Prototype ZL-1 Possibly Found

[MotownMadman]

Charley,
I had givin that a great deal of consideration before making this post.... There are several fail safe systems involved with the deal. First of all he is a life long family friend, and secondly he has a deposit contingent on his decision to sell, if not the deposit is returned. The purpose of this post was to get an rough idea what it may be worth as he is unsure what to charge as I am unsure what to pay. No amount of money would cause this gentleman to lose a life long friendship between two families let alone litigation. The place for knowledgable input on approxiamate value would be here. Put blood in the water and the sharks will come. Thanks for the good advice though Charlie. Without failsafes I would not have posted this. I have been sitting on this situation for over a month and once I was satisfied the bases were covered from being tossed from the game I am here looking for input. After the last screwing I took I am a lot more cautious and consult with my attorney before I do anything. He assures me I am locked in on this one legally, and more importantly morally. I am yet to be positive it is the car, I am going to take Jim Mattison to have a look see.
Thanks,
Motown

[COPO_Anders]

Are we talking about the prototype for the 100 Berger street ZL-1 cars that were never ordered ?
Weren´t there two cars built, one manual and one auto ?
I remember reading on this forum about a year ago that one had surfaced. I think it was in Houston. Am I wrong ?

Anders

[copo9566aa]

It's a clone or a real this one.

[firstgenaddict]

There was a clone built and it was in MCR a few years back. Looks just like the one in the GM photo.

[DarrenX33]

Roger- Is this picture the clone or real one?

[427TJ]

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After the last screwing I took I am a lot more cautious and consult with my attorney before I do anything. He assures me I am locked in on this one legally, and more importantly morally.

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No offense, but morality and money go together about as well as water and oil. If the car turns out to be the ZL-1 concept Camaro and it has its original engine intact underhood, I'd guess the car is worth AT LEAST $300K. You gonna' give the owner $300K for it? No, don't answer, that was a rhetorical question. What if the owner decides at a later date that you got the car from him for too low a price and feels mislead as to the car's worth? Again, no answer needed. See, the concept of morality and money combined forms a very slippery slope, lawyer(s) or no. I would say that the conflict between morality and money is why lawyers were invented in the first place. Tread carefully and good luck.

"Your conscience is the one thing that feels bad when everything else feels good."

[SMGCO]

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By talking about it here before you have it bought you are setting yourself up for another fall. You have given enough info out that the sharks are probably turning over every rock in the neighborhood. If someone finds it and buys it out from under you, think back to this post. If I were on the verge of getting ahold of that car I absolutely would not mention it anywhere till it was locked in my garage.

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I second that and recommend we all apply this principal to all our trades/deals.

[69motion]

Motown take it from me get the car then talk about it im sure someone is already on a plane to snake it out from under you !! i hope you get the car icant wait to see the pics good luck jeff

[All American Racer]

Motown mentioned the MC65 plate that matches up to old photos.?! I don't know but it sure sounds legit to me but for a quarter million bucks I guess anything is possible. Best of luck Motown. Marc

[x44d80]

Motown, I asked Ed C. about these 2 cars almost 20 years ago and he had no info, suspected them crushed or revinned and sold by GM. Have you asked Ed or Jim if they have any new info on it?. I'm sure for what the car is worth it would be in your best interest not to share until you have the car in your garage. Good luck.