Rescuing a BARN FIND Corvette C4 ZR-1 in ENGLAND! Part 2 90s American Supercar Rebuild
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2024
- After filming with Jonny Smith off of @smithandsniff and @TheLateBrakeShow we get the ZR-1 back home to Nottingham and give it a nice clean as well as test some of the electrics... The project begins !
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Who's here after the last Late Brake Show episode? 😉🙋
Everyone
Yep!
Hello 🙂
hahaha was just about to comment the same!
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For a car that's sat outside for the best part of twenty years and has a targa top, the interior has already come up fantastically well.
It's amazing how the design of this gen Corvette has aged so well. Cool looking car.
We really love the interior, its genuinely a nice interior and looking at it through a classic car eyes its well put together for the time!
Came over from The Late Brake show, really good to see how one of Johny's barn finds goes. Don't know anything about these American cars but great work on that interior
Good job with the interior 👏👏 it seems like new and in a incredibly good condition after 18 years out there.
Thanks Marcos!! We think we’re lucky with the interior and agree it’s held up really well!
I'm not massively surprised that so much stuff worked - it's from the golden age of pre-can car electronics, where most things are properly sorted, simple switches and relays. 😊
I think 90s cars are peak cars too!
It is so satisfying to bring back a minging car to a more sanitary condition. Good luck with the remaining recommissioning.
Couldn't agree more, just a first clean to reduce the number of spores down a fraction!
@@Auto_Funk Will you drive it to Shetland and show it to the previous owner after all? I can hardly wait to see him cry with joy.
That's an impressive transformation! Amazing what a bit of elbow grease can do.
Thankyou :)!! Makes it a bit nicer to be around.
The dirt protected the interior.. 😮😮😮
It might well have done to be fair! Protected it from the UV!
We reckon it was a combination of the dirt and that solar windshield, what do you think??
Definitely, you need to get it uploaded mid week at the latest 👍👍
Excited to follow your progress... great job rescuing this King of the Hill.
Nice seeing a couple blokes from across the pond taking the time to save an old American classic from my teens!!!
Thanks! Definitely something different in the UK … Ordinary C4’s are scarce enough here never mind ZR-1’s!
My 1992 Corvette was the most reliable car I have owned.
What a car,great video looking forward to the next one
A good clean is always a good morale booster for a new project
Part the reason why we did it, see whats what and make it nicer to work on. Tbh you don't want debris falling in everywhere!
Because of Jonny I noticed You both with Your ZR1. I will follow You on this journey.
I’m insanely jealous of this. I’m a 42 year old American and this is my dream car. Look up WEST Corvette Japan. Their C4 ZR-1s are absolutely legendary.
G101 diluted cleaner is your friend!
You guys have a captive market right now. You'd be mad to wait 6 days before releasing this vid - assuming its finished
Once a week is fine chill out
@@cheeselouisesome are inpatient and want everything now lol
@@LFCsince93 well some are ungrateful and demanding, it is free content after all, you could always pay to be a Patreon member if they started that
The previous owner should be ABSOLUTELY ashamed of himself.
I agreed. CZcams watches get bored easy. You need to churn the uploads out whilst the iron is hot. Once you have built up a fan base, then you can settle down in to a routine
Agreed!! We’re going to try and out lots of content out ASAP for you all 👌👍🏻👍🏻
Na, take your time and don't burn yourself out. Quality over quantity. Work on the thumbnails too. Need to build a wider audience, the subs you have aren't going anywhere. We know why we joined.
Proper car enthusiasts don't get bored easily
@@ant2312 they do, hence why we own loads of cars and change them often and modify/ work on them
Go guys!! Greetings from South Africa!! 😂You asked for it😂😂😂!! ❤❤❤
get the grillers on the bri and pull up a chair under the lapa
Yes I am and will continue to watch the development of this car ❤
The Late Brake Show brought me here, and I'm staying for the ride! Nice job on the cleaning, looking good already :)
Arrived here from TLBS just as many others have. Looking forward to following the build. I listed after Corvettes, the ZR1 in particular, when I lived in the states. The seats look so comfortable and ready for a large American arse to rest upon them for a cross country trip from New York to Los Angeles.
They're surprisingly hugging and very plush!
Thanks guys. Quite refreshing to watch two normal guys bring a car back to life. Looking forward to the next episode.
Thanks Peter! Our videos will get better as we learn and grow too :) glad you are enjoying it so far!
Great work guys on the interior! Relays are always a beast!.Anyways will be awaiting next video!!
It's an American built car of course everything is going to work!
It's always satisfying to see a mucky interior clean up well.
Great news on so many electronics still showing signs of life.
Greetings from the United States. I love the work you are doing on this Corvette as I remember them when they were new. I worked at a Chevrolet dealership at the time.
I see it has the heated outside mirror option, the coating on the front windshield/windscreen suggests to me the car is optioned with the heated windshield/windscreen. This was a somewhat popular option in the northern states on certain Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac and Oldsmobile models.
The option codes for the car can be decoded for the option code or group that will confirm this.
Great to see this car being repaired back to roadworthy condition. Keep up the great work!👍
Interesting with the heated screen! One of the beauty of american cars imo is they are built to work in Death Valley or Minnesota!
Can’t wait to see you guys get this car back to its former glory. The C4 was a proper poster car for me growing up, love them.
Thanks Tim! 🙌
Came here via the Late Brake show (which I''d never seen before last night!). Love what you're doing on this, always had a soft spot for old American stuff. Fascinated to see this restoration progress....
gotta have a staple injection of jonny smith and the late brake show regularly
Here from LBS but I'm staying because I want to see you get this car back on the road again. But I see you have done another one so I will be watching those videos as well. Keep up the great work.
This will be a great project! Keep it coming lads.
A steamer is great and all but it cannot break down certain types of deposits the way a general purpose cleaning agent can. Also it tends to blow dirt around while losening it.I would recommend getting a wet-vacuum aswell. It is imperative to kill off the funghi and get rid of the spores. The spores are what is dangerous inhaling. Great project and looking forward following it :)
Couldn't agree more, we are planning on a deep clean in the near future! This is just a first stage clean to make it a bit more pleasant to be around. It 100% needs a lot more.
@@Auto_Funk Great to see this is in the plan. I too came to comment about the need for the entire interior must be removed, carpet, seats, panels, and dash. Get into the HVAC piping and consider it a win the blower fan did not operate and blow who knows what in your face. There will be rodent nests and droppings as well as mold spores throughout every fiber of your ZR1. Do the car justice and go the extra mile with a fully proper decontamination. One last thing, use care when trying the steamer which can loosen the upholstery adhesives and ruin things like head liners and door trim panels (cards)
New subscriber here! Great project car and great likeable presenters! Can’t wait for the next episode
Thanks Craig!! We really appreciate you coming aboard! 👌😃
Also enjoying the Funk part of AutoFunk, well done, nice differentiator
Good work guys 💪
Thank you 🙌
Another Late Brake Show visitor! I'd say starter solenoid, cables and contacts in that whole circuit, and potentially starter motor itself will be the issue. Voltage on the dash looks pretty low, and the dimming when turning the key suggests it's trying to fire the solenoid. Having recently had issues with an American V8 to resolve though, I'd suggest taking all the wires off the starter circuitry, clean the terminals etc and charge the battery completely, ideally even leave a booster on in case it's weak. These things have some compression and I believe have the big block starter, which is a fairly savage combination. Love the car though, enjoying your videos so far too. Really keen to see it shine, start, and do some hooning as intended. I think I saw it on ebay and was too chicken to bid, so I'll be annoyed if it doesn't need too much!
The King is feeling the love!!
:D :D :D absolutely!!
Last year I was looking at a ZR1 engine in France, very beautiful engine, unfortunately I have no use for it so I passed. I find it amazing to find this stuff in Europe, I don't know how many were imported but it can't be too many.
Top job Boys, keep them coming. What a Iconic car. Amazing👊
Looking forward to seeing you guys getting it running and driving.
Those seats are so bloody comfortable looking, they remind me of the sierra cosworth leather Recaros as they have that really soft looking leather, now take out those seats and clean the car properly.😊
They're 100% coming out for a proper clean!
@@Auto_Funk. Good lad, I’ll be keeping my OCD eye on you guys to makes sure 👌 😳
New subscriber here. Loving your work lads. Not a massive yank tank fan, but this is no ordinary car eh. And I do love a good project with good presenters. I’m gonna stray from the standard comments about the origin of my following, and give you huge props on the beats on your videos. Really nice. I’ll be watching and bobbing my head along from here in. Good luck with the vet. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
What a legend, thanks for the support!! It’s certainly not a typical yank tank which is part of its charm for me as well! Glad you like the tunes on the vids ! ☺️☺️
Looking good after that spring clean! Good work chaps. 👍🍻
Thanks Keith! It is a massive improvement so far…!
Good luck,, boys. 🤞
Jonny sent me. 😄
We might need it :)!! Thank you for the support!
Just watching your video back and that interior has cleaned up very well and glad you taking your time to work in this
Achieved a shed load. Great clean up.
Its a start and makes it much less grim to work with!
Loving the car, loving the backing music.
Great work guys can't wait to watch the progress.
Great project to get involed in, and what a great start you have made. Looking forward to hearing that engine start up. Love the fact that it has Lotus links too
Thanks! Being brits we love the lotus connection as well!! 🤓
Well lads. That went remarkably well hey? A quality motor evidently. Looking forward to the next bit.
Ah man we are stoked!! Can’t wait to get cracking!! Thanks for watching!
Multi-time Corvette owner here and ya'll are off to an excellent start! What a find in that ZR1.
Oh man, I'm in love with this thing.
Two fella's and their Zeeeee R1 😄
I've been looking up various sites in its homeland, trying to see
what sort of money they are going for.
Someday, if I'm lucky, I'd love to have one.
Very much looking forward to following this 'Vette's adventure back
to roadworthiness and adventures in the future....
Zeeeeee RRRRR one! 🔥🔥🔥 hard to value in England but we think this one justifies a t o TLC!
Nice start guys
Doing a great job cleaning that interior guys, night and day!
Looking forward to the next episode.Fingers crossed you get the car started👍
Looking good fellas! Cant wait to see you get it going.
Enjoyed that guy's looking forward to watching you bring this beautiful Corvette C4 ZR-1 back to it's best thanks for the video 👍
Thanks Cosmos! We really appreciate the positivity and support 🙌🙌
Look forward to following the progress of this boys!
Wow that interior has come up really well.x
Thanks! It’s not bad at all given how long it has been sat!
Looking forward to the progress!
Thanks, Jonny for introducing me to Auto Funk, I just Subscribed good luck with the engine guys.
Looks amazing
Nice job guys, The ZR1 is cleaning up a treat 🙂
great video guys looking forward to hearing it running
Agree, work with what you've got there!!
It seems like this car was built well. The electronics have mostly stood the test of time, and cleaning is working wonders.
Awesome guys you must be stoked!
Looking forward guys to seeing the transformation 👍🏽😎 Great job already !
Coming soon!😻😻🫡
Tidy interior chaps 👍
Not bad eh! We were shocked!! 😮 😅
Great job guys, Cheers from Canada!!!
Wow amazing guys looks like a diffrent corvette love it what Transformation guys 👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks so much Jeff! We appreciate the support!! 🙏
Great viewing appreciate the 'funky' music roll on part3
Great vid guys, looking forward to seeing how you get on the refurb
Thanks! We will have some more updates early next week when I’m back in the UK 😃
Really satisfying to see this car clean up 👍 love your video's so far, keep it up 💪🏼
Good work! Needs more taking apart I think. Loads of cracks and crevasses on these things.
Absolutely agree! The first clean was a quick job to get most of the loose stuff off it.. There will be a very thorough clean at some point later in the build (most likely once it’s running and driving!)
+1 on the washing machine detergent … just did an old Mini R56 JCW with tiny ammount of detergent in water and rotatory brush in a power drill… came up unbelievably well.
Excellent!! I need to get one of those rotary brushes…. My brother in law is a detailer and he swears by them! Thanks for watching! 🙌
It’s looking really well preserved, I know it’s not anywhere near clean enough yet, but it’s great start 👍🏻, looking forward to hearing this roar 😊
I have owned at least one ZR-1 since 2002. Come on over to the ZR-1 net registry you won't find more Knowledge on C4 ZR-1s than there. Any issue you run into we have seen it. Also may of us have stashed spare parts. I have a short of a LT5 I woke up after years of sitting.
Liking this car already. Jonny sent me and he was right. This will be interesting.
Wow, impressive! Almost all of the electronics work! Amazing car, well done.
Really surprised myself!! Unbelievable actually! And they reckon American cars are rubbish! Pah!
Well done fellas
A great start, a long way to go...😊👍
We all say its better when it comes to something the wife has an influence on 😅
Unfortunately the wife has an influence on EVERYTHING!!
@Auto_Funk haha and that's just the way the cookie crumbles but can't be that bad she's let you buy a corvette 😉
@@MrAcoustic09 Ha! She'll do :)
Cracking second part guys. Yes a lot of cleaning and effort to get the interior looking a hell of a lot better then what it was first like. Like you said it's still not properly cleaned yet but Roman wasn't built in a day. Plus I dear say you were getting sick of spraying and rubbing all that dirt off. Looking forward to your next stage in the restoration of the car.
Looking good so far. Would recommend getting that interior professionally deep cleaned to kill off the fungal spores. There's probably a lot of bio horrors lurking in the A/C and blower works too.
100% couldn't agree more. We are planning on taking the interior pretty much to bits, deep cleaning everything off the car and behind everywhere!
Really interesting project on a very interesting car that deserves to be put right
Thanks, I reckon so too - I can’t wait to see this car finished and looking beautiful again (not to mention bringing all those lost ponies back into the stable 🐎 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎)
the ZR-1 is one tough bastard ,you will get it running in no time👍
Never has the technical term ‘rank shit’ been so accurately used 😅
Watching from france , looking forward to following your progress 👍
Merci pour le subscription! 🙏☺️
Keep the videos comming will be a beast once finished
Great job on the interior and really interesting to follow a Late Brake Show barn find. Looking forward to seeing how you guys get on. Really impressed with how much still works after 18 years.
Same! We fully expected hardly anything to function.
Great couple vids. I’ll stick around. I have a 93 C4 that needed a lot of love, and that is the fun !! Subscribed
Great episode. Cleaning the yellow leather in my Z4 has been one of the most challenging jobs so far on its restoration.
Great work.
Never easy is it!! I’d recommend furniture clinic personally 👍🏻👍🏻
Looks like you struck gold there fella’s 👍 The interior is coming up a treat and the electrics are in amazing order considering how long it’s sat in a farm yard! Looking forward to the next episode 😆
Not a bad start eh!! Gagging to get this old beauty running and driving properly again! Thanks so much for supporting us 🙌☺️
This going to be an interesting ride. That car looks so good because we live in a work of identicars
It will be stunning when done. I have a 90 in the same colour combo that I am working on. A million electrical faults on mine or so it feels. Good luck with the resurrection. Rock Auto is a good place to look for spares or any of the guys on the Zr-1 net registry.
hi here from J S looking in good luck nice car hope it runs ok can't wait have fun thank you
We hope it runs well too, hopefully we will find out soon!!🔥
It’s worth investing in a carpet / upholstery spot cleaner, it’s the only way to really remove dirt/mould from upholstery.
Also, there might be mould inside the door cards, so I would have removed them before cleaning.
Also also, get some plastic protectant spray for those plastic surfaces.
Thanks for the tips! The whole interior will be carefully stripped and every part of it will be deep cleaned! I’ve got a Bissell wet vac with lots of crevice attachments which I’ll use for the parts that are hard to reach! Thanks for the comment and suggestions 👍🏻👍🏻👌👌
Yeah, fantastic. Looking forward to the next video already 👍🏻