my feb 72 lt-1 has Rockwell original panels. Is there debate about this?

 

No to read the date when the panel was produced the first numbers are for the week and then the year. Like 26-71 equals 26th week 71 is 1971.

 

Just looking back over info and pics that belong to the Corvette and found these taken I think in 2008 when it was still in Canada




It's poorly at the moment and is going in for work next week. I got caught in a flood in January and unbeknown to me the overflow tube from the gas cap recess was plugged so water got in the tank and I'm not sure I got it all out and last Summer it wiped a lobe on E3. I managed to secure a new OEM cam and lifters so hopefully it'll be right for when the lockdown finally ends !

 

@AlexBFr Dear Alex, thank you for your kind invitation. Unfortunately I will not be easy to come at your place.

But I'm sure that gifted and well documented as you are, it'll be a piece of cake for you

All my best though

 

Friday night, in a ZOOMtastic affair, there was some discussion about The Plastic Pig's upcoming 50th birthday party. I suggested we could do bleach burnouts. Truth be told, most participants had no idea what I was talking about, but one, TPP's first owner, allowed as how one should bring the revs up to 4300 (or 4500, I'm uncertain), and drop the clutch. He said it would pop the left front wheel off the pavement (not involving a puddle of bleach, of course). So, no longer energized with a 4.11 diff, I need a volunteer...

Walter, first owner.

 

That is the original BLUE Label, my car has never been restored, it was only driven 12k miles from 1975 -2018- and only 5000 since 1986, same owner from 1973 and it was always a 2nd car, never left the garage except on spring and summer weekends - I assumed the car had the headlamp bar touched up because there are absolutely no rivet swells in the least... then when I had it judged at the NCRS regionals and Nationals they said no the headlamp bar was original and had not been touched up, I was happy about that FOR SURE!

This is a photo of the headlamp bar the day the car was delivered... look how rough the paint looks, it's there but it is dehydrated, these photos were take with the same camera.

21783 71 LT1 Sept 2018. on arrival from Ohio.

21783 71 LT1 First Quarter 2019. clay barred then multiple applications of meguires number 7 by foam applicator wait overnight and polish off - repeat - and again finished with hand application of meguires black wax with foam pad, polished off with a cotton diaper with the hems cut off, most thread will scratch paint, I cut the hemmed edges off all my polishing cloths the moment I get them out.

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Micha, I'm pretty sure that your car, my car and Brit Vett's were all built on the last day - mine 21783 is the last known 1971 LT1 built and is 18 from the end - there is a LT1 roadster built 18 prior to my car (21865) - Britt's is 802 I believe.

I run the R43TS, with the caveat that I run nothing except 100% Sunoco 110 race @ $10/gallon or 100LL aviation fuel. @ $4.72 a gallon - prior to switching to real fuel I ran 44's and they appeared slightly fouled -
No special tools really other than a 5/8 spark plug socket.
My car runs so much better after switching fuels it will idle for ever at 750 RPM's without loading up.
What can you get for fuel in France?

BRIT - you are a better man than me, if I had to get into mine it would get a solid roller in a heart beat -

 

It was built on the LAST DAY of 1971 production, 18 units from the end... at this point the last one known to built on the last day of production... which was GET THIS a Sunday, so if a painter needed a reason for a cocked stripe... he had all of them on this car!!!

The long time owner was a vice officer in Cinci in the mid 70's and did undercover drug buys in the LT1.-21783, how great a story is that?

 

Red last 3 are 701

Yellow 230

 

Firstgen. The cam change is off until Winter and (touching my head) it's running fantastic at the moment and I've clocked up a couple of hundred miles the last few days since our illustrious leaders deemed it was safe to go out more. Yellow's exhaust had been bodged with an 1 1/2" system which sucked the life out of it and made it sound like a sewing machine (even more than normal with the LT-1!). That's just been rectified with a full 2 1/2" chambered system with glass packs and resonators. All suspension bushes and shocks replaced and new callipers all round has improved the feel and drive so much. I may look for a date correct power steering system but raising the front tyre pressure has helped somewhat. My aim has always been to try and get the yellow one to the same standard as the red so I won't favour the red so much and keep the miles down on both as much as poss. Red has 72k & yellow 35k. Well that's what they show anyway

 

I meant to put 702, but that was wrong as well... 802 was a brain fart as that would have been one more than they made... lol

 

 

I picked up something which my car was missing, I will probably never install it, but at least I have an original.
A phenolic fuel bowl filler. Originally the fuel bowls in 71 and 72 LT1's had these in them to displace volume so there was less fuel to evaporate, thereby reducing emissions, like I said I will probably never put it in, however it was only $9.99 on ebay and should be with the car.

Also picked up NOS single crimp brake hoses and NOS latex door weatherstrips for my spare parts.

 

My brother (JuggernautZ06) and I bought this car after I was fortunate enough to have been offered the car through another message board.

1971 LT1 - # 11130 - built March 2 - 1971 - NO RADIO, Power Steering , Power Brakes, Tilt-tele, Leather, Rear Defog, White letter tires, M21, 3.70, Special Paint -
Yes, it is a real LT1 and it yes it was painted BLACK at the factory.
Special Paint charge was $83.00

 

Yes we did. It will be asleep in the garage. No timetable on bringing it out.

Parked next to the 73

 

Wow!!, what a great documented piece of history, thanks for sharing it with us.
has to be one of the rarest 1971 LT-1 ever made
Regards
Roy

 

There are not very many black 70 - 72's that's for sure. I think there are 2 documented Black 72's: a coupe and a roadster, both base engine cars. There is a 19k mile 71 LS5 2 Top roadster documented as Black from the factory (ironically about 10 miles from my house) , and I conversed recently with an original owner of a 70 LS5 ordered and delivered in Black, he still owns the car and if not mistaken it has original paint.
... you want to talk about rare though, imagine what I was thinking when I opened the pass door and saw the radio block off plate...


I had to immediately look at the deck...GOOD... then checked the engine code... lol C....... G..... .Z, just a lowly old matching numbers LT1.

 

The people/history stories are the best part of old cars. OK, maybe not the best part, but surely the spice. Unbelievable. And I love your garage, too!

 

thank you it’s my Garage. It has my 73 special ordered black L82 with original paint in it.

 

Any photos of the engine compartment?
Does it run?
Finally any clearer photos of the exterior?

 

Engine is free, whether it runs is not really a concern, reportedly it hasn't been started in 8-10 years, and has been off the road since the early 80's.... this is what I was told, signs point to a 80's 90's get it running job. Could have been late 90's ? Who knows, better to have it as it is.
The original engine with original heads head gaskets etc appears to have never been out, the front freeze plugs appear to be originals, radiator recored and didn't use the original rails, the smog pump is a late 70's replacement, everything else is original and dated for the car.

I have TONS of EARLY NOS stuff I had collected if I were to ever paint my own car, or god forbid it were to get hit. NOS Latex door, T-top, A pillar - long type, and rear side glass weatherstripping, NOS Early door handles with frost chrome inside, NOS early exhaust bezels, with the hazy chrome in the center, NOS single crimp brake hoses, NOS single crimp power steering hoses (4), NOS ball joints, NOS tie-rods, NOS brake pads, NOS plug wires, low mile early take off hoses and headlamp valves, NOS emblems.






There are 2 crazed areas, (center of hood, and drivers rear sail panel) From what I can determine and based upon the letters re: putting it out on a BID basis, the plant would not give a time frame and apparently never quoted a price until the car was in the schedule. - end of january. because of the body quality I believe they used more lacquer surfacer on the black cars, the thicker would eventually dry and shrink, causing crazing.
a couple of minor cracks in front wheel lips from running 9" wide cragars. I am going to go ahead and pull the headlamp support from the bottom and keep the majority of the minor rivet bumps showing for 10 or so rivets, they are hard to photograph, but I am going to fix them from the bottom and save the paint and original fiberglass there.
I will be able to save the majority of the paint.
probably blow in the