Daytona69

I just ran into a guy at a local swap meet that insists his Vette is a 1970 LT-1 with air. Before he started talking to me I said "Hey, nice '72"...A/C and the LT-1 led me to this. He looked at me like I was an idiot and told me with total conviction that it is one of three '70's like this. Then I noticed the console tag that reads 330HP ('71). Any true Corvette guy with an LT-1 knows that the '70 had 370HP and that A/C was not available until 1972. I think this guy was screwed by someone a litle more savvy than him when it comes to Corvettes.

gkvetteuno

Or someone took him to school and he doesn't know it yet.

Tom73

Hummmmm.....the 70 was 370 hp and no A/C (he says it is a 70), the 71 was 330 hp and no A/C (console says it is a 71), while the 72 was 255hp and limited availability of A/C (A/C says it is a 72). My guess is that he has a car that was assembled from excess parts

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corvgreg

Did you look at the tachometer? I saw a car on ebay awhile back with a similar setup. I told the guy selling it that the car didn't come that way. I think that car was an Ontario Orange 71 vert with AC. The numbers on the block were correct for an LT1 but the car had factory AC and the tach redline was 5300 instead of the LT1's 6500.

You gotta be careful out there with these fakes!

Greg

Larry B.

OK then here's the story... In 71 chilton's manual's incorrectly listed one of the base engines (code CJK) as 330 H.P (same as LT-1) The CJK engine was a base engine (270HP) and did come with A/C, so you can see where the confusion comes from. This fact accounts for all of the 71 Lt1's with Automatic and A/C. Millions of chilton's manual were distributed to auto part stores.

Corz

My 69 came with an LT-1, A/C, and an auto tranny

ZiVvmO

towing package too? right? must be worth more than a mint '53.

Corz

hell yeah, not only does it have the rare towing package, but I heard the car is made out of fiberglass.. thats gotta be pretty rare too, since the rest are metal

Tom73

But remember, the 72 LT1s with A/C had a much lower redline, something like 5300 or 5500, rather than the normal 6500 redline. Chevy was concerned about the LT1 throwing A/C belts at higher RPMs.

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GaryS

[QUOTE= Any true Corvette guy with an LT-1 knows that the '70 had 370HP and that A/C was not available until 1972. [/QUOTE]

And to add to that, the only LT1's that had a/c were very late in the year. When I was looking for a 72 LT1, I found a dealer in the Long Island area who had one with a/c. I asked for any documentation and was told that "the tank sticker blew out the window on the Long Island Expressway." Another dealer had a very low number 72 LT1 with a/c and no documentation. Passed on both of those jewels.

Gary

Tex71BB

My brother has a buddy who's one of these smart*ss know-it-all types - he was trying to tell me in the first several years of production, you could get a Corvette with your choice of either a fiberglass or metal body.

comp

check out Twin Turbo's post on this

corvgreg

Yes, you are right. The 72 LT1's with AC used the 5600 rpm redline tach.

Corz

I was starting to think people were taking me serious