Memories of my friends 1970 LS-6 Red convertible
 

A high school friend had a red/black LS-6 4speed conv. he bought in 1971 in Rhode Island AM radio 8 track PBrakes, we used to race it around the streets in the Boston area it had a Jake Kaplan Rhode Island dealer emblem on the trunk lid. Early in 1973 he offered it to me for $2,500 it needed tires and the conv top was cut from an attempted theft, What did I want with a car like that when I just bought a new 1973 Corvette !!!!! Shortly thereafter it was stolen and found burnt.

Cool beans. How did she perform on the street?

The front bucket seat backs were bent back from the hard acceleration

Note we were 21 & 22 years old while he had this car.

Nice!... :burnout:

It used to break valve springs a lot,One time it bent a valve and had to have the right side cylinder head replaced under warranty

Ralph. We need old pics!

I think that's pretty common on hi-po big blocks that are run hard. I remember back in the day my friend Rick's 70 Nova L78 had problems with them.

Any Rhode Island people out there that know of Jake Kaplan dealer and how they would have sold a car like that when it was one year old. My friend bought it from their used car lot

The original valve keepers were very suspect back then, many dropped valves in the HiPo BBs