'70 Corvette LT1 Debut?

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-----I can give Y'all an unsubstantiated story from a Ft.Lauderdale postman that I knew back around 1975/6. He said he bought a new 69 Corvette (red with saddle vinyl) coupe that he said was an LT1 (delivered, new). I never saw it around back then. He bought it new at Slaton Chevrolet. He sold it in 72 or so and had no idea where it went, but he had a bunch of detail stories about small stuff that led me to believe that he wasnt a "bull$hit" artist.......Bill S