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09-17-2025, 10:49 PM
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LS6 Chevelle reunited with the original engine.
A few years ago I purchased a 1970 LS6 project car out of Alberta. The car had set in a farmers field a few hours north of Calgary for over 20 years and other than a few spots in the lower floor areas and wheel openings the car is pretty solid. Since buying the car I’ve been able to collect NOS quarters, fenders, stainless, weather stripping, emblems, all the correct engine components and a CC0 warranty M22. Last week I got a text from the person I bought it from saying they had been contacted by a guy named Alex Millar and apparently he had the original engine out of my car! I just about fell over lol. I got the contact information and gave Alex a call. Turns out Alex is a jet boat builder/collector as well as a car enthusiast owning a COPO Chevelle and a few other muscle cars. He had recently bought a Cougar Jet Boat with a 454 in it and when he got checking it out realized it was a CRV LS6 454 with a Leeds partial vin on it. Luckily through a few avenues he was able to track the car down to me and reunite the engine with the car. 👍🏻
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70 Cortez Silver LS6 4.10 Automatic 70 Classic White LS6 3.31 4 speed 70 Astro Blue ElCamino (clone) LS5 5 speed 70 Concours Wagon Fuel injected ‘70 LS6/700R4 70 Cranberry Red LS6 4.10 4 speed 70 Cranberry Red LS6 4.10 4 speed survivor 70 classic white Malibu convertible 
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09-17-2025, 11:09 PM
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W  W update also hats off to Alex Millar for putting things together! Cool your LS6 is from Beny Chev/Olds Lethbridge, do you have a Dealer Badge yet?  ~ Pete .
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09-17-2025, 11:16 PM
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70 Cortez Silver LS6 4.10 Automatic 70 Classic White LS6 3.31 4 speed 70 Astro Blue ElCamino (clone) LS5 5 speed 70 Concours Wagon Fuel injected ‘70 LS6/700R4 70 Cranberry Red LS6 4.10 4 speed 70 Cranberry Red LS6 4.10 4 speed survivor 70 classic white Malibu convertible
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09-17-2025, 11:44 PM
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I read his thread about discovering it was an LS6 on Team Chevelle and he was attempting to find info on the owner of the car. Very cool that the engine found it's way home.
Any history from the person you bought it from as to why it was removed and where it went ?? Seems it may still be in his name, since ownership was tracked to him ?
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Mitch 1970 Chevelle SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Camaro ss/rs 1938 Business coupe, street rod 2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles
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Yesterday, 12:45 AM
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70 Cortez Silver LS6 4.10 Automatic 70 Classic White LS6 3.31 4 speed 70 Astro Blue ElCamino (clone) LS5 5 speed 70 Concours Wagon Fuel injected ‘70 LS6/700R4 70 Cranberry Red LS6 4.10 4 speed 70 Cranberry Red LS6 4.10 4 speed survivor 70 classic white Malibu convertible
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Yesterday, 01:36 AM
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67 z motor in ford t bucket gets reunited with red car. You guys remember that one? Reminded me of that.
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Yesterday, 04:19 AM
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Wow, talk about a needle in a haystack! Congrats.
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Yesterday, 10:44 AM
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So cool!!! Congratulations!!
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Dave Dykstra 1968 Camaro Palomino Ivory/Ivy Gold interior -Delivered to Courtesy Chevrolet, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Corvette Grand Sport 60th Anniversary Edition Arctic White/Diamond Blue interior -Delivered to Bill Jacobs Chevrolet, Joliet, IL NCRS#66003 Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you. – Jeremy Clarkson. Dykstra Motorsports
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