1971 LS6 Chevelle SS Production

[Mr70]

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Back in 75 or 76 at my High School in Greenwich CT. was a Light Blue,White stripes and Int. 71 LS6 equipped Chevelle.Was it the real deal? I can't say. Didn't know about checking numbers back then but did have a good look at the car and I believe it was genuine.

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I've always been a firm believer they never really assembled a Chevelle like this on the assembly line for public consumption during 1971,but you are about the 10th person in the last few years to mention this particular car and it's same details,and all are from NC.Sonny B. 1st told me about it 14 years ago,saying he saw it new on the lot with a W/S on the driverside rear stating LS-6.

I must admit,I'm kinda.....sorta...sloooooowly..starting to think maybe they did.

[SS454Elky]

The question I have had about my '71 for years is why would GM put a 6500 RPM redline tach in a hydraulic liftered car that could have been equipped with A/C (Mine does not have A/C). Wouldn't that be inviting all kinds of warranty issues from over revved engines? I mean obviously they did it, but is there some other rational I am missing? Why put in a tach that is obviously wrong?

[Mr70]

Don't judge a car by it's tachometer..They made miniscule mistakes like that occasionaly.
Just one example.
Chuck Hansons 1970 L-78 Chevelle cvt. was built with a 5500 redline tach,that was clearly a mistake,when it should've received a 6500.

[olredalert]

-----Red Alert was also delivered with the wrong red-line tach, so theres two examples. S*** happens!!! ........Bill S

[JIM]

Alanta Built 70 LS-5 cars are know as having a 5000 rpm tach installed and a lot of them. I personally have seen all kind of tach screw ups from the factory. The best was a 1 owner 70 Monte Carlo 400 small block 2bbl with a 6500 tach. I begged the original owner for years to swap it out and give him money to no avail. They wouldn't stop the line for a wrong redline and the 71 6500 tachs have been spotted in quite a few 71's all over never did a vin study to see what plant.

Jim

[442w30]

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Back in 75 or 76 at my High School in Greenwich CT.

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...but you are about the 10th person in the last few years to mention this particular car and it's same details,and all are from NC.


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He lives in NC, but he saw the car in the Nutmeg State.

I don't understand why everyone demands documentation when L89 Novas are mentioned, but the 1971 LS6 gets a free pass. The paper trail hasn't stopped, but it really hasn't started either.

[MultiMopars]

Yes, factory mistakes happened. The line never stopped, if the bin for the required item was empty they put in what would work. It was expected that the DEALER would catch the mistake (which MOST were) and have it corrected under a warranty claim.

BTW, the 1965 Corvette 395 h.p. cars were factory available with A/C and they had a 6500 tach in them.

I think that in MOST cases you can rely on what the ORIGINAL FACTORY tach shows in a car to help determine what engine was in it. Anyone can look for faults or exception to the rule to discount or prove a cars true heritage.

The bottom line is that in these cases unless you have some other factory paperwork to support your claims it all comes down to what the guy writing the check when BUYING one of these cars believes.

[SuperNovaSS]

395HP Vette?

[MosportGreen66]

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395HP Vette?

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365?

[markjohnson]

I'm sure he means the 1965 327-365 HP Corvettes. For awhile they held the very cool distinction of being the only solid-lifter engine that was available with Air Conditioning. A very cool combination, pun very much intended. They decided to offer A/C one more time with the 1972 solid lifter LT-1's.