1970 LS6 TRIPLE BLACK RAGTOP

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------They did have that blue one, Jake, but that was after I left, and I was never sure if that one was real or not. I have read a couple of comments on that car on this sight not that long ago........Bill S

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Wasn't the blue one the real low mile car that sat outside the Westmont AMG shop for some time next to a Yenko Duece ? This would have been around 1989-1990?

Jake

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I didn't say they were located IN Joliet but rather near there and I believe the backing dealer was in Joliet. If I remember correctly the name of the town was Hindsdale (?)

Jerome Shinkay was the atual owner of the car I bought. It was a Silver Blue w/Inca Silver insert, Silver Blue interior & top. It was a 290 h.p. 4 speed with P.W. & P.T. and had around 40K miles on it. I sold it to a guy in New Zealand around 1984 and wish I still had it.

I did not look closely at the Chevelle reagtop. There were 3 other guys that went with me when I bought my car and they pointed it out to me on the lot and had been looking at it an told me it was an LS6. Maybe they were mistaken and it was an LS5, but they were pretty savvy car guys so I doubt it. I only saw the car from across the lot, but I don't recall any stripes on the car.

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Hopefully this is not too much of a thread hi-jack/history lesson but here goes: (Bill S. can verify)

Richard had a shop (Classic Motors) in Joliet that was the old Bill Jacobs Chevy building.

Richard's shop in Hinsdale was the former Jack Douglass Chevy building. I believe Hinsdale was prior to Joliet.

After Joliet, his shop was on Ogden Avenue in Westmont (just a few miles west of the Hinsdale location)

I have not personally seen or spoken to Richard in many years but from what I hear he is still active in the collector car market. The Classic Motors name is still in use by Bob Zimmerman "Stretch" in Naperville.

Jake

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I can help with a few things here (my comments in red)...

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Hopefully this is not too much of a thread hi-jack/history lesson but here goes: (Bill S. can verify)

Richard had a shop (Classic Motors) in Joliet that was the old Bill Jacobs Chevy building. <font color="red">Correct. </font>

Richard's shop in Hinsdale was the former Jack Douglass Chevy building. I believe Hinsdale was prior to Joliet. <font color="red">Also correct. </font>

After Joliet, his shop was on Ogden Avenue in Westmont (just a few miles west of the Hinsdale location) <font color="red"> I remember seeing a HO Yenko Deuce sitting outside a shop in this general vicinity, but was not aware that Richard Buxbaum had anything to do with the shop. </font>

I have not personally seen or spoken to Richard in many years but from what I hear he is still active in the collector car market. The Classic Motors name is still in use by Bob Zimmerman "Stretch" in Naperville.

Jake

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I'm fairly certain the car you saw was my old triple black LS-6 convertible that I owned for several years as I seem to recall that dealership listed on some of the paperwork that I had on the car. It was one of the very first LS-6 cars built with a 12C build. The car had the original drive train and was also previously owned by Dana Mecum. It was originally sold at Van Chev. I took it to one of the SCR's and ran it down the track. I ended up selling the car to purchase one of my BM Cars and Stephano owned the car a number of years back as well and I think it is probably still in the greater Chicago area, but I have long lost track of the car.

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I'm fairly certain the car you saw was my old triple black LS-6 convertible that I owned for several years as I seem to recall that dealership listed on some of the paperwork that I had on the car. It was one of the very first LS-6 cars built with a 12C build. The car had the original drive train and was also previously owned by Dana Mecum. It was originally sold at Van Chev. I took it to one of the SCR's and ran it down the track. I ended up selling the car to purchase one of my BM Cars and Stephano owned the car a number of years back as well and I think it is probably still in the greater Chicago area, but I have long lost track of the car.

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Are you refering to the subject car of this post? If so please give us some details of the car. As I mentioned, I did not see the ar close up, only across the parking lot. I don't even recall if my friends said if it was a 4 speed or auto.

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-----Jake,,,You have forgotten the Goodyear tire store Classic Motors. Ill never forget Richard calling me from out of town and telling me we had to move out of the Hinsdale store to the Goodyear store over the weekend and not to let Jack D know that we were moving. The two of them were not getting along at that time and I went where the paycheck took me. I was never very happy about the deception, but had house payments to make......Bill S

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I did forget about the Goodyear store location - I think I was only there once - when Grand Sport #1 was in progress? Don't think he was at that location very long? That was 30+ years ago?!

Jake

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Around 1994, I was selling a 1970 L78 11k mile Black Nova. Richard called and offered a trade for a 200 mile 69 z28. I didn't take him seriously and about a week later 2 posters showed up in the mail,one of the Z,2nd of a Blue ls6 conv Chevelle. If I remember correctly it was Blue/Wht/Wht.
Bill S. maybe you knew of the Nova,it was from the Wadsworth/Medina area.