Is the 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 454 the KING of sports cars?
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- The C3 Corvette is the longest running generation from Chevrolet. On the outside you will find t-tops, 15in wheels and dual exhaust. On the inside you will be welcomed yo a deluxe red interior. Under the hood is a 454ci V8 mated to a 4-speed manual gearbox. Is the 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 454 the KING of sports cars?
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I had a 1969 Daytona Yellow Stingray when I was a senior in high school in 1988. Now I'm 53, retired, and have a 2014 Laguna Blue Stingray, exactly like the one you reviewed a couple years back.
Very Nice. I love the Blue 💙 Vet
Right on for the muscle car in high school!
In high school (graduated in 1991) I drove a 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T. 440 Magnum and 727 Transmission. Sold it in 1997 for $7,300.
I had a 72 454 coupe back in the day
Now I'm older than dirt and I have a 2016 Stingray coupe.
I still miss my old 72.
Those body lines are so simple, clean and elegant.
I'm from California so the pre smog cars are also valuable. Anything 75 and before you can put any engine you want in your car. California can't do anything about it.
@@comicrandomness3289 I'm in California too.
Really timeless for sure David
@@comicrandomness3289that is an excellent point
@@davidp2888 okayyy!!!!
The lines on the C3's are just 😍 Best looking corvette and one of the most gorgeous car to ever grace the road.
It is just so timeless
I had a ‘71 LT-1, 4:11 gears, M-22 “rock crusher” trans. My next door neighbor had a ‘70 LT-1 with the same 4:11 and M-22. Did we ever have some great rides!!! But we never dreamed they would someday be considered ho-hum in acceleration. My 2017 Malibu Premier 2.0 liter turbo 4 cylinder is quicker to 60 (at 5.7 seconds) than my 71 but not quite as quick as his 70. And a new C8 Vette will do it in 2.9 seconds with the base engine. This gorgeous 1970 454 takes 6.3. How technology has advanced.
The C3 is a legend!
What a beautiful car.
You have good taste!
@@RaitisRidesJow, I thought you were going to review a new car.
Now that's a Vette!
You better believe it
A beautiful car. But to have a 454, 4-speed and AC! I fortunately have many memories of these cars. I went shopping for one in the early 70s. Test drove many new and used versions. I never found that combination; the closest was a 71 454 with AC, but it was an automatic. Although I wanted a 4 speed, I needed AC more since I lived in a hot, humid area. So, I ended up with an automatic. The C3 was one of the best cars I have owned - trouble free, no leaks (most cars leaked after a few years - seals weren't like they are now) - and that Turbo-Hydramatic 400 was bullet proof.
Add a modern 6 speed manual trans and modern tires that 13.9sec 1/4 mile will be a mid to high 12sec 1/4 mile time.
And here it is. The C3 Corvette is my dream car. My brother had a 1976 when I was a kid, and I loved it!
That is so awesome!
I bought my wife her birth year 1970 Corvette manual 454 with AC and T top. Our engine bay has a bit more chrome. It was born in Donnybrook green color, but a custom paint job was done in 1983 and it was airbrushed with a Star Wars/Atari video game look. It has a T fighter on the hood flying towards you and on the inside of the hood the T fighter is flying away from you. 40+ awards later the lacquer paint is showing its age, but now it's a surviver. We love the theme too much to get it painted. We still have people oogle over the car! It's still stock except for mufflers and some handling stuff.
Why in the hell would you buy your wife a sports car like a corvette, it’s a man’s car not a females or both and women don’t know how to use a manual transmission so next time buy her a regular street car 🙄
Monza Red sure looks good. Classic peach right here. Thanks for reviewing this one Joe. Good to see something old-school like this. She's definitely rad and in superb condition.
Love this car, pure classic
Beautiful Car , C3 definitely a legendary look.
Thanks for the great review of a true classic!!
Joe that is a truly amazing and beautiful car. If I ever hit the lottery. 😂
Hey you never know!
Great review Joe. Shouda popped headlights up as c3 was the last time popups looked as good up as down. Also coulda mentioned back window comes out & exhaust sounds even better, air flows better thru the car too then. I had a '69 & prefer gills over egg crates slightly. 1970 started rock guards built into the fenders which will save the paint some. Shoulda mentioned fiber optic lamp warning system that should be on every car today as cheap & indestructible as it is & about to disappear forever in 2 years.
Still a beautiful example right there & bound to be expensive. Thanks Joe, you have great taste in cars & see you again on the next one.
Vacuum pop up wiper cowl too*
Now we are TALKIN'!!!!! Biggest Chevy Big Block #454
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You hit the nail on the head Bryan!
Absolutely beautiful car, we need more reviews like this Joe and Steven!
Thank you❤
Hey Joe this C3 corvette is truly a classic. And it’s in very good shape. Thank you Joe for another great review.👍🏾😀
You are so very welcome Jeffery
Oh, C3 is my fav!!!!! Thanks Joe……this put a big smile on my face 😁 I must have this. 😃
I’m so glad that I could share it with you Tom
It's a classic but prefer modern type vehicles.
You can add modern conveniences to these cars and '75 and before are presmog as in you can place any engine in your car, even in California. That's why they are classics. They can easily compete with these modern cars. Also pop up headlights are the best kind of headlights in my opinion. Can't get that in modern cars anymore unfortunately.
Oh yeah!! *ON THROTTLE* !!!!
i'D DRIVE that thing around more than any new car today.
Oh my goodness....The character, class, and history behind it. What a beautiful piece. Very nice review!!!!
You are so very right about that
69 was the hight of the BBC performance with the 427 not 70. 454 was a smog engine 10.25 compression 390hp, in 74 hp was around 270
My Dad had a 63 Vet then a 69 Vet both of them are my favorite. Very BEAUTIFUL. Thank you for the video another great video
Love your car video
I’m glad you are always here!
factory side-pipes...absolutlly!!!
C3 is the first one I think of when you say Corvette. Gorgeous! Thanks for this.
Beautiful classic car glad you got this beauty 1970 Corvette with 454 LS5 V8 Under the hood amazing sound bro
Joe and Lori and Steve keep up the good work real true and I love the video 👍
Thanks brother
The C3 optional "N14" side mounted exhaust (sidepipes) were ONLY a 1969 option...
Even though many owners added them.
Starting in 1970 the fenders were more flared so the factory sidepipes became only a 1 year option.
Thanks for that great info
@@RaitisRides
I've got a '69 Riverside Gold L36 big block T-top M21 4-speed coupe with the factory sidepipes, that's how I knew, lol
💪😉👉 🇺🇸🏁
I did a complete 7 year frame-off resto on it, spare time of course...
It won 6 years in a row @ "Corvettes at CORSA" competing against 200-250 other Vettes at the Corsa Performance Exhaust main facility in Berea Ohio from 2014 - 2019, the last year I took it there... I'm sure you'd love it! 😍
Their trophies are really cool, made out of their stainless steel exhaust tips...
I'd share photos if it was possible.
Just makes me smile,thanks
That is so fantastic to hear! You deserve it!😊
Pay no attention to the stop signs, Joe. 😂
He takes 'rolling stop' to a whole new level😁
I promise I had a good reason
@@kurojack6874California roll
Can’t properly drive a manual, check.
Great video. Thanks for taking us on thottle
I love the c3, another great video Joe
Thanks for letting me share it with you
I have an '09 Z06 now, but for 33 years, I looked out over the hood of my first, a '79 L82 4spd coupe. Do miss the t-tops but I really miss the sight of the fender contours ...always a classic to me. Thanks for your review. Beautiful car, just needs a black interior 😊
I took my dad's 1971 chevelle. 307, but it was a sedan.😊 I remember when it was new in the showroom!!❤
Oh wow! That is really awesome!
No, not the king and wasn't even the best Corvette that year, that went to the LT-1. Unless you wanted a cruiser wuth A/C the LT-1 was the one to get.
Old school big block.. Miss those round taillights… RIP
12:19 Raiti!!!! that's a stop sign! LOL!!!!!!!!!
ran more than one 😅
There are no stop signs with a C3 c’mon man😂🤙
That is a awesome car brings back a lot of memories when I was a kid a guy in the neighborhood had one we thought he was the coolest. Not sure if I could drive today with no driver aids. Thank you for sharing.👍👍👍
This video is such an amazing treat!
If you still have it, the rear window comes out as well. Try that w/ the tops off for an even better ride!
Not sure any Corvette is as iconic as the C3 (and I own a C5, lust after a C2). Such cool cars.
Love the C3 454! My fave classic would be the C2 67 with 427 4spd.
Now we are talking
Oh mercy! I'll bet your neighbor Bill in Naples (Curious Cars) would love to have this in his inventory, or his former employer Autohaus Of Naples. This would also be a great car to profile for Adam (Rare Classic Cars And Automotive History). I'll bet the torque of that 454 can't be beat. A perfect song for Dream Giveaway, imo, would be "I Can Dream About You" by Dan Hartman (RIP! 😢). Speaking of Prince, "Raspberry Beret" is one of my favorites, the original, and as covered by Warren Zevon (RIP! 😢) and his friends from R.E.M.
yes yes yes this car pulls up you know your gonna have fun
I owned a 1972 Ontario orange with saddle colored leather interior 454 4sp. Bone stock. That was in 1977. In later years, had a C5,C6, and now a C7.
Nice. Very nice 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I had a feeling you would like this one Bob.
I bought a 1970 big block coupe at the age of 21. It was Bridge Hampton blue with blue interior. It had a four speed, power steering , am/fm radio. 3:08 pos. Rear. I installed the side pipes from the sixty nine . They were not an option in ‘70. The left exhaust header was different on the 454 vs the 427 and needed to have the left pipe cut and welded to fit. She turned 13.45 in the quarter at the local drag strip. She stickered at around $6,200.00. I kept it for eleven years and almost 100,000 smiles and sold it for twice what I paid for it. I still remember cruising in my Vette and taking it on the back road twisties to practice. I taught my wife to be how to drive a stick with it. The T roofs never leaked on mine. She was truly a dream come true for me. I remember er as a small boy when the 53 Vette came out and fell in love with them. I built plastic models of all the years as I grew up. After graduating form college I bought my dream car. Thank you for the memories.
Thank You For Sharing ! Brings Back Memories Of Remarkable Times.
Joe, I had a 72 Coup, 350ci, Hooker Headers, HURST Competition Plus linkage ( much shorter throws), factory side pipes, it was silver with grey Cregar mags, man oh man, do I wish I had it back !!!!, few people know thats the only Vette where the back window was removable, and storable
No ABS, no stability control, no auto-braking= TONS of fun! 🤣
Now.... If they could only take the current Vette's mechanical bits and wrap them in a 1970 Vette body! This car is beautiful! Can't say that about the current McClaren. Err.... Corvette.
Yes of course & I buy this classic car 1 day.
I think the 454 is the bargain of the big blocks, but I'd take a 427 over one if money was no object. I'm an Italian car guy, but I'd take that 454 for a good price!
I just started Jr High in 1970. A much better time in America other than the Vietnam war and other sh!t happening, but still 50times better than the crazy sensleless sh!t we see today. We still had cool cars on the road compared to the ugly ass foreign pods congesting our roads today. The ony thing better today is the overall technology we have access to.
You should take a business trip to Nova Scotia to do some corvette reviews. Could line you up with a great variety from c3’s up to c8 z06 and anything in between.
Maybe even a c1 and c2
1970 Chevrolet Corvette C3 Stingray 454 Restored T-Top Coupe!
You nailed it again brother!
I grew up with the C3 generation Corvette as the current model. So I will always have a soft spot for them. The 1968-72 models were great performers.
You are very lucky!
Love that Stingray Corvette
The 454 big block in the C3 should make it a lot faster than 0 to 60 in six seconds. From what I understood it was one of the fastest Corvettes or muscle car to come out of that era and one of the best handling because it was light weight.
Test drive The 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, next?. You might like that Icon, Raiti`s Rides?
Joe, you forgot to call that trans “ the rock crusher” … just kidding , enjoyed the video thanks
No? The 69 is better than 70, and not just saying that to be funny haha. I always thought it was very clear that this range of years, the 69 was top
Thanks for your vote!
I had the chance to drive one of these two years ago. Spec’d very similar. The only differences were that it was Corvette Bronze over yellow and it was an automatic. Either way, it was quite the experience for me
Prefer the 1960s #CorvetteStingray. #Lori needs one. $250K like a late 1950s Gibson Les Paul Burst.
We all know a guy...i knew a guy with '70 454, 4 spd, 390 hp, blue interior. I was always so jelly
Nice Joe!
Factory side pipes (side mounted exhaust) was not available on the C3 in 1970
Little Debbie or Twinkie pouches on passenger side…. No way! I’m sold.
Always loved the looks, which used to be worth the price. These days I just can't justify it.
Every 10th year anniversary of the Corvette those cars are unique! And no 1983! 😢
I love the C3 Corvette’s!!! I have owned one for over 25 years!! I’m really glad you reviewed this one and took it for a spin!!!! Also Love the channel!!!
Love this video Joe! I have a 71 454 LS5 4spd Coupe in Bridgehampton Blue. Had a frame on done 12 years back and the drivetrain is all original with 88k miles on it. They are so much fun to drive and a great throwback to those days. Nothing like the smell of fuel being dumped into a carburetor!! The back window was also nicknamed a sugar scoop window as that’s what it resembles. Also, not sure if you knew the rear window pops out and fits into a large glove box like tray in the back. It’s not that easy getting them back in though. Besides the headlights popping up the windshield wipers are hidden as well and pop out when in use. If you’re ever in NJ more than welcome to take mine for a run!! The C3 Big Blocks were the best with the LT-1 as well. They’re still undervalued in today’s collector car market.
Yep back then.. I was still a kid at 8yo...
An amazing classic car. As a tall person at 6’4”, I’m about 4” too tall for this one. In my next life I’ll be able to drive one. 😀
You could if you buy a vert.
What about the 1971 LS6 Vette. It would blow this 1970 into the weeds !
No, because the LS6 wasn’t available until 1971
Heads up. "Little Red Corvette" was not about a Chevrolet. Not G rated. 😎
Is it my monitor or is the car actually looks orange? You didn't stop at the stop sign 12:20.
I would gladly trade my mk8 GTI interior for this one.
Nope, to nose heavy, to be the King. Just a muscle car with sweet lines.
My pops had a C3 corvette. My brother and I plan to restore it one day!
In 1970 a passenger side mirror was an option, rust proofing was an option.
Id argue (and be serious) that its not even an opinion thing. 68-72 stingrays were the coolest sports cars ever put out, and 70 had the best engines. I guess the big block 454 was the biggest one. So yes. That’s factually the coolest factory build there is.
Personally I like 68/69 more tucked fender flares and side vents a very tiny tad bit even more as well as the lights on a 68. I prefer it bare- so no side pipes or back rack, and I’d go for a black, white, green, yellow, or burgundy coupe. I also prefer the small block hoods.. but obviously would take a big block over them for whats under it as long as it was 68-70. After that the big blocks weren’t as powerful as even the small blocks had been in those years because of the new regulations.. so.. Id go for a 69. Just about the same power but tomato tomahto if I had any 68-72 shark I’D DRIVE IT EVERY FRICKEN DAY!!!
I like the way that you think!
Too bad it didn't get the LS6 the Chevelle got at 450 hp. Was supposed to get the LS7 @ 460 HP but didn't happen, got stuck with the 390 hp LS5
That would be the cherry on top!
I really like the '68/'69 Vettes, but this '70 is absolutely GORGEOUS!!
Joe, if we ever get a chance to go back in time, we're going to have to rename the window roller and call it a "window regulator". It just seems like a more proper name. 😂
I like the way you think
Funny...for so long the C3 was the mullet of corvettes and performance cars in general. Now guys are seeing them for what they are and are rising in price, even the rubber bumpered ones. Now the C4 is kinda the basement corvette. Funny how tastes change. I bought a C3 in 97 and attitudes have really changed since then
It really is interesting to see how things pan out Steve!
To a car crazy kid born in 1967, this is and always will be the Corvette, especially in red.
I've been smoking cigarettes since I was 8 y.o., close to a pack a day since 16 y.o., I'm 31 now still smoking and man I regret it. Listen to Joe boys & girls, don't smoke cigarettes.
Sorry man. Looks like you don't have many years left to live
Great car, great video. A zonk at 12:22 though.
One of My All Time Favs! ❤🚗
The Corvette and the Grand Cherokee are the LEGENDS of the World. There is nothing stronger and bigger.
The golden era of Corvettes was the 60’s-early 80’s. Split window has always been my favorite
My first choice would be a 67 427. Second choice is this. Third is a 63 split window fuelie.
Great taste 👌
gotta keep a rag so you don't get no gas on that paint.
Wow, what a beauty