What a story!!!

Truth is always stranger than fiction, you couldn’t make up a better story than that!!!

Glad all ended well. (What year is the chassis?)

Ryan W31

Chassis is from a 71 LT-1

For sure. I definitely do not miss those days. :D

That's one helluva story! It would certainly be better without the thieves, but you are sure to be remembering and retelling it for a long time!

It will get better each year I tell it. After 10 years, may have to come back to this site to get the REAL story.

She is in the garage, registered and tagged. I have a couple of barrels coming tonight to transfer fuel to. Tank is 7/8 full according the gas gauge, and I would guess that is pretty accurate after looking into the tank. Good news is that tank looks nice and clean w/o any rusty spots. Need to get that old stinky gas out (can't believe it runs on it) and get the tank dropped. Would stay up and do it tonight, but we have company coming over.

Will report tomorrow nite, good bad or ugly.

What kind of company do you keep, who won't help you pull the tank out of the Vette? Congrats on your new aquisition.

No tank sticker. I believe the tank has been off before.

M21 Trans. Someone drilled and tapped it for a drain plug. It is the original, and has the partial vin stamped in it. Assembled early Feb.

I am still certain it is an LT-1. Has the cable for the tach. Found the three holes in the front of the driver's side inner fender for the TI box. Two of the bolts are still in there. TI harness is still present with no wires cut. That together with the partial vin on the engine block, with a correctly dated CTU stamp, and the other clues leaves no doubt in my mind.

Got the calipers pulled. I don't think they are originals. Casting numbers all start with 547, which indicates 73-82 calipers, I believe. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Pretty crusty under there, so it is a good thing I got the extra chassis with it. There is even some rust in the left trailing arm. Right one looks fine. But, the spare chassis it pretty close to pristine.

Have not checked out the rear gear yet, other than to confirm that it is a posi.


I will post pics of all the numbers after I get this computer fixed. I can't even open and edit pics right now, let alone post them. These things are so frustrating when they don't work right.

OH, and sure enough it does have the original spare. Goodyear F 70 15. Speedway Wide Tread, but white stripe instead of white letter. I think that is correct. Even has the original valve stem cap; not a dill, but the one with the flutes that curve up onto the top. Like the one on top in reply #2 on this thread: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=107.0

Feel really lame not posting pics with this. Hopefully get this computer squared away in the next couple of days.

7 of the 8 caliper bolts came right out. The 8th one; not quite. It was starting to round, even with a 6 point socket, using the SnapOn impact gun. Had to hammer a 15 mm six point socket on to the bolt head. Took about 100 hits. Broke a SnapOn 3 inch extension. Put another extension on, and had to use the floor jack on an 18 inch breaker bar to get it freed up. What a pain.

The fill and drain plug for 1970 and later Muncie transmissions is correct.

Try "Kroil" if you can find it it's my favorite.Thanks for the updates.