looking for where the TI amp/box mounts on a 70 vette, a picture would really be helpful if anyone has. thanks for your help.

 

This is a pic of a 1970 ZR-1, taken at the New England Regional.

 

That's where its at on my 70. On cars without TI, there would be dimples in the inner fender for the hole location.

Willcox

 

thanks very much.

 

Hello Willcox,

There is discussion on the NCRS board that the amplifier was not always installed where the dimples are, and that unless oriented 90° the bolts would not match up with the dimples. The dimples are approximately 4" apart, the bottom two bolts on the amplifier are 2 3/4" apart.

 

My 68 is located similar as the picture...As far as dimples, I have never removed it since new

 

Hi Wally,

Do you happen to have a picture, either from the hood side or the wheel well side? Is it oriented the exact same way (2 3/4" between the bottom two bolts)?

 

My 70 LT-1 was hammered on the drivers front side, I used the AIM and took a survey at my buddies Corvette repair shop of the 3 C3's with K-66 he had through his shop while I was restoring the Vette, I put it where the dimples are...

There may be some assembly line anomalies out there, remember GM hired and fired assembly line workers, people changed jobs, many time the knowledge was passed down by word of mouth from one worker to another.....so there are variations on the AIM " details " out there that are legit " as built " Corvettes, this is one of my big pet peeves with some of the NCRS crowd.....Years ago my buddy restored a beautiful 1 owner 1959 Vette 245HP dual quad motor, this thing was VIRGIN! No hot-rodder had ever had his hands on this motor, during regional NCRS judging some " troll " declared the OEM carburetor tags were wrong.....the " correct " ones were sourced from Paragon Corvette and installed, along with some shot ball joints/steering tie rod ends because the new MOOG parts my buddy had installed were not " correct " after the Vette scored it's " Top Fight " award, it drove like a piece of crap! The guy who owned the Vette never really enjoyed the car after spending a considerable amount of money on it, it went to an auction where it failed to meet resrve but, was sold at a $50K loss soon afterwards ( sounds like " fun " to me.....)

I can understand the want to keep a car original but, I also like to actually take my Vettes on long drives on public roads and would have no desire to do that if they were sporting worn out original parts to gain " judging points " from some " troll " who might be an " expert " but, in reality probably has some basket case at home that hes been working on for years that will never again travel safely down the road with reliability ( trailerd to car shows....OK if that's what you want....by all means be my guest, that's not my cup of tea.....)

There are plenty of " bench mark " Vettes around already if you need a refrence vehicle ( I think your stupid to try to build one out of a car that isnt one ) what the appeal is of a car dragged out of a barn sitting on 4 rotten original tires never to be driven again....I don't understand.......I am in the camp that actually enjoys driving them down to road on occasion

 

I find that post ironic on so many levels. Thanks for the picture.

 

I do have a picture of it.. just not here.. I did a very stupid thing to this car, I pulled the front end off of it and installed Factory style AC on it around 1988 or so.. When I had the front end off the car I took pictures of it, the amp box. I'm pretty sure they are in a folder in my office so tomorrow I'll see if I can dig it up and scan them. Funny I was looking at the NCRS site today and saw the thread but didn't read it.

Willcox

 

Keep in mind the pictures are probably 25 plus years old so they are not as clear, but this was the original inner fender and amp box off my 70. I'm not sure if this will help you or not.

 

very helpful pics Wilcox, funny sometimes what we all did back in the day. I will be ordering some things from you after first of year. thanks again for pics to all.

 

Just installed mine the other day. My factory holes weren't in the same location at Solid LT1's. The only way to actually see my amp is to look up through the grille on the driver side.

Mine was stuffed back on the outside of the long bumper bracket up next to the front "wedge shaped" undernose metal support bracket. This puts it about 3-4 inches away from the inside of the fender- at about the 10 o'clock position (looking forward inside of the DS wheel well.

Sum

 

Hi Sum,

If you look in your wheel well, does it look more like this?