1970 L-78 Camaro
 

I saw this Ad in the Current issue of Old cars weekly.There is a Picture also.

For Sale:
1970 Chevrolet Camaro SS L-78 385K Orignal miles https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif.
396 375 HP 4 spd.One of only 300 4 spd cars ever built with the 375HP (you will not soon find another like this!!).Top of the Second Generation Camaros!!!
We Have The Build sheet!!Call for Details.Will need some finishing.-you have got to see this one!Hugger Orange Exterior with Black stripes and new black interior!!
Nasty 427 in at this point.the Original Block comes with it.(It has been Decked)This will be a True High end Supercar when it finds the right home.Always a Colorado car!No Rust,the Floor pans are like you've never seen!!This is the Car!!
$19000.00 Cool cars Only.1-800-290-0679

I Have typed Verbatim what the ad states.

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Rick, Does this look like the picture?

http://www.coolcarsonly.com/pics/r044.jpg

Here is aclickable link to the dealer's web site

CoolCarsOnly

-Sam https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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I think this is the 70 L78 I saw for sale in Hemmings last month.

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This car has been up for sale for quite a long time. I'm talking months.

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It has been for sale well over a year...

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Thats the picture Sam.
I know it has been for sale for awhile,but I thought maybe someone would be interested in it.
I am not in anyway connected to it.
Does it really have 385K miles,or is that a typo?

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This is the way the ad reads on the miles
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38,5k Original Miles

[/ QUOTE ]I would believe it means 38,500 original miles

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Does anyone know about a 70 RS/SS L78 4 speed car that was sold in Florida a year ago approx. and is now in Phoenix, AZ.

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There has been a supposed 70 L78 car at Volo for the past year or more. I was in there recently and the price had been lowered again to $18K. Description seems to indicate correctness but then you never know. Boring white car with black strips and interior.

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If Volo has marked an alleged 70 L78 car down to $18K, you can bet the farm it is either bogus, stolen, or ready to self-destruct https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif

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If the car was at a dealer in Tarpon Springs, it was sold and on it's way out west (I was told California) by the time I was able to get down to look at it.
If it was a white/blue car for sale in the West Palm Beach area by a private owner, I only spoke with the current owner and a previous owner on the telephone.

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Bill, you have such a way with words! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
Motown https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Motown as my daddy alway said if looks like it, smells like it , feels like it ,and tastes like it It probably is.

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and tastes like it It probably is.

[/ QUOTE ] https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gifI'll bet your Daddy had bad breath alot!https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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Kim,
Your Daddy sounds like a man with Wisdom. My father had about five favorite sayings that were repeatedly placed between my ears all my life, your Dads saying was one of them. I have been passing the torch by giving my sons the same wisdom, I just wish my Dad was still around so I could hear those speeches one more time....
Motown https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif

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My Daddy passed away ten years ago but i remmber all his sayings "WHAT ARE YOU STUPID" I remember that one a lot. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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Speaking of sayings, I asked my daughter (13 yrs. old) if she had any questions and she replied " no dad I just have the answers." Ahhh, 13 year olds. She thinks she's going to drive the Clone!!!!!

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Last week I checked the Volo site for this car. She's gone. Geez with the white with black stripe bashing.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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I registered on this board because of this post. I am a frequent lurker because I love Camaros, and the knowledge of folks on this board. I live in Loveland, Colorado which is where this car is. Let me first state that I do NOT work for the seller of the car, nor do I have any personal interest in this other than to give any knowledge of this car that I have in case it is of any value to anyone who might be interested in this car.

First of all, that car has been sitting where it is, outside, since around 1992/1993 at least. I know this because I was a kid working for Pizza Hut at the time and delivered to the building that it sits outside of and I tried to find someone to give me info on it. The car has been moved a few times in terms of it's location to the building that the pics show, but anytime I have driven by there since I first saw it, it has been sitting there outside. I recently emailed the seller and asked if the car in the pics is the one I was thinking of and they confirmed that it is.
So, this car has been sitting for a long time outside. Also, there is no interior in the car. I don't know if they have it, or not. I never asked because I am not interested in the car. That said, the car looks solid and in the couple of times I have looked at it ( not too closely), it doesn't seem to have any rust.

I would be willing to go take pics of the car if anyone is interested in it. Please email me if you want me to get pics.

Hope this helps...

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Welcome to this site. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif
Thank you for the input & your offer. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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This car has been for sale for over a year that I know of..
I sent the seller a few emails and never received a reply. I guess
the heads laying next to the car are the original heads from the car.
I find it kind of Strange that this is the Only Picture I have ever seen
of this car. I am just curious if it is in fact a real L78 car and if so,
is the engine original to the car….
Mark L
[email protected]

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do you have the pic of the car? Roger

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The only picture I have of this car is the
the same as the one in this thread. Did this car ever sell.
Mark

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I am "colosilverado" who posted the offer to take pictures of this car way back when. I signed up at that time with a work email address and no longer work at that place so I don't have the access to get whatever password I used. I decided to sign up again rather than go through the pains of trying to figure out how to remember or get my old password. I haven't checked out this board in quite some time due to alot of things, but I decided to check it out last night. Lo and behold, I came across this old thread. I know that this car isn't too big of a deal to most of you, but I thought I'd post again just because people were wondering about it. I had been checking the thread back when it was relatively new, but quit checking it after awhile because nobody seemed interested in any further pics.

Well, this car has always interested me because of my love for Camaros and 2nd gen in particular. Like I said, this car has been sitting in the same rough location since at least 1992, which is when I saw it first. It has moved relative to the building it sits outside, but that is it. It is still there as of today. I'll post pics or you can email me for them at [email protected]
Again, I have no personal knowledge of this car other than where it is. I don't have any interest in it other than helping people out if they want more pics or maybe more info. I'm heading out the door. I will post more pics in awhile. Here's one with Cool Cars Only in the background which, ironically, I never noticed was there until today.

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Oops, pic is too big. They are pretty much all over 100k in size. Oh well, if anyone wants them, email me. I don't have a place to host them. I'll see if I can find a free one... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif

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Ok, let's see if you can at least see the pics here: 70 L78?

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..and it doesn't appear to be for sale on the Cool Cars only website any longer. I would think that their price on it is too high, regardless. If this car were to be original, what would it be worth if it has the original parts somewhere? If it is original, that will kill me because the poor thing has been sitting there outside for so long. Don't get me off on that tangent either. Hell, it kills me anyway, just because it is a cool car. It drives me nuts to see a car like that sit outside where rust can have it's way with her. There used to be a older couple close to where I used to live that had an original 70 SS 454 Chevelle that was column shift and bench seated. Well, it had SS stripes and such, but maybe it was a clone. I don't think an older couple would have cloned one though and I got the idea that it had been in the family for years. If it was an SS, I assume it was an LS5 car, but I was never able to talk to the husband who owned it.....just the wife. She didn't know anything about it other than it had appraised at $15000+ years ago. It was white with black stripes. I gave them my number and asked them to call me if they ever wanted to sell it, but my number changed and they moved. They had a 2 car garage and yet it sat outside while their mid 80's sedans got the garage. Seeing that thing covered in snow killed me.I tracked the car down a year or so later because they moved, too, and the car was sitting outside in the snow again. I just gave up at that point.
I saw a nice solid 71 or 72 Chevelle sitting buried in snow in a driveway today. Same with a 67 Camaro.
Too bad I'm not rich. I'd buy a huge warehouse and start rescuing these beauties so at least they don't die a gruesome death by rust. We keep losing our history. I know that it makes the remaining ones more valuable, but dang, I can never see too many cool cars in my lifetime. We need to save as many as we can. There are cars like this in practically every dang town, too. Sheesh.

Sorry for the rant.....it just kills me, ya know?

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Wonder why people store a car like that and then ask a high selling price but never sell them....crazy.

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Yeah, I would have to see what all they had for the car that was correct ( if it is a "real" car) before I was even remotely interested in it. What all did they put the 12 bolt in as far as Camaros that year? They went to the 10 bolt only in '71 right? I'll have to look. Heck, if it has sat there this long, maybe I'll buy it someday down the line. I've never been in the position to, so...;)

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Get a look at the cowl tag and if it's a Norwood car it should have the L78 on it I think. 12 bolt would be a Z28, SS396 and I'm not sure if the SS350 still got it or not.

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SS and Z-28 got 12-bolts in 1970.

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Report the Rearend suffix code as well.
Johnny Jujitsu

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WTF is Johnny Jujitsu ? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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The rear body panel is not black but that could have been painted.
Why don’t you sneak over tonight with a piece of sandpaper and
see if the panel is black under that red paint… Oh, and try not to
get shot while doing this…….
Mark L

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If this 70 "L-78" is L.A. built with NO L-78 on trim tag and presumably no build sheet, verifying is near impossible.
Tach equipped cars have the RARE 6500RedLine/7000Max Tach and there might be evidence of TCS relay or Green TCS wiring in engine compartment. The Black Tailpanel would prove Big Block but not L-78. Not sure about fuel line differences on L-34 7 L-78 1970 Camaros ????
Chuck S

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"there might be evidence of TCS relay or Green TCS wiring in engine compartment."
Chuck
How would this prove an L78,over an L34?

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I must correct myself on L-34's and TCS, as I viewed the below picture of Dale R's 70 L-34 Camaro....bought new and still owned.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...etails/TCS.jpg

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Mr 70, Both 1970 L-34(1800 built)and L-78(600 built) Camaros had the TCS system. The removal of an L-78 engine and/or the A.I.R. "Smog" apparently would leave NO evidence I can think of. Without a Norwood trim tag, L.A. build sheet, POP, Window Sticker, Invoice or 6500/7000 Tach I dont know how to PROVE 70 L-78 Camaro. I'm going to say that the 4 spd L-78 was standard with 3:55 gears while the L-34 4 spd was standard with 3:31.....but obviously subject to RPO changes.....all SS's and Z-28's had 12 Bolt (LAST Year)
Chuck

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In that old ad it said/says that they have the build sheet. That said, with all of the good fakeries these days, who knows what it is..
I will be glad to take whatever pics that I can. I'll have to talk to them to be able to get the hood open and snap the cowl/trim tag.

LOL on the sandpaper and getting shot part. I could probably stand there for an hour and nobody would even blink. The paint looks to be old and thick...I might need to use a grinder ...;)
If they shot me, they'd probably kick my bloated carcass to the side and use it to deter future sandpaper attempts. If the stinkin' snow melts soon, I can hopefully shimmy my belly underneath and get the axle code and take more pics.

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Don't rule out the TH400 on a 1970 L78 Camaro just yet..Charley hint hint. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif
Like most cars,the transmission suffix code & rearend suffix code will tell what engine it was built with on the line,if indeed they are in fact still the original Transmission & rearend.
I am getting more & more inquiries from people asking me what Trans. & rearend suffix their cars engine should have.
I feel those cloners are catching onto this.
You know who you are...