Re: 1970 LS6 TRIPLE BLACK RAGTOP
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------Darryl,,,Please tell me more about the Griffith you mentioned a ways back in this thread (color, drivetrain, etc.) I owned a very special one way back in the early 70s in Florida that resurfaced in Chicago belonging to a friend in the late 70s. He sold it at one of the auctions Richard sponsored in Bolingbrook Il. If its the same car I have a whole bunch of funny info on it, and would kill to get it back!!!.......Bill S [/quote
29 years ago I lived in Savanna Illinois before moving to AZ.
A friend of mine there was a gearhead like me and we would occassionally buy a car togather to play with and then flip.
He was from Rockford originally and as a teenager used to walk by the local Ford dealer looking at a Griffith on the showroom floor. In about 1974-75 He spotted one for sale in the Rockford paper and bought it.
It was Green with black interior 4 speed and was the hipo model with the 289 hipo engine. He had it painted Black. He kept it for about a year and then sold it to Jerry Lampe in Clinton Iowa. About 6 months later we bought a Blue LS6 which I sold to Jerry Lampe and took the Griffith back on trade. I then sold the Griffith to a guy from Rockford that also remembered these cars from his teen years. He was a dump truck driver from Rockford. He and a buddy showed up on their new Harley dressers stoned out of their heads the day he bought it. I have no idea what the guys name was and never saw the car again or another one for that matter.
Very rare car. I used to look in Hemmings on occassion to see if there were any advertised. I only ever saw "Griffith wanted" ads.
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