[hvychev]

Ok, so now my integrity is in question by someone who is not a buyer on my car. For those that know me they could attest that this is preposterous. So let me explain why I wrote in my auction "This cars motor is an original date coded 70 Chevelle SS 396, Auto Trans block. I believe it to be the original motor that this car was born with." For those that know me they know that I just like to drive my cars. I am NOT a numbers guy or someone who gets caught up in original motors, codes, etc. I sold my Yenko Deuce (which by the way DID NOT have its original motor) and bought my current house with the proceeds. I had some left over money and bought this car from a friend of mine who ALSO was not a numbers guy. He is an old hot rod guy and not a numbers matching muscle car guy. When I bought the car he told me it was NOT the original motor and for the money I was paying ($30,000) at that time (April 2006) it was non matching numbers money. I liked the car and the color and that was all that mattered to me. So for the first couple years I told people it was non matching numbers. I never really investigated it because to be honest, I did not care.

Fast foreword to Chevy Vette Fest November 2007. I was BSing with my friends and respected fellow sYc members Rick Nelson and Chad Bloomberg. They were looking over my car because they are very interested in 70 Chevelles. I had told Rick that the car was a NOM car and he started to look at it and said "what makes you think this car is not an original motor car?" I had told him that was what I was told. He preceded to show me the front engine pad of my motor and showed me the engine suffix code was for a 1970 Chevelle SS 396, 350 HP, automatic car built in the 04C range which matches my trim tag. I was pretty surprised because I had never looked before. (I know this sounds silly but for those that know me know I don't even change my own oil!) Rick then climbed underneath the car looking for the vin stamp which is supposed to be near the oil filter but there was to much paint on it to read the number. (Yes, Rick is that small, about 90lbs soaking wet, so he fits under non-jacked up cars!) Rick then educated me about Chevelles in the sense that my car being a Flint Michigan built car, would NOT have a build sheet and would have a motor that was stamped by the oil filter as opposed to the Arlington LS5 454 I previously had that had the stamp on the front engine pad. To this day I have not yet got under the car to see if the vin number is there. The way I look at it is this. The car is just your run of the mill 1970 Chevelle SS 396. Who would have gone through all the trouble to locate an exact date coded 70 396 automatic block for this car for the purpose of deceiving someone? It is not worth all that trouble. We are not talking about a Yenko or other car with the pedigree that would bring someone to look for a block like that. So the way I look at it, "I believe that this was the motor that the car was born with."

I hope that clears up any mis conceptions of my car and my integrity.