Archive for 1971 Lt-1

Welcome to Stuart’s 1971 LT-1 Corvette Stingray

Dec 31, 2010 Comments Off by

We purchased our Corvette back in 1993, AND SOLD IT IN FALL OF 2000. Over the next four years it underwent a thorough and extensive incremental, and historically accurate, body-on restoration. Close to $50,000 (documented) has been spent on a complete rebuilding of the car including: engine, carb, transmission, clutch, brakes, interior, paint and body, [...]

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Special Events

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Participation and support of charitable organizations and special events is an import part of the car hobby. The Corvette Club of Ontario is a Patron of the Spina Bifida Association of Ontario, and has raised many thousands of dollars on their behalf through its activities. The Markham Transit for the Disabled foundation hosted a show [...]

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Details & Specifications

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History Chevrolet first introduced the RPO LT-1 motor package in 1970. With 370 gross horsepower at 6,000 RPM, it featured many hi-performance and heavy duty components, including solid lifters, heavy duty starter, forged TRW aluminum pistons, 11:1 compression, four bolt main cap block, Tuftrided crank, special hi-lift cam, high rise aluminum intake, Holley carb, baffled [...]

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Restoration

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Due to a finite budget, and a desire to drive our car as much as possible, we found ourselves doing a long term incremental type of restoration. The priority items that were attended to first, were those that affected vehicle safety and reliability . We also found that it also needed a rad support, windshield [...]

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Indoor Shows

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The Corvette Club of Ontario puts on a display every year at the two major Canadian indoor performance car shows and product expositions- Speedorama and Performance World. Speedorama is held at the end of January every year at the National Trade Centre in Exhibition Place in Toronto, and is part of the National Association of [...]

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