1971 LT-1 production numbers

[Mark A.]

I have a 1971 LT-1 convertible. I would like to find out how many of the 1,949 LT-1's made in 71 were convertibles? And of the LT-1 convertibles, how many came with the Sunflower Yellow exterior? Where can I research this? Thanks, Mark

[Joe L.]

Re: 1971 LT-1 production numbers

I have a 1971 LT-1 convertible. I would like to find out how many of the 1,949 LT-1's made in 71 were convertibles? And of the LT-1 convertibles, how many came with the Sunflower Yellow exterior? Where can I research this? Thanks, Mark

Mark------


This sort of question comes up time and again. No records were kept by Chevrolet regarding COMBINATIONS of options----only the total number of each individual option. So, there's really no place you can research this or obtain this sort of information. As others have done, you can make an ESTIMATE of the number by "multiple extrapolations" of the various options but that will just be estimate.

As I have mentioned many times before, if you consider ALL of the options/interior/color/body style for any given car, just about any Corvette of the period is probably unique or, at best, one of a handful that are in all ways identical.

[Mike E.]

Re: 1971 LT-1 production numbers

I don't think GM kept that great of records back then the best you can do is estimate.

According to the black book in 1971 the Coupe to Convertible ratio was about 2:1 with 14680 Coupes and 7121 Convertibles. So lets say 650 LT-1s were roadsters. Total 1971 production was 21801 cars and 1177 were Sunflower Yellow that's 5.3% take the 650 X .053 that would be about 34 cars.


Someone else might want to check my math.

Mike

[Mark A.]

Re: 1971 LT-1 production numbers

Thanks guys. I thought GM might of had better records some where. Should have known! Appreciate the reply's. Regards, Mark

[Steven B.]

Re: 1971 LT-1 production numbers

Like most industries there was no need for GM to go to the expense to compile or maintain such data.

[Joe L.]

Re: 1971 LT-1 production numbers

Like most industries there was no need for GM to go to the expense to compile or maintain such data.

Steve and Mark-------


...and they did not have anything like the data processing capability that's so common today. Most of it was hard copy, punch cards, or mainframe computers with large rolls of magnetic tape for the analog world of then. Tapes were expensive and re-used. Hard-copy and punch cards got tossed when there was no business reason to keep and store them. If today's technology had been available then, I think that all the data on every Corvette ever built could have been easily stored on one DVD! A 1 TB hard drive could probably store all the data on every GM car ever built. If they only had then what is so common now, a lot of our questions of today would have easy answers. But, they didn't.

It reminds me of something I heard some time ago. The technology exists today that would allow every motion picture ever made to be stored on a device no bigger than a cough drop!