1970 454 4-speed documents

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Feb 26, 2015 | 10:59 AM

lamborg1

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1970 454 4-speed documents

Is there any way possible to verify a 1970 454 as to the originally equipped drive train? Car is un-restored and has all the particular parts to a bog block 4-speed Corvette. I own this car now and am feeling concerned as to my investment. I am not new to owning Corvettes but, have never concerned myself with issues such as this. Namely because the cars I've owned have always been after the late 70's..

Feb 26, 2015 | 11:00 AM

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if you post in the right section it may get a good response

Feb 27, 2015 | 10:36 AM

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http://www.c3registry.com/index.php?job=Home

Give this site a try.

Feb 27, 2015 | 10:57 AM

jhudec

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Post pics of the vin derivative on the trans and on the block. I am sure you will get a lot of responses from this forum.

Feb 27, 2015 | 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by lamborg1

...Is there any way possible to verify a 1970 454 as to the originally equipped drive train?...

Do you have any original factory documentation with the car? The big block and everything associated with it was an options package. Any and all of the various goodies in the package could have been purchased over the counter at Chevrolet and installed by a previous owner.

Feb 27, 2015 | 11:25 PM

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There's another answer for your question. It's not an easy answer. Drop the fuel tank. The build sheet will be on top of the fuel tank and will specify the engine option. This may still not answer your question. The build sheet on my 68 SB was still readable. The build sheet on my 70 BB was not. It was just a sheet of black unreadable crumbly paper.

Feb 28, 2015 | 12:51 AM

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As stated above, dropping the tank is the best thing to do.

But if you dont want to drop the tank right now, you could see if you can borrow a good scope camera. Snap on makes a nice one. These are cameras that are basically on a wire. You can stick it down the gas opening and look to see if the sticker is even there without dropping the tank (and without throwing out your back and neck....)

If the sticker is there, take down the tank and preserve that document.

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Feb 28, 2015 | 07:05 AM

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Hi l1,
I think there are really 2 different questions here….
the first is determining what the car's configuration WAS when it left St.Louis 44 or 45 years ago (a question that the tank sheet will answer); and secondly, what IS the car's configuration now (a question that an inspection of the various tags, stamped information, part numbers, and dates, will answer.)
A copy of the NCRS 1970-!972 Technical Information Manual & Judging Guide contains the information you'll be checking for on your car and might be a wise purchase at this point.
Even without the tank sheet there may be enough clues on the car to indicate how it was built originally.
Regards,
Alan

Last edited by Alan 71; Feb 28, 2015 at 07:07 AM.