'70 Chevelle SS L78 Convt.

[JIM]

The 69 SS396 door panel emblems have been noted on L-78's built at Baltimore plant for years the code shows on the build sheet as well, as does YA wheels. This car has more history and photo 's finding the car, the paper work, and its restoration than any other L-78 out there ,for some one to call it a Fake is a brave statement, however some of the now collectors were still in school when these cars came into there own. I've had many L-78's only 3 convert's including the 2 L-89 convert's I sold. All of my 70's had the B-22 SS396 emblems from day one as my LS-6 has Malibu's .

Jim

[Rixls6]

I have a question after reading some of the restoration article in the May/June 1996 issue of Chevelle World Magazine.

It states in the article, on page 4, that there was no ConVin found on the block anywhere. It says they checked by the oil filter and the front stamp pad.

Was it found later? Am I misreading something?

[Musclecarkid]

I know of one other very well known Fathom Blue 70 L78 Chevelle that had no VIN on the block. Car was one owner, 55K miles, with docs when we got it. All dates were Sept 69 with an early Dec build. Original owner verified motor was never changed. Had only Day 2 mods, Headers, Intake, Carb, M/T's etc.

[Late BrakeU2]

This one was an 11D,the latest sheet I have is a 12/8 car.Does anyone know what the earliest documented 70 L78 was?

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Rixls6

As you know, I dove head first into the L-78's very early on in the 80's when I owned a coupe. Started an L78 sub-club when we all belonged to Meekin's club. At the time, they weren't worth but a fraction of what they are now, and there was much more information given freely about them. No one imagined they would reach the values they have now, so truth about these cars and their flaws was more abundant back then. I still have all my records from the 80's, and the stories, amount of documentation, etc have changed on many- coupes and convertibles. All I can tell you is I pretty much know, on the first 6 convertibles, what's right, what's not, which panels were replaced, which were repaired, what engines they had back then, what documents they had back then, etc. I sat 10 feet away from 3 of them for a year. I had extensive discussions with owners of 2 more back when they bought them and I took extensive notes, and got involved with the 6th one last year. I have copies of the build sheets for all 6 (I just found the 6th one)

Mr 70- Rick, I lost track of the Silver one completely. I'm surprised it hasn't surfaced. That was the one with the options, including power windows. There's a good story behind each one. I wish you would stop in and see me some time. I'd like to get your input on the others you've found.
Rixls6 and I spent many a day in the 80's chasing possibilities down.
I do know of one that was in the south in the late 90's. It's a fake but it's got docs. I'm not even going to mention the color. Back then, I got in trouble every time I started talking freely about the cars. I was being free with the information on these cars, and some owners of both real ones with issues and fake ones didn't like it. Now I just shut my mouth about them.

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Jim

Which 3 L78 convertibles did you own?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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....It's a fake but it's got docs. I'm not even going to mention the color. Back then, I got in trouble every time I started talking freely about the cars. I was being free with the information on these cars, and some owners of both real ones with issues and fake ones didn't like it. Now I just shut my mouth about them......

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I know how you feel, sometimes it gets you the #1 position on the bitch list!

[redeuce]

All I was doing was trying to get information out on L78's so people would understand them. There were many interesting quirks to these cars. Around 1998,I published on our website that if anyone wanted to discuss L78's, to call me. I also offered the copies of many of the buildsheets to help educate people. One L78 owner saw that on the website and threatened to sue me if I gave a copy of his buildsheet to anyone. That was pretty much the end to my freedom of information act. There were so many inside stories to these cars that a book could be written. Here's one quick interesting story. The coupe I had originally was a black bench interior- but it had buckets when I got it. Brent Jarvis had just completed the resto on the black one for Tony. Tony sent the original bench on the black one to get redone- he didn't like the way it came out, so he got another bench seat and put it in the black one. I needed a bench seat, so he gave me the one he didn't want. So the original bench seat to the black one is mounted in the blue coupe that I sold to a guy in Chicago suburbs in the late 90's! The black one has a fascinating story- was found in the same tiny town in TN. that it was sold new in. The salesman that sold it new was still working as a salesman when Tony purchased it.