Re: Hemmings e news: Ex-racer Chevelle rakes in $1.2
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Remember NHRA rules required at least 50 units had to be built,for a Vehicle to qualify to run in Super Stock ...even EA class,and I am confident that at least 30 of these have been shown to be produced so far.
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IMO, there may not have been 50 units built by May of 70, but by the end of the model year July, there certainly must have been.
This is from Feb 71 SS&DI:
"Much was said about the 454/450 Chevelle convertible combination early in the season, and most of the discussion by MoPar racers emphasized that there were very few of these Chevelles in existence. The team that built the Chevelle pointed out that the combination was a legal RPO, and NHRA backed the Truppi-Kling-Allen-Briggs car."
According to a few LS6 historians, one being Don H. from HAR in SC, he claims to have seen paperwok for at least 50-60 LS6 convertibles that he thought looked legit. He also believes there may have been closer to 100 built. With 18-30 cars known today its likely there were more that just didn't survive. Who really knows?
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