72 Zr1

[David H.]

How many were produced and are they accounted for?

[Warren F.]

Re: 72 Zr1

20, and at my last count I had 14 accounted for, but that was awhile ago.

[David H.]

Re: 72 Zr1

Warren; thank you; I have found a very interesting thing. I have not personally verified this but I will have pictures tomorrow. The engine to #168569 or 3 ! In a 1985 camaro in Louisiana. My BIL was looking at buying an engine for his camaro project and asked me to run the code CKZ. I was amazed at what I found. He is going to purchase this car tomorrow either way so it will be safe. Please help in any way you can with info about these cars

[Joe L.]

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Warren; thank you; I have found a very interesting thing. I have not personally verified this but I will have pictures tomorrow. The engine to #168569 or 3 ! In a 1985 camaro in Louisiana. My BIL was looking at buying an engine for his camaro project and asked me to run the code CKZ. I was amazed at what I found. He is going to purchase this car tomorrow either way so it will be safe. Please help in any way you can with info about these cars

David------


If I'm reading you correctly, your brother-in-law has found an engine originally from a ZR-1 but not the actual Corvette it was originally installed in? If so, the engine would really only have special value if the car it was originally installed in could be located.

[David H.]

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That is true Joe; that is the purpose of this discussion along with me getting familiar with ZR1 facts. I'll get pictures today and hopefully cast numbers and such via e-mail. This car may belong to a fellow member and he/she would never know it was a ZR1 without seeing the engine with the serial # on it.

[Terry M.]

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That is true Joe; that is the purpose of this discussion along with me getting familiar with ZR1 facts. I'll get pictures today and hopefully cast numbers and such via e-mail. This car may belong to a fellow member and he/she would never know it was a ZR1 without seeing the engine with the serial # on it.

Dave,
Be sure to get the casting number AND date. The CKZ code was used in some other far more pedestrian applications in 1973, 1974 and 1977. Over the years I have had occasion to visit with several people who thought they had the mother load. BTW: '#168569 or 3' is too high a number to be a Corvette number, even if the first number is a check digit. And the check digit for 1972 is a 2. Don't get your hopes up.

[David H.]

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Terry; thank you; this is the info I need to know. I did not look further up the years at other codes and I was suspect of the serial numbers already.

[Joe L.]

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Dave,
Be sure to get the casting number AND date. The CKZ code was used in some other far more pedestrian applications in 1973, 1974 and 1977. Over the years I have had occasion to visit with several people who thought they had the mother load. BTW: '#168569 or 3' is too high a number to be a Corvette number, even if the first number is a check digit. And the check digit for 1972 is a 2. Don't get your hopes up.

Terry------


Yes, engine suffix codes are model year-specific and are often re-used. The same thing is true for RPO codes. For example, some of our "cherished" engine RPO codes from the 60's and 70's later became the RPO codes for very different engines. For example, the LT1 code has been used for at least 3 completely different engines.

[Terry M.]

Re: 72 Zr1

Terry------


Yes, engine suffix codes are model year-specific and are often re-used. The same thing is true for RPO codes. For example, some of our "cherished" engine RPO codes from the 60's and 70's later became the RPO codes for very different engines. For example, the LT1 code has been used for at least 3 completely different engines.

Ah, so right you are Joe. I own the third use of Z06, and it looks like there will be a fourth. It must be a good seller for Corvette.