Anybody ever see a real 1970 L-78/L-89 Chevelle?

[hondo_sinatra]

There was one I tried to buy for years in TaneyTown MD, It sat in a farmers driveway and had not been driven in years. What made me mad was the guy had no phone,no drivers license(alot of DWIs)and was broke,his family had nothing,he needed the money. He did not know it was rare just that it was a 396/375 car,the engine had been rebuilt at one time and the heads were painted orange like the block.I offered him 2500.00 which at the time was alot of money for a chevelle,At first I did not know until I decoded the blockstamp and about shit myself,I asked him if I could look it over and I did find the build sheet and confirmed it was the real deal,I put the buildsheet back under the front seat where I found it,I did not tell him.
I wrote Mark Meekins about it back in the mid 80s when I was in his Chevelle club to double check the code we were excited. The guy was killed several years later when his tractor rolled over on him and the car dissapeared. Im hoping maybe his wife pulled it in the barn,but I doubt it,when I offered him 2500 for it he went to her and said "He's got 2500,and she said sell it,he walked back over and said she wants to keep it.I guess he could not bare to part with it,it was his first car.
Next time im up that way I will stop in and see what she says.