Scott McKay Creates Own Quasi C6-ZR1 Corvette Roadster Daily Driver!
by Scott Teeters as originally published in Vette Vues
The Corvette community helps Scott McKay build his daily driver ZR1-like ’06 Roadster without breaking the bank!
Scott McKay was so happy with his new Corvette, he made the decision early on in his modification project that the car would be a keeper. Little did McKay, of Voorhees, New Jersey, know back in ’06 when he took delivery of his new ’06 Corvette convertible that the car would become a five year project car. Even today with the C7 Corvette available, Scott has no desire to sell his ’06 Roadster for a new Stingray.
The ’06 Roadster is not Scott’s first Vette and all four of his Corvettes were daily drivers. He owned as two ‘69 Corvettes (one modified with a station wagon body kit), and an ‘01 convertible. From ‘84 to ‘02 McKay owned The Max Auto Detailing shop in Pennsauken and later in Westmont, NJ, so Scott’s rides always look premo. According to McKay, “When I saw the C6 convertible I said to myself, I have to have one! And, I decided that I was NOT going to modify it. I just wanted a stock Corvette. (This notion did not last long!) Besides, the car was so nice, what more could I want?”
It’s common these days to package and save any and all stock parts if you are modifying a newer Corvette so that later down the road if you want to sell the car, you can take it back to stock, but sure is a ton of work. So, without that sentiment, McKay decided to use the online Corvette community, the CorvetteForum.com, as not only a source for solving quirky problems and build issues, but also as a place to sell off his stock parts to help defray the cost of the performance parts he was adding to the car. While the sale of the stock parts didn’t completely cover the cost of the aftermarket hardware, it sure made a difference. Scott couldn’t heap enough praise on the CorvetteForum.com community for their help and friendship. What makes McKay’s experience even more unique is that the Corvette is Scott’s daily driver. Yes, every change and modification Scott had done on the car was worked in around his schedule.
Fresh from the factory in November ‘05, the Machine Silver ‘06 Corvette came with the stock 400-HP LS2 engine and a nice selection of options, including; the six-speed automatic transmission with Paddle Shift, Z51 suspension package, 3LT Preferred Equipment Group for convertible, chrome polished wheels, navigation system, power top, and the U3U AM/FM CD DVD Nav with XM.
Since Scott had experience modifying street Corvettes, it took about a year for the itch set in. Before we get into the specifics of how McKay personalized his roadster, it’s worth mentioning two important things. First, thanks to Scott’s 18 years of detailing cars, he was very comfortable with taking cars apart. “I know my limits and when to let the pros take over.” Thus began McKay’s odyssey to build “his” ultimate daily driver Corvette.
Read all the details from the older, original Corvette Report Post HERE.
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