70 LS6

[Norm reynolds]

Was web suffing was on Legendary motor car site had a nice 70 chevelle LS6 for 44.900 for that price you could have fun with
all of the cars seem a little more in line as far as price gos. Are they a legitimate dealer ? Norm

[Stefano]

Even more likely just a Malibu 8 cly!

[Denis]

Legendary Motorcars is up near Toronto in Canada. They are the restorer featured several days a week on Speedvision's Dream Car Garage. The owner races regularly and is very much a musclecar enthusiast and the shop appears to deal pretty much exclusively with #1 cars. With the advantageous exchange rate, their prices would seem pretty good to us.

[Mr70]

Hello Peter Klute!

[Stefano]

They just ran some Cars at the Mecum Saint Charles Chevy & Vetts Auction, this past weekend. The cars which I have personally seen have been ,just as represented.
The quality of their restorations is also outstanding, in my opinion.

[Norm reynolds]

Its nice to see that there still some honest poeple like Peter Klute I have seen there show on tv and looked on there web site and seems to be a clean operation
Norm

[COPO PETE]

Peter does nice work. Would'nt be scared to look at anything he has for sale. I'd still want to see paperwork, no matter who it is!
Peter

[SS427]

They seem to be a very legitimate dealer and restoration company and I have not heard of anything bad about them. If it is the Carolina Blue car you are talking about, that was a special order color as listed on the build sheet. However, I thought that car was $39K, must be another one.

I have looked at least 2 dozen LS-6's in the past month and have to say, there are A LOT of junk and fakes out there. Many people are passing any 70 SS454 off as a real LS-6 but few know how they can be "discovered". Bottom line is, no paperwork, it's just a 70 SS with an LS-6 installed in it. JMO

[SS427]

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Go to inventory and then 70 LS-6. Is this the same Carolina Blue car he recently had? I thought that one was a bucket seat car with documentation and he was asking $39K for it. I have the info at home to compare to.

It could be confusing as it states, "equipped with a correct numbers matching 454/450 hp LS-6 engine". Makes you wonder if it it the original or not. Appears alternator may have also been replaced by the looks of the pulley. It also has SS door marquis and none of my Baltimore 454 build sheets that I have show the B-22 code.

With that being said, Peter has always come across as being one of the most honest restorers out there. He certainly doesn't have to fabricate a car to make money!

[SS427]

boy did I screw that up! :(

[Edited by SS427 (03-21-2002 at 09:15 AM).]

[COPO PETE]

Any time I see "#'s matching" statement vs original drivetrain....I assume it's just that!
Peter

[Mr70]

Charlley's right.
It used to reside here in Illinois with Dave at Dickey Manufacturing.
Checkout page 28 of the June/July 1996 issue of Musclecar Review.

Just to clarify something Rick (SS427) posted. I also have a Balitmore built LS6 and while the B22 RPO code does not appear on the build sheets, the car originally had "SS" door panel emblems.

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[Charley Lillard]

That is the same car that I used to own. I sold it to the Infamous Dave Simpson. I think it made the Cover of Muscle car Review with Simpson driving it. At the time, Simpson supplied MCR several cars for a Shootout and the Chevelle won. Someone has added the stripes over the orig. paint. It is the orig. drivetrain but the block has been decked and is very hard to make out what is there. I traced the orig. owner that is listed on the build sheet and he confirmed everything about the car. He is the one that had it decked as he used to rebuild it periodcally as he drag raced it. He parked it when it got hard to get good gas. He sold it in 89 for 6000.00 with a Trailer as I recall.

[COPO]

I have only seen one '70 SS 454 buildsheet that had the B22 emblems listed. The vast majority of the original 454 cars I have seen have malibu emblems. The 396 cars normally have the SS emblems and B22 is listed on the buildsheet. Greg is it possible at some point in 32 years the emblems were swapped?

This was discussed a while back on the Chevelle board pretty extensively and it seemed that the norm was for the 454 cars to get the malibu emblems.

[SS427]

I don't think Greg's is a good example of this as so far his was the 1st LS-6 produced at the Baltimore plant and labled "Pilot Job". I also doubt the emblems were changed during it's life. Because of the pilot status, they likely just weren't totally geared up yet on the 454 way of doing things yet.

It probably wasn't a visual I should have mentioned earlier on as "SS" emblems on a 454 car does not constitute a fake, just an area to examine. All in all, that Carolina Blue car is one sweet ride.

No I do not think so...The car was still wearing the original dated door panels and the emblems showed no signs of being removed and looked "time period correct" (wear and tear). I think the general agreement was that it was not time frame or plant specific as to whether the cars received the "SS" or "Malibu" emblems, but really just fate. By that I mean, whether the sheet was coded with the B22 option and the workers installed the emblems, or whether the worker as an individual recognized the fact that the "SS" emblem should have been on the car even though the B22 RPO is not on the sheet. That is why you can find 2 cars same plant that will have different emblems.

[Mr70]

Not to get off topic,but Oshawa Built LS-5 Chevelles printed code B22 RPO code on thier unusual buildsheets.(I have a few here)
No LS-6's have shown up yet as being built in Canada.

[COPO427]

I have heard stories about P. Klute, whether their true or not, I don't know. Just because he has a show on TV doesn't mean a thing.

[shor]

Good stories, or bad?

[mc25t190]

know where there is a real Ls6 with documentaion , original bill of sale, and in a different league than most around if anyone is interested, tons of documentation.