Pilot Car

[John D.]

Re: Pilot Car

Today many of the early non-saleable units have VINS that end in "EX" so they can never ever be sold to the public

[Pat M.]

Re: Pilot Car

Today many of the early non-saleable units have VINS that end in "EX" so they can never ever be sold to the public

Brit NCRS member and former Corvette Fever contributor Tom Falconer has (or recently had) an EX C4:

http://www.corvette.co.uk/tomfalconer/EX4670%20PDF%20C-Fever.pdf

[James G.]

Re: Pilot Car

I have the fuel injection short block for 1963 Vin # 0022. It is stamped 3100022 F0618RF= Flint plant, Monday June 18, 1962, fuel injection. The E102 cast date is Thursday May 10, 1962 .Has 6 qt oil pan, camshaft, front cover.

Franz Estereicher has history on many of the 63 Pilot line cars. #003 thru #023. There are a few holes, but every year something new appears, or re-appears. This engine was discoverd in Detroit in 1987.

And car #0022 was reported to me as a Daytona Blue / blue convert in the Boston area, but it has not been confirmed. I would love to offer this engine to the original car owner for reasonable $$ if he will come forward.

Owners of 0021 and 0023 have both shown interest, which I am considering, but would rather find the original car.

[Tyler T.]

Re: Pilot Car

Brit NCRS member and former Corvette Fever contributor Tom Falconer has (or recently had) an EX C4:

I have 1988 ZR-1 EX5014, classified as a prototype. See attached.

http://deliquescence.net/~tyler/prototype/87_89production.jpg

I think 1988 produced more Pilot, Prototype, and engineering cars than any other year in GMs corporate history.

Blue car is 1988 ZR-1 prototype (EX5014) the purple is a 1989 ZR-1 pilot car Vin 94,used a press car for several years repainted Purple for California show ckt and sold at BJ several years ago with a MSO and car is registered in Ariz owned by Eric Jackson who also has 89 Pilot # 4 that I found in south Florida 5 years ago,

http://deliquescence.net/~tyler/prototype/88_mus_11.JPG

Tyler

[Gary B.]

Re: Pilot Car

Brit NCRS member and former Corvette Fever contributor Tom Falconer has (or recently had) an EX C4:

http://www.corvette.co.uk/tomfalcone...%20C-Fever.pdf

He still had it as of the end of June, 2010 when I saw it at the CCC-UK Nationals.
Looks nice with some original markings still on it.

[Jack H.]

Re: Pilot Car

Plus, Brit member, Chris Howard, has 1963 SN 23. This was a SPECIAL pilot car built under Shop Order # 10271 and shipped to England for the London Motor Show. There's absolutely NOTHING that's factory/production on this car as it was hand built in Detroit using a myraid of prototype parts...

[Eric J.]

Re: Pilot Car

Tyler it's #074 and was sold on it's MSO.. and per Dave McLellan was 100% Fed. certified . They had to be to show them in France. You will note in the old France press pictures all of the 89s there (VINs #50 to #68) had regular Michigan license plates. Now #004 was the Advertiising/Brochure Pilot sold on a Salvage Title. Now "Restored" Salvage. #004 was produced in 3/88 over a year before #074 was. Now my Saturn Powertrain pilot looks completely different than any other Saturn (it's a Lola T9090 race car with a pilot Saturn 1.9L powerplant) They used it for durability tests on the engine.

Eric

I have 1988 ZR-1 EX5014, classified as a prototype. See attached.

http://deliquescence.net/~tyler/prototype/87_89production.jpg

I think 1988 produced more Pilot, Prototype, and engineering cars than any other year in GMs corporate history.

Blue car is 1988 ZR-1 prototype (EX5014) the purple is a 1989 ZR-1 pilot car Vin 94,used a press car for several years repainted Purple for California show ckt and sold at BJ several years ago with a MSO and car is registered in Ariz owned by Eric Jackson who also has 89 Pilot # 4 that I found in south Florida 5 years ago,

http://deliquescence.net/~tyler/prototype/88_mus_11.JPG

Tyler