1970 chevelle ls6 pilot car

[Lee Stewart]

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https://www.mecum.com/lots/AZ0322-495366/1970-chevrolet-chevelle-ss-pilot-car/

[Keith Seymore]

I love the pilot cars and pre-production builds.

I've never mentioned it - but if I was around back then my job would have been to travel to the various assembly plants, follow the cars down the line while they were being built, noting any build issues and helping with the documentation and resolution of the problems.

K

[Mr70]

Harry Snows' old Pilot car. :)

[olredalert]

----I wonder if there is a known LS6/4-speed pilot car out there?.....Bill S

[SS427]

----I wonder if there is a known LS6/4-speed pilot car out there?.....Bill S

I have 4 Pilot cars in my database (3 are LS6) and all are automatics.

[MYSTERYCHEVELLE]

$170,000 plus fees etc

[Mr70]

It hammered & sold for $155,000.00.
With the 10% buyers fee,it went home with the new owner for $170,500.00.

[MYSTERYCHEVELLE]

My grammar got me. LOL

with fees etc. As long as new owner is happy, that’s all that matters. Pretty car!

[iluv69s]

Back in the 90’s, a client of mine bought a LS-6 vert and had it shipped to NJ ( out of Washington state if I recall) . The original paperwork arrived prior to the car and that is when we realized it was a pilot car. Blue w/ white stripes and top, auto.
Car apparently burned at upholstery shop and I heard it may have been rebodied …

I assume it is a known car.

[Richls5]

It hammered & sold for $155,000.00.
With the 10% buyers fee,it went home with the new owner for $170,500.00.

the one that got me was the other Green Ls6 there. It sold in Kissimme in january for 88k then 192 over the weekend!?!

[JMB]

Can someone help me understand the over-spray on the exhaust manifolds and water pump hoses?

[SS427]

Can someone help me understand the over-spray on the exhaust manifolds and water pump hoses?

It is a well known fact that when the engines were painted at the Tonawanda engine plant that some of the exterior parts were installed on the engine prior to paint such as the exhaust manifolds and by-pass hose. A masking cover was put over the intake and valve covers to keep them relatively free of paint though overspray did get them on them. There are also varying degrees of overspray depending on time allotment and who was holding the gun. There are many photos on the net that show this as well as some that show several engines stacked together all with different degrees of overspray that came down the line together.

When I restore our cars I ask our customers which they prefer, a museum quality restoration or one that depicts how their car was actually built. They normally settle for something half way in between with fitment and finish usually being much better than the factory while oversprays, drips, inspection marks, etc being replicated. With this particular restoration, Mark M asked that it be restored how it would have been built in 1969 other than wanting perfect fit and finish on the body. MUCH research was done to try and replicate that build because of the significance of this particular Chevelle.

The attached photos are of the well known and documented 35 mile (at the time the photos were taken) LS6 Chevelle now in the Brother's Collection. I actually used these photos to help me in the restoration. Some like it, some don't but I try to restore them back to replicate the factory build.

[Charley Lillard]

LOL...The only reason the Brother's sold the Pilot car is because they have the 35 mile car you used as a reference......

[JMB]

It is a well known fact that when the engines were painted at the Tonawanda engine plant that some of the exterior parts were installed on the engine prior to paint such as the exhaust manifolds and by-pass hose. A masking cover was put over the intake and valve covers to keep them relatively free of paint though overspray did get them on them. There are also varying degrees of overspray depending on time allotment and who was holding the gun. There are many photos on the net that show this as well as some that show several engines stacked together all with different degrees of overspray that came down the line together.

When I restore our cars I ask our customers which they prefer, a museum quality restoration or one that depicts how their car was actually built. They normally settle for something half way in between with fitment and finish usually being much better than the factory while oversprays, drips, inspection marks, etc being replicated. With this particular restoration, Mark M asked that it be restored how it would have been built in 1969 other than wanting perfect fit and finish on the body. MUCH research was done to try and replicate that build because of the significance of this particular Chevelle.

The attached photos are of the well known and documented 35 mile (at the time the photos were taken) LS6 Chevelle now in the Brother's Collection. I actually used these photos to help me in the restoration. Some like it, some don't but I try to restore them back to replicate the factory build.

Thanks for the clarification Rick, having grown up with these cars when they were new I just never recalled seeing this!