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Interesting…The VIN for this Corvette is currently listed on the C3Registry with ownership out of Wisconsin. It shows to be green on green but with a 270hp engine.
Congratulations Dennis! You bought the Corvette that I tried to purchase in 1989 from Mr. Winpigler, the original owner! My dad was friends with his brother, and I went to Frederick High School and church with his niece. This LS6 Corvette is THE REAL DEAL!! I spoke at length with the owner back then, and he told me he purchased it new from the Chevy dealership in Union Bridge MD. I remember him telling me about having to have the block replaced under warranty due to it being cracked. Although I offered him a lot of cash back in 1989, he wouldn't part with it. This Corvette sat outside uncovered and unprotected for many years on a lot off of 4th street in Frederick City, which the owner used for his family's excavating business. I knew it was super rare and worried it would be stolen since it was in a desolate part of town back then. I am happy for you, but envious and sad that it's gone from my home town!! Also, what a shame they cut the pipes and dropped the tank to get the tank sticker and almost ruined it.
I know he will sell it for a ton more than he paid, and that's free enterprise, but as rare as this Corvette is, it should be preserved at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky.@@JV_214
For what little it's worth I ordered a 1970 LS6 early in 1970 and took delivery of that car in June of 70. Drove the car for a year and was forced to sell it when first baby arrived. Couldn't keep both. The baby got the nod. No regrets.
I cried when I watch this video. I owned at 71 that was totaled by a drunk driver in 1980. I miss that Vette everyday. Unfortunately life got in the way and that was the last Vette I ever owned. I hope this 71 is restored back to it's original showroom condition. Please keep the Coffee Walk audience updated.
This is a unicorn find. Not just the car, but the history behind it all. Guys like Jeff are a dying breed, worked and lived in the same place for decades and knows all the history of the classic cars around him. The fact that he has been hunting this car for years, has worked on it, driven it and knows the history, just awesome.
@@jonaszepog1829it will still be the same numbers matching, ultra rare Corvette but it will be preserved for another 50 years with back to original restoration and it will run. The soul of a thing dies when you don’t use it.
@@chrisloesch5854some people don't realize the value of a parts matching car like this restored. Ive seen the ls6 Chevelle run down but parts matching go for 40 grand and in way worse condition for this vette. I bet this corvette probably sold for upwards of 60 grand
Just wow. An unrestored factory correct LS-6 Corvette, with an M-22 no less. Last of the real blood & guts 1960's school of performance V8 engines. Last of the solid lifter big block Corvette engines and the last factory aluminum head Corvette until the mid 1980's. This car so encapsulates the winds of change going on in the automotive performance landscape in 1971. Serious all out performance, yet mildly handicapped by the GM mandated lower compression to allow use of unleaded/low lead fuel in the coming years. A competition level Corvette, yet still required to be streetable (unlike the L-88) with a carburetor choke, fan shroud, and with available power steering and even AM/FM radio if you wanted it. Thanks so much for sharing this historical car on your channel.
@@since1961You are wildly off. No where near 1 million. More than likely between 150,000- 200,000 give or take. The highest recorded sale for 1 ever, was last year. It sold for 214,000.
I don't know if I believe it. The LS6 was a 1970 engine designation only. If a 1971 had that engine factory, it sure must be an early car. September or October build of 1970.
Yeah but this one really is. Have a buddy whose dad chased one of these for years. His dad had many Bloomington gold 60s vetts but this was his prized possession corvette.
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Finding an unmolested C3 is hard enough, but an original LS6 in the lowest C3 production year is only second to a ZL1. Great find !! Took me two years to find an unmodified 24/26 Code 82 Crossfire. Finally found last year, brought it up to Denton, awesome cars. Not gonna be a cheap resto on that 71 and parts can be challenging. But you probably have better sources than I do.
There's a white one about 5km from me. Second owner, owned since 1977. I haven't seen it out and around in a few years. I do know it's a 4 speed car with low miles.
A special thanks for the "update" at the end with all the numbers and explanations!! What a car and so glad that you have bought this. Looking forward to more coverage when you and your crew get into this car.
Just curious to know was all LS6 motors/ aluminum heads open chambered ? with 7/16 rod bolts ? Steel crank ? And 4 bolt main ? And did they have a snowflake casting/ imprinted on the intake and the heads? Thanks in advance.. P.s. I hear tell that they made an LS7/450hp for the 1970 chevelles, how true is this ?
That is a great car and you found it in my backyard! Dutch's Daughter is a fantastic restaurant, my family has eaten there since late 80's. Yes, those wiper doors are a pain to get synchronized, I have a 69 and can attest. Can't wait to see it running.
_Two things about Dennis Collins that I really like: his genuineness, and his ability to save classic cars(notably any and all holy grail Corvettes like this 1971 LS6). Considering there were approximately 500,000 C3 Corvettes made over the fifteen model year run, with just 188 examples of the '71 LS6(and how many are still on the road), this is one rare car. And who better than Mr. Collins himself to bring the car back to concours level! (I know he never talks about price, but I'd guess he paid in the $50,000 range for this non-running bow-tie and piece of automotive history). Once the car is restored it will be worth four to ten times that much. I sure enjoy this channel, especially when you bring and buy cars at Barrett-Jackson._
I owned an automatic transmission version of the LS6 Vettes from 1975 to 1987. It was my daily driver for about 5 of those years. I drove it year round in upstate NY so it saw its share of snow and salt. I wanted to comment on a couple of things that I saw in your video. First, the tank sticker, miner was unreadable from the top due to all of the water that had washed over it from daily driving. Since the car was only about 10 years old when I pulled the tank I was able to get about 3/4 of the sticker. That was when I found that GM printed those with at least one layer of carbon paper. The bottom of my sticker still had the old blue color print left over from carbon paper that was under the top paper layer. I was able to take a picture of that reverse carbon print and then take a reverse picture of the copy and make a readable version of the sticker. Second, the carburetor does look original but it may not be original. Correctly marked carbs could be purchased from Holley as late as 1978 because I purchased a direct replacement for my car at that time. The big issue with the carb was the automatic choke which was no longer available in 1978. GM reduced the number of parts they kept in inventory and although the choke looked like the choke used on a quadrajet it moved exactly opposite of the quadrajet choke. There were no repro items available then so I added a hand choke. Third, to tell whether the engine is all original the heads have to be removed to see the casting dates. I found this out when rebuilding the engine. Aluminum Head casting dates were on the bottom of the head where they couldn't be seen if the head was bolted to the engine. The cast iron version of the open chamber heads had the casting date on top of the heads. One thing I found interesting was the date on the door sticker. The car you purchased was built in 3-71 and my car was built during the same month. That made me wonder if all of the LS6 cars were built around the same time of the year. The cars were dogs to drive in hot weather as the engine got so hot the air in the cowl ducts was warmed before it came in the car and the transmission and exhaust would heat soak the occupants quickly. In the winter the heater didn't need to be used due to the trans and exhaust heat heating the car better than the heater could do. The other thing is it could only run at top speed for 10 minutes due to the radiator not being able to cool the engine. I purchased the car with 40K miles on the odometer and sold it with about 80K miles on it. I had a blast with the car and did a lot of work on it to keep it up. When I sold it in 1987 I got $10K more for the car than I paid for it. If you see a71 LS6 Burnt Orange Coupe with an Automatic Transmission it may well be my old car. The last I knew it was in Boston.
@9:00 Dennis, all of your employees especially ‘Shawn P’ always look so enthused during your automotive history lessons and just so enthralled with your unparalleled wisdom. Also the look of excitement and inclusivity when you use words like ‘us’ and ‘we’ at the prospect of future financial profitability.
As a history buff and lover of antiques love the video @ 22:52 of this restaurant interior OUTSTANDING 😊 😊 love how Dennis is genuinely interested in this restaurant and this lady story 👍
This is an excellent example of what makes Dennis so good at what he does. To the casual eye, like the truck driver, it’s just a normal corvette. Dennis is so good at finding excellent cars and explaining it to guys like me who aren’t that into cars. Well done and shoutout to Fredrick, MD. Grew up in the area and it’s a great place with even better people.
Really enjoyed the video, found myself engrossed like I was a little kid. Love the respect Dennis has for himself and others during his interactions. But the best part of the whole video was the fact that he doesn't say "go ahead and" every other sentence. That drives me out of my mind and I'll shut off any video where that's repeatedly happening. I presently own a 28k mile one owner 1979 Corvette L82/4 speed.
GREAT Find ! People have been hunting LS6 cars since the late 70's. I do wish I had saved some of my old Hemmings from that period. Love Your Work, Sir and Your Team is always impressive.
I bought one in 71 454 four speed 410 posy. Green I paid 5600 on 6 May 1971 the day I got home from the navy. I sold it because of the price of gas in 1974 , my brother found it in 1995 and bought it for 9500. Haveing it restored now it was a bear to drive no power steering no air . Still a great looker .
It's nice to see your genuine excitement when you're going to go see a vehicle, I think it's definitely true when they say if you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life.
What an amazing find, and all the work that goes into verifying that the car is an original and not a fake is very cool. Thank you for sharing the car and lunch.
CONGRATULATIONS DENNIS!!! FINALLY!!! A 1971 LS-6 optioned Corvette appears!! Hopefully if you can look hard Enough, you might be able to find 1 of 14 A-body Chevrolets built with the LS-6 option. People think 1970 was it; NOT THE CASE. It wasn't until December of 1971 that GM "Canceled" the option. Which also means (since the records are "lost"), could there be any 1972's. REMEMBER, it was DECEMBER 1971 the option was canceled. Production of 1972 started in AUGUST of 1971. Also, the LS-6 option in the A-body did NOT have aluminum heads, like the Corvette. According to Alan L. Colvin, the author of the book "Chevrolet by the Numbers ", published by Bentley Publishers, 14 A-body vehicles, (1971) were equipped with the LS-6. NO exact information on which ones (Chevelle, Elcamino, Monte Carlo, and GMC Sprint SP) 1971 was the first year for the GMC Sprint. The "SP" is the equivalent of the "SS" in Chevyland. There are a few documented 1971-1972 GMC Sprint SP's with the "invader" 454 option. If you think you have a 1971 or 1972, A-body LS-6 454 block, look at the Suffex code stamping. For instance, this one on this Corvette is CPW. In A-body world:🎉 If you find CPP, it was either a 3, or 4 speed. If you find CPY, it was a TH400 vehicle, and one of 10 built If you find CPZ, it could be either the TH400 or 4-speed, BUT there were only 4 built. I am willing to bet these vehicles were raced, and the engines were blown up a long time ago. 😪 Thank you very much for sharing this Corvette Dennis!! I really am looking forward to seeing more of it!😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
When I was in the parts bus one of my customers was a junk car hauler. One day he came by and said I have something you might be interested in. On the back of his hauler he had an LS6 with a TH400. When I asked him what it came out of he said a 70-71 Monte Carlo! This was in 74-75. I bought it and passed it on to a friend who put it in his dirt car. About M22's. I worked for a Chev dealer 65/70. The mechanics were not into hi perf stuff. Since I was they would come to me when ever some hot rod came in and they had problems they didn't understand. One of them had a 70 Chevelle in for noisy transmission under warranty and wanted me to look at the parts to see if I could find any thing. M22 gears had a lower helix angle thus they were noisier. That and the drain plug told me it was an M22. (I had a side business building trans , rear ends and engines). Told him there was only one cure , change the trans! GM would not replace complete assemblies but would replace all the parts, so I got him all the gears for a standard trans. We had to keep warranty parts for 45 days and if not called back then we were supposed to junk them. So that's how I got an M22 for my 66 Chevelle with an L88 in it!
This made me cuss. I had an M22 transmission. I had a 62 corvette. I bought a motor from a friend. Put it in my corvette. It was a 396 from a camaro convertible pace car. I never put the rock crusher in it because the original transmission survived so far. I also had a rare 12 bolt axle. Very narrow from a Nova. I blew up the original rear end. Put a 12 bolt from an el camino in it. It had 3 something gears. Rarely got out of 3rd gear. Had a shop switch to 4:56. Yee haw !
I drove a Brands Hatch 71 convertible and pulled a 70 orange 350 LT1 out from under an apple tree as well, oh and that person had two L88 427s one with a removable roof and one convertible. Imagine I pulled a 28,000-mile LS6 Chevelle out of a garage, a Hemi Cuda out from under a woodpile, and a boss 302 70 Mustang, the number of cars still amazes me. In fact, one of the rarest cars I was able to procure was the refuted 55 MK10 Lotus that James Dean had ordered before his untimely demise. I have my eyes on a 70 1/2 Z28 currently. CE counter exchange motor.
A Rare Mostly Original Low Miles Big Block Four Speed Vette even Checked Out and Certified by an Expert as Well as All the Information Provided by the Seller who did Work on it Personally And Knew the Original Owner and Dealership... Amazing Find. Thanks for Sharing
Chevrolet has unofficially arranged its lineup so that the Corvette was always positioned to be its flagship performance car. But things got a little sidetracked with the Corvette C3 (1968-1982). The automaker had plans to introduce the LS7 engine, its most powerful big-block V-8 at the time, for the 1970 model year. But, releasing this 454 cubic-inch power plant would run afoul of these pesky emission laws (the engine would eventually hit the streets in 2006, but that’s another story). So, Chevy turned to its next best thing, the LS6. Curiously, however, the LS6 got loaded into the 1970 Chevelle and offered 450 horsepower. In contrast, the Corvette was fitted with a high-revving LT1 engine making 370 horsepower. This break with tradition came about because the LS7 originally planned for the Vette never happened. To correct this dilemma, Chevrolet went to work and adapted the LS6 for the Corvette for a 1971 model year-only appearance. The reworked LS6 now had a 9.0:1 compression ratio and produced 425 horsepower @5600 RPM and 475 lb-ft of torque @ 4000 RPM. Despite the reduced output, the LS6-equipped 1971 Corvette could still hit 0-60 mph in 5.3 seconds, only 0.3 seconds slower than the LS6 Chevelle from the previous year.
I really like that you gave the lady at the restaurant her time to explain the history of the place she seems so proud of. It’s wonderful to see other people be happy and proud of the things they like.
I was lucky enough to have rode in a LS6 Covette when I was 9, I'm 50 now.. but My Brothers Friends dad who was a doctor had one, I think it was a 71 as well, it was Marboro Maroon. with black sidepipes.. I often wonder what bacame of that car.. Nice Find Dennis..
So this makes a total of 1053 holy grails. I guess they not as rare as I thought. You should give those folks on Oak Island a hand, with y’all there they would probably find it in a few days.
Got to take one for a spin back in the 80's while my 80 model was being worked on. The shop also had a real L88 in the back that was being updated with accessories, AC, Radio, Elec Windows etc. The guy that owned the business was Olan Bo Jackson III - It's been over 30 years but he might have a lead of who owned the car - Seems like it sat at a dealership for years in New Orleans at which point the heads disappeared, then to Arkansas Corvette for a bunch of work.
Dennis never talks numbers, so we are left to speculate. Here's my thoughts: 100-grand to buy it. 100-grand to do a concours resto on it. 300-grand at the Barrett-Jackson a year from now.
In 1975 l worked with a guy that had a red with white interior and white convertible top 427 4 speed and l often wonder what happened to it he passed 20 years ago and I looked for it many times
Seeing im a complete Corvette nut (nothing better than a Corvette)...what an awesome find you have to spare no expensive in restoring this Corvette Dennis and keep it...this is in my top 5 cars you have rescued in the history of all coffee walk episodes....
Mister Collins there’s a lot of snide comments this time that’s a pity . I’m impressed that an LS 6 survived all of this time . I was hoping that you had found a holiest of grails ZR2 but it’s hard to say how many of those 12 cars are still around .
I am happy to have not read those snide comments. You are correct--it is pitiful that someone feels the need to crap on either the vehicle or people involved.
I only had 1 month left on my tour of duty in Vietnam. I had planned on buying a 1971 LS6 454 Corvette the day I got home. My wife, "big mistake" was under age and couldn't sign for the car. So her father would only sign for a brand new Chevy, very, very small block Vega! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭 The morrow of the story. Never get married before you buy your dream car! That's a very personal decision that you will regret if you get married before you get your car!
The grass is never greener. Most women are jealous creatures and won't tolerate you loving anything as much or more than her. If you have the dream car first, she will be on a mission to be first, herself.
Dennis, I am awe-struck. This car is as close to 'impossible' to be what it is, in both rarity and originality, as any car I have ever seen or heard of ... period. It is a true testament to the dedication and expertise you and your team put into your work. I truly believe that you, your team, Coffee Walk and Collins Brothers Jeep are collectively the ultimate destination of the rarest, the most exotic and the most collectible vehicles on the planet. Nobody, in my humble opinion, does it better. I salute you all!
You might find this interesting. Back in the day, late summer 1970 when I was a jr. in high school I lived in the Chicago area. My dad seemed to always like cars with big engines. The first car I remember him having was a 1948 Oldsmobile 98 with a huge straight 8 engine. Then in '66 he got a 4 dr. '66 olds Dynamic 88. But it had the 425 4 bbl. engine. Well in that summer I got my driver's license. And I got my first job at a special place called Nickey Chevrolet. I was a "lot lizard" and did some oil changes, and cleaned-up this union shop. Stuff like that. Anyway, my dad was in the market for another car, and of course because I was working at Nickey he went there. So my mom and dad come to the dealer one day so I introduce them to the service manager. They talk for awhile and he takes my dad to a separate building. Nickey Chevrolet was a gigantic dealer. The service manager showed my dad a brand new 1971 LS6 Corvette. Just like that one you are looking at except if I remember correctly it was a light blue. I could see my dad wanted that car, a lot. However, the whole plan went south. Enter stage left, mom. She refused to let him spend that kind of money on a car you couldn't even get 3 people in. Nevertheless, the story still has a happy ending. She did agree to let him buy the General Manager's demo. Which happen to be a 1970 SS 454 Monte Carlo with an LS5/TH400 and the high-end bucket seat/console interior. Forest Green, tan interior. Beautiful car. And in hindsight I do feel a bit guilty today, because I beat the living dogshit out of that car. And it was deadly powerful. I realize now my dad got that car primarily for me I guess. Because he really didn't drive much. Didn't need to. But now I wonder how responsible it was for him to give a 17 year kid in high school a 425hp guided missile was. God that thing hated those tires. Ticketed for 354 ft. of rubber one day.
I’ve always liked the earliest Monte Carlo. So understated yet with that motor, watch your eyes!! Great memories of a very unique time in automotive history.
My dad had a friend who traded in his 1971 Vette for a Pontiac Fiero. I couldn't believe it, then. I was just a kid, but I wish I could have bought it from him.
So when I was 12,13 yrs old I might have been riding in an LS6 Corvette and didn't know it? 1973-74' my brother-in-law took me for a ride in his Green, same car same color, all I remember is it was a 454 and he took it up to 130 mph on Nichols Rd in L.I. Selden L.I. As a kid, all you know is it's a Corvette and fast..😂
Nichols Rd. Great road! I take my WS-6 T/A there all the time. I love that they elevated the road above route 25 a while ago! Greetings from Port Jeff!!
I love it when you come to MD and are around my area, Dutchess Daughter I will have to try out, the chevy dealer that sold the corvette has changed hands 3xs and is 15 mins from me, thx for the great video and being close to my home again...
As a non-gm fan, I did like a couple of builds. the '60 Impala and anything with the LS6. The only gm I've owned to this day was a '60 Impala that just happened to have a '70 LS6 with the M21 from a totaled Chevelle. I turned 16 in '72 and it was my first tagged vehicle, but still being built, and my first driven vehicle was a '63 Galaxie XL 427. I ended up with the LS6 only because a school mate crashed it, and our Fab. Shop instructor said to buy it for the Impala. He had a '71 Vet with the LS6, also had a '63 Vet with a 396 4-speed auto. He was just out of college, raised in Louisiana Mo. at a scrape yard on the Mississippi, that also built unique cars and some track dominate stock cars. Those first two cars, and one other, are the only cars I wish I'd of never gotten rid of, just put in the back of the farm equipment shop. This '71, I think you've outdone even the Shelbys you've had.
Another great find Dennis! I cannot wait to see this all finished! Hoping to visit Collins bros this year when I visit family in VA. I also hope to visit RR, I have number two of his Gas monkey watches from Strom Switzerland as he apperently have the number 1's! Keep up the great work Dennis. Best wishes, Gavin, UK.
OMG, I like the story of the history the options and its condition. Dennis I like that you include a personal time to introduce us to those local places where people are people ... hey car guys gotta eat. That car wants to be cleaned, detailed, tuned up and replace any decorated components to make it worthy and safe, reliable and fun. Post a video update once she's been groomed. The M22 is the ticket.... keeping it straight down the road.... yeeehaaw
My dad had a 71 LS6 convertible with two tops in Bridgehampton blue. It also had the M22 and the custom interior trim in black. He bought it in the mid 70s from a friend in our local Corvette club, Huron Valley Corvette club. Unfortunately he sold it at Bloomington around 1981. The car went to Colorado. He stayed in touch with the new owner for a few years but lost touch. What a beast!
Although they fill a huge place in America's muscle car / sports car history... I have never personally cared for Corvettes. However.... the history of this rare piece makes it very intriguing. Thanks for sharing Dennis.
Have you ever driven a contemporary American car, like a '66 to '72 Chevelle or similar? If so, see if you can drive or ride in a C2 or C3 Corvette. It may surprise you.
There was a burnt orange one in Toronto that I would see occasionally on the streets. Summer of 1979. I was just a kid, but I still remember the idle !
I had an LS5 71' blue roadster in Maryland in 82'. Sold it & bought a 68' SS Camaro, was a big block manual/swapped out small block; with a reverse valve body turbo 350. Use to go through cars like water back then. J. Sold it: Could not stop it from leaking!
Wow i lived 30 miles from there my whole life been to local cars shows in the area for almost 40 years and have never heard even a whisper about that car awesome
I’m in PA not all that far from Frederick. I’ve driven past it on 76 I’d guess a thousand times. Right on the way to Balt/Wash and the beach. It’s nice to see some cool cars are here.
Dennis its pretty obvious how you found it. But that doesnt diminish you buying a real "holy grail" 'vette. Id never heard of a ls6 before. Finding and buying this car is nothing short of a small miracle. You, regularly find these types of special cars. I wish Id have paid more attention when old timers were trying to tell me about these cars. Thank you for your wealth of information. Fast n Loud wasnt what Id call a real car show. Discovery shouldve been looking for someone with your knowledge to actually teach us about these cars. Richard is all about a quick buck. But its always fun to watch your videos. May God continue to bless you and your family.
That's a great find there Dennis- a Holy Grail Corvette hiding in my backyard. Original LS6 with 410 gears and a Holly 850 dual pumper carb with a 4-speed. Not something you see everyday- hell you don't see these in Car shows. I've heard of the Dutch's Daughter restaurant in Fredrick, MD. Glad you got the chance to enjoy their cuisine. The follow up on this one- that first drive should be entertaining.
Brands Hatch Green - what a great colour for the Corvette especially that it’s named after my local motor racing circuit 15 minutes away. 🇬🇧 fantastic outstanding 😉
There's a guy here in Abilene, Texas that's got a Vette collection. He's got one of every year made. I met the guy one time at Walgreens, he was in his McLaren. I approached him because of the supercar he was in. He was telling me he sold the whole collection then bought it all back because he missed so much. I wonder if he has one of these 71 LS6's?? My son worked on several of his other muscle cars, tune ups, detailing, minor stuff. Got to drive them too. Super nice guy. I bet yall could talk up a storm over Corvettes.
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Interesting…The VIN for this Corvette is currently listed on the C3Registry with ownership out of Wisconsin. It shows to be green on green but with a 270hp engine.
Congratulations Dennis! You bought the Corvette that I tried to purchase in 1989 from Mr. Winpigler, the original owner! My dad was friends with his brother, and I went to Frederick High School and church with his niece. This LS6 Corvette is THE REAL DEAL!! I spoke at length with the owner back then, and he told me he purchased it new from the Chevy dealership in Union Bridge MD. I remember him telling me about having to have the block replaced under warranty due to it being cracked. Although I offered him a lot of cash back in 1989, he wouldn't part with it. This Corvette sat outside uncovered and unprotected for many years on a lot off of 4th street in Frederick City, which the owner used for his family's excavating business. I knew it was super rare and worried it would be stolen since it was in a desolate part of town back then. I am happy for you, but envious and sad that it's gone from my home town!! Also, what a shame they cut the pipes and dropped the tank to get the tank sticker and almost ruined it.
I’m just sorry that all these collectible cars go to guys with deep pockets that restore and flip them that’s all they care about
Don't worry, you'll be able to purchase it for 10 times what he paid for it, the hiding the purchase price makes these stories incomplete
@@JV_214 he has to make money, I can assure you dennis didnt steal this car, he paid top dollar.
@@faraway3032hard to pay top dollar and make money.
I know he will sell it for a ton more than he paid, and that's free enterprise, but as rare as this Corvette is, it should be preserved at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky.@@JV_214
My dad bought that car brand new. I never thought Skip would sell it
As a NCRS member, I say this car deserves a nut & bolt premium resto to bring it back to its original glory!
How does he do this? lol he’s getting to the jay lenno status of cars. Watching him he’s a historian of vehicles
Except most "premium restorations" bring them to a condition they were never in (way nicer than from the factory)
Quite agree full upon restoration being such a rare car
Yes, people today can’t handle true originality
Rotisserie Concours resto.
For what little it's worth I ordered a 1970 LS6 early in 1970 and took delivery of that car in June of 70. Drove the car for a year and was forced to sell it when first baby arrived. Couldn't keep both. The baby got the nod. No regrets.
I cried when I watch this video. I owned at 71 that was totaled by a drunk driver in 1980. I miss that Vette everyday. Unfortunately life got in the way and that was the last Vette I ever owned. I hope this 71 is restored back to it's original showroom condition. Please keep the Coffee Walk audience updated.
Man, what a find! That thing deserves to be back on the road again and burning rubber.
This is a unicorn find. Not just the car, but the history behind it all. Guys like Jeff are a dying breed, worked and lived in the same place for decades and knows all the history of the classic cars around him. The fact that he has been hunting this car for years, has worked on it, driven it and knows the history, just awesome.
I would be grateful to see the LS6 after its been restored. Kindly post restoration on you tube. I am very happy for you
Yes, when it's lost all originality and character. As interesting as a 350/270 hp automatic by that point.
@@jonaszepog1829it will still be the same numbers matching, ultra rare Corvette but it will be preserved for another 50 years with back to original restoration and it will run. The soul of a thing dies when you don’t use it.
@@chrisloesch5854some people don't realize the value of a parts matching car like this restored. Ive seen the ls6 Chevelle run down but parts matching go for 40 grand and in way worse condition for this vette. I bet this corvette probably sold for upwards of 60 grand
Dennis Collins is such a class act. A genuine nice guy. I enjoy his videos.
Thanks Dennis!
Just wow. An unrestored factory correct LS-6 Corvette, with an M-22 no less. Last of the real blood & guts 1960's school of performance V8 engines. Last of the solid lifter big block Corvette engines and the last factory aluminum head Corvette until the mid 1980's. This car so encapsulates the winds of change going on in the automotive performance landscape in 1971. Serious all out performance, yet mildly handicapped by the GM mandated lower compression to allow use of unleaded/low lead fuel in the coming years. A competition level Corvette, yet still required to be streetable (unlike the L-88) with a carburetor choke, fan shroud, and with available power steering and even AM/FM radio if you wanted it. Thanks so much for sharing this historical car on your channel.
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I don't believe it. An LS6 is a 1970 engine designation
Unrestored is the key word. The way it should stay.
@gregorylyon1004 You dont have to believe it. Plenty of sources on google that will tell you they existed.
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You think they only use engine codes and RPOs only once? Guess you don't know that the first ZR1 was in 1970 either.
The proportions on this vette are awesome, such a strong looking car. Hope it gets fully restored.
A one owner all original vehicle should always stay in the owner's name, my opinion is it's a 1 million at this point prove me wrong?
@@since1961You are wildly off. No where near 1 million. More than likely between 150,000- 200,000 give or take. The highest recorded sale for 1 ever, was last year. It sold for 214,000.
Dennis will flip this car. He won't restore it. It's all about money
A lot of people use the term "Holy Grail" too loosely. I believe you have found one here. Congratulations!
I don't know if I believe it. The LS6 was a 1970 engine designation only. If a 1971 had that engine factory, it sure must be an early car. September or October build of 1970.
@@gregorylyon1004 Not true at all. Everyone knows the LS6 was put in the '71 (not '70 like the Chevelle) Corvette.
In my opinion, the actually "Holy Grail" would be an '67 L88 C2 Corvette. But that's just me.
Opinions aside, the rarest corvettes are the 1969 ZL-1. There was only 2 made.
DC is such a gentleman, he's even kind to phone scammers. This guy and his team are a class act.
Yeah but this one really is. Have a buddy whose dad chased one of these for years. His dad had many Bloomington gold 60s vetts but this was his prized possession corvette.
I am so insulting and mean to phone scammers that I sometimes feel I should go to hell. But then I remember they are phone scammers and aren't actual humans. Which means I'm doing the Lord's Work in fighting evil.
Pfff people think there was a person on the other end
Funny
@@bastiaanlarosmrflatearth3013 Pffft you can't tell when it's a real person. Pathetic.
@@bbb462cid It was an ad for the sponsor of his video.
Tell us you've been scammed more than once and havent learned your lesson without telling us.
The Irony is strong here.
Love Dennis, he is such a genuine guy and just an encyclopedia of auto knowledge. I’d love to hang w him and his crew
Finding an unmolested C3 is hard enough, but an original LS6 in the lowest C3 production year is only second to a ZL1. Great find !! Took me two years to find an unmodified 24/26 Code 82 Crossfire. Finally found last year, brought it up to Denton, awesome cars. Not gonna be a cheap resto on that 71 and parts can be challenging. But you probably have better sources than I do.
Thanks Dennis and crew. You all rock seriously big time. We appreciate all of you
There's a white one about 5km from me. Second owner, owned since 1977. I haven't seen it out and around in a few years. I do know it's a 4 speed car with low miles.
A special thanks for the "update" at the end with all the numbers and explanations!! What a car and so glad that you have bought this. Looking forward to more coverage when you and your crew get into this car.
Just curious to know was all LS6 motors/ aluminum heads open chambered ? with 7/16 rod bolts ? Steel crank ? And 4 bolt main ? And did they have a snowflake casting/ imprinted on the intake and the heads? Thanks in advance.. P.s. I hear tell that they made an LS7/450hp for the 1970 chevelles, how true is this ?
@@JimmyKoch-sl7gp no ls7 chevelles, possibly a dealer swap? winters heads and intake yes on steel crank and 7/16 bolts
Hopefully there another build sheet behind the dash or column....that would be great. what a car.!
That is a great car and you found it in my backyard! Dutch's Daughter is a fantastic restaurant, my family has eaten there since late 80's. Yes, those wiper doors are a pain to get synchronized, I have a 69 and can attest. Can't wait to see it running.
_Two things about Dennis Collins that I really like: his genuineness, and his ability to save classic cars(notably any and all holy grail Corvettes like this 1971 LS6). Considering there were approximately 500,000 C3 Corvettes made over the fifteen model year run, with just 188 examples of the '71 LS6(and how many are still on the road), this is one rare car. And who better than Mr. Collins himself to bring the car back to concours level! (I know he never talks about price, but I'd guess he paid in the $50,000 range for this non-running bow-tie and piece of automotive history). Once the car is restored it will be worth four to ten times that much. I sure enjoy this channel, especially when you bring and buy cars at Barrett-Jackson._
I owned an automatic transmission version of the LS6 Vettes from 1975 to 1987. It was my daily driver for about 5 of those years. I drove it year round in upstate NY so it saw its share of snow and salt. I wanted to comment on a couple of things that I saw in your video. First, the tank sticker, miner was unreadable from the top due to all of the water that had washed over it from daily driving. Since the car was only about 10 years old when I pulled the tank I was able to get about 3/4 of the sticker. That was when I found that GM printed those with at least one layer of carbon paper. The bottom of my sticker still had the old blue color print left over from carbon paper that was under the top paper layer. I was able to take a picture of that reverse carbon print and then take a reverse picture of the copy and make a readable version of the sticker.
Second, the carburetor does look original but it may not be original. Correctly marked carbs could be purchased from Holley as late as 1978 because I purchased a direct replacement for my car at that time. The big issue with the carb was the automatic choke which was no longer available in 1978. GM reduced the number of parts they kept in inventory and although the choke looked like the choke used on a quadrajet it moved exactly opposite of the quadrajet choke. There were no repro items available then so I added a hand choke.
Third, to tell whether the engine is all original the heads have to be removed to see the casting dates. I found this out when rebuilding the engine. Aluminum Head casting dates were on the bottom of the head where they couldn't be seen if the head was bolted to the engine. The cast iron version of the open chamber heads had the casting date on top of the heads.
One thing I found interesting was the date on the door sticker. The car you purchased was built in 3-71 and my car was built during the same month. That made me wonder if all of the LS6 cars were built around the same time of the year.
The cars were dogs to drive in hot weather as the engine got so hot the air in the cowl ducts was warmed before it came in the car and the transmission and exhaust would heat soak the occupants quickly. In the winter the heater didn't need to be used due to the trans and exhaust heat heating the car better than the heater could do. The other thing is it could only run at top speed for 10 minutes due to the radiator not being able to cool the engine.
I purchased the car with 40K miles on the odometer and sold it with about 80K miles on it. I had a blast with the car and did a lot of work on it to keep it up. When I sold it in 1987 I got $10K more for the car than I paid for it. If you see a71 LS6 Burnt Orange Coupe with an Automatic Transmission it may well be my old car. The last I knew it was in Boston.
Very cool information. Thanks
Dennis and his crew always so respectful and kind such a breath of fresh air thanks for the content
@9:00 Dennis, all of your employees especially ‘Shawn P’ always look so enthused during your automotive history lessons and just so enthralled with your unparalleled wisdom. Also the look of excitement and inclusivity when you use words like ‘us’ and ‘we’ at the prospect of future financial profitability.
As a history buff and lover of antiques love the video @ 22:52 of this restaurant interior OUTSTANDING 😊 😊 love how Dennis is genuinely interested in this restaurant and this lady story 👍
This is an excellent example of what makes Dennis so good at what he does. To the casual eye, like the truck driver, it’s just a normal corvette. Dennis is so good at finding excellent cars and explaining it to guys like me who aren’t that into cars. Well done and shoutout to Fredrick, MD. Grew up in the area and it’s a great place with even better people.
Dennis uses the word holy Grail like confetti . 😅 Good luck Dennis
Really enjoyed the video, found myself engrossed like I was a little kid. Love the respect Dennis has for himself and others during his interactions. But the best part of the whole video was the fact that he doesn't say "go ahead and" every other sentence. That drives me out of my mind and I'll shut off any video where that's repeatedly happening. I
presently own a 28k mile one owner 1979 Corvette L82/4 speed.
GREAT Find ! People have been hunting LS6 cars since the late 70's. I do wish I had saved some of my
old Hemmings from that period. Love Your Work, Sir and Your Team is always impressive.
850 Holley...that must drink like a fish...This beautiful car really belongs in a museum.
Such a fabulous episode. A wonderful car. You buggers are so lucky to find these cars in USA.
I bought one in 71 454 four speed 410 posy. Green I paid 5600 on 6 May 1971 the day I got home from the navy. I sold it because of the price of gas in 1974 , my brother found it in 1995 and bought it for 9500. Haveing it restored now it was a bear to drive no power steering no air . Still a great looker .
It's nice to see your genuine excitement when you're going to go see a vehicle, I think it's definitely true when they say if you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life.
What an amazing find, and all the work that goes into verifying that the car is an original and not a fake is very cool. Thank you for sharing the car and lunch.
Rare & unadulterated, aka, a true unicorn or the holy grail. These videos give me chills every time. I'm really looking forward to restoration.
CONGRATULATIONS DENNIS!!! FINALLY!!! A 1971 LS-6 optioned Corvette appears!! Hopefully if you can look hard Enough, you might be able to find 1 of 14 A-body Chevrolets built with the LS-6 option. People think 1970 was it; NOT THE CASE. It wasn't until December of 1971 that GM "Canceled" the option. Which also means (since the records are "lost"), could there be any 1972's. REMEMBER, it was DECEMBER 1971 the option was canceled. Production of 1972 started in AUGUST of 1971. Also, the LS-6 option in the A-body did NOT have aluminum heads, like the Corvette.
According to Alan L. Colvin, the author of the book "Chevrolet by the Numbers ", published by Bentley Publishers,
14 A-body vehicles, (1971) were equipped with the LS-6. NO exact information on which ones (Chevelle, Elcamino, Monte Carlo, and GMC Sprint SP)
1971 was the first year for the GMC Sprint. The "SP" is the equivalent of the "SS" in Chevyland. There are a few documented 1971-1972 GMC Sprint SP's with the "invader" 454 option.
If you think you have a 1971 or 1972, A-body LS-6 454 block, look at the Suffex code stamping. For instance, this one on this Corvette is CPW.
In A-body world:🎉
If you find CPP, it was either a 3, or 4 speed.
If you find CPY, it was a TH400 vehicle, and one of 10 built
If you find CPZ, it could be either the TH400 or 4-speed, BUT there were only 4 built.
I am willing to bet these vehicles were raced, and the engines were blown up a long time ago. 😪
Thank you very much for sharing this Corvette Dennis!! I really am looking forward to seeing more of it!😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
When I was in the parts bus one of my customers was a junk car hauler. One day he came by and said I have something you might be interested in. On the back of his hauler he had an LS6 with a TH400. When I asked him what it came out of he said a 70-71 Monte Carlo! This was in 74-75. I bought it and passed it on to a friend who put it in his dirt car.
About M22's. I worked for a Chev dealer 65/70. The mechanics were not into hi perf stuff. Since I was they would come to me when ever some hot rod came in and they had problems they didn't understand. One of them had a 70 Chevelle in for noisy transmission under warranty and wanted me to look at the parts to see if I could find any thing. M22 gears had a lower helix angle thus they were noisier. That and the drain plug told me it was an M22. (I had a side business building trans , rear ends and engines). Told him there was only one cure , change the trans! GM would not replace complete assemblies but would replace all the parts, so I got him all the gears for a standard trans. We had to keep warranty parts for 45 days and if not called back then we were supposed to junk them. So that's how I got an M22 for my 66 Chevelle with an L88 in it!
@@ranr44 THAT IS REALLY COOL 😎
2 MUCH INFO, SHOW ODF
This made me cuss. I had an M22 transmission. I had a 62 corvette. I bought a motor from a friend. Put it in my corvette. It was a 396 from a camaro convertible pace car. I never put the rock crusher in it because the original transmission survived so far. I also had a rare 12 bolt axle. Very narrow from a Nova. I blew up the original rear end. Put a 12 bolt from an el camino in it. It had 3 something gears. Rarely got out of 3rd gear. Had a shop switch to 4:56. Yee haw !
Dennis I love watching you decode the cars,so educational.
I drove a Brands Hatch 71 convertible and pulled a 70 orange 350 LT1 out from under an apple tree as well, oh and that person had two L88 427s one with a removable roof and one convertible. Imagine I pulled a 28,000-mile LS6 Chevelle out of a garage, a Hemi Cuda out from under a woodpile, and a boss 302 70 Mustang, the number of cars still amazes me. In fact, one of the rarest cars I was able to procure was the refuted 55 MK10 Lotus that James Dean had ordered before his untimely demise. I have my eyes on a 70 1/2 Z28 currently. CE counter exchange motor.
That’s what make the USA the best country Family resteraunt family owned and pride in there buissness
A Rare Mostly Original Low Miles Big Block Four Speed Vette even Checked Out and Certified by an Expert as Well as All the Information Provided by the Seller who did Work on it Personally And Knew the Original Owner and Dealership... Amazing Find. Thanks for Sharing
Chevrolet has unofficially arranged its lineup so that the Corvette was always positioned to be its flagship performance car. But things got a little sidetracked with the Corvette C3 (1968-1982). The automaker had plans to introduce the LS7 engine, its most powerful big-block V-8 at the time, for the 1970 model year. But, releasing this 454 cubic-inch power plant would run afoul of these pesky emission laws (the engine would eventually hit the streets in 2006, but that’s another story). So, Chevy turned to its next best thing, the LS6.
Curiously, however, the LS6 got loaded into the 1970 Chevelle and offered 450 horsepower. In contrast, the Corvette was fitted with a high-revving LT1 engine making 370 horsepower. This break with tradition came about because the LS7 originally planned for the Vette never happened. To correct this dilemma, Chevrolet went to work and adapted the LS6 for the Corvette for a 1971 model year-only appearance.
The reworked LS6 now had a 9.0:1 compression ratio and produced 425 horsepower @5600 RPM and 475 lb-ft of torque @ 4000 RPM. Despite the reduced output, the LS6-equipped 1971 Corvette could still hit 0-60 mph in 5.3 seconds, only 0.3 seconds slower than the LS6 Chevelle from the previous year.
I really like that you gave the lady at the restaurant her time to explain the history of the place she seems so proud of. It’s wonderful to see other people be happy and proud of the things they like.
I was lucky enough to have rode in a LS6 Covette when I was 9, I'm 50 now.. but My Brothers Friends dad who was a doctor had one, I think it was a 71 as well, it was Marboro Maroon. with black sidepipes.. I often wonder what bacame of that car.. Nice Find Dennis..
Best show yet, (maybe second to the COPO Camero show) showing the most beautiful car design ever! Uncoving true Gold.
Every Corvette is rare just ask the owner or seller
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if you lined up a hundred corvettes to start at the same time, all the years. This one will gain the ears and eyeballs. amazing find.
Such a beautiful find. I love this show and the team on it. Classy, respectful and no drama.
So this makes a total of 1053 holy grails. I guess they not as rare as I thought. You should give those folks on Oak Island a hand, with y’all there they would probably find it in a few days.
Got to take one for a spin back in the 80's while my 80 model was being worked on. The shop also had a real L88 in the back that was being updated with accessories, AC, Radio, Elec Windows etc. The guy that owned the business was Olan Bo Jackson III - It's been over 30 years but he might have a lead of who owned the car - Seems like it sat at a dealership for years in New Orleans at which point the heads disappeared, then to Arkansas Corvette for a bunch of work.
Exciting Vette! Can't wait to see the update on this. Thanks Dennis!
Dennis never talks numbers, so we are left to speculate. Here's my thoughts:
100-grand to buy it. 100-grand to do a concours resto on it. 300-grand at the Barrett-Jackson a year from now.
In 1975 l worked with a guy that had a red with white interior and white convertible top 427 4 speed and l often wonder what happened to it he passed 20 years ago and I looked for it many times
Seeing im a complete Corvette nut (nothing better than a Corvette)...what an awesome find you have to spare no expensive in restoring this Corvette Dennis and keep it...this is in my top 5 cars you have rescued in the history of all coffee walk episodes....
Mister Collins there’s a lot of snide comments this time that’s a pity . I’m impressed that an LS 6 survived all of this time . I was hoping that you had found a holiest of grails ZR2 but it’s hard to say how many of those 12 cars are still around .
I know where a ZR2 is not in the states but here in NZ don't know if for sale but needing restoration
All I can say is WOW , it’s probably worth saving because of its rarity. Unfortunately I’m not the one I have shallow pockets . 😁
I am happy to have not read those snide comments. You are correct--it is pitiful that someone feels the need to crap on either the vehicle or people involved.
I only had 1 month left on my tour of duty in Vietnam. I had planned on buying a 1971 LS6 454 Corvette the day I got home. My wife, "big mistake" was under age and couldn't sign for the car. So her father would only sign for a brand new Chevy, very, very small block Vega! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭 The morrow of the story. Never get married before you buy your dream car! That's a very personal decision that you will regret if you get married before you get your car!
The grass is never greener. Most women are jealous creatures and won't tolerate you loving anything as much or more than her. If you have the dream car first, she will be on a mission to be first, herself.
This an awesome find can't wait to see it run. I was at that race when Don Gays funny car caught fire
Wow. Love this stuff. Thanks guys for the enjoyment.
Dennis, I am awe-struck. This car is as close to 'impossible' to be what it is, in both rarity and originality, as any car I have ever seen or heard of ... period.
It is a true testament to the dedication and expertise you and your team put into your work. I truly believe that you, your team, Coffee Walk and Collins Brothers Jeep are collectively the ultimate destination of the rarest, the most exotic and the most collectible vehicles on the planet. Nobody, in my humble opinion, does it better. I salute you all!
Dennis...You have the "Luck of the Irish" on this St Pats day! Awesome find and I look forward to the next stage in this rare Vette's Karma!
My Aunt who is 90 took me there several years ago. I spent a lot of summers in MAryland. The Maryland crab soup is unbelievable
You might find this interesting. Back in the day, late summer 1970 when I was a jr. in high school I lived in the Chicago area. My dad seemed to always like cars with big engines. The first car I remember him having was a 1948 Oldsmobile 98 with a huge straight 8 engine. Then in '66 he got a 4 dr. '66 olds Dynamic 88. But it had the 425 4 bbl. engine. Well in that summer I got my driver's license. And I got my first job at a special place called Nickey Chevrolet. I was a "lot lizard" and did some oil changes, and cleaned-up this union shop. Stuff like that. Anyway, my dad was in the market for another car, and of course because I was working at Nickey he went there. So my mom and dad come to the dealer one day so I introduce them to the service manager. They talk for awhile and he takes my dad to a separate building. Nickey Chevrolet was a gigantic dealer. The service manager showed my dad a brand new 1971 LS6 Corvette. Just like that one you are looking at except if I remember correctly it was a light blue. I could see my dad wanted that car, a lot. However, the whole plan went south. Enter stage left, mom. She refused to let him spend that kind of money on a car you couldn't even get 3 people in. Nevertheless, the story still has a happy ending. She did agree to let him buy the General Manager's demo. Which happen to be a 1970 SS 454 Monte Carlo with an LS5/TH400 and the high-end bucket seat/console interior. Forest Green, tan interior. Beautiful car. And in hindsight I do feel a bit guilty today, because I beat the living dogshit out of that car. And it was deadly powerful. I realize now my dad got that car primarily for me I guess. Because he really didn't drive much. Didn't need to. But now I wonder how responsible it was for him to give a 17 year kid in high school a 425hp guided missile was. God that thing hated those tires. Ticketed for 354 ft. of rubber one day.
Remember seeing one of those superbirds roll out of the dealership back in the day in my dads 65 convertible Chevy with a muncie under the tank lol
Many of us had guided missles back in the day; mine was a 71 SS 454 Cowl Inducted LS5 El Camino. Power and Speed Baby!
And you could bring home the bacon and fry it up too!
I’ve always liked the earliest Monte Carlo. So understated yet with that motor, watch your eyes!! Great memories of a very unique time in automotive history.
The LS5 was rated at 360 hp in 1970
Alaskan here, allways enjoy your content sir. 👍
Sounds like my '71 War Bonnett LS6 story!
My dad had a friend who traded in his 1971 Vette for a Pontiac Fiero. I couldn't believe it, then. I was just a kid, but I wish I could have bought it from him.
So when I was 12,13 yrs old I might have been riding in an LS6 Corvette and didn't know it? 1973-74' my brother-in-law took me for a ride in his Green, same car same color, all I remember is it was a 454 and he took it up to 130 mph on Nichols Rd in L.I. Selden L.I.
As a kid, all you know is it's a Corvette and fast..😂
Nichols Rd. Great road! I take my WS-6 T/A there all the time. I love that they elevated the road above route 25 a while ago! Greetings from Port Jeff!!
What a Bad ass car! Please nut and bolt restore this one back to Factory spec, this car deserves it!!
I love it when you come to MD and are around my area, Dutchess Daughter I will have to try out, the chevy dealer that sold the corvette has changed hands 3xs and is 15 mins from me, thx for the great video and being close to my home again...
Find a 1970 L88 and take them racing! That would be worth a WOW and a half!
Big money handed over there no doubt.
As a non-gm fan, I did like a couple of builds. the '60 Impala and anything with the LS6. The only gm I've owned to this day was a '60 Impala that just happened to have a '70 LS6 with the M21 from a totaled Chevelle. I turned 16 in '72 and it was my first tagged vehicle, but still being built, and my first driven vehicle was a '63 Galaxie XL 427.
I ended up with the LS6 only because a school mate crashed it, and our Fab. Shop instructor said to buy it for the Impala. He had a '71 Vet with the LS6, also had a '63 Vet with a 396 4-speed auto. He was just out of college, raised in Louisiana Mo. at a scrape yard on the Mississippi, that also built unique cars and some track dominate stock cars.
Those first two cars, and one other, are the only cars I wish I'd of never gotten rid of, just put in the back of the farm equipment shop.
This '71, I think you've outdone even the Shelbys you've had.
Another great find Dennis! I cannot wait to see this all finished! Hoping to visit Collins bros this year when I visit family in VA. I also hope to visit RR, I have number two of his Gas monkey watches from Strom Switzerland as he apperently have the number 1's!
Keep up the great work Dennis.
Best wishes,
Gavin,
UK.
OMG, I like the story of the history the options and its condition. Dennis I like that you include a personal time to introduce us to those local places where people are people ... hey car guys gotta eat. That car wants to be cleaned, detailed, tuned up and replace any decorated components to make it worthy and safe, reliable and fun. Post a video update once she's been groomed. The M22 is the ticket.... keeping it straight down the road.... yeeehaaw
My dad had a 71 LS6 convertible with two tops in Bridgehampton blue. It also had the M22 and the custom interior trim in black. He bought it in the mid 70s from a friend in our local Corvette club, Huron Valley Corvette club. Unfortunately he sold it at Bloomington around 1981. The car went to Colorado. He stayed in touch with the new owner for a few years but lost touch. What a beast!
Hmmm....mine went Colorado too!
I love that car, it's history & the fact you bought it from the coolest guy who has known it damn near his whole life!
Dont paint it! Keep it a survivor 💪
Love all your vids DC big love from England ❤
Outstanding as always
@ 30:30, excited? I knew that when you tried to put the air cleaner on upside down!
Although they fill a huge place in America's muscle car / sports car history... I have never personally cared for Corvettes. However.... the history of this rare piece makes it very intriguing. Thanks for sharing Dennis.
Have you ever driven a contemporary American car, like a '66 to '72 Chevelle or similar? If so, see if you can drive or ride in a C2 or C3 Corvette. It may surprise you.
A 71 anything with solid solid lifter? No way!!!!!!
Yes way and also had a solid lifter the following year of 72.
There was a burnt orange one in Toronto that I would see occasionally on the streets. Summer of 1979. I was just a kid, but I still remember the idle !
I remember seeing gte cougars and 71 cudas/ boss mustangs running around my college hometown. Awesome memories
I had an LS5 71' blue roadster in Maryland in 82'. Sold it & bought a 68' SS Camaro, was a big block manual/swapped out small block; with a reverse valve body turbo 350. Use to go through cars like water back then. J. Sold it: Could not stop it from leaking!
The trolls that come on here to bash need to be banned from RUclips. Everyone knows Dennis is a stand up guy. Keep up the good work.
A truely rare car and a truely rare car buyer ! Congrads Dennis . You are living the dream .
I grew up and currently live near Frederick MD. Dutch’s Daughter is a top notch restaurant. Glad you went there for lunch and shared their history.
Shame i can not eat over there because i am Dutch😉👍🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
I don't like chevys at all or corvettes but man did I like knowing this and watching it. Absinthe work
That's a nice Corvette great video Dennis happy Saint Patrick's Day Dennis Collins Brothers also
Outstanding right back at ya Dennis!
Wow i lived 30 miles from there my whole life been to local cars shows in the area for almost 40 years and have never heard even a whisper about that car awesome
I’m in PA not all that far from Frederick. I’ve driven past it on 76 I’d guess a thousand times. Right on the way to Balt/Wash and the beach. It’s nice to see some cool cars are here.
I could tell you were excited by the way you were floating around the car that’s the fastest I’ve seen you move , that’s a almost unbelievable find
Dennis its pretty obvious how you found it. But that doesnt diminish you buying a real "holy grail" 'vette. Id never heard of a ls6 before. Finding and buying this car is nothing short of a small miracle. You, regularly find these types of special cars. I wish Id have paid more attention when old timers were trying to tell me about these cars. Thank you for your wealth of information. Fast n Loud wasnt what Id call a real car show. Discovery shouldve been looking for someone with your knowledge to actually teach us about these cars. Richard is all about a quick buck. But its always fun to watch your videos. May God continue to bless you and your family.
I'm not too much of a vette guy, but that's one bad ass ride right there!!!
HEELLLYAAAA! You ca tell when Dennis gets excited about a car and is so passionate!!👍🏻😎🦅🇺🇸
That's a great find there Dennis- a Holy Grail Corvette hiding in my backyard.
Original LS6 with 410 gears and a Holly 850 dual pumper carb with a 4-speed.
Not something you see everyday- hell you don't see these in Car shows.
I've heard of the Dutch's Daughter restaurant in Fredrick, MD. Glad you got the chance to enjoy their cuisine.
The follow up on this one- that first drive should be entertaining.
Talk about how great the weather is down south when you spend 9 months of the year in air conditioning. 😂
Brands Hatch Green - what a great colour for the Corvette especially that it’s named after my local motor racing circuit 15 minutes away. 🇬🇧 fantastic outstanding 😉
Still incredible the super rare cars he finds or people notify him about. One lucky guy.
You have to do a full restoration on this car.
A bunch of older gentlemen in a cool looking shop working on hot rods. How cool is that!!
There's a guy here in Abilene, Texas that's got a Vette collection. He's got one of every year made. I met the guy one time at Walgreens, he was in his McLaren. I approached him because of the supercar he was in. He was telling me he sold the whole collection then bought it all back because he missed so much. I wonder if he has one of these 71 LS6's?? My son worked on several of his other muscle cars, tune ups, detailing, minor stuff. Got to drive them too. Super nice guy. I bet yall could talk up a storm over Corvettes.