strike of 1970

[Lyndon S.]

due to the work stoppage in 1970 were all the plants down? are was it just the car lines? did the engine plants also have a stoppage?

[Terry M.]

Re: strike of 1970

Surely (no airplane jokes now ) someone has Pete LeCastro's book Birthplace of Legends. That would have the answer if Google or a search of this site fails you.

[John H.]

Re: strike of 1970

due to the work stoppage in 1970 were all the plants down? are was it just the car lines? did the engine plants also have a stoppage?

Lyndon -

The September-October-November strike was against all of GM; no plants operated at all for 67 days.

[Mark D.]

Re: strike of 1970

I wish my outfit would go on strike for 67 days. Preferably starting around June 1st.

[Lyndon S.]

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so that is why one finds parts dated from August on a car built in December?

[John H.]

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so that is why one finds parts dated from August on a car built in December?

Yes, that's why.

[Terry M.]

Re: strike of 1970

Tuesday September 14, 1970 last day Corvettes produced

Tuesday November 24, 1970 Corvette production began again.

[Dino L.]

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Who has a 70 that was built on Sept 14th!....YIKES, I bet those cars had a couple of issues when delivered.....

[Kenneth B.]

Re: strike of 1970

Who has a 70 that was built on Sept 14th!....YIKES, I bet those cars had a couple of issues when delivered.....

NOBODY! They continued producing 69 Corvettes & cameros till Dec. of 69.
KEN

[Terry M.]

Re: strike of 1970

Who has a 70 that was built on Sept 14th!....YIKES, I bet those cars had a couple of issues when delivered.....

This is September 14 of 1970 -- when St Louis was producing 1971 Corvettes.

[Paul O.]

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I met an individual a few years ago at another corvette judging venue he had just purchased at auction a 1971 LT-1 Corvette that was S/N 2223. I noticed`the car due to my old 71 LT-1 was also Brads Hatch Green and a S/N 1914 just a few days apart. I was looking at the car in the side lot of the auction and we the new owner and I started talking. He asked me why all the parts Carburetor , Alternator, Starter, Block, etc. were dated in Aug. 1970 but the Trim tag and Blue label were Nov. dates. I told him about the strike and his new car was on the assembly line sitting till the restart of production. He was initial stunned that I knew of this and after explaining about the NCRS he went over to our tent and joined that day. The other unusual item about this car a friend who lived here in the Cincinnati area had purchased this car 2 years before locally and had moved to the ST. Louis area. He then must have sold the car to a Corvette dealer who then had it at the auction. I told the new owner about the cars history where the car was original purchased the second owner my friend and now he was the third owner of the car. He then went though the papers he had received with the car at the auction and was the same as I had told him he was stunned again. The car now resides in Canada it is a small world we still stay in contact.

Paul 18046

[Lyndon S.]

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I suppose at that time they were just trying to fill orders and used what ever parts they could to get the cars out. And example is the 454 engine block for the LS-5 called for a two bolt main, yet I have seen several four bolt main engines from early production cars, I guess they had them so they just substituted them for the two bolt blocks.

[Kenneth B.]

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I met an individual a few years ago at another corvette judging venue he had just purchased at auction a 1971 LT-1 Corvette that was S/N 2223. I noticed`the car due to my old 71 LT-1 was also Brads Hatch Green and a S/N 1914 just a few days apart. I was looking at the car in the side lot of the auction and we the new owner and I started talking. He asked me why all the parts Carburetor , Alternator, Starter, Block, etc. were dated in Aug. 1970 but the Trim tag and Blue label were Nov. dates. I told him about the strike and his new car was on the assembly line sitting till the restart of production. He was initial stunned that I knew of this and after explaining about the NCRS he went over to our tent and joined that day. The other unusual item about this car a friend who lived here in the Cincinnati area had purchased this car 2 years before locally and had moved to the ST. Louis area. He then must have sold the car to a Corvette dealer who then had it at the auction. I told the new owner about the cars history where the car was original purchased the second owner my friend and now he was the third owner of the car. He then went though the papers he had received with the car at the auction and was the same as I had told him he was stunned again. The car now resides in Canada it is a small world we still stay in contact.

Paul 18046

Now I am confused! I know that the strike started in Sept. 1969 & ended Nov.1969. What would any of this have to do with 1971 prouduction? Confused in sunny AZ. LOL I know that my 72 ZR-1 had 1969 L-88 dated parts.
KEN

[John H.]

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Now I am confused! I know that the strike started in Sept. 1969 & ended Nov.1969. What would any of this have to do with 1971 prouduction? Confused in sunny AZ. LOL I know that my 72 ZR-1 had 1969 L-88 dated parts.
KEN

Ken -

The strike was in 1970, not 1969.

[Terry M.]

Re: strike of 1970

Now I am confused! I know that the strike started in Sept. 1969 & ended Nov.1969. What would any of this have to do with 1971 prouduction? Confused in sunny AZ. LOL I know that my 72 ZR-1 had 1969 L-88 dated parts.
KEN

Ken, You are mixing apples, oranges and pomegranates. That might make a nice drink, but it will confuse you to no end. Add soem alcohol and you won't care.

There was work stoppages in calendar year 1969 & 1970 & IIRC 1971, and some other years also. We have been talking ONLY about the one in calendar year 1970 which affected production of the 1971 Corvette.