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ZR-1?
ZR-1?
December 31 1969 07:01:36 PM EST
Corvette age check here.

I say, “ZR-1”. If you only think of the 1990-1995 C4 Mercury Marine, Lotus-designed OHC engined Vettes…..you're a Corvette n00b.

ZR-1 has an older heritage.

GM first introduced the ZR-1 package back in 1970. This beast included the LT-1 350ci 370hp [maybe more like 400hp] engine, the M22 transmission, transistor ignition, aluminum radiator, heavy-duty power brakes, special springs and shocks, front and rear stabilizer bars, and a metal fan shroud.

The package also included 4 fiberglass flared wheel wells (not installed).

A cold air induction hood and side pipes could be ordered separately.

Strong stuff in the 70's.

BTW, the really first ZR-1? The 1923 USS Shenandoah, a 2,115,000 cubic foot rigid airship. Fabricated in Philadelphia, PA, assembled in Lakehurst, NJ, she first flew in September that year.
2 years later, on 9/3/1925, during the first leg of a publicity flight, ZR-1 Shenandoah encountered violent weather over Ohio and crashed.

Corvette had better luck with its ZR-1’s.

So, if BlueDevil really is to become the next ZR-1……not so bad. But, stay away from the helium.