Unrestored 1970 LS6 What's it Worth

[Stuart Adams]

If all is true and legit it sounds like a great car. Mucho dinero.

[12bolt]

Can't get hurt at $20K. anything over that you need to really back up everything the others have mentioned above.

[Charley Lillard]

If it is as you described..I would say anywhere from 45K to 75k. Miles and orig paint a plus...bench seat column auto a minus. Cool car.

[Astock]

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Can't get hurt at $20K. anything over that you need to really back up everything the others have mentioned above.

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Shoot me a price on your Copo using the same formula that you used on this LS6,17k survivor.

[TXSS]

I was able to spend about 2 hours looking at the Chevelle today. Unfortunately I left the memory card for my camera in my reader at home. The car is much nice than I was led to belive. I would say it is in near show condition. It looks like a car 16,445 miles on it. The current owner has put about 500 miles on the car in the past 6 years. The balance of the time it was stored in a wearhouse, on a lift with a cover on it. The paint is nearly perfect with very little spider webbing. The fender extensions have been repainted but that is about it. It appears it may have it's factory exhaust system with resonators but I'm not exactly sure how to tell. The car looks almost untouched with the exception of some spray paint on the floor pans and drive shaft. The car does have it's complete and working A.I.R. system, original sprial shocks, original plug wires and original battery. It also appears to have the original tags on the front coil springs and all the original decals under the hood. It comes with 3 build sheets, POP and the original window sticker.

Thanks for the feedback

Rick

[SS427]

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It appears it may have it's factory exhaust system with resonators but I'm not exactly sure how to tell.

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Rick,
Factory exhaust will have part numbers and dates on the muffler and part numbers on the resonators. The head pipe will be one piece into the front of the muffler with no clamps. The tail pipe coming out of the rear of the muffler will have a locating tab cut into it and the rear flange pipe on the muffler will have the same tab welded onto it. I will have an original LS-6 exhaust system here within the week and will take photos of it and send them to you if necessary.

I agree with Charley, a car like this could be worth a LOT of money. Do your homework, write down all the part numbers and dates off the important items such as carb, dist, heads, manifolds, waterpump, starter, fan, radiator, transmission, rearend, etc. If you have questions or need help, let me know and I will offer what I can.
Rick

[Astock]

Rick,
If you decide to pass on the car because it's missing the correct spare tire ,headlites,shocks,dist,starter,resprayed engine,ect...please forward the owners info to Astock.

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Rick , Thanks for the info on the exhaust system, very informative. Please send a picture at your convenience. I have checked the numbers and date codes on every item you mentioned plus more. All the part/casting numbers are correct and the date codes precede the 3C build date by a few weeks to a month. Even the pump to carb fuel line bracket has the GM part number on it. At some point there seems to be a substantial leap forward in value for the ultra-original cars, as seen with the 27 mile LS6 for 400K. Those cars are beyond numbers matching. Not to suggest that this car is worth anything close to what that LS6 appears to be worth. However, this car appears to be almost a duplicate of the car in Forest Green. Every bite as nice. I only use that car as a comparison because from what I've read on this site that appears to be a benchmark car. The trunks look identical. At this point I'm just trying to determine how original the car really is. At this level of verification I run short on specific information rather quickly. Your offer of help is appreciated and needed. I'll post some pictures as soon as I have them.

I agree with Charlie that a bench seat column shift is a minus but may be somewhat over come by originality. It didn't seem to hurt the 27 mile LS6

Also, The car has Ivory interior not Black. With the white stripes, even on a green car it looks damn good.

Thanks
Rick

[Stuart Adams]

Surely your friend knows what he has, unless he has been in a glass bubble. Cool car.

[mmcporter]

Come on man...post the pics...