LS6 Convertible on Ebay - Page 3

**ssl78** · #21 07-17-2004, 01:23 AM

I do not know who built the car but by reading what the seller at Mecum wrote it had to be a clone. There was nothing saying the car was real everything was saying correct this and correct that. Somewhere he would of said it was a real car with correct parts. It was written to confuse somebody who doesnt know how to read into it. If it was real shame on the seller because that car could have brought 200k if it was represented as a real car.

jfkheat · #22 07-17-2004, 01:23 AM

I emailed the seller about the car last night. I asked him if there were any documentation and why a restoration of that caliber would have aftermarket parts. I also asked him if the engine that was removed and set aside was still available. Here is his response.
James

It is an un-documented LS6, we have ownership history that confirms it is, but we have no build sheet or protecto-plate to validate the car. Our description states that the original engine was pulled and set aside many years ago when the car was raced (per ownership history) but we do not have the original block for the car. The current engine in the car is a true LS6 4-speed block that is date coded and stamped to look exactly as the original would. Documented LS6 Convertibles have recently sold for $250,000. plus. This car can be bought for considerably less.

We did not do the resto so I can not answer as to why they put on aftermarket exhaust. Shifters are quite often changed to Hurst from Muncie.

Thanks & Have a Happy Day!

Jason Sharpe
Sales Manager
Happy Days Dream Cars
660.422.7177

GTO_DON · #23 07-17-2004, 01:38 AM

I WONDER HOW THE BLOCK IS STAMPED EXACTLY LIKE THE ORIGINAL IF THEY HAVE NO PROTECTOPLATE TO SHOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL STAMP WAS ANYWAY.

THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR THAT WHOLE STORY! I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAS EMAILED THEM ALSO AND GOT THE SAME ANSWER! THE GUY WHO THEY SAID HAD THE CAR FOR 30 YEARS IS FALSE AND HE DID NOT EVEN BUILD THE CAR!!! I DONT GET IT! THIS ONES GOING TO GET VERY INTERESTING I GUESS.

**mssl72** · #24 07-17-2004, 03:09 AM

I hate it when I see clone stuff being passed off as original. In the sub-heading he says "True 1970 LS6 Convertible". Later on he says "When this 1970 LS6 was new...". I would interpret those 2 statements as this being a factory original car. He sure likes to use the words "durability" and "reliability". For somebody that didn't restore the car he sure knows a lot of details. Maybe it wasn't David Gilmore the Corvette guy that restored it. Maybe instead it was David Gilmore of Pink Floyd!

KENNY_PASCOE · #25 07-17-2004, 05:15 AM

GTO DONS STATEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY 100% TRUE!!!! KP

**phaseIII482** · #26 07-17-2004, 06:50 AM

THIS IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL,I WILL TRY TO CLEAR UP ALL OF THIS CONFUSION. I BUILT THE CAR FROM A REAL SS. IT DIDNT HAVE ANY PAPERWORK OR AN ORIGINAL ENGINE SO I BUILT THE CAR THE WAY I WANTED, WITH MANY ORIGINAL LS6 PARTS THAT I HAD COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO SPRING CARLISLE TO SELL. A CROWD GATHERED AROUND THE CAR ON THE TRAILER, AND IT SOLD IN TEN MINUTES TO A VERY REPUTABLE DEALER. I HAD A LARGE POSTER EXPLAINING ALL THE DATE CODES AND CASTING NUMBERS AND THAT THIS CAR WAS A CLONE AND WAS NOT BUILT BY GM AS A TRUE LS6. THE 3RD PARAGRAPH READ( THIS IS A 1970 CHEVELLE SS CONVERTIBLE WITH ALL VINTAGE LS6 PARTS PROPERLY PRE-DATING THE BODY BUILD DATE MAKING THIS THE MOST CORRECT CONVERTIBLE LS6 CLONE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN.)
THE 5TH PARAGRAPH SAID (THIS CONVERTIBLE IS SO CORRECT THAT THE BUYER OF THIS CAR MUST SIGN A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THIS CAR IS NOT A TRUE LS6 FROM GM.)
THE BUYER SIGNED THE LEGAL DOCUMENT AND A WITNESS SIGNED THE DOCUMENT. THE CAR WAS THEN PUT INTO HIS ENCLOSED CAR CARRIER. THE CAR WAS ONLY AT CARLISLE FOR APPROX. 45 MINUTES ON THURSDAY.
NOT LONG AFTER I HEARD THIS CAR WAS SOLD AT MECUM- ROCKFORD SPRING CLASSIC AS A CLONE.
IM NOT SURE WHAT GOING ON, BUT I PLAN ON CALLING HAPPY CARS TOMORROW.
REGARDS, MIKE

**WILMASBOYL78** · #27 07-17-2004, 06:59 AM

Sure glad I'm into Novas!

TW

hvychev · #28 07-17-2004, 08:11 AM

THERE IS AN AWFULL LOT OF SHOUTING IN THIS THREAD!

shhhhhhhhhhh........

LVCamaro · #29 07-17-2004, 08:16 AM

...and for once it someone besides you, Frank

SS

hvychev · #30 07-17-2004, 08:19 AM

Steve in the world of computers you shout when you use ALL CAPITOL LETTERS!