1970 LT-1 rescue
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Would love to see pics of the engine and interior. I think the stripe on it looks pretty good. Did you find the car in the newspaper, Craigslist, Hemmings, or word of mouth? We look forward to more updates!
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Hi C12,
Looks like you've made a very nice discovery. The 70 LT-! certainly is a terrific car.
You may want to contact Drew Papsun, (keeper of all things related to LT-! data), with your VIN and other info. You may have a car not in his survey yet, or he may be able to tell you a little about your car's history.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
Looks like you've made a very nice discovery. The 70 LT-! certainly is a terrific car.
You may want to contact Drew Papsun, (keeper of all things related to LT-! data), with your VIN and other info. You may have a car not in his survey yet, or he may be able to tell you a little about your car's history.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
I can be contacted by email or phone.
DREW65FI@aol.com
Apapsun@aol.com
203-847-4678 evenings
Regards,
Drew
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I found the car after mentioning to my Dad that I was looking to pick up a chrome front and back C3 specificly something with a 4 speed and some stones. My 73 L-48 is an auto with 190 horse. I love it, but to me a Vette should be a muscle car, and that one just isnt. I digress. So my pops tells me that a golf buddy of his has a car that was in storage near me, didnt run, that he was just looking to dump. I asked what he knew and he said not much, blue, coupe, 70, oh and he says it has 370 horse. I knew that was the hp number for the LT-1 so I decided that I needed to see it. I saw the car about 2 weeks later, the rest is history.
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Pic of the interior for you. The dash and console are in good shape. No cracks. The carpet, seats, and doors need to be replaced, and the e-brake console is trashed. It will be nice though because I'll be putting some of the heat shield stuff down while the carpet is out.
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Melting Slicks
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Is it difficult to remove the gas tank neck seal? I'd like to try you method for locating the tank sticker on my car.
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Update. The car was not getting any gas. Since it sat for so long I figured that the fuel in it needed to come out, and that the fuel pump and carb were probably pretty gumed up. So I drained out all of the old gas. Once I had some new gas in we checked the fuel pump which was working fine (although it dumped some seriously brown gas out into a jar), so the problem was in the carb. I had it professionally rebuilt, and once reinstalled the car fired up. It puffed blue smoke for about a half hour, and its not tuned very well, but it ran!
I took it around the block a few times, but it isnt plated, so I didnt go far. I will get it registared this week, and timed this comming up weekend. Hopefully then I can get it out on the road at least for a few minutes.
I took it around the block a few times, but it isnt plated, so I didnt go far. I will get it registared this week, and timed this comming up weekend. Hopefully then I can get it out on the road at least for a few minutes.
Last edited by Crafty12; Oct 2, 2011 at 01:57 PM. Reason: Because I can't spell
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From: Westminster Maryland
Great find, and I like the striping. I would find some rallye wheels, IMO. Would you tell what you had to give for it? It would give all the "seekers" hope!
It is going to be a real treasure when you are finished. Congratulations!
It is going to be a real treasure when you are finished. Congratulations!
