27,000-mile Orig Paint '70 Chevelle SS396

[Lee Stewart]

So what you are saying is that of the 53,599 1970 SS 396 Chevelles and El Caminos - 10 of them came from the factory with redlines.

I don't think the word "rare" comes to my mind.

[scuncio]

Seller ended the auction early. Did anyone here buy it?

[ORIGLS6]

Originally Posted by Mr70

Because those are white line tires he upgraded to.
Raised white letter tires were included with the Z-25 option,but if you wanted red line or white line tires,you paid extra.
Paper looks legit to me.

I've seen a few SS ElCaminos with white stripe tires but I don't recall ever seeing a Coupe or Convert with them. Pretty Cool Ride !

[olredalert]

----My 70 SS El Camino bought at Slaton Chevrolet in 1970 brand new had white stripe tires. Cant remember the brand as they didn't stay on there long enough to register in my 23 year old pea-brain,,,LOL!.......Bill S

[Tracker1]

Didn't Steve McQueen's '70 El Camino have its original red line tires still in place when it was auctioned a few years back? Or was it restored? Pics had it with red lines

[Bill Pritchard]

Originally Posted by Mr70

Dealers were charging SS owners extra for White stripe & Red line tires back then.

I guess that's believable, albeit rather unscrupulous on the part of the dealer. Since it only cost roughly 50 bucks to upgrade to either white lettered or white stripe F70-14 tires from 78 series blackwalls on non-SS 8 cylinder Chevelles, a $100 charge to change only from F70 white lettered to F70 white stripe sounds anything but credible.