70 LS6

[yountto]

Simply said ....1000["secret" handshake availabilty] vs 25[available to anyone at any mundane dealership] produced,425 vs 450 Horsepower, hardtop vs convertible....If an ls6 doesnt have a buildsheet its considered a fake but a copo with only an "original" engine,owner history,or title is documented???? Ask any collector if hed give up his copo or his ls6 ragtop[that is if he was lucky enough to have one in his collection]..he may prefer copos personally but if we are talking $$$ and rarity,aint no comparison,period .........if 1000 production constitutes a secret,it would seem the ls6 ragtop buyers had a bigger secret..

[camarojoe]

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if 1000 production constitutes a secret,it would seem the ls6 ragtop buyers had a bigger secret..

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"The secret" to the LS6 ragtop is that a supercar buyer interested in speed/performance usually did not want a more expensive, heavier convertible. It wasn't a secret to order one, it was just that not many folks wanted it. Same reason they only made a handful of Hemi convertibles too.

[yountto]

"The secret" to the LS6 ragtop is that a supercar buyer interested in speed/performance usually did not want a more expensive, heavier convertible. It wasn't a secret to order one, it was just that not many folks wanted it. Same reason they only made a handful of Hemi convertibles too."..................................."undesirab le,heavy and expensive"...never heard of a $1,300,000.00 musclecar quite described that way.....

[camarojoe]

No offense meant, as I was not in any way saying that LS6 ragtops or Hemi convertibles are not desireable. I think you misread what i said... I have no arguement that LS6 ragtops and Hemi convertibles are VERY desireable and VERY valuble... TODAY. I was speaking about when these cars were being sold new 30+years ago. The desireabilty today stems from the fact that they WERE very low production when new.... I'm sure if GM or Chrysler could have sold 25,000 of these in 69/70 they would have, and they would not have the collectibility or value they have today. The fact that not many people bought them back then is what MAKES them what they are today.

[Jeff H]

The initial discussion was about LS6 coupes, not convertibles. I'd take the LS6 convert over a COPO any day. But not an LS6 coupe over a COPO.

[MotownMadman]

Nobody has mentioned or factored in a Canadian documented COPO, hard to argue with George up in Canada with the GM records. So where does the LS-6 coupe fall in next to a Canada COPO?
Motown

[jimbo]

I think Camaros in general bring more money than Chevelles.