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Thoughts on this 71 454
charger49:
Just after some peoples opinions on this 71 big block vette which is for sale at Joes gasoline in south Australia http://www.golden-gasolines.com.au/ is this a reasonable price for the car they have $42750 on it. I have noticed that it is missing the badge on the front nosecone between the headlights (holes filled in?) and also the exhaust cutouts are round as opposed to being square?
Can you tell of the VIN no of a vette if it was originally a big block car?
Thanks Jason
If looking at thier website it is the yellow one.
77CVT:
Looks ok but would need to see the paint close up. $42k is about average price. Heres the link to the page - Yellow 71
VIN No is - 194371S117075 It was the 17075'th one built for the '71 production run.
KM's - 63040 but most likely 163040
See more facts here
charger49:
ok so from the serial
194371S117075
19437 is base Corvette sport coupe
1s1 ?
17075'th one built for the '71 production run
what is the 1s1 representing???
How can you tell if the car originally came with a bigblock or small block?
Do they have a option plate anywhere?
Thanks Jason
69 DIRTY RAT:
I think small blocks had a bolt on middle crossmember and big blocks were welded?. You would have to look at it close up I'm afraid!,you just cant tell enough from the pictures. For that price its probably a high milage driver (like what 77CVT says!).Plus its weird that it has round exh. outs, they should be square like you said....smells of a prior accident. If Joe is selling it for 42750 he probably bought it for $15000 US, so it probably needs a bit of work! BUT its still a reasonable price for a Big Block if its in reasonable condition!
77CVT:
The 1 refers to Chevrolet Division and the S refers to St Louis assembly line. The other 1 is part of the last production numbers.
There should be a plate on the LHS ft door pillar that has the build date etc. Not sure how to find the RPO codes that your car was built with.
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