A wonderful sunny afternoon view of this classic Candy Apple Red C3 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
A wonderful sunny afternoon view of this classic Candy Apple Red C3 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
1970 Stingray Convertible Resto Mod
The body:
The first three coats are painted gold with 20 Candy Apple top coats. The car has a total of 23 coats of Candy, pls 3 coats of clear finish. The paint job is nothing less than spectacular and truly one of a kind. Guaranteed 1st place winner at any Car Show.
Body custom work includes Stainless steel slat from grill, refinished chrome bumpers, removed egg crated and installed 1969 side vents turned inside-out, appearance like shark gills, 1980 mounted side rear mirrors, red bullet tail lights, and custom stainless steel 40-gallon gas tank supported with roll cage surrounding tank. The tank is baffled preventing slosh, and provides a Viper gas cap that is truly custom to fit this car perfectly and functional.
Interior:
The interior is totally custom with seats from a 1980 Corvette and finished in Camel-hair wool carpet. The glove box, air conditioning, ashtrays, and radio are removed and replaced with custom race gauges. Custom made Leather center console with gauges. The car still has a defroster that also functions as a heater, when needed. The black convertible rag top has been replaced with a matching cream Mercedes German canvas top which is fully functional.
Chassis:
The chassis is original, stripped down and corrosive coated. Every washer, nut, and bolt has been replaced with new and Teflon washers and bushings. The chassis has a welded roll bar for an extreme custom look and stability. The HRE wheels are custom made 18-inch wheels, made from three-piece aluminum and with real 14K gold plated bolts, surrounding the rim. Hugging the road are 4 brand new 18” Nitto Race Tires.
The suspension has been replaced with Vette brakes Products including a full Hi-Performance suspension, including fiberglass mono spring, off-set trailing arms, Poly Conversion kit and Poly Strut Rod Bushings.
The front end has a “Steeroid” Rack and Pinion steering system. Handles like a gyro on rails.
The brakes are Vette Brake hi-Performance over-sized manual breaks that work as good as power-brakes.
Drive Train:
The drive shaft, four-inch half shafts and rear ham (350gears) have been custom built by “Toms Axle” in California. The drive trainwill handle 1,200 horse power. The transmission is a Richmond Gear 5 speed, 1stgear is a hairy 1:1 (equivalent 410’s) with 350 gearing in 5th as overdrive. At2,700 RPM travels 67 to 70 MPH.
Engine:
New, Original GM Bow Tie Big Block, bored, stroked and balanced to a 522 ci motor. 750hp with681hp to the rear wheels (have dyno sheets) and 660 torque. This motor has approximately 3,600 miles on it (5/2015). The crank is Eagle 4.0 crank with four bolt mains. Eagle 6.385 Rods, Manley Pro Pistons (4.560 bore & 150 dome) 10.50-to-1 compression. Manley valves. The Heads are Dart Pro-1, 345 aluminum cylinder heads with pocket port. Crane, full roller Cam, Lifters & Rockers. Dart Pro-1 single plane Intakemanifold, supporting a 1050 Dominator carburetor. (The engine runs on pump hi-test gas, but likes race fuel.) Cooling the beast at a constant 180’ are dual fans from a 93 Corvette with 60amp breakers.
The complete headers and side pipes are custom stainless-steel, made to fit this car by “Kook Headers.” (They will never rust)
This engine is completely built by “Zul Motors” in Babylon, New York. Richie Zul was a national drag racing champion in the 1970’s and builds high performance race boat motors for Cigarette’s. This motor can pushover 800 horsepower if desired without much additional cost.
Comments:
· Won nicest C3 Stingray in the Country out of100k entries – Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, KY March 2021
· Featured in the Chevrolet Super bowl commercial2015
· Featured in Corvette Magazine March 2020
· The car has NEVER seen rain.
A wonderful sunny afternoon view of this classic Candy Apple Red C3 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible.
A wonderful sunny afternoon view of this classic C3 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible.
A wonderful sunny afternoon view of this classic C3 1971 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible.
