1970 LT-1 (?) on eBay

[Michael W.]

Re: 1970 LT-1 (?) on eBay

Folks can "register" a "made-up" car just as easily as they can do so for an authentic example.

Sort of like two '53s with the same serial number? Ooops.

[Mike G.]

Re: 1970 LT-1 (?) on eBay

i look at all the so called 70 lt1 cars that pop up on ebay. i try to pick them apart. what is wrong, what is missing... 99% of them are not real lt1 cars. most of them are base 70's with a high rpm tach, a holley 4bbl thats non original, aluminum intake and the lt1 tag on the shifter plate. thats not quite an lt-1. you can usually tell by the price what it is. for some reason most of the fakes have headers.

[Michael F.]

Re: 1970 LT-1 (?) on eBay

what is the web site for the 70 registry, I had it years ago and lost it. thanks

[Mark R.]

Re: 1970 LT-1 (?) on eBay

One of the benefits of the registry is to be able to correspond with owners of cars in close VIN proxmity with ones own to validate what appear as anomilies from typical factory production.

[Lynn H.]

Re: 1970 LT-1 (?) on eBay

I would also like to find the link to the 70 registry if someone has it.
Thanks!!

[Wayne B.]

Re: 1970 LT-1 (?) on eBay

http://www.1970corvetteregistry.org/

[Juliet P.]

Re: 1970 LT-1 (?) on eBay

Hi, Sorry I'm late to the discussion. I'd like to just add my 2 cents to the discussion.

Yes eBay ads are suspect. We do the best we can by verifying with the owner, checking against posted photos and the like. I always try to include that the source of the data is eBay if that is indeed where the car was 'found'. That allows the user to apply the appropriate grain size of salt with the information. If we get no responses, or the data is clearly suspect, we do err on the side of caution. The front page of the registry has the following disclaimer "The data contained here is gathered from various sources or submitted by vehicle owners. No guarantee is made as to the accuracy of the data, interpret it and use it at your own risk."

The information is also reported by owners. So one might say that it could be completely made-up. And yes, I'm able to report that this happens a lot. But the screening process often discovers these discrepancies. I've burst many a new owner's bubble that his LT1 really isn't, or that his numbers matching transmission really isn't and so on... A lot of the submission data is fixed once we go through a few back and forth e-mails. Some of the data is blank when we just don't know or can't tell. Often someone will get the car, send what they can, but once they get into the restoration process other details become evident... like it had an alarm system or it really was an AC car. So I update info as best I can.

I'm so far behind entering data I realize it's a problem and disappointment for many. As the registry has grown it's taking more time, and unfortunately I've not had as much play time as I once did. I rely a lot on Scott and Mike and many others to help gather the data. We do put our priority in obtaining the car data first, because lets face it, those car shows and eBay ads or owner e-mails aren't around forever. After that I worry about updating the online database. I've managed to simplify that process greatly over the years, but it's still not fully 'automated.' I don't want to make it totally *live* either because that just invites more bad data and takes the current human vetting of the details out of the process. And, not to lay down excuses, (but I suppose they are excuses but I want people to understand not just think I'm a slacker who doesn't care), I have a kid in HS (lots of activities which takes time), I work full time (engineer), I'm busy with the Mason Dixon NCRS chapter, I am pretty involved in non-corvette related interests (Chesapeake Bay restoration stuff) and I have some health issues (cystic fibrosis) which lately has been demanding a lot more attention.