Muscle Car of the Week: The 1971 Corvette LS6 454
11-23-2015, 12:52 PM
#1
CorvetteForum Editor
Thread Starter
Muscle Car of the Week: The 1971 Corvette LS6 454
This 1971 Chevrolet Corvette LS6 454 put 425 horsepower under the hood of the C3, and transformed what we thought about muscle cars and sports cars.
Read the rest on the Corvette Forum homepage. >>
The following users liked this post:
marshal135 (11-23-2015)
11-23-2015, 02:10 PM
#2
Le Mans Master
Pro Mechanic
11-23-2015, 04:39 PM
#4
Team Owner
Member Since: Sep 2006
Location: Westminster Maryland
Posts: 30,173
Likes: 0
Received 2,878 Likes
on
2,515 Posts
Just a bit SPECIAL!
11-23-2015, 06:06 PM
#5
Advanced
"This car has the rally type wheels, power steering to assist with the turning of those wheels, disc brakes up front to slow things down..."
The rear discs get short shrift in the write up.
Could it be that the overwhelming majority of that era's muscle cars still had drum brakes out back and the writer simply forgot that every Vette since the '65 models had 4 wheel disc brakes?
The rear discs get short shrift in the write up.
Could it be that the overwhelming majority of that era's muscle cars still had drum brakes out back and the writer simply forgot that every Vette since the '65 models had 4 wheel disc brakes?
11-23-2015, 07:33 PM
#6
Team Owner
Member Since: Feb 2003
Location: Sitting in his Nowhere land Hanover Pa
Posts: 49,016
Received 6,946 Likes
on
4,785 Posts
2015 C2 of Year Finalist
too bad a all Corvettes are SPORT CARS
11-24-2015, 07:18 AM
#10
Team Owner
Member Since: Sep 2006
Location: Westminster Maryland
Posts: 30,173
Likes: 0
Received 2,878 Likes
on
2,515 Posts
Hi jr,
This car is the result of the restoration work done by Rowdy Rat.
It's an exceptional car in so many ways!
Regards,
Alan
This car is the result of the restoration work done by Rowdy Rat.
It's an exceptional car in so many ways!
Regards,
Alan
The following users liked this post:
Rowdy Rat (11-24-2015)
11-24-2015, 02:30 PM
#11
Melting Slicks
The orange car in your post looked OK from about twenty feet away, but had many issues... Nothing a full blown restoration couldn't solve!
The restoration of the car was covered on my Facebook page for those who'd like to see more detail.
Regards,
Stan Falenski
11-24-2015, 04:19 PM
#12
Team Owner
Member Since: Sep 2006
Location: Westminster Maryland
Posts: 30,173
Likes: 0
Received 2,878 Likes
on
2,515 Posts
Hi,
Here's some more of Stan's work on this car.
It wouldn't be so bad if he could do this caliber of work but was a jerk!
Or, if he did pretty mediocre work but was a really nice person!
BUT, he does this kind of work AND is a nice person…..which has left the rest of us trying to figure out how to step up our game!
Regards,
Alan
Here's some more of Stan's work on this car.
It wouldn't be so bad if he could do this caliber of work but was a jerk!
Or, if he did pretty mediocre work but was a really nice person!
BUT, he does this kind of work AND is a nice person…..which has left the rest of us trying to figure out how to step up our game!
Regards,
Alan
Last edited by Alan 71; 11-24-2015 at 04:19 PM.
11-26-2015, 01:49 PM
#16
Melting Slicks
11-26-2015, 03:51 PM
#17
Team Owner
Member Since: Sep 2006
Location: Westminster Maryland
Posts: 30,173
Likes: 0
Received 2,878 Likes
on
2,515 Posts
Hi jr,
A couple more!
Regards,
Alan
This is always one of my favorite views on 68-73 cars. The curve and sweep is just perfect it seems… I want to think that the clay modeling had something to do with this.
To my eye cars designed on the computer now are 'perfect', but lack the heart these older cars had.
A couple more!
Regards,
Alan
This is always one of my favorite views on 68-73 cars. The curve and sweep is just perfect it seems… I want to think that the clay modeling had something to do with this.
To my eye cars designed on the computer now are 'perfect', but lack the heart these older cars had.
Last edited by Alan 71; 11-27-2015 at 09:15 AM.
