'71 C3 LT1 4Sale

Mr. Cricket

Committee Member
The LT-1 is all about the engine so I would expect to see pics of the engine pad stamp to verify it still has it's original LT-1 motor Adrian? Strange how GM tried and failed to add AC to the LT-1 but this car has it.

Nice Corvette if it checks out and a great colour combination too.
 

Roscobbc

Moderator
Whereas an early high compression LT1 simply wouldn't 'work' with a/c......a '72 with it's fairly significant compression ratio drop...... probably would? - Perhaps a retro fit item?
 

Chevrolet

CCCUK Member
Whereas an early high compression LT1 simply wouldn't 'work' with a/c......a '72 with it's fairly significant compression ratio drop...... probably would? - Perhaps a retro fit item?
As it says in the ad - " And before you say a/ c wasn't available on a 71 LT1, the car has been retro fitted with a complete GM a/ c system, even blowing cold! "
 

Mr. Cricket

Committee Member
While speaking to Adrian about something else I asked about this C3 and yes the motor has been decked and so removing the engine suffix and VIN. He does have photographic evidence of LT-1 specific items like the 4 bolt main and others.

Could be a good buy for someone that does their DD. The LT-1 is a blast to drive rowing through the gears (no auto available on an LT-1) and pushing that high revving engine.
 

JohnF

CCCUK Member
This was my car that I traded in against a C2. Adrain was adamant it couldn’t be a real LT-1 and that he would market it as an LT-1 tribute car. There is no definitive proof this car was an LT-1 though lots of pointers indicate it was. The car has a rebuilt engine with hydraulic cam and non matching numbers transmission and diff. I don’t know what has changed Adrian’s mind on the authenticity of the LT-1 but he’s asking £10k more for the car than he told me he was going to advertise it for. It is a great car though but it will always have a question mark around its authenticity.
 

BigVet

Supporting vendor
If you recall John, I dealt blind without seeing the LT1 and we've now spent a great deal of time carrying out our own inspection. Amongst many other things, this involved dropping the sump to check crank etc. You might recall I asked you if you had dropped the sump and I'm pretty sure you said you had not. Everything we found checked out LT1, even the 4-bolt main cap part numbers. Everything photographed for the next owner. But that's just for starters as we also found out so much more. Another small point, the car has only the one fuel line, and the car has never had a body-off. You were correct about the a/c being retro fitted and we too found later part numbers behind dash that supported this. Also, as we dealt blind, we did not have the full documentation to view before the car reached us and there are a great many references in the Stateside invoices all referring to LT1. But above all, the main thing that's now convinced us is having made contact with past Stateside owners of the car, this was only made possible once we had the history folder. We've extensively discussed the car with them and we are more than satisfied with their response.
 
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