Triple Green or Triple Black LS5

[427TJ]

If it's triple-green, most guys will say "Nice car" out loud while in their heads they're thinking, "Too bad it's triple-green."

How about a black interior and black top and green paint? Change at least the interior to black to help the car out of its unfortunate original scheme. Maybe change the interior to black and consider leaving the vinyl top off.

[Canucklehead]

I'll go with that idea, sounds like a good plan!

[tom406]

Though they look nice, I wouldn't respray in black. It's gotten to where I assume every black '70 SS Chevelle was green until the tag proves otherwise. It's the defacto color change color. I personally know of two LS6 cars locally that are this way. Whereas several years ago I helped sell a nice '67 Camaro SS396/325hp 4sp car that was changed from Granada Gold to Tahoe Turquoise, and the color change issue didn't really come up. I think people were so taken by the color, yet its so rarely seen, that they didn't ask about the tag info until after they had fallen in love with the car. I know this is fuzzy logic, but I believe it to be true. Black musclecars just make me suspicious, since so few are legit. I immediately check the tag, then immediately start looking critically at what other "improvements" were made.

Though I personally am a purist at my core and don't like color changes, I know how tough some combinations are. We once had a heck of a time selling a '70 LS5, white on black with black stripes, bucket seats and COLUMN SHIFT AUTO WITH NO CONSOLE. Purist or not, there's no way I'd go to the trouble of restoring a car and not put a shifter between the bucket sears. (The white paint didn't do anything for the car, either.) And, if I were to deviate from the trim tag on any '70 Chevelle, I'd lose the vinyl top since I don't think they complement the body lines very well.

If you do the color change, I think the blues and turquoises that year are very nice, and not seen enough. Black interiors are boring to me at this point, but nobody seems to object to them, which is what you want when selling it, right?

(And finally, being this self proclaimed purist who values diversity, distrusts black cars, and believes synthetic tops ruin the lines of ''68-72 A bodies- what is my dream ''70 SS you ask? Well, that would be a certain black on red, stripe delete, LS6 ragtop. The heart and the mind don't always mesh.)

[TXSS]

Bill that voting idea is just to cool. It's almost like a reality show where the audience gets to vote on whether the guys a dope or not. I appreciate the input and comments. I have to say so far I'm a little surprised at the results. Where were all these green Chevelle supporters when I was trying to sell the LS6? I used triple black because it's one of my all time favorite trim combs and because it’s the extreme opposite of triple green. However, triple black is not etched in stone. I could go Astro Blue in a heartbeat, but triple green

Thanks again for the comments

Rick

[Salvatore]

Tripple green is rare. If the resto is as nice as it sounds I think you will have NO trouble selling it. You may not want to sell it when done! Green with envy!!!!

[mr396]

Go to members ride's page 4, M G Porters LS6, and tell me you don't have your mouth open thinking what a cool car. Your not thinking,to bad it's GREEN.

[SS4Real]

If I was going to pick the color change instead of just green versus black, I would go to Astro Blue. As far as where were all those Green supporters when you were trying to sell your car.....they were still trying to sell their green cars to no avail!

[427TJ]

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Where were all these green Chevelle supporters when I was trying to sell the LS6?

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Exactly.