For Sale: 1970 Chevrolet Corvette in North East, Pennsylvania

1970 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 For SaleThis 1970 Chevrolet Corvette coupe is one of 25 cars built that year with the ZR1 Special Purpose Engine Package, the most competition-focused small-block option Chevrolet offered on the Corvette in 1970. It was first delivered to Ed Rinke Chevrolet in Center Line, Michigan. It's a numbers-matching example with NCRS Top Flight honors from 2014, when it scored 95.7 out of 100, and it was featured in Keith Cornett's 2018 book Corvette Special Editions. It wears its factory color of Monza Red over a saddle vinyl interior, with removable T-tops.The ZR1 package was built around the LT-1, a solid-lifter 350 cubic-inch small-block V8 factory rated at 370 horsepower and 380 lb-ft of torque. That's the highest rating the LT-1 ever carried, because compression was lowered for 1971 and output dropped with it. Power goes through a Muncie M22 close-ratio four-speed, the heavy-duty gearbox known as the "Rock Crusher," to a Positraction rear end with 4.56 gears, a short ratio that favors acceleration over highway cruising. The package also added a transistorized ignition and a special aluminum radiator, which shows Chevrolet expected these cars to see sustained hard use.The chassis carries the rest of the ZR1 hardware: power disc brakes with dual-piston front calipers and a heavy-duty front and rear suspension. Before the ZR1, Chevrolet had required these same components on the L88 and ZL1 cars. It rides on 15-inch Rally wheels with Firestone Wide Oval Super Sport F70-15 tires. Because the ZR1 was meant for competition, Chevrolet would not build one with air conditioning, power steering, power windows, a rear window defroster, an alarm or a radio. That leaves a simple, driver-focused cabin with a heater, a 160-mph speedometer, a tachometer with a 6,500-rpm redline, and center-stack gauges for fuel, water temperature, oil pressure and charging. Only 1,287 of the 17,316 Corvettes built for 1970 got the LT-1 at all, and just 25 of those were ZR1s.Chevrolet developed the ZR1 to succeed the L88 and aimed it at SCCA road racing. It was offered only from 1970 through 1972, with 53 built in total, which makes the first-generation ZR1 one of the rarest production small-block Corvettes ever built. This car spent the 1970s with several Michigan owners. It then passed through owners in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio and spent time in a Florida museum before being restored in 2008. In 2025, it was professionally stripped and repainted in Monza Red at a cost of $35,000. Documentation includes: Photos of the original 1970 Chevrolet order form and a reproduction window sticker The original tank sticker, which was removed, photographed and resealed to the tank during the restoration The NCRS Shipping Data Report, plus NCRS judging sheets and awards, including the 2014 flight judging score summary A history binder with past ownership records and previous titles The owner's manual, service records, ZR1 literature, and reference material on the early-1970s Corvette lineup Dozens of receipts from the 2008 restoration, and the receipt for the 2025 repaintThe odometer shows 47,588 miles, and the car comes with a clean Florida title marked mileage exempt. For a collector who wants a documented, high-scoring example of Chevrolet's most serious small-block Corvette of its era, this car offers rarity, originality, and a paper trail to support both.NFI Empire specializes in classic, exotic, modified, and luxury vehicles. We offer retail sales, consignment, financing, and full custom and body work through our on-site shop. Please call ahead to confirm the vehicle's current availability and viewing location. See the "videos" tab above this description box for a cold start and walk around.