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The 1972 Corvette was the fifth production year of the
1968 - 1982 "C3" generation. The 1972 corvette was the last
corvette to feature front and rear chrome bumpers. The 1968-1972 corvettes
are called "steel bumper corvettes". The car was very little
changed from 1971 to 1972. The 1972 corvette was also the last to have
a removable rear window. The ZR1 package and the LT1 engine were offered
for the last time until Chevrolet resurrected these designations in the
1990s. To reduce the possibility of shredded fan belts from high rpm runs,
the LT1s with air conditioning had the base engine's 5600 rpm redline
tach instead of the 6500 rpm tach. In 1972 the measuring of horsepower
was changed from gross horsepower to net horsepower, thus the lower horsepower
rating. Approximately 27,000 corvettes were produced in 1972. A ZR1 (ZR-1)
was available in 1972. The ZR1 had the LT1 motor, the M22 transmission,
heavy duty brakes, a transistor ignition, special aluminum radiator, special
springs, shocks and sway bars.
20,496 Corvette Coupes and 6,508 Corvette Convertibles.
Original pricing for the 1972 Corvette Coupe was $5,533. The 1972 Corvette
Convertible was priced slightly lower at $5,296.
The 1972 was available with 454 cubic inch engines except
in California. There were three engines available for the 1972 Corvette:
350 ci 200hp base engine
350 ci 255 hp (LT1)
454 ci 270 hp (LS5)
Holley and Rochester Quadrajet Carburators were installed
on the 1972 corvettes.
10 Exterior colors were available (Paint code in parenthesis):
Sunflower Yellow (912)
Pewter Silver (924)
Bryar Blue (945)
Elkhart Green (946)
Classic White (972)
Mille Miglia Red (973)
Targa Blue (979)
Ontario Orange (987)
Steel Cities Gray (988)
War Bonnet Yellow (989)
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