1970 LS7 Corvette Roadster
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1970 LS7 Corvette Roadster
I WILL BRING THIS CAR TO GM CARLISLE IN JUNE FOR ONLY GAS MONEY - THAT'S PEANUTS. New price, new pics!! This is Chevy history folks.NEW PRICE $35,000. A daytona yellow 1970 Corvette Convertible with mostly original paint, 33,000 miles, black auxiliary hardtop, tank sticker (LS5 454, M21). Nice original black interior.
The special thing about my car is that after the original owner ordered it he replaced the original LS5 with a new fully balanced and blueprinted LS7 454 built by Diamond Engineering in Detroit and Bill King Racing Engines (they did a lot of Super Stock racer development work for the OEM manufacturers, tooled up the cross-ram for the Hemi race engines etc., AS WELL AS THE ALL-ALUMINUM BIG-BLOCKS IN THE CAN-AM McCLAREN CHAPPARAL cars - Diamond had the contract, Bill King built the engines for McClaren) The car has every L88 and LS7 factory road racing piece imaginable - full set J56 L88 brakes, 074 aluminum heads, L88-ZL1 intake, L88 service carburetor, Harrison L88 aluminum radiator and matching rad support, GM off-road racing oil cooler, OK Kustom Header sidepipes and headers (with GM part numbers), over the counter M22 Rock Crusher, dual disc L88 clutch, original GM L88 hood with air cleaner. He wanted an LS7 Corvette and when the option was cancelled he built his own. This car has been looked over and signatured by Gib Hufstaeder and much of the 1970 Corvette engineering group, including Gib hufstaeder and Tom Langdon who gave me a copy of the original cancellation document for the LS7 option...$35,000.
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MORE PICS HERE _ THE 70s PINSTRIPES have been removed and the rear deck around fuel filler touched up and repaired:
http://s962.photobucket.com/user/guy...?sort=3&page=1
The special thing about my car is that after the original owner ordered it he replaced the original LS5 with a new fully balanced and blueprinted LS7 454 built by Diamond Engineering in Detroit and Bill King Racing Engines (they did a lot of Super Stock racer development work for the OEM manufacturers, tooled up the cross-ram for the Hemi race engines etc., AS WELL AS THE ALL-ALUMINUM BIG-BLOCKS IN THE CAN-AM McCLAREN CHAPPARAL cars - Diamond had the contract, Bill King built the engines for McClaren) The car has every L88 and LS7 factory road racing piece imaginable - full set J56 L88 brakes, 074 aluminum heads, L88-ZL1 intake, L88 service carburetor, Harrison L88 aluminum radiator and matching rad support, GM off-road racing oil cooler, OK Kustom Header sidepipes and headers (with GM part numbers), over the counter M22 Rock Crusher, dual disc L88 clutch, original GM L88 hood with air cleaner. He wanted an LS7 Corvette and when the option was cancelled he built his own. This car has been looked over and signatured by Gib Hufstaeder and much of the 1970 Corvette engineering group, including Gib hufstaeder and Tom Langdon who gave me a copy of the original cancellation document for the LS7 option...$35,000.
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MORE PICS HERE _ THE 70s PINSTRIPES have been removed and the rear deck around fuel filler touched up and repaired:
http://s962.photobucket.com/user/guy...?sort=3&page=1
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05-02-2014, 11:18 AM
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interesting musclecar trades will be considered.
Some videos I just shot - I'm no Spielberg.
1970 LS7 Corvette - YouTube
Corvette LS7 drive - YouTube
1970 LS7 Corvette Undercarriage - YouTube
Some videos I just shot - I'm no Spielberg.
1970 LS7 Corvette - YouTube
Corvette LS7 drive - YouTube
1970 LS7 Corvette Undercarriage - YouTube
05-07-2014, 08:33 AM
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Yeah. I have a 69 427/435 coupe in the middle of a frame off, and a very original (but not exactly awe inspiring) 70 350/300 convertible. If those magically liquidated into dollar bills I'd be on the phone right now.
05-08-2014, 09:02 AM
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Here in the other colonies, we still have some of that in the upper States !
Currently in the Midwest, rain and tornadoes. A winter to remember, for sure.
A bit of a hike for me ... GLWS 
Currently in the Midwest, rain and tornadoes. A winter to remember, for sure.
A bit of a hike for me ... GLWS
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So I spent much of the summer and fall doing lots of clean-up on the LS7 Vette. Also found and contacted the original owner, really there is only 1 other owner between me and the original buyer, William 'Jake' Sheehy. Mr. Sheehy is still sharp as a tack and I have a recorded phone call detailing his build of the car, with the final result being the LS7 Corvette he hoped to buy from GM when the option was cancelled. I am in the process of creating a notarized letter from this conversation as part of the docmentation of the car's history. You wouldn't think all this would result in a price-drop but life requires it, now $35,000. This is Chevy history folks.NEW PRICE $35,000
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So I spent much of the summer and fall doing lots of clean-up on the LS7 Vette. Also found and contacted the original owner, really there is only 1 other owner between me and the original buyer, William 'Jake' Sheehy. Mr. Sheehy is still sharp as a tack and I have a recorded phone call detailing his build of the car, with the final result being the LS7 Corvette he hoped to buy from GM when the option was cancelled. I am in the process of creating a notarized letter from this conversation as part of the docmentation of the car's history. You wouldn't think all this would result in a price-drop but life requires it, now $33,000. This is Chevy history folks.NEW PRICE $33,000
Tony DeLorenzo, famed L88 racer, signed my plate at MCACN
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