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Old 01-22-2007, 06:57 PM
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Default Re: Mist Green LS6 Chevelle, anybody know this car?

The chassis detail on this car was amazing. It is truly a shame that all of that factory primer, inspection marks and tags are gone. I got a lot of pictures but they were taken on my back at a show so they are not the greatest. After finding out what I did about the car, it could no longer be touted as a survivor but in my opinion it was the next best thing. That car had a lot of character. I am sure it is likely a very nice restoration so it can still be appreciated.
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Old 01-24-2007, 03:21 AM
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Default Re: Mist Green LS6 Chevelle, anybody know this car?

I knew that car well when the original owner had it. Really is a shame that much of its original condition has now been lost Yes, that car was at the Chevelle Showdown in Schaumburg IL back in the late 80's or early 90's.
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Thanks Bill,
I hadn't heard before that it had been wrecked. I took some pics of it while at Chevelle Showdown because of it's low mileage, as well as Bill Bonham's Fathom Blue one.
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Old 01-24-2007, 05:40 AM
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I need to find my photos of this car and scan them. This thing was unbelieveable and if I recall, I am thinking the mileage was something like 7900 around 5 years ago. Had I known that the car would some day be torn down and restored I would have tried a little harder to keep it closer to home. This is one car that I feel should have been left unrestored.
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This is one car that I feel should have been left unrestored. [ QUOTE ]


Rick I definitely agree with that.

There was a black 33K mile LS6 that was sold last year that I was part of. Many people were bothering us to restore this part or that part, but in the end it was cleaned up, original parts reinstalled, and sold as unrestored.
They're only original once as we all know.
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Default Re: Mist Green LS6 Chevelle, anybody know this car?

I saw this car race at Oswego in the early 70's. I made some duplicate photos of the car that I had taken at the time and gave them to Scott S., one of the subsequent owners.

The only real problem that the car had was some severe paint cracking, maybe that's why they felt the need to restore it.
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Old 01-24-2007, 07:56 PM
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Here's a picture of the car trying to get a little daylight under the front tires at Oswego Drag Strip back in the day
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