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
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’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.
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....
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 ! ☺️☺️
+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.
I agreed. UA-cam 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
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.
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.😊
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!👍
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
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.
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.
I have rare Corvette LT4 6Speed ZF6 speed.1 Oner only 1600 sweden mailes.Turbo City have build in Vortech kompressor intercooler Bigger injektors E85.This car are like New!! 480whp...I Like The ZR Corvette hope some day have May one!!
That sounds mega! I really like the LT4 collectors edition models, I nearly imported one a couple of years ago ☺️ thanks for watching and supporting our channel!
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 🐎 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎)
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.
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.
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)
this is so fun! love seeing the twin bro of my ZR1 come back from the dead! Not many Black over grey int made out of the 6939 produced. awesome find! (btw get 16 new injectors while that Plenum is off) We are watchin’!
American cars are usually good for electronics unless they get wet or eaten. The paint should come back pretty well. Fix the starter, get rid of old gas, get new, change all fluids then check suspension. It should run decently unless other things were eaten
Only rodent damage we’ve found so far is the starter trigger (more on that in a future video!)… Jury is out on the paint work, I would love to keep it original but it might be too far gone 😥
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.
Who's here after the last Late Brake Show episode? 😉🙋
Everyone
Yep!
Hello 🙂
hahaha was just about to comment the same!
👌
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.
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
Well done lads!
Thanks! :) Getting there (slowly!)
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!
That's an impressive transformation! Amazing what a bit of elbow grease can do.
Thankyou :)!! Makes it a bit nicer to be around.
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 always loved mean retro interior of that C4 generation
Not that we're biased but we totally agree - Love it! Thanks for watching :)
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.
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!
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!
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.
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??
The Late Brake Show brought me here, and I'm staying for the ride! Nice job on the cleaning, looking good already :)
Good work guys 💪
Thank you 🙌
When i saw the screwdriver left in the Engine bay I thought... Mark from Hills Motorsport must have been servicing this! 😂
Never heard of him but he sounds like my kind of guy!
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.
Go guys!! Greetings from South Africa!! 😂You asked for it😂😂😂!! ❤❤❤
get the grillers on the bri and pull up a chair under the lapa
G101 diluted cleaner is your friend!
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 😃
My 1992 Corvette was the most reliable car I have owned.
What a car,great video looking forward to the next one
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.
Looks amazing
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!
Yes I am and will continue to watch the development of this car ❤
Nice start guys
Great work guys on the interior! Relays are always a beast!.Anyways will be awaiting next video!!
Great work guys can't wait to watch the progress.
Awesome guys you must be stoked!
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 :)
Top job Boys, keep them coming. What a Iconic car. Amazing👊
Looking good fellas! Cant wait to see you get it going.
Loving the car, loving the backing music.
This will be a great project! Keep it coming lads.
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
The King is feeling the love!!
:D :D :D absolutely!!
Just watching your video back and that interior has cleaned up very well and glad you taking your time to work in this
Looking forward to the progress!
Doing a great job cleaning that interior guys, night and day!
Well done fellas
A great start, a long way to go...😊👍
great video guys looking forward to hearing it running
Look forward to following the progress of this boys!
Looking forward to seeing you guys getting it running and driving.
Great job guys, Cheers from Canada!!!
Looking forward to the next episode.Fingers crossed you get the car started👍
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! 🙌
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 ! ☺️☺️
Nice job guys, The ZR1 is cleaning up a treat 🙂
+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! 🙌
Agree, work with what you've got there!!
Looking good after that spring clean! Good work chaps. 👍🍻
Thanks Keith! It is a massive improvement so far…!
Also enjoying the Funk part of AutoFunk, well done, nice differentiator
Keep the videos comming will be a beast once finished
It's always satisfying to see a mucky interior clean up well.
Great news on so many electronics still showing signs of life.
Multi-time Corvette owner here and ya'll are off to an excellent start! What a find in that ZR1.
I agreed. UA-cam 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
It's an American built car of course everything is going to work!
Tidy interior chaps 👍
Not bad eh! We were shocked!! 😮 😅
Really satisfying to see this car clean up 👍 love your video's so far, keep it up 💪🏼
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 👌 😳
Wow that interior has come up really well.x
Thanks! It’s not bad at all given how long it has been sat!
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!
Love it everything has a price 👌👌
Great work
Thank you! Cheers!
Good work boy's 💯
Thanks 🔥
the ZR-1 is one tough bastard ,you will get it running in no time👍
Looking forward guys to seeing the transformation 👍🏽😎 Great job already !
Coming soon!😻😻🫡
Great viewing appreciate the 'funky' music roll on part3
Good job to kick things off.
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!
Liking this car already. Jonny sent me and he was right. This will be interesting.
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!! 🤓
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 🙌🙌
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!
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.
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
Good luck,, boys. 🤞
Jonny sent me. 😄
We might need it :)!! Thank you for the support!
Wow amazing guys looks like a diffrent corvette love it what Transformation guys 👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks so much Jeff! We appreciate the support!! 🙏
This going to be an interesting ride. That car looks so good because we live in a work of identicars
Achieved a shed load. Great clean up.
Its a start and makes it much less grim to work with!
Thanks, Jonny for introducing me to Auto Funk, I just Subscribed good luck with the engine guys.
Great couple vids. I’ll stick around. I have a 93 C4 that needed a lot of love, and that is the fun !! Subscribed
Watching from france , looking forward to following your progress 👍
Merci pour le subscription! 🙏☺️
I have rare Corvette LT4 6Speed ZF6 speed.1 Oner only 1600 sweden mailes.Turbo City have build in Vortech kompressor intercooler Bigger injektors E85.This car are like New!! 480whp...I Like The ZR Corvette hope some day have May one!!
That sounds mega! I really like the LT4 collectors edition models, I nearly imported one a couple of years ago ☺️ thanks for watching and supporting our channel!
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 😊
What a lovely car!
Thanks! We’re hoping it’s going to be beautiful when it’s completed 😃😃🙌
@@Auto_Funk No doubt it will be! Looking forward to see further episodes!
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 🐎 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎)
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.
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!
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.
It seems like this car was built well. The electronics have mostly stood the test of time, and cleaning is working wonders.
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 👍🏻👍🏻
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)
Me I want to see it run🤠 Jonny let us down 😮
this is so fun! love seeing the twin bro of my ZR1 come back from the dead!
Not many Black over grey int made out of the 6939 produced. awesome find! (btw get 16 new injectors while that Plenum is off)
We are watchin’!
American cars are usually good for electronics unless they get wet or eaten. The paint should come back pretty well. Fix the starter, get rid of old gas, get new, change all fluids then check suspension. It should run decently unless other things were eaten
Only rodent damage we’ve found so far is the starter trigger (more on that in a future video!)… Jury is out on the paint work, I would love to keep it original but it might be too far gone 😥
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.