Morehouse LS6 Chevelle

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It is all original with the exception of a frame on restoration

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But mr70 stated:

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The stories and escapades Rick M. has with owning this car are incredible.Some are unbelievable,but all true.A really nice guy who I wanted to see get this car back. This car was really badly damaged back then far worse then most first thought.The front end took it hard in the center & front pass. side,trailing all the way back to the pass. side rear 1/4,touching everything inbetween.
Vic Studer at Victorian Autobody here in Lockport was the bodyman/painter in 1979 who made it look factory again after the accident.

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So how can it be "all original" if it was wrecked? The standup board (in the car show photo) says "original paint, trunk", etc. If it's had a frame up resto, then it's NOT original paint, and has had body panels replaced due to an accident, correct?

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Exactly,the car has been restored

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------Apparently some significant "artists license" going on here. The car was wrecked under my partners and my ownership in 1979/80ish. Our business sponsored a Kruse auction that took place in Bolingbrook Il., and the driver who drove the car to the auction sight was hit by a drunk driver. We sold the car wrecked to Horace who had the car repaired by Vic Studer. The repair was so well done that many people have disputed the fact that it was wrecked at all, but believe me, it was. I believe Horace sold the car to someone in Mi. and then I lost track of it until i saw it at the forementioned Mecum auction several years ago. The car has passed thru several more hands since. Im not sure who had it painted but it most certainly has been painted again and fairly heavily detailed. I still like the car a bunch and would have no qualms owning it again, but that is absolutely the history after Ricks ownership.........Bill S

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Bill, thanks for the clarification. It's a very cool car, and I'd love to own it, but it irritates me when people distort the truth. By way, I actually LIVE in Bolingbrook, IL, so your comment about that auction really surprised me!

What I find amusing is that so many investors seemed to have just got involved in the hobby 10-15 years ago, where folks like me (and others) actually grew up with these cars, drove them, street raced them, repainted them, etc., long before they were considered as valuable as a Picasso painting. I read stories all the time about how an owner claims a certain "ultra rare car" was babied its whole life, driven by a little old lady, never saw rain, etc. Then I see the exact same car was advertised in a 1987 Hemmings Motor News, and it was drag raced, thrashed, blown up, repainted, rebuilt, and was restored in 1985. Today, due to aging, it appears to be original. Amazing how some of these cars seem to get a new lease on life.

Just pay no attention to anything that may have occurred before about 1988.