Re: '70 Chevelle SS L78 Convt.
 

The car I know of is 9 D all doc'd
Jim

Re: '70 Chevelle SS L78 Convt.
 

Is anyone familiar with the three Build Sheet Fathom Blue/ White/White "Survivor" which was for sale at Russo & Steele in Arizona?

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All this talk about the Convertible is very Interesting. I have seen the car personally before and after resto, nice car. I dont know why Chuck sold it, he Really liked that car. On the same theme how Rare do you think a 70 El-Camino L-78 Would be?

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a 1970 L78 Elky is pretty rare, I bought one last fall , and after doing some research based on the ratios from 1968 and using the L78 engine production of 2144 for 1970 I kinda came up with a "Guesstimate" of about 237 L78 Elky's were made in 1970. I'd like to know anybody elses's estimates ?? I may be out to lunch,Does Dan Carr's poster have any info on them ?

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D. Carr is at 259.

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From a statistical POV, I think Carr's numbers make sense. But I also believe there are certain weights that must be applied to each vehicle. For one thing, I think the buyer of an El Camino has a lower propensity to be interested in an ultra-high performance vehicle. Hence, I believe the numbers for L78 El Caminos are much less.

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Ive always felt extrapolating #s was in no way accurate for this hobby. If it worked thier be tons more RS copos...

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Good Point !but at least it's a start.

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How can it be a start? It just leads to misinformation.

If I were to use statistics for a Hemicuda convertible, I would think that all of 'em were red, dark green, yellow, and purple. Instead, there's 2 red ones, a purple one, two white ones, one or two black ones . . . you get the idea. But statistics would also suggest that the sample would not be enough to extrapolate numbers with a low rate of error.

Re: '70 Chevelle SS L78 Convt.
 

Auction ended with $197,899.00 bid ..Reserve not met

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Is anyone familiar with the three Build Sheet Fathom Blue/ White/White "Survivor" which was for sale at Russo & Steele in Arizona?

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Still seeking info on this car??????

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$200,000 level seems like pretty good money for this car to me but apparently not enough to the current owner. I noticed this car has been on the auction block at several auctions in the last several years.....2004 and 2005 at two different auction sites. The last where the car was bid up to $172,825 but not listed as sold.

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Chuck shared a little about the car over at Team Chevelle, including that when he sold it about 4 years ago he got just over a third of what it bid to on the auction.

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163395

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Stefano -

This may not be the car you are seeking info on but there can't be too many Fathom Blue L78 converts roaming around. This is the 2nd one located in Des Moines that has hit ebay in the last 30 days (2 different owners). The red one on this thread being the other. This owner has a couple of other nice ones listed on ebay as well. I may have to take a peek at these cars next weekend.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet...1QQcmdZViewItem

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That is the car. So is anyone intimately familiar with this L78?

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This statement from the Ebay auction

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<font color="blue"> This is 1 of 6 known and documented L78 cars that exist today. </font>

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Is it meant for only L78 verts or all 70 L78 Chevelles? I know of a black 70 L78 Chevelle with POP and other Docs and that car hasnt been out for years.

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Jeff,

I too have seen this "1 of 6" used a bit. I have always interpreted this to mean the 'verts only. I am confident that there are quite a few more L78 coupes accounted for. Rick (Mr70) will chime in as he is collecting docs for all '70 L78s.

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The one of 6 is an old number. There are more L78 convertibles accounted for today. Just like when 12-13 was the number for LS6 Rag Tops.