a job well done. :thumbs:

Is it finished yet?

All but finished. Tyler and I will fire it up this Fall and I will install the interior over the Winter months.

Thanks
Brett

Brett, you should have been at Bloomington Gold, Rick Hendrick was there and I got to talk with him for a minute or two. He seamed to be interested in anything prototype. :cheers:

Thats F'N Awesome man.... AWESOME!!!!

I remember them having a blue prototype at Carlisle in 89. I remeber drooling over it and when we were leaving the fairgrounds it pulled out and front of us and did a really impressive burnout. I wonder how many prototypes were in blue. It was flat dash car and 88/89 wheels just like yours. I may even have an old picture of it somewhere.

There were 3
EX 5005
EX 5014 Queenie
EX 5023 Bretts graveyard car, rescued by Ed Simmons and Geoff Jeal and restored by Brett.

Tyler

Respectfully!


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Any new pics, Video or sound bites? This is a very interesting thread, I'm sure there would be an interest in seeing the finished Prototype in video form. :)

:cheers:

Nothing as of yet. We'll be trying to fire her up in Sept.

Prototype ZR-1s
 

Just wanted to keep in the loop on these as a former owner of a blue 89 ZR-1 Vin #00080

Joel

Amazing stuff , I am just a 2nd time c-4 owner, No Z here but I would love to own one one day. you guys are serious good.

absolutely awesome build and a HISTORICAL restoration! my hat is off to you

For those of you who are familiar with the graveyard cars story this guy was the moneyman until he lost his job at the cape low those many years ago. The car he is talking about is the Mike Yeager 89 pilot car that still does not run. In reality he is one of those who made rescueing this and those cars possible.

Tyler

What show will be next ? This Corvette is a very important piece of Corvette history. :thumbs: :flag:

Hurry up and get this thing finished OLD BUDDY!!!!!!:D

Hey dude! Glad to see you posting again. Wazzzup??? Get that 89 back on the road yet???

Hopefully running end of Sept.

Tyler

It's alive and running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rock:

Brett --

Good on U....

Brett, Now I absolutely have to get back down to your neck of the woods. Gotta hear that sweet LT-5 for myself...:thumbs:
Way to Go my friend.

Come on down and visit. It's nice to hear a PhaseII running on it's own. Tyler is D'man.

AMAZING!!!
Great job

Greets from germany
Gerhard

congrats! now on to the next step!
George

awesome Wayne's World reference! I really want to make the MerthMobile my DD.

Anyways, amazing job Vette Daddy! Thanks for restoring an amazing piece of Corvette history!

Pictures
 

Do you have pictures of the finished car yet?

Nope. Not finished yet. Still needs interior installed.

Thanks!

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Tyler

I have to say Vette Daddy you sure do have skills to put that back together, well done sir.
I don't live to far from where all the testing of the KOH cars were done i am even aware of someone who worked on the suspension testing and on ocassion was allowed to drive on the public roads in East Anglia UK. The white one comes to mind in the picture at a friends near Wisbech.:thumbs:

Thanks for the kind words. It was very gratifying to rebuild such an important part of GM/Automotive Corvette history.