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**olredalert** · #1 12-06-2002, 04:29 AM

-----Cant believe I havent run across this great site before.As a 55 year old supercar nut,ex-employee of Jack Douglass Chevrolet,Ex-vintage drag racer(owner of an old LS6 Chevelle named "Red Alert",I feel like Ive just found my way home.Have been pouring over this site all night long and it is great.Looking forward to more......just....ol red!.......Bill S

55chevy · #2 12-06-2002, 05:29 AM

Greetings Bill. Just wondering how the old Red Alert is doing these days. I've always loved that particular '70 LS6 since seeing it in a magazine years ago. One of these days I'm actually gonna build my model of it.

Chevy454 · #3 12-06-2002, 11:39 AM

Welcome, Bill! I hope you find the site to your likeing! Now, let's get right to it!

Did you happen to ever run your Chevelle in "stock" trim, like as it came from the factory, or anything close to that?

**SS427** · #4 12-06-2002, 11:49 AM

Welcome Bill, glad to see you make it over here. I had the pleasure of meeting your counterpart ot VetteFest last month. Thanks for your help in the past. Some of us are still trying to get the LS-6 recognized here [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif[/img] but a great site none the less.
Rick Nelson

Rat_Pack · #5 12-06-2002, 11:58 AM

Welcome Bill! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] This site is a good place to hang out as the guys here can provide you with invaluable information. That old Chevelle was always a favorite of mine. I still have the model in the closet, which was done wrong by AMT as a 72 instead of a 70. I finally got to see the car after many years at Corvette Expo in Knoxville a while back. Like <font color="red"> SS427 </font color> said, some are still trying to get the LS6 recognized here, and why not, it was the biggest, baddest, engine ever installed in a car by Chevrolet.........................RatPack......... .........

Chevy454 · #6 12-06-2002, 12:12 PM

Off topic post here, but any of you guys have a rough guesstimate of what a '70 LS-6 Chevelle w/400th would weigh, without driver?

**SS427** · #7 12-06-2002, 12:46 PM

Rob,
Approx 3600 lbs. I can get you a more accurate weight tonoght if needed.
Rick

55chevy · #8 12-07-2002, 05:29 AM

This was still a cool set. Just use the Red Alert decal sheet and an AMT '70 Chevelle to make it correct. Anybody got one of these? How many model builders do we have here?

whitetop · #9 12-07-2002, 04:18 PM

A guy who goes under the name "The Model King" in Toms River NJ reproduces the original Red Alert Decals. he also has many other decal sheets and has made arrangemnets in the past with Revell to rerelease model kits in original box art-similar to what Revell and all the others were doing as well.AMT retooled the '70 Chevelle 5-6 years ago and I believe it is still in their catalog.
Dave

ORIGLS6 · #10 12-06-2002, 01:56 PM

Bill, Get ready. You're going to be bombarded with questions and requests for war stories. We're all glad you found this site. The stories and information available here are phenomenal. WELCOME!
Now sit back, get comfortable and tell us everything you know. This site just gets better and better.
Dennis

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