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Z06 News From BGAP!

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1). No Z06 customer cars have been completed. The line was shut down three hours early today due to a non-Z06 parts shortage. 121 StingRays were completed today.
2. First customer Z06's are scheduled to be completed on Monday. Talked with VIN # 011 Harvey Glueck about his DSOM II which he had come to see. Unfortunately, due to the temporary shutdown, it was way up in the rafters, many, many yards away.
2). The final production stage 1 spoiler looks just like Z-51 spoiler except that it is approximately 3.0" inches wider (going from extreme rear fascia width from side to side).
3. Earlier reports of 7 Z06's being produced per hour are accurate with the cars being intermixed with StingRays, e.g. first 1 Z06, then 2 StingRays, then 1 Z06, then 1 StingRay, then 1 Z followed by 2 Rays, then 1 Z followed by 1 Ray, etc., etc.
4. No more than 2 Z07's per 18 cars were seen at any point in the abbreviated tour.
5. Saw a MVB/test Z06 convertible. It was CRM with matching CRM front fender grills and vents. Everyone who was there had the same, immediate response, i.e., "it looks much better with contrasting black vents and grills."
6. Customer Z06's are scheduled to be completed Monday, though today's three hour shutdown will probably result in Buyers Tours' and others' Z06 production being delayed by that time.
 

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Sweet! And I'm fine with the wider Z51-style spoiler on the Stage-1 and the production delay. Plus I'd rather have them delay to sort everything out than to rush... I don't mind waiting until after the new year for delivery.
 

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Turns out the "parts shortage" was caused by a wiring fire in one of the welding robots in the frame shop. Plant maintenance will be re-wiring this weekend and fully expects full production Monday morning usual start of shift (6:12 AM)
 

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Thanks for the real time update!
 

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Trivia question: do you know why the line starts at 6:12 and not 6:00 or 6:30? (I do ;) )
 

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Trivia question: do you know why the line starts at 6:12 and not 6:00 or 6:30? (I do ;) )

I do not; please, Mark, post why that is so.
 

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I do not; please, Mark, post why that is so.
Hi John - an additional request while you are at BGAP....can you check a Z06 Window sticker to see what, if anything, is shown for a Gas Guzzler Tax?

Realizing they could most likely add a supplemental sticker if not on the main sticker, but sure you've seen the other thread(s) where the EPA site has a listing for the LT4 w/ A8, but not w/ M7.....
 

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Z06 News From BGAP!

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1). No Z06 customer cars have been completed. The line was shut down three hours early today due to a non-Z06 parts shortage. 121 StingRays were completed today.
2. First customer Z06's are scheduled to be completed on Monday. Talked with VIN # 011 Harvey Glueck about his DSOM II which he had come to see. Unfortunately, due to the temporary shutdown, it was way up in the rafters, many, many yards away.
2). The final production stage 1 spoiler looks just like Z-51 spoiler except that it is approximately 3.0" inches wider (going from extreme rear fascia width from side to side).
3. Earlier reports of 7 Z06's being produced per hour are accurate with the cars being intermixed with StingRays, e.g. first 1 Z06, then 2 StingRays, then 1 Z06, then 1 StingRay, then 1 Z followed by 2 Rays, then 1 Z followed by 1 Ray, etc., etc.
4. No more than 2 Z07's per 18 cars were seen at any point in the abbreviated tour.
5. Saw a MVB/test Z06 convertible. It was CRM with matching CRM front fender grills and vents. Everyone who was there had the same, immediate response, i.e., "it looks much better with contrasting black vents and grills."
6. Customer Z06's are scheduled to be completed Monday, though today's three hour shutdown will probably result in Buyers Tours' and others' Z06 production being delayed by that time.
I'm very happy that the stage I will get the Z51 spoiler, which I like a lot more than the stage 2/3. Question, you are saying it's the same spoiler with exception that it is wider as the Z06 is 3" wider from end to end, in the rear correct? I don't like how the stage 2/3 spoiler comes forward at the corners approx. 3" at a right angle. Thanks!
 

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John, it's 2014 and I spell it Stingray. Don't confuse me with the spelling. Wasn't it StingRay in 1963 or was it 1969? ;-)
 

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Re gas guzzler tax or not, I will look at the Maroney sticker if It can get close enough, for on the tours, you are typically back anywhere from 20-40'.
 

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I'm very happy that the stage I will get the Z51 spoiler, which I like a lot more than the stage 2/3. Question, you are saying it's the same spoiler with exception that it is wider as the Z06 is 3" wider from end to end, in the rear correct? I don't like how the stage 2/3 spoiler comes forward at the corners approx. 3" at a right angle. Thanks!
Again, as we were standing back 20-40' from the car, but at that distance we all agreed it look just like the Z-51 spoiler (except 3" wider to reflect the Z06's rear fascia being 3.0" wider).
 
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