BC

It could. Usually these threads go this way when people start to lash out because I am being open and honest, and some of my info hits a bit too close to home. I am always on the edge of the population because I don't own these cars because they made by Porsche - I wouldn't care if it said Datsun. I won them because of various characteristics I was not able to find when I started. Times have changed drastically, am I am not blind to what else is out there for perusing.

Jim bailey - 928 International

The C-3 is parked in the weeds with no license plate....that says something !

Bill51sdr

Looks like a C4 to me...

icsmike

Yep thats a C4

hacker-pschorr

Did anyone mention that is a C4? 86-90 to be specific, if I remember my C4's properly.

BC

I did not know the car was not changed between that weed-killing body in the picture and the ZR-1 smoothed shape. I supposed it was just refreshed without a full redesign, so its a C4.

hacker-pschorr

The first year of the ZR-1 they changed the tail (square tail lights, rounder not caved in bumper) while the front end stayed the same as other vette's. The ZR-1 was also much wider in the rear.
For the second year of the ZR-1, every Corvette received the updated rear end and all Vette's received the newer front end. The side vents on the front fenders also changed.
Even after the accross the board change, the ZR-1 still retained a wider tail than the "stock" vette.
This is one reason why many Vette fans feel the ZR-1 was such a flop. You pay double over a regular vette with almost no visual cues as to what you purchased.

pewter82

ZR1's have more squared tail lights, longer wider body, 11" rear's. Later, the 93-96 normal C4 got the squared rear lights.

jason

pewter82

The demise or "flop" of the ZR1 was in 93 when a person could order the LT4 330hp and have a car that was very simular in looks to the ZR1 for half the price..the ZR1 option alone with the LT5 was about 32000 on top of the standard price IIRC.

jason

Bret928

I recall a similar bitch by some 911 owners over the styling cues (like headlights) of the Boxter.

Paying out all that dough & avreage citizens (John Q. Public) on the street couldn't tell the differance.

hacker-pschorr

91-96 have the same tail on all "regular" Vette's. The ZR-1 had a unique body for only one year, 1990. Unless you count the wider rear end, most people never notice this since it's very subtle.
That didn't help either. Chevy was supposed to make the "Black Widow" ZR-1 engine standard by 1993, they never did.

cobalt

I thought the ZR-1 was 1.3 inches wider on either side and had that special key on the center console so you could cut down the HP because they thought it was more than the average person could handle.

Jim bailey - 928 International

I always had trouble with my A,B,C s. C-3,C-4 Besides I never got over the original Corvette Blue Flame 6 cylinder 2 speed powerglide !

pewter82

Its subtle on the visual but if you know what to look for like the 3rd brake light on all ZR1's are on the top of the hatch, the wider and longer rear is hard to see unless they sit side by side and ofcourse the 11" rear's 315/35/17 is a huge tire for those days!\

jason
93 ZR1 Artic/Black 14K
83S 5-speed Guards/Tan 61K

hacker-pschorr

Damn it!!! Forgot about the 3rd brake light. That is always the #1 giveaway.