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From the Corvette Art Collection of Automotive Artist K. Scott Teeters
1970-1/2 Small-Block LT-1 Corvette Balanced Power
About the Print
This parchment paper art print measures 11" x 17".
Signed & numbered by the artist in a series of 500.
Every print is shrink wrapped on corrugated cardboard so that it stays flat and clean.
A delightful gift for the home or office of that special, hard to buy for Corvette person in your life!
Here's what one of our other prints looks like shrink wrapped.
About the Packing & Shipping We pack all of our prints in a flat cardboard box.
Packages are sent via USPS Priority Mail for speedy delivery.
All print orders are processed in 1 to 2 business days.
We will ship world-wide, but rates are based on your location.
For outside the U.S. shipping, e-mail lightoak@comcast.net for a shipping quote and include your name and FULL mailing address.
About the Car On This Print
Here's the story about this car from Scott's monthly column in VETTE Magazine, The Illustrated Corvette Series.
Corvettes have always had something of a split personality. Defined as a "sports car", but with musclecar straight-line, scare-you-to-death acceleration. Detroit learned early in the performance game that there's no substitute for cubic inches. But the penalty is extra weight. When the Corvette went "big-block" in '65, the split widened between the sports car and musclecar groups. The 1970 LT-1 option gave buyers the best of both worlds.
Although Zora Arkus Duntov loved the brutish big-blocks, his "ideal" for the Corvette was a balanced, mid-engine, small-block layout. After many attempts, the mid-engine Corvette just wasn't to be. His plan-B was to make a high-revving, high-performance, lightweight small-block, with a 50/50 weight distribution. The resulting LT-1 option just blew everyone away.
The LT-1 engine had about every trick part a production car could have. Designed as a high-revving performer, everything was stout. The cast-iron block had four-bolt main caps and a forged crankshaft at the bottom end. The connecting rods and pistons were forged and had 11:1 compression. A dual-plane aluminum manifold and 4150 Holley four-barrel rated at 800 cfm handled the intake side. Over-sized valves in performance heads and solid-lifters along with a high-life cam gave the LT-1 a lumpy, "don't mess with me" idle, and cast-iron manifolds with 2.5 inch pipes. The ignition system was the latest transistor Delco model.
It all added up to 370 ponies at 6,000 rpm, and 380 ft-lb of torque. With the relative light weight of the small-block, the LT-1 was just a tick off the straight-line performance of the 454. Quarter-mile-times were around 14.10 seconds at 102 mph, with zero to 60 times around 6.5 seconds. But the best part was that because of the balanced arrangement, the LT-1 could be driven as deep into corners as Europe's finest. Some publications reported that the LT-1 was as fast, if not faster, through the curves than the 1970 911 Porsche!
The LT-1 option wasn't cheap though. At $447.60, it was $10.50 more than the '69 L71, 427/435 engine and $157.95 more than the '70 LS5, 390-horsepower 454. For 1970, Chevy sold 1,287 LT-1 Corvettes. Interestingly, the air conditioning option was $447.65, 5 cents more than the LT-1, but not available with the LT-1, as was an automatic transmission.
There was an option called the ZR-1, that was a small-block "package" version of the off-road L-88. Only 25 were ordered. For some, the 1970 LT-1 was the finest C3 Corvette made.
A Personal Note From the Artist...
I am often asked, how I got into drawing cars. Well, I was one of those guys in school that was always drawing cars on my book covers and along the margins of my notes. When I graduated from Collingswood High School (in Collingswood, NJ), I thought I wanted to be a draftsman. It didn't take long for me to realize that my heart belonged to illustration.
I kept drawing drag racing and muscle cars and in 1975 had my first illustration published in "Drag Racing USA" magazine, and have never stopped.
Eventually, in the early '80s, I went to Philadelphia College of Art and studied illustration. After I put together a portfolio, I began my freelance career. In the early '90s I had the unique opportunity to work in the "Boys Toys" R&D Department at Tyco Toys where I worked on Tyco RC, Tyco HO, Matchbox, and Matchbox Collectibles product lines. Not only did I have receive a first-rate education in product design and development, I worked with some of the most talented and creative people I have ever known.
No, it wasn't like the Tom Hanks movie, "BIG," but I did share many wacky times there.
All along though, I kept my hand in the magazine biz and am currently a contributing artist and writer for "VETTE Magazine". And I now produce a monthly online newsletter called "The Corvette Report" with all kinds of juicy tidbits for the Corvette enthusiast.
I also enjoy researching the best mix of cool gear and art for motorhead enthusiasts of all ages and maintaining and updating the the Corvette Gear eBay store, as well as our other websites that are listed below
Thanks for stopping by and please bookmarks us!
Scott
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This eBay store was created in October 2007. We have another eBay store, "Dude's Motorhead Shop" that has been open for business since April 9, 2000, has over 1,776 feedbacks, and a 100% positive feedback.
Also, you can visit our IllustratedCorvetteSeries.com website where we have hundreds of Corvette art prints from the first Vette in 1953 to today's Corvette. All illustrated by automotive artist, K. Scott Teeters.
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