27 Mile LS6

[Mr70]

Dealer appllied the Undercoating after taking delivery.
Some interesting details:
It's missing the "CHEVELLE" grille emblem.
That trunk is Text book!
The underneath hood overspray.
Those General 700 Bia/Belts!
(Cmon Dennis,ya got to now! )

[Mr70]

And I can't see a Red Key lock mark on the Ignition switch of this February 24th built car.
Those look like Dill 627's?

[GM-26]

Rick,
In regards to the missing "Chevelle" emblem from the grille. The "SS" emblem is upside down also. Maybe the car suffered some minor damage at some point over the years.

[camaromb]

My original paint LS6 which is also an Atlanta built car, has the SS emblem upside down in the grille also.The previous owner was the one who noticed it. There are a lot of other mistakes on these original cars, mismatched stripes, paint drips, etc. I'd love to have a complete detailed album of photos on this 26 mile car. Looks like an amazing car.
Mark

[Belair62]

It's always fascinating looking at your cars Mark.....I sent you a PM, I have a couple NOS 61-2 big Pontiac parts your partner may be interested in........you guys miss me yet ? I may have to stop in to bust your chops next week.

[mmcporter]

There is truly nothing like the feel and patina of an original car....although this car has more the patina of an original new car I would guess. Pure time warp. But $440K??? I guess it's hard telling if it will garner that kind of dollars. If it goes for $440K, I'll take $90K for mine

[mrrec]

What a beautiful, beautiful car. Of course, we know it can't be a real SS, according to the car show experts, with that column shift and bench seat! Almost (almost) makes me think my 12k and 18k cars are high mile.

Rick:
I think that hood overspray (underspray?) is the exception rather than rule. I'm not saying it's "wrong" (it can't be!), just unusual. I've never seen orig with that much, have you?

Lots of great details that are so often overlooked or wrong:
Upper A arm bushing washers are black, not cad.
Master cyl is black, not natural.
Trunk spatter paint is very random and is sloppy on hinges.

I can (and will) look at these photos for hours.

Dave

[Belair62]

Lets hope not every 70 Chevelle gets restored the way this one appears now...you can't take one mass produced car and put all the same mistakes or details on them.

[mrrec]

Exactly. That's why I mentioned a couple of details that are commonly wrong and have snowballed. My latest thing is chassis paint markings I'm finding as I do one of my Z16s. Some of these are UNDER the part's paint and were never visible after assy.

I can only restore the car as IT was made, not as someone else's was built or restored but that 27 mile LS6 sure is a very nice examble to compare notes on!

Dave

[Mr70]

Looks like it has sold..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...982208web page