Anybody missing an LS6 Engine??? TO316CRV

[JOESTOYBOX]

Over the weekend I stopped at a local body shop that I knew had some old car parts. I went in there and I talked to the owner and he showed me some of the parts he had, and an engine. He claimed that he picked it up in 1971 from Ed Fanning Chevrolet on Route 31 in Aurora. This was the original motor pulled out because it had a wrist pin noise. He then replaced the pistons and rods and ran it in his 69 Camaro at Oswego drag way till 73. Then he pulled the motor out and it has been sitting in his shop since then. Would like to find the car that it belongs to. He thought it was a convertible, which is what the parts manager Phil? told him in 1971. The VIN number on the block is 10R2202XX. I left the last two digits off; if someone has the car they may not even know it’s an LS6.

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[rich p]

Yeh Three owners !!! LOL

[Bill Pritchard]

Hoo boy I know there was a guy from the Aurora area who was either a user on this site or the Chevelle site, who owns a 70 LS6 (not a convertible) that his father bought at Ed Fanning Chevy in the very early 70's. I know I traded either emails or PM's with him a year or two ago....of course I don't have any of the messages any more, and I can't remember either his name or his user name Although I wouldn't swear to it, I seem to recall that it had a replacement engine from Fanning's service dept. A real long shot here, but perhaps someone else has better recollection than I do (probaly anyone else has better recollection than I do )

I also know Phil who worked in the Parts Dept. back then (although he wasn't the Parts Manager) but I seriously doubt that he would be able to shed much light on the matter

[lwkitt427]

BOY THIS WOULD BE REAL COOL TO PUT THE ORGINAL ENGINE WITHT HE ORGINAL CAR. AND A REAL SWEET DEAL IF IT TRUNED OUT TO BE A LS 6 CONVT. I WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT COMES ABOUT

[Bill Pritchard]

Well, I discovered that the contact I had with the LS6 owner was not on this site, it was on Team Chevelle. I did manage to find an old PM I had from him on that site, but it was from a year and a half ago. I replied to it, so will see what happens He had an email address listed in his profile there, but it's apparently inactive, since an email message I sent came back as undeliverable. And there's no one by his name listed on anywho.com either

[JOESTOYBOX]

Bill, the car is still registered in Illinois in Aurora, he has moved and I was able to get his name and the new address; from the internet. My friend went there last night and talked to the guy. The car is absolutely mint. The owner of the car is coming over this weekend to look at the motor. He has owned the car since 92, he got the car off his father(who got it off the original owner Al Lence) and his father passed away 4 days latter. The guy lived in Aurora where it is still registered; and now he moved to Sugar Grove. I guess I can't get the car. Pretty cool, how close it is. It would be really cool to unite the original motor with the car

[ORIGLS6]

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