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Default 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.
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Cool beans. How did she perform on the street?
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Old 07-30-2019, 07:17 PM
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The front bucket seat backs were bent back from the hard acceleration
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Note we were 21 & 22 years old while he had this car.
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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
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Ralph. We need old pics!
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It used to break valve springs a lot
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.
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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
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The original valve keepers were very suspect back then, many dropped valves in the HiPo BBs
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