Unmolested LT1 Motor with 6000 Miles / CTB Coded

[hugger_69]

Chuck,

You asked where this engine came from. It was out of a low mileage 70 Z/28 that was totalled in 1970. It was taken out as shown (no exhaust on it - the ones pictured are to protect the ports only) and sat in dry storage for a long time before my friend Mike aquired it in recent years. The car reportedly had 6000 miles on it when wrecked and the motor condition would coincide with those facts as it is a fine looking specimen.

Later this week I will be taking a few more shots of it with Yenko user RSZMJT (Mike Thorpe)who owns this LT1. We are going to take shots of the head castings with the covers removed (spotless inside)and of the date coded wires, and various front profile shots in better clarity. These will be sent to Greg Roberts of NRG and Marlin where they can then add them to their respective Yenko Deuce posts. (see link above)

Great job Greg, and thanks for the nice words Marlin. I think Mike and I both enjoy things like this because it betters the info and allows those with a pure interest to restore their projects to a correct level.

Cheers!

[CamarosRus]

.....Still struggling......

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Thank you chuck, the pic of the TCS hose routing is very helpful, it shows about how long the 4 hoses need to be.

For years I searched for other deuce pics of the CTB on the sides of the block, only found one guy in CT. Now look at 'em all Good pics.

[Salvatore]

So there really is a bracket holding the fuel line at the carb. They didn't last long in the old days. Very informative pictures. Thanks, Sam

[TimG]

I recently purchased a '72 LT1 Corvette and one of the items that I had to clear up on the stamp was the one square "0" and one oval "O" in the build stamp. The same two types of "0"'s appear in the build stamp of the 6,000 mile car. I've been able to document these same two "0" in LT1's built in '70, '71, and '72. I also sent a tracing of my pad to the person that keeps the Corvette master pad library and he verified both "0"'s as typical UAW work.
I just thought I would add that since the same characters appeared in the low mile LT1 stamp.

[olredalert]

--------The orange Z really appears to be a very special car. Beautiful, just beautiful. I am surprized by the length of the carb studs. They appear to have at least an inch of thread above the nut. Its like Chevrolet wanted you to put a spacer in there.........Bill S

[camarojoe]

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--------The orange Z really appears to be a very special car. Beautiful, just beautiful. ....Bill S

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I agree... while the engine detail pics are great, i can't get over how cool the car itself looks with a black top... its a rare sight to see a vinyl roof on a second gen camaro these days... i like it!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I agree Tim, that was another thing that jumped out at me. I will have to check my block tonight to see if the Deuces have the same 'O' & '0', they should since that was stamped at Flint, unlike the vin which was stamped at Norwood/Willow Run.