1971 Chevrolet Corvette 454 LS6 Muscle Car Of The Week Episode
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- 1971 Chevrolet Corvette 454 LS6Muscle Car Of The Week Episode #124
This week, we spend some time in a beautiful 1971 Corvette powered by the 425 HP LS6 454 V8. This car is finished in War Bonnet Yellow, and is one of less than 200 built in this combination. From the Brothers Collection.
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I had a 70 And loved every minute of it
My neighbor had a green ‘72 454 in the ‘70’s. When I saw his daughter drive it to high school I realized life wasn’t fair.
I like it !
Thanks for the video.
The Corvette c3 is a masterpiece of art on four wheels!!
It’s no C2, but it’s better than anything since the last of the C4’s.
MY DREAM CAR!
1971 -72. I was in first grade waiting at the bus stop when the guy at the end of my road pulls up to the stop sign in his 1971 Big block Orange Corvette with those cool black back window luvers, looked and sounds so cool.... I never forget that sound, I was 7 years old.
At 15 took my first road trip in a brand new 1969 Corvette, from Connecticut to Western Pennsylvania and even at 68yrs old I still have a trill thinking of how much fun it was!!! O the pure innocent of youth!!!! 2022
Friggin sweet... love that sound.
Those swoopy fenders never get old!!
Thatz very nice
What a very beautiful vette. Like that 454 LS6 motor😊
Worlds best looking sports car...ever...
Ever
Easily as beautiful as anything out of Italy. What a stunning design.
Very true statement
Real sports cars have a clutch!
That car is absolutely gorgeous! Wow, what a car!
Good job GM, for staying on top of America's true sports car
Love it rare car 454 Aluminum Heads !!!!
Had a 71. Did a little work on the 454. That was in 75. Traveled the country in it. Dependable car. Chevrolet children 🤠🇺🇸🐎
Yeah, had a 71 lt1 , loved that car.
Had that hotwheel in exact same color combo.
ONly owned a 73 couldnt afford earlier ones still the same car though .
Tried to hang onto it as a retirement daily but just couldnt. Sold that L82 vette for 6500 in late 90s.
That car is absolutely gorgeous. The C3 Corvette is an amazing design. I absolutely love them.
One of my all time favorites. Had a poster on my bedroom wall all thru my teens of all the corvettes from start to the last year . (At that point)
It's awe$ome!
I owned that car for a short time it never came out of the garage my friend at the time purchased it for me because I was into mustangs and he was a Corvette fanatic who really wanted me to see why he loved Vettes so much I always liked Vettes just could not afford it we were business partners in body building products and gym wear he was a body builder from California who moved to new Hampshire he liked Vettes but had no clue the difference between a 454 Ls6 and a 1975 350 cubic inch or the value difference he just liked the look when I realized it was a big block I was excited because I've been more into Racing then collecting cars it was a beast tire shredder he said the car was in garage most of its life low miles barn find but you can imagine the hidden issues with a car hidden a Dry garage covered barely driven all original everything anyway he had issues with wife sold a bunch of cars like ten outta 29 Vettes he had hidden all over gave wife 100 k to move back to California he just sold it said he would buy me another later he didn't know it was worth 80 percent more than a regular Vette bought for 8k and sold for the same I was 22 at the time he was 50 years old then his wife knew nothing about all the cars he had she just wanted money to leave new Hampshire I couldn't believe he was that stupid to sell that car after he bought it for me and I paid him I didn't take possession I trusted it was safe in garage he just wanted he gone then find out they weren't really married just been together for long time I was done dealing with him nice guy but not to smart he gave away those cars for a mere 100 k that one car was worth that back then it was yellow gold even had redline tires I wanna cry I would have it today if I brought it home instead of entrusting him to put in garage had lost it never stopped thinking how awesome it would have been with a good tune and sticky tires
Very nice 😍 love vettes
Nice car
Next time, please show the special retracting hood fairing, during windshield wipers actuation or retraction.
A sight to behold.
My cousin bought a Stingray in that period.
A little info:
The vacuum operated light covers must have the engine running for vacuum.
If Corvette is parked and one the headlight assembly is not closed, just re-start the V8 for a few seconds.
Vacuum of systems well then allow full deflections of headlight cover assembly.
I learned it indeed.
Body [Copper Color] is perfectly matched to vinyl top.
Well deserved thumbs up!
Sounds cool!
Hi Lynskyrd,
Sure wish I had the money to buy one, and have extra $ for a heated and dry indoor parking.
No driver assistance gizmos here.
One can only dream...
Thank you for your reply.
@@bullittfanatic czcams.com/video/fXcqQ3elSIU/video.html i found a video of the windshield wipers in action. wow that is a cool ideal.
I remember sitting in my third grade classroom looking out the window when my friend Mark's brother pulled up in a 71 454 LS5 Bridgehampton blue coupe. I was in total awe of this car. I vowed one day I would have a Corvette. My first one was a 96 LT1 coupe. Second was a 91 ZR1 and my third one is a 91 ZR1 with 528 H.P. I would love to have a 68-72 . I really like the 70 LT1 . The L46 is a great engine also.
Great story 👍.
That's cool dude!! Do those 91 ZR1's have a DOHC 5.7?
Nice ride. Loved Corvettes since I was in fourth grade. But an LS6 454 Corvette. Now that's the ultimate Corvette.
The 70-72 corvettes are my fav! This is the baddest!
Love my '76
I had a '68 435 horse convertible. That car was really nice but it had a few bugs that I presume were ironed out by '71. The LS-6 was still a 475 horse engine even if Chevrolet said otherwise. '71 was a great model year for Corvette as you could have a high performance LT-1 small block (rated at 330 hp) as well as the LS-6. Oh, to have kept those cars from my youth.
OOOHH To have kept so many cars that we saw people buy and rag out and sell for just a couple of hundred dollars, today, you could get many thousands of dollars for those cars, even in the shape that they were in when they were sold back then, Rught!?!?!?
Great looking car. I do remember that color back in the 70's. I liked it then and like it now.
Great Muscle Car :) I have always liked the Stringray Corvette Design
I got a 72 with a modern 350 Fuel injection 350 HP with a 5 spd manual. All high performance suspension, leather, side pipes it’s loud as hell and it scares small children and dogs.
They weren't 5 speeds in 72 man
@Craig Scott ok that makes sence
Real nice.For me the best shape 'Vette,still very modern looking.
Beast
Another spectacular muscle car.
Beautiful my dad had a silver 72 454 Vette! With a forty pound clutch same HP rating!
Quel mon beauté ...
Quel beauté.. Je voulais dire 😁
My dad had this exact car and color so excited to see video I think he paid 4500 cash way below sticker
Wow, that was a deal! Glad you like the video, it is cool to see something that takes you back!
Absolutely beautiful beast 💯💖
If i won the lottery i would get 3 1970 Chevys, Corvette Ls5. Chevelle Ls6 and Camaro SS or Z-28 R.S.
Thank you for sharing all those nice ride and informations.
Back in the early 70s I owned a black on black 67 427 435 hp C2 Corvette with all the go fast stuff including the factory side exhaust.
It had a 3.36 posi rear since it wasxa daily driver and due to the relatively weak 10 bolt IRS rear and half shafts I didn't drag race the car.
It was fast. The engine would pull the car up to just under 155 mph at 6500 rpm.
I never exceeded redline.
Neverthe less at 52000 miles the plastic teeth on the main timing gear broke off.
This resulted in internal damage to the short block.
At the local Chev dealership I could get a replacement 427 short block.
OR for 250 dollars more I could get a LS6 11.25 to 1 solid lifter cam 454 short block.
Easy choice.
The heads got new valve springs 2 new valves and a 3 angle valve job at Traco in Culver City .
These and the triple carb intake were then bolted onto the LS 6 short block. Slight rejetting on the carbs and breaking on the Traco dyno.
Then the serious pulls.
After some more rejetting a change in the diaphragms on the end carbs and final timing best pull resulted in 478 hp at 6200 rpm.
Perfect.
The engine was completely docile. It's serious torque curve started at 2000 rpm and was endless.
The engine pulled noticeably stronger than the 427 although it didn't grab revs quite as quickly.
I never took the car past redline although at 6500 it still had throttle left.
It's a pity that this combination of parts and high compression triple carbs 454 never made it into production.
Eventually the editor of Hot Rod magazine offered me enough to buy the car so I sold it.
Pity.
I never cared about numbers matching and originality.
In my world muscle cars existed to be driven and enjoyed. And at that time they were unsophisticated enough so it was alwsys possible to make the suspension brakes and engines better.
I still have 2 muscle cars from that time.both are original appearance wise but highly modified under the skin. I drive both on a daily basis and enjoy them. Both are small blocks both have over drive transmissions and both will run out at over 150 mph.
Fortunately lll be dead before t h e EV BULLS..T forces IC cars off the road.
I was the Parts Manager at Albertsons Chevy in Culver City, but that was from 1995 to 2002. If that was even the dealership you used?
A 70, 71, or 72 has been on my wishlist a long time. Ideally I’d like to find one with a blown or no engine and do an LS conversion
I bet the hardtop convertible was more aerodynamic than the coupe because of the flying buttress of the coupe. Thanks for sharing.
It was and most road racers ordered the Convertible with the hardtop in place of the soft top (no extra charge) and it was also a little cheaper than the Coupe.
The best looking VETTE ever. This body style and the 1990 VETTE. The one with front and rear bumper from the 89 model, but with the newer dash, interior, suspension and transmission!!!
Had a blackblack 90 ZR-1 . Fantastic car incredibly reliable, never let me down once, Lost track of it when it had around 200k mi
I had this Corvette--mine was metallic orange an it had side exhaust, I kind of miss it
Beautiful car and great video as always! Love that color
Back when corvettes looked like corvettes.!!!!
Now they look like a mix breed.
Agree 🇺🇸👍
My dad had a 71 new 454 same color looked goldieh green was also popular lol when new
Nice Car !!!! Stay Strong....Peace
Beautiful colour for 1971
She’s a beauty 👍
This car is a beast
I came across this very same car one day in a remote lake community..it was sitting on the side of the road in the grass with grass growing up around it..I immediatly recognized the hood..jumped out looked through the tore up rag top and saw the engine plate and nearly crapped my pants "425 horsepower-475 lbs ft torque 454 cubic inches-9.0:1 compression" this car had been sitting here for years..the interior was almost non existent due to the weather getting in..
When I was finished with the job I was there to do..I asked the customer about that 4 speed vette..he responded that the neighbors son bought it new then went to Nam and didn't come back..man I got F&%kin chills..he told me friends,family and strangers tried to buy the car but the father wouldn't budge..sure enough I stopped again and looked at barely readable sun bleached odometer..FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN miles !!
Later that day I told the story to my riding buddies (Shovel Head fanatics) and a buddy of my buddy was really interested and asked me where it was..I told him..
It was weeks later and my buddy says to me..remember that vette..I said yeah..what a tragedy all around eh ? he says so and so got it !! I was like WHAT ?? HOW ?? he told me that that guy filed a complaint about the car being a eye sore then showed up a week later and made an offer and got the car..I immediately got pissed and cussed the guy for being low down..turns out that low down s.o.b spent 2 years bringing it back to life in his garage..
Now I'm not talking about working on it occasionally..I'm talking with a fever..we would ride over on occasion to see the progress and to drink beer..because this thing consumed his life..no one ever saw him once he got this thing.. the day came finally and it was astonishing !
So after a few little dialing in runs he takes off and we followed at a distance..it seems he's heading to the lake..sure enough after stopping to put gas in he bee lines to the fathers house..we stop a ways back just looking at each other wondering what the F&%k when the old man put his extended arm/hand on our buddies shoulder with a bowed head and his body began heaving ?
By now we all had gotten pretty tight helping with this car and also every one of us were Veterans so after a few minutes after the old man was consoled and had calmed down a bit we were waved over..so we kick standed the bikes and walked over..he introduced us to his dead Platoon mate's father..
Wow! Reminds me of a Easy Rider story where the guy disappeared in a puff of a cloud.
Great story,i thought it was kind of low down too at first, but that was probably the only way that car was going to get saved,when push came to shove for pops.
How many times digging that foxhole or in the shit did we talk about our girls, cars and dreams of getting out of this crap and back to enjoying the real world.
A lady in back of my house had a 73 Chevelle S3 like new with no miles on it in her garage,i asked her about it and sadly her son just bought it brand new but never returned from there to enjoy it either.
Rest in peace my veteran brothers.
How can the cars be the same, when this one is an automatic, and you state in your story, about a 4-speed car?
like 4 hours ago i was back from a muscle car gathering in my country where i saw 69 vette all original 427 l88 man what car. still the 454 is a beast
I used to see a fair number of 427 Corvettes in the 80s. There was a guy who worked at a local bank branch, who drove a blue 427 Corvette to work every day from roughly 1987-1990. I'd see 427 Corvettes on the rosd more often that I'd see cars like 64 or 65 Mercury Comets. I went to 'Super Chevy Sunday' at Maple Grove raceway in 1985, in return for my Chevy-fan buddy's sacrifice of going with me to the 'Ford Motorsport nationals' several weeks earlier. I saw quite a lot of 427 and 454 Corvettes there.
Contrast that with the 1 or 2 Boss 302 or Boss 429 Mustangs I've seen in person in my entire life!
The 71 Corvette roadster was truly an amazing example of American Muscle. . There were actually two different 454 options. My 71 C3 had 365 horsepower, 460 foot pounds of torque. It featured cast iron heads with hydraulic lifters. It had a dual snorkel air cleaner. Also worth mentioning is that it had the deluxe black leather interior, power steering, power brakes, power windows, tilt and telescope wheel, am/fm stereo, and upgraded carpeting.
I really miss that car a good regret getting rid of it. 😩
@@patrickmcleod111 The last time I was at Maple Grove was in the 80s.
@@bigredc222 I went to the fall NHRA national even in early October of 2016 at Maple Grove. That was the first time I'd been since probably 1990-ish. They sold ear plugs at a table just inside the ticket booth during that 2016 NHRA national event. They were mandatory, if you desired to not lose your hearing!
@@patrickmcleod111 I live in the West Chester, Downingtown area, how about you?
very cool color...thx Kev
Nice I thought the LS6 was a 1970 only option
NICE😎👍🏿
I love it. BB Vette
Nice..
That things needs some side pipes
I always loved the Corvette of those year with there nice chrome bumpers. But automatic? Have a good weekend!
Amazing year for Corvette. My pop had a red convertible LS-6 with the M-22 manual trans. He was lucky to find the car with the fiberglass hardtop. He also scored as the original owner maintained all the paperwork over the years. His corvette was on of the 188. Sadly, there was a misprint on the block that coded it as an LS-5. He spent years and time attempting to get GM to open the archives to prove the internal components of the block were in fact LS-6..........But Gm was stingy with the records. As I recall, it had something to do with the strike at the Bowling Green plant in 1970.
Corvettes were built in St.Louis in 70
Yeah not buying that story and Bowling Green Assembly opened in 1981 and the 454 engines were built in Tonowanda (Buffalo) NY.
@@thud9797 Gee...I'm sorry my distant childhood memories don't meet your standards for perfection. I believe you are referred to nowadays as "toxic". Cheer up, grumpy.
@@LUPINEMAXXSeems fair, my apologies sir
@@thud9797 - Gracious words. If I could remember every detail verbatim from my 70's/80's childhood...I'd have more money than Elon Musk.
Have a 71 roadster currently. Mille Miglia Red 270 horse 350 4 speed.
Nice! Ain't no substitute for cu inches hey!
I liked it thanks.
Only 188 of them made with 454 wow
The LS-6 Vettes are very rare. That low rise intake killed around 20hp over the L72/L78 high rise intake which should’ve fit under the scooped hood.
World products makes a low rise that flows like crazy now
The first I noticed was the AIR pump so it must be a car with California emissions. That makes it even rarer!
All LT-1 and LS-6 cars had the AIR system as contrary to popular belief, it was a better way to meet the emissions without reducing performance as much as other methods.
Be cool to see a 71 LS6 race a 2001 LS6 in the quarter. Stick the same drag radial on both, which one wins????
the most beautiful Corvettes are the C3!
I totally agree with you
Nice
Nice one.
EXCELLENT. A1.TOPNOTCH.
it's nice to see the difference between years 70s 80s look similar
Always buy American muscle cars made in Kentucky USA baby yeah eeehaw 💯💯👍👍😎
this is maybe the best looking vette ever
Agree
Love that year Corvette! My favorite Vette body style ever!
My car-
2001 Viper GTS sapphire/stripes
Styker Heads/cam/headers/hi-flow cats/Corsa cat-back/Penske tripple-adjustable shocks/ACR oil adapter/windage tray/3qt Accusump/Anti-Stop Brakes/700hp/690tq all motor
That idle...just like music.
I want one!
I had a boss back in the 80s who had a 67 vette with a 427. he raced a buddy of his with a new 70 with the 454. he said after blowing by him when they started racing he then looked into his mirrors and saw he was pulled over on the side of the hi-way smoking like a bastard. he got off at the next exit and went back around to see what happened. his buddy said he tried keeping up,but that 427 just kicked the living snot out of the 454 he ended up throwing a rod, blowing a head gasket , pulled the 454 and swapped it out for a 427! lol! ☆☆☆
Those 427s were monsters I had a 69 with 390 that ran great. I can only imagine what the higher compression cars would do
It was probably an LS5.
427 were internally balanced and could Rev past 7000!
Or maybe even a L88! Either way, I miss the good old days when those dinosaurs roamed the streets and were parked in our driveway!
Hey brother I never see you host a 427 yenko Nova which is truly the fastest car built in the 70 era as a muscle car that can do in a quarter mile with some slicks on about 11 seconds at 114 miles an hour
I've never been a big GM fan I am a Mopar nut but I will give the Corvette credit where due 73 and older were fantastic cars after that I think they became junk until today's you know modern technology but hats off to the 73 to 71 to 69 and all those other shark nosed Corvettes
Sir you have very good taste... Mopar is top notch as well.🇺🇸
👍👍
bernie agaman ran the 71 LS6 SS/CA world champ
Ken, who is the lucky guy that gets to throttle these cars?
LT-1 was the way to go in the early 70's w/a Vette, preferably a ZR1. Small Block FTW!
BTW, this car could have been upgraded to a ZR2.
I had a LT-1 .Thought i had bough a 350 hp . Turned out , it was only a 255 hp. Ran like the dog it was . LT-1 had as i found out 5 different HP rating . Better know the engine codes real good . I got taken .!!
If you had 255 H.P., you had a '72. The compression was way down making this the only solid lifter 'Vette you could order with A/C.
@@scottelkin562 probably a 72 engine snuck in a 71 body
I know this is an old post but why would you choose an LT-1 over an LS6? I mean...unless you just want the slower car out of the two. Especially the '71...down a whopping 40 horsepower from 1970 (LT-1 that is). It was either LS6 or, if you were lucky enough to get a ZR2 with a factory race-built L88, but th drivability wasn't too great with those. A '70 LT-1 couldn't even get out of the 14's. They were stout for a small block because of the high compression and solid cam, but they weren't even close to being in the same league with the top big blocks of that era.
I'm going to think of this as a Steve McQueen corvette. Selah
The anniversary edition mid 70s???
The 465 horsepower LS7 454 was put in copo 1970 Chevelles and Corvettes
Those cars were dealer built , not COPOs . You couldn't even buy a LS7 full engine assembly from Chevrolet , only the parts to build one .
I had no idea they had aluminum heads
Brands Hatch Green? The hill going down from Brands Hatch to Farningham is called DEATH HILL.
No LS6 available in 1970 Corvette. Biggest engine available was 390 hp 454.
george m not true....do more research!!!!
@@michellegrone7131 VERY true , you're the one who needs to do the research .
All a 71 LS6 Corvette is missing is some compression
? ,low commission,it Won’t miss some brute horsepower, do you think that’s going to stop that LS6 ?
I'm surprised they used Holley,
instead of a Quadrajunk.
GM meant business with the LS6 engine.
All hi perfomance CHEVY’s had a HOLLEY
How about showing a 1970 ZR-1 Cotvette?
@Brian Cabral thsts what I was thinking too
69 was the last year of the ZR1
@@robertveronese4405 not ZR1 , but ZL1
I did :p
Yeah, I just can't imagine it with an automatic.
I would rather have a 1970 Chevelle SS 454 with the LS-6 rated at 450 hp but with higher compression than the LS-6 shown here from 1971.
Buy one, matter of fact, buy 10 of them and a bag of cookies.