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The owner of Tom Henry Racing, Chevrolet Dealer, Tom Henry, has a soft-spot for ZR1s. One reason is that he's been a Corvette owner since the early 1970s. Another is that he owned a ZR1, a Torch Red '95, for ten years.

During the period he owned his ZR1 Tom Henry began focusing his parts department on all of the special parts that made a ZR1 different from other C4 Corvettes, such as LT5 engine pieces, the components of the ZR1's "wide body", Selective Ride shock absorbers and other SRC parts and ZF S6-40 transmission parts. Today, one of the little known "secrets" of the ZR1 hobby is the excellent parts source that is Tom Henry Racing. In fact, THR's ZR1 parts operation is so good that many of the small, specialty repair and tuning shops which cat-er to ZR1 owners are Tom Henry Racing customers.

Lowest Prices for ZR1 Parts 
Tom Henry Racing, GM Parts Direct Compared in Speech to ZR1 Owners Group

At the 2005 "Gathering", an event for ZR1 owners held every May at the National Corvette Museum, magazine writer, Hib Halverson, and ZR1 service shop owner, Marc Haibeck, announced results of a parts price study. In short, Tom Henry Racing's prices for ZR1 parts can't be beat. Halverson, who lives in California, has written for Corvette magazines for the past 15 years and owns a 1995 ZR1, made the announcement during speech at the Gathering's "Owner's Night Out" banquet. Here are excerpts from his presentation.

"I do most of my own work on my ZR1, which is 1995 VIN 140, Dark Purple Metallic and Black with a 500-hp, AutoMasters Street Skinner engine package. There are only two places I buy GM parts. When I need a part immediately, I go to a dealer a few miles away from my office. If I can wait a few days, I always buy from Tom Henry Racing--www.tomhenryracing.com--which is part of Tom Henry's Chevrolet dealership in Bakerstown PA. One reason I deal with Tom is that he's been a Corvette owner since he was a teenager. He was also a ZR1 owner, until just recently he owned a '95. He been a staunch supporter of the ZR1 Net Registry and these Gatherings for a long time. I also buy from Tom because he has the best price.

"Urban legend is that GM Parts Direct has the lowest prices.

"I wanted some facts about the cost of ZR1 pieces bought on the Web, so I contacted Mark Haibeck and asked him to pick 16 popular GM parts for ZR1s. For those 16 part numbers, I compared Tom Henry Racing prices to GM Parts Direct prices. For a total of the item price, shipping and handling, prices were lower at Tom Henry Racing for 9 of those 16 parts. For the others, Tom Henry and GM Parts Direct were the same. I'd imagine if we did the same with pieces specific to Grand Sports we'd had the same results.

"In some cases GM Parts Direct, a subsidiary of Flow Chevrolet in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has an item price which is lower, but add shipping and handling for each part or each order of multiple parts, it's obvious, GM Parts Direct inflates shipping and handling. In short, GM Parts Direct's overall prices are not the lowest and seldom represent better than 20% off list."

ZR1 fuel filter--save $4.68 or more at Tom Henry Racing.	LT5 thermostat--save $5.23 or more at Tom Henry Racing.
LT5 starter--same item price at THR and GMPD but, buy it from Tom Henry and save on shipping.	LT5 plenum gaskets--save $2.08 or more at Tom Henry Racing.

This independent study shows what a few "Zroners" have known for a couple of years: that Tom Henry Racing has the lowest prices on GM Parts for ZR1s. THR's parts operation is staffed with GM Parts professionals who both know the ZR1 inside and out and are hardcore Corvette enthusiasts. They stand ready to help you find the part you need at the best price you'll ever find. If you own a ZR1 and need some parts for it, contact THR, today, either by phone at  (877) 866-7278 or via email at  parts@tomhenryracing.com.  One of our ZR1 parts experts is waiting to help you.