70 LS6 - Page 2

COPO PETE · #11 03-21-2002, 04:00 PM

Any time I see "#'s matching" statement vs original drivetrain....I assume it's just that!
Peter

**Mr70** · #12 03-21-2002, 07:49 PM

Charlley's right.
It used to reside here in Illinois with Dave at Dickey Manufacturing.
Checkout page 28 of the June/July 1996 issue of Musclecar Review.

#13 03-22-2002, 02:06 AM

Just to clarify something Rick (SS427) posted. I also have a Balitmore built LS6 and while the B22 RPO code does not appear on the build sheets, the car originally had "SS" door panel emblems.

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**Charley Lillard** · #15 03-22-2002, 05:47 AM

That is the same car that I used to own. I sold it to the Infamous Dave Simpson. I think it made the Cover of Muscle car Review with Simpson driving it. At the time, Simpson supplied MCR several cars for a Shootout and the Chevelle won. Someone has added the stripes over the orig. paint. It is the orig. drivetrain but the block has been decked and is very hard to make out what is there. I traced the orig. owner that is listed on the build sheet and he confirmed everything about the car. He is the one that had it decked as he used to rebuild it periodcally as he drag raced it. He parked it when it got hard to get good gas. He sold it in 89 for 6000.00 with a Trailer as I recall.

**COPO** · #16 03-22-2002, 11:03 AM

I have only seen one '70 SS 454 buildsheet that had the B22 emblems listed. The vast majority of the original 454 cars I have seen have malibu emblems. The 396 cars normally have the SS emblems and B22 is listed on the buildsheet. Greg is it possible at some point in 32 years the emblems were swapped?

This was discussed a while back on the Chevelle board pretty extensively and it seemed that the norm was for the 454 cars to get the malibu emblems.

**SS427** · #17 03-22-2002, 11:50 AM

I don't think Greg's is a good example of this as so far his was the 1st LS-6 produced at the Baltimore plant and labled "Pilot Job". I also doubt the emblems were changed during it's life. Because of the pilot status, they likely just weren't totally geared up yet on the 454 way of doing things yet.

It probably wasn't a visual I should have mentioned earlier on as "SS" emblems on a 454 car does not constitute a fake, just an area to examine. All in all, that Carolina Blue car is one sweet ride.

#18 03-22-2002, 11:54 AM

No I do not think so...The car was still wearing the original dated door panels and the emblems showed no signs of being removed and looked "time period correct" (wear and tear). I think the general agreement was that it was not time frame or plant specific as to whether the cars received the "SS" or "Malibu" emblems, but really just fate. By that I mean, whether the sheet was coded with the B22 option and the workers installed the emblems, or whether the worker as an individual recognized the fact that the "SS" emblem should have been on the car even though the B22 RPO is not on the sheet. That is why you can find 2 cars same plant that will have different emblems.

**Mr70** · #19 03-22-2002, 06:44 PM

Not to get off topic,but Oshawa Built LS-5 Chevelles printed code B22 RPO code on thier unusual buildsheets.(I have a few here)
No LS-6's have shown up yet as being built in Canada.

COPO427 · #20 03-23-2002, 11:49 PM

I have heard stories about P. Klute, whether their true or not, I don't know. Just because he has a show on TV doesn't mean a thing.

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