SOLD
Not only is this C6 Corvette a like new low mileage car, but it’s a supercharged ZR1! There’s a reason this car was known internally as the Blue Devil, with its supercharged 6.2 liter V8 it was a serious machine! They only built 110 of these and this one has seen just 250 miles and is in pristine condition. If any modern Chevrolet is going to become a highly sought-after collector’s item, this is it! You can take a closer look and bid on it via the link below.
Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona
Mileage: 253
Title Status: Clean
VIN: 1G1YN2DT7A5800263
Seller’s Description: It might be 8 years old, but it’s like new. It’s covered just 253 miles. It’s not so much a barn find, but more of a mansion Garage Mahal find. The owner’s garage is to die for.
Body Condition: Absolutely perfect and in new condition.
Mechanical Condition: Perfect, it’s only covered 253 miles.
Auction Listing: Here on eBay
I can’t believe it’s already been 9 years since GM debuted these supercharged Corvettes! The only problem I’d have with buying this one is that I’d want to drive it every day. Would you have the self-control needed to keep it parked? Our thanks to Frank C for listing this amazing machine with us. If you have a future classic that needs a good home, please consider listing it here on Barn Finds!
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“Blue Devil” because the top dog at GM at the time, Rick Waggoner (Fired during the GM bailout) was a Duke graduate. Duke Blue Devils.”Blue Devil” was the codename for the development project. I’m guessing $90,000 will take this baby home and at that price they might even throw in the floor mats.
Beautiful car – sort of a shame that no one has gotten to drive it for the last 8 years, but if you can afford one you get to decide what to do with it.
WHAT makes this car qualify as a “Barn Find”? Come on!
It’s listed as a classified ad, not written up as a barn find.
Steve R
I thought I accidentally clicked on Bring A Trailer.
That site needs to change its name to “Bring A Checkbook.”
Wasn’t this the first corvette to touch 205 mph? One of the best GM commercials I’ve seen when this car debuted. Shows a staff hand assembled the engine and a rocket taking off.
Barn Finds is for us dreamers who can maybe possibly be able to pull off a restore on some old cast away. These never driven one of a kind super cars are fun to drool over, but really belong to BAT with the 10 Porsches listed daily. I find them boring. Once the project is over – they just become over priced dust collectors.
Very poor decision to not even break-in the motor.
I would never buy something like this (Corvettes don’t fit my needs, and low mileage cars are of no value to me), but I love that this is shown here on BarnFinds.com. It’s a unique car (VERY low production) and has obviously been stored (VERY low mileage). Thanks to the BF crew!
– John
Amen, brother. I like reading about all cars here, barn finds or not.
For those that don’t like these listings, stop wasting your time looking at them, and better yet, don’t waste any more of your precious time commenting on them.
Sounds like an easy plan.
I have neither the $$ nor the space to store something like this.
Funny thing though, this last month I had a chance to sit in both a C6 & C7 manuals. Now I’ve not gotten down with a tape measure to confirm it, but seat of the pants feeling is my C4 has more room in the footwell than either of these did. May not seem like a big deal to most, but it is to someone with big feet.
Even though it’s fast it doesn’t get there any faster when doing a cruise with the Corvette Club. Mine keeps up just fine on the highway.
I’ll keep and drive my C4, that’s where they belong – on the road.
Agree 100%. I would do my best to crack 300,000 miles with this car It would be the ultimate daily driver.
… I’m not sure this car is designed to be on a pokey Sunday tour with a Corvette Club….
There’s an instructor at our local track that owns one and I’ve been in it. It’s impressive to say the least, nearly untouchable in stock form.
Where do you think most people put that speed to use? Whether a ZR1, Hellcat, Nismo, or whatever: most people don’t have a place to exercise them other than the street? I’ve been in my share of fast cars and trucks and owned a couple of them over the years. One member has a 2019 ZR1 and it is an impressive car but without going 200+ miles to the nearest track there’s nowhere to really exercise it other than the streets and highways. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of his tires/rims cost more than what I have invested in my C4. At least I can say mine is paid for.
Sorry, I gave up racing back when the local tracks started closing down. Today, I’d rather put some gas in the convertible and go out for a cruise rather than take it to the streets. I may not have the blood-rush that flat out accelerating can give you, but then again I’m not laying under it any more replacing broken parts from racing like I used to do years ago.
I just find it more enjoyable now days to go out and enjoy the ride for what it’s worth. If someone has the finances to handle one of these vehicles and doing it somewhere other than the streets, more power to them. Reality is here you can’t take advantage of the vehicles now days, so they don’t make a lot of sense for most people IMO except to show off.
That would be the day I would tour with a car club.LOL
@86 Vette Convertible – Brought a tear to my eye. You are so right. From your keyboard to God’s monitor.
I haven’t sat in a C6 or C7, but I’m thinking that Chevy has been reducing the size of the Corvette since the C5. If true, that might explain why the C4 is a better fit for you.
No price? I guess he doesn’t want to sell it.
This might sound fairly radical, but I’ve developed a position about why there are so many ultra-low-mileage you name it supercars: Viper (especially), ZR-1 Corvettes and Camaros, Hellcats and Demons, to name a few, but not to mention all the euro buggies of the same ilk.
4-5, even 600 or so horsepower in a modern car makes for an excellent, responsive driver. Fun to ‘punch it’ once in awhile, or carve a ‘twisty’ on occasion.
However; when you get to 7,8, 9 hundred, even 1000 or so horsepower, things change. The first is… the throttle. A driver’s most personal link to the car’s engine. Whereas with lower horsepower ‘super’ cars, there is gobs of HP and torque, it is still like driving a much ‘stronger’ version of the same sorts of cars one is used to. The throttle in the ultracars feels nothing like those you are used to. You use little to none of the pedal most of the time.
It is rather like Jay Leno’s Turbine motorcycle; for in-town riding he has to stay on the brake to varying degrees, since the turbine idles at 65 m.p.h. for that installation.
Next is the transmission; most of the newer ultras are automatics. It is about as far from the gritty ’60’s M22, Hemi 4-speed, or Ford Top Loader as you can get. The experience is much less like a true sports car such as an XKE, Miata or 124 Spider, and more like well… what? A land Speed Record Car? No. Although most can generate LSR-like speed. Ronny Sox’s Hemi Super Stock? No. The experience is generally nowhere near as unrefined and brutal. An all out Rallye Car? Not that either.
Again; like Leno’s Turbine Motorcycle, it has an automatic transmission (of sorts) – 1 speed. You don’t get to use the throttle, and you don’t get to shift gears. I would infinitely rather a Harley Road Glide Screaming Eagle or Hayabusa (even a turbo) for daily riding.
Finally; where do you leave them? They are so expensive and or exotic, you can’t (or shouldn’t) take them to the store, to school, to work, or to run errands. You can’t park them on the street (and expect that they’ll be there when you get back). So, you must have a ‘daily’ car. All of these choices further detach the owner from the driving experience.
The problem is that the ultra cars detach the driver from the experience more than their lesser brethren, while exacting much higher costs in fuel, tires, brakes, etc…
They are fun for a short time. But the high-performance cars that are their forebears and peers engage the driver in a more intimate way, and are more enjoyable and less expensive as daily transportation (which is what cars are meant to do (as was so eloquently stated by @1986 Vette Convertible -).
Personally, I think the Mustang GT350, Standard Corvette Convertible (even the Z06 – now that they offer it as a convertible), or the Dodge Challenger R/T (or even Wildcat) offer a much better daily driving experience than their ultra stablemates. That assertion is borne out by the number of miles each accumulates as a used car.
638 BHP. I would take my chances and still try for 300,000 miles.
what TriPowerVette said!
@Frank Sumatra – I remember distinctly when I chose sides in this war of horsepower vs drive-ability. My brother and I had a 1971 HemiCuda convertible. It was quick enough, but, in order to make it really competitive, we would have had to do things to it that neither of us wanted.
I was at my friend’s house (he had a 1966 Hemi Charger), and he had just received his new copy of Hot Rod (I think) in the mail. In it, there was an article about a construction worker who owned and drove a 1970 Hemi Challenger daily – as we did the ‘Cuda.
The difference was, this mad man was running a full house 426 Hemi, built by the Landy Bros (I think), with a Lenco xmission. The car had an aluminum interior and engine compartment.
It was at that moment, that who I was/am came in to focus. I knew we would never beat people like him, either on the street or the track. But we didn’t want to, either. I like a ‘built’ engine / transmission / rear, but nothing too radical. I wanted to be among the top dogs in the ‘sort-of-stock’ category. Hence; my lifelong love affair with Hemi’s, 440+6’s, 427/454 Chevys (mostly Corvettes), 427 and Boss Fords, Turbos, Superchargers, and the like.
I will likely never own a T-Bucket, Deuce or the like, either. But I love seeing what others do with them.
As Dirty Harry Callahan said; “A man has to know his limitations.
I gave you a ‘thumbs up’, and a good luck…
Does your friend still own the 1966 Hemi Charger ?
Does your friend still own the 1966 Hemi Charger ?
@TCOPPS – No, sir. That was many years ago, and many miles on many odometers. Thank you and thumbs up.
I am the seller. I would love to drive this ZR1 across the country if the owner would let me. A huge banner flying from a trailer hitch saying “buy me now while I still have low mileage”. Knowing how the owner loves to drive he might let me.
This car is obviously like new and amazing, but the best part is that even with 300,000 miles this will still be a dependable fun to drive car from a by gone age of front engine V8, big horsepower and a clutch.
Thank you for all of your comments.
For anyone that is interested in this ZR1. I spoke to the seller today , and he told me to really lower the reserve. I have done so. Bidding is very close now.