19K mile ZR1 - Giveaway for Carlisle -->

[racelance]

Hey all-

I just wanted to drop you a line & let you know we finally found the perfect give-away car for this year's Corvettes at Carlisle - a 19,000 very nice ZR1 Corvette which will be given away on Aug. 28th @ 3PM!

As many of you already know we are having a 10th/15th year reunion for the ZR1's - if you haven't already registered for this event you can do so by clicking here: Click Here! (we are trying to get a large ZR1 gathering - the earlier you register the better - it allows us to figure out the space alotment).

Corvettes at Carlisle August 26-28, 2005

Here are a couple of links that might help you if you are considering going to this years Corvettes at Carlisle event:

1. Corvettes at Carlisle Website

2. Registering your Corvette for the Fun Field

3. Directions to Carlisle, PA

4. Schedule of Activities for the weekend

5. Hotel Information & Contact List

6. Weather in Carlisle, PA

7. Saturday @ NOON - August 27, 2005 - REV YOUR ENGINES for 20 Seconds & follow with a moment of silence. A tribute for my father, Chip Miller.

If you have any questions, please feel free posting them here & I'll be happy to "try" and answer them for you. This year should be a blast as always!

If anyone has anything else that would be helpful to add - please feel free posting it here.

Again, I'm looking forward to another wonderful year!

Sincerely,

Lance Miller

 

[tomtom72]

Hi Mr Miller, First my condolences on your families' loss. I have never been to a vette gathering. I have only had two vettes in my life so all this is a new world to me. I own a 90 Z now. Forgive my ignorance but is any vette owner allowed to register? I'm not yet a NCM member. I just joined ZR1netRegistry, I am a NCRS rookie & I'm a member here. Like I said, stupid questions. I can just go & register without being a Carlisle member? Thanks for your patience,Tom.

 

[racelance]

Hi Mr Miller, First my condolences on your families' loss. I have never been to a vette gathering. I have only had two vettes in my life so all this is a new world to me. I own a 90 Z now. Forgive my ignorance but is any vette owner allowed to register? I'm not yet a NCM member. I just joined ZR1netRegistry, I am a NCRS rookie & I'm a member here. Like I said, stupid questions. I can just go & register without being a Carlisle member? Thanks for your patience,Tom.

Tom-

Welcome to the Vette world! Thank you for your kind words.

All you need to do is simply register for the Fun Display - it's open to all Corvette owners - it will allow you to park on-grounds for the three day event (the earlier you get there, the better spot you will get). If you are bringing your ZR1, I'd suggest signing up for the "ZR1 Reunion" - Click here to register online. If you plan on bringing your other Corvette you can simply sign up for the "Fun Display".

The weekend will be action packed! We look forward to having you share the weekend in Carlisle! Until then, enjoy that ZR1!

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate asking.

Sincerely,

Lance

 

[Tyler Townsley]

Lance

Per request.


http://www.sirgalahad.org/tyler/prototype/87Museumrear.jpg

Story in a microsoft word doc format.

http://www.sirgalahad.org/tyler/prototype/APrototypesStory.doc

Car is running. It needs some more work but found 2 bad protype DIS modules and the production DIS modules were wired differently.


In regular text format.

Tyler

A Prototypes Story

My official name is P8Y087 EX5014 1G1YY2180J5100043 but my friends call me Queenie. I am a very special car and this is my story as I know it. Some things I do not remember very well but my owner is trying to piece it together. I started life in May of 1987 in Bowling Green Ky on a 1987 production line. For some reason everybody who touched me was real excited and talked about KOH or King of the Hill, I figured they were illiterate as everyone knows sports cars are feminine. How do I know I am special? Well they did special things to me as they built me. The most amazing thing was they gave me a Phase 2 LT5 motor made in England for a heart and a backbone six speed ZF transmission made in Germany. Then they let me butt into the 1987 production line (after vin 126565) and used custom made parts that were being developed for the ZR1 cars to be built in 1989(slipped to 1990), some 1987 parts, and 1988 parts.

The list of custom built parts include:
Widened doors that show new mold marks
Rear body panel for lights and license area that was 3 inches wider and a new design with different taillights and backup lights. It was made in a new mold.
Rear body moldings that are hand made. Note the seam in the door where it was widened.
Inner aprons that are hand made.
Quarter panels that are hand laid.
Special lower rocker panels.
Front inner splash panels are different to allow more clearance for the LT5 motor.
My A/C system and wiper motor cutout had to be hand made so the motor would fit, note the CPC tags on the items that were used as models for later production.
The engine mounting cradle was made by Dana and is unique. Tag can be viewed by looking under the car from the front.
I do not have a normal vin tag, the EX is for experimental!
I have 1987 style wheels with the gray spokes but they are 17’’ by 9.5’’ in the front and 17’’ by 11’’ in the rear.
My tires were special made by Goodyear and were not for ‘resale’.
I have a special laid back radiator assembly with a matched notched hood.
Carpeted door sills without edging.
Special water overflow tank.

My specific duties were to do noise control design testing and heat control design testing. After I was built I was trucked to Milford avoid those pesky automotive spy people and their cameras. Those days were like being in heaven. Everyone who saw me was excited and I even made it to Arizona where I collected some awful sand. I had hardly been driven (3700 mi) and my master decided to DESTROY me! They took my heart, my vin and my backbone. I was put in darkness to await my fate but something happened, I was not crushed so I kept very quiet hoping they would forget me. After some time I was moved and placed in another corner for some years waiting to be turned into a Pro Street race car. Me lose my identity as a special car, things were dark again. My new owner put coilovers on my knees which felt better but I figured that was the beginning of the end. Then a new buyer came and looked at me with some friends and one was someone I knew, Gorden K and Tom Hill! They looked me over and confirmed I was Queenie and I was sold again to an enlightened buyer who kept me in his showroom, but I longed for my old heart and the freedom to run again. Wonder of wonder I have been sold again but it looks like I will become the special car I was in June of 1987. My new owner called on an Ex Lotus engineer who has built and installed my phase 2 (P2 S/N 42) LT5 heart. I could have had a P4-7 heart but I wanted what I started with so P2 it is. It will be the only P2 simplex chain LT5 motor running in the world. He also found a prototype ZF transmission (S/N 210) that had a low miles and a broken shifter fork, it is being fixed for me. So you see me in transition back to being what I once was and hopefully the next time we meet I will have everything completed. I hope to have information on my sister cars one of which got smashed real bad in England during those dark days when my original master lost his mind.



Queenie

 

[racelance]

Tyler-

Thanks bud! I hope all is well with you...

Sincerely,

Lance