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 had a 70 And loved every minute of it

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

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.

The Corvette c3 is a masterpiece of art on four wheels!!

What a very beautiful vette. Like that 454 LS6 motor😊

Friggin sweet... love that sound.

Had a 71. Did a little work on the 454. That was in 75. Traveled the country in it. Dependable car. Chevrolet children 🤠🇺🇸🐎

Those swoopy fenders never get old!!

Good job GM, for staying on top of America's true sports car

Easily as beautiful as anything out of Italy. What a stunning design.

I like it ! Thanks for the video.

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.

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

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)

Worlds best looking sports car...ever...

MY DREAM 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!

That car is absolutely gorgeous! Wow, what a car!

Yeah, had a 71 lt1 , loved that car.

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.

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.

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.

Nice ride. Loved Corvettes since I was in fourth grade. But an LS6 454 Corvette. Now that's the ultimate Corvette.

Thatz very nice

The 70-72 corvettes are my fav! This is the baddest!

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.

Great looking car. I do remember that color back in the 70's. I liked it then and like it now.

Real nice.For me the best shape 'Vette,still very modern looking.

Beautiful my dad had a silver 72 454 Vette! With a forty pound clutch same HP rating!

Very nice 😍 love vettes

Great Muscle Car :) I have always liked the Stringray Corvette Design

I bet the hardtop convertible was more aerodynamic than the coupe because of the flying buttress of the coupe. Thanks for sharing.

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

Love it rare car 454 Aluminum Heads !!!!

Love my '76

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!!!

If i won the lottery i would get 3 1970 Chevys, Corvette Ls5. Chevelle Ls6 and Camaro SS or Z-28 R.S.

I had this Corvette--mine was metallic orange an it had side exhaust, I kind of miss it

Another spectacular muscle car.

It's awe$ome!

My dad had this exact car and color so excited to see video I think he paid 4500 cash way below sticker

Thank you for sharing all those nice ride and informations.

Nice car

Absolutely beautiful beast 💯💖

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 always loved the Corvette of those year with there nice chrome bumpers. But automatic? Have a good weekend!

Beautiful car and great video as always! Love that color

Back when corvettes looked like corvettes.!!!! Now they look like a mix breed.

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..

Beautiful colour for 1971

She’s a beauty 👍

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.

Quel mon beauté ...

Beast

My dad had a 71 new 454 same color looked goldieh green was also popular lol when new

very cool color...thx Kev

Have a 71 roadster currently. Mille Miglia Red 270 horse 350 4 speed.

This car is a beast

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

Nice Car !!!! Stay Strong....Peace

Nice! Ain't no substitute for cu inches hey!

NICE😎👍🏿

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.

I love it. BB Vette

The first I noticed was the AIR pump so it must be a car with California emissions. That makes it even rarer!

Nice..

Be cool to see a 71 LS6 race a 2001 LS6 in the quarter. Stick the same drag radial on both, which one wins????

it's nice to see the difference between years 70s 80s look similar

I liked it thanks.

Nice one.

That things needs some side pipes

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

Always buy American muscle cars made in Kentucky USA baby yeah eeehaw 💯💯👍👍😎

the most beautiful Corvettes are the C3!

Only 188 of them made with 454 wow

That idle...just like music.

Nice

I want one!

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

this is maybe the best looking vette ever

EXCELLENT. A1.TOPNOTCH.

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! ☆☆☆

Ken, who is the lucky guy that gets to throttle these cars?

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bernie agaman ran the 71 LS6 SS/CA world champ

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'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

No LS6 available in 1970 Corvette. Biggest engine available was 390 hp 454.

I'm surprised they used Holley, instead of a Quadrajunk.

I did :p

I would have liked to see it with top off and maybe with a rag top demo. But otherwise cool video.

Brands Hatch Green? The hill going down from Brands Hatch to Farningham is called DEATH HILL.

I had no idea they had aluminum heads

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.

Yeah, I just can't imagine it with an automatic.

All a 71 LS6 Corvette is missing is some compression