Black LS6 4sp Barn Find "Need Advice"

[Musclecarkid]

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If I can find My photo album I'll post the picts and theres a picture of My car Fathom Blue , White top, stripes and bucket interior leaving the line at Cecil County dragway against Ray Allen with the original owner at the wheel !! I'm looking

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Jim, What year would this have taken place?. 1970 or 1971? I would be interestd in seeing that pic.

[Rainer]

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I would drop the fuel tank, the LA plant frequently put build sheets on the top drivers side. Hopefully moisture and rodents have not destroyed it.

I agree with Paul, both LA LS6's I owned had build sheets on the tank.
Bruce

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Ditto as well - I've dropped the tanks of 6 or 7 70-72 Van Nuys A-bodies, and every one of them had the build sheet on top of the tank.

So is there an agreed-upon cutoff date in 1970 after which Van Nuys cars were no longer stamped by the oil filter on the block?

[JIM]

Kevin ;
I 'll have to contact the original owner and find out He took delivery in late May of 70 at Reedmans, waited forever for the car, He's still local and still Loves to talk about the car !! Didn't see You at Cowtown yesterday.

Jim

[Musclecarkid]

Didn't go to Cowtown. I'm a city guy. Us Jersey guys don't mess with Cows this far North.

[Rainer]

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A Black LS-6 similarly equipped but with a TH400 just sold for 80K a few weeks ago.Down from it's higher asking price,but fully restored w/Buildsheet,docs & photo history.
I know of a M-22 similarly equipped restored twin to yours that can be bought for 95K,with no takers right this very moment.


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That's interesting. Is the LS6 market in a state of flux right now? A member here just bought one off of ebay that needs a resto for just under $70K. Rick - you said that was a fair price.

[Rainer]

Just looked back at B-J auction results for Scottsdale 2007. Several LS6 cars supposedly with matching numbers and paperwork sold in the $80k-$100K range. On Sat a 22K mile original brought $132K.

[3macs1]

I'm with you Jim. Papers or not when I first seen those pictures I was 17 again.In fact digging for old time slips last night.Cloning there was no such thing back then.Unfortunately the ls-6 is gone 4000 in the late 80's but I still have my ls-5 sitting since 84, like you said family, kids and home took over. Good thing is I still have a part of the history and all the original drive train.Best 1600.00 I ever spent in the mid 70's.. beers:

[Verne_Frantz]

RIck,
I believe your "documentation" lies in the condition the car is in now. If someone restamped a VIN, the car would not look like it does now. It would at least be partially restored (or "fixed up"). Originality is the best documentation you can have. I'd rather spend money on a restored car with no docs but plenty of "as found" photos than one with docs and no photos of it before restoration. One could create fake docs, but no one could create that car out of thin air in the condition it's in presently. Some parts may have been swapped 20 years ago, but it wasn't done for deception. The history of the car speaks for itself.
Just my view...
Verne

[joey]

I just saw a non documented numbers match car no sale at a local auction here for 90k and we had real money on it

[Mr70]

My reply was really based on the quality of work TXSS has done on his past vehicles.I think he would be ahead of the game..
As others have stated,this does not really look like a clone or misrepresented LS-6 to me either.
I have seen documented cars with fly by night poor restos bring low dollars,and non documented cars with a high degree of attention to detail & quality bring much higher dollars.
I guess this equation really begins with how much money does it take for this LS-6 to be bought from it's current owner?