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My BIL bought a Canadian built 1970 LS5 last year. Matching numbers, all the documentation, etc. Looks like this one...



Added: BIL just sent msg about his car. 1970 Chevelle SS LS5, Muncie 4 speed, Canadian built.... 1 of 222 built that year, with those options, built at that plant. The car was sold by Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale, Az, a few years ago. The buyer decided to sell it and the car wound up in Ms. BIL bought the car from the dealer in Ms. Has already been offered 2x's what he paid for it.

Wish I still had my 69 SS 396 Chevelle.
Black with white vinyl top and white interior.
I can still hear those glass packs.

Thanks for posting. I'm not a Chevy guy but that is sweet!

I'll take a 64 Thunderbolt any day.........even a 271 High Perf would be nice.

My favorite Chevelle. Would love to have the LS6 version, but the 390hp would work.(grin)

Leaned to drive in a '70 Chevelle. We were the original owners. It was a 300hp 350/350 turbo combo. I burned the tires off of that car more than twice. It had a bench seat and a vinyl top. It wasn't an SS, but I really wish we still had that car.


Clyde

That is one sweet car.

Never had a Chevelle.
First ride I did have was 70 LeMans Sport Convertible that my father purchased new[same body etc] w/ the 350/350 combo.
Bought it in 80, in 82 I added a 71 just like it but with the GTO hood.
Still kick myself for letting those 2 go.

I've got a 69 with 454/4 spd at the shop here.

'70 ss is my dream car. manual trans

Had a 69 Chevelle 396, 4 spd and a 70 El Camino 350HP 4spd.

First car was a 57 Belair 2 door post that I'd pulled out of the weeds for $125. It morphed all it could on a 16-18 year olds wallet & I had to have a Camaro. Finally traded around, to a 65 Olds 442 that was maybe a clone, but I didn't care, it was for trade material & I finally got a 67 RS/SS Camaro. It had a Holley 3 barrel, a 4 speed, & traction bars. I made full use of all, every chance I got.
My last hotrod of the heyday I had in 1974.. It was a really nice 69 Z/28. I didn't have a crystal ball to know it would someday be worth a hundred thousand & got rid of it.

I couldn't afford to have kept all that stuff & didn't have a place to keep it if I had known what the hotrod & muscle car market would become.
My total is;
8 Camaros
3 57's, 2 Belair 1 150
1 442
2 Novas

Always liked Chevelles & GTO's it just never happened.

Like Chevys or not, if this video doesn't stir your emotions, you are dead...

Back in the day a friend bought a new 1967 Chevelle SS 396 with four-on-the-floor Hurst shifter. It would put you way back into your seat!

Dammit shrapnel, you've cost me a monitor, mines no longer in focus.

After saying numbers matching, did he say not original trans while underneath?

Anybody call on it?

You're a Chit Shrap! Making old guys tear up like this.

My first car when I was a kid was a '69 Chevelle SS with a 396 and a 4 speed. I blew it up, got a junk yard engine, and my old man made me sell it.

8 years ago I bought this '68 for my 50th birthday from one of my customers. He had it for about 5 years and I told him I had first dibs on it if he ever sold it. Someone else restored it and it was totally piece mealed together. The body's good with no rust or Bondo. It was originally red. The guy I bought it from, ran the numbers on the engine and it came out of a '67 Impala SS. The engine is pretty much stock, but probably has a little bigger cam. Originally it had a 2 speed Powerglide, but they put a Turbo 400 in it. When I got it, it had a bench seat and the shifter on the column. I had my guy put buckets and a center console with the correct shifter in it. We've replaced everything under the hood except the engine it's self. We also replaced the entire suspension and exhaust. It leaked fluids from everywhere possible. It had '69 rims on it, so I put the Cregars on it. After several years of getting the thing straightened out, I think it's in good shape. I've put as much money into fixing it as the car cost me to begin with. But now it's a sweet weekend ride. I really enjoy it.

My older cousin had one with the 396. That thing was cherry. He died in a grain bin accident when he was 18 and my Uncle stored it in my Grandpa's garage for a few years. I wanted that car so bad when I was a kid.

I asked Unc if he would ever sell it and he said he probably would but not to anybody local because he didn't want to see it driving around. It would be too hard for him and my Aunt.

The original owner tracked it down and bought it back. Not sure where it went but man that was a sweet car.

Shrapnel, thanks for posting that video. I finally just got around to watching it and I've got something in my eye.

Thank you. That made my day.