CHEVELLE LS6 BLACK 4SPD BENCHMARK

[olredalert]

-------Guess you would be talking about me and the guy is a bit off but the 19000 mile car is a better car than I sold at B/J. Mine was a repaint and pretty much full detail and I believe that the 19000 mile car is original paint. My car may have had 9800 original miles but they were hard ones and the time between the miles was not good either (bad storage)..........Bill S

-------Just went and read the add and it does appear that he used my car as a punching bag doesnt it?

[hvychev]

Another car that has seen more a$$ than a toilet seat.

[Seattle Sam]

I don't mean to be picky, it is a beautiful car, but without the cowl induction, should this car have the dual snorkel air cleaner?
-Sam

[Belair62]

Question for Mr70 Rick....was this car at Midwest Car Exchange a few years back or was that a cowl car with stripe delete ?

[Mr70]

No Sam.
3 types of 1970 SS Chevelle air cleaners were possible.
One of these codes will be typed in Box 55 on the buildsheet.
DG-Cowl induction (flapper door Hood)
SS-Open element(Std. SS Domed Hood)
CO-Dual Snorkle (Std. SS Domed Hood)
*The Dual was at Factory discretion,owner or dealer did not determine it.

This is the Chevelle that Dean R. then Chad B. owned later.It's Verrrrry nice,and was on display at Vettefest November 02 next to Dennis Cumbys orig. LS6 Black,My Red L78,& Bobs Shadow Grey LS6.We had a nice end Square.

This is NOT the Same Black Chevelle that was at Midwest CarExchange awhile back....holding my tounge here.

[jfkheat]

This car has been listed on Ebay a few times in the last year or so. It has been discussed here e couple times. Here is the website for the car. http://www.ls6benchmark.com/ The last time it was discussed here I said I had a problem with it's unrestored status. I still do. Here is a quote from the website: "Then the work began. I asked a very good friend of mine Rick Rozell, to come see the car and give me some advice as to where to start. Rick volunteered to help and we began to go through the whole car. After being parked for 25 years, I did not want to assume all was well with the motor, transmission, rear end, and undercarriage. We removed everything. When we opened up the motor, we noticed there was very little wear, as to be expected of an 18,000-mile car. Everything was solid. Other than major cleaning we found nothing wrong with the motor, transmission, and rear end. We took a section of the car at a time and did the same process throughout the entire car. This process required many tiresome hours, not to mention sore muscles from all the elbow grease applied." Sounds to me like the whole car was taken apart and detailed. To me that is not an unrestored car. Just my opinion.
James

[Bill Pritchard]

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This is NOT the Same Black Chevelle that was at Midwest CarExchange awhile back....holding my tounge here.

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Careful, Rick - Vise Grip marks on the tongue may leave a lasting impression

I was fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to be up close and personal with the 'Benchmark' LS6 car at Vettefest a couple years ago. I am by no means an expert, but I can say that it is indeed a gorgeous car, regardless of whether you consider the car original, survivor, semi-restored, or whatever. And as Rick says, it had plenty of good company at that show

[Belair62]

I don't know...if you get a car like that it may be prudent to tear down for inspection...cleaning everything while you are at it is probably a reasonable thing too....whatever you call it.

[sean70ss]

Does not sound restored to me. more like cleaned and preserved to the way it was and should be. When I think of a car restored every nut and bolt is finioshed or new. looks like a nice car. sean

[mmcporter]

Bill, since your BJ LS6 was so "crappy", maybe you should donate it to me so that it's off the streets.