The feeling these machines gave you even when you're standing still will never be matched. The sound, the absolute raw power and torque that glued you to the seat, the look of the car. Nothing will ever come close.
Yeah, I was hooked from the day in 1970 when my brother took my mom to the grocery store in his '65 4 spd, tri-power GTO. I was 6 years old in the back seat but still remember my mom saying "Gary, slow down!!!". He just looked at her, laughed, shoved it into 3rd gear and slammed the throttle again. Probably the last time she got in that car.
@@1990notch haha man i know the feeling. When i first got my license, my dad took me out in his '67 Firebird 400. We went to an abandoned parking lot and he parked it, and let me sit in the drivers seat. All he told me was: "Put it in drive and floor it" Was addicted from then on
@@jdm757 Those Firebird 400's are great cars!! I once had a 1970 1/2 SS/RS 396 Camaro I bought in 1982 and sold a few years later. It was a hard decision what to get in the early '80's, you could get a lot of decent cars for 2 grand. I remember seeing hemi Cuda's for about 4-5 grand.
I'm 25 and people would think I always want one of the new muscle cars but NOTHING compares to pure classic American muscle! The looks, the beautiful sound, the torque shoving you back and pinning you in your seat, the raw power and almost every moving part under that steel hood is mechanical! The best cars ever is and always will be classic American muscle cars!
I had a new one (Blue with white stripes/white interior 4 speed) so I know the scoop isn't working correctly on this one as it should close on deceleration. I loved that car and have fond memories but ALSO I got to say I love my 6 speed challenger with 500 HP mid 11 second car with AC 13 speaker 3-400 watt sound and 25 MPH cruising, traction control, ABS Brembo brakes ETC. It's ALL GOOD ;
there's at least a cam in it. And sounds like there's a small exhaust leak. Awesome ride. Point is it isn't stock so has nothing to do with how an LS6 really sounds...
JD97711 thanks to my dad I'm not one of them. These monsters are my dream cars. (And I'm an import fan too lol) But the '70 454 is my fave car of all time
@@Robert-jv4hf man who gives 2 shits about that crap. These are the best power plants ever made. Old school American v8s no matter the brand are still the best feeling in a stock car.
I can’t stopping watching this...my dad owned an LS6 from new, to 1975 (typical story, he sold it after the 73 gas crunch, and after starting to raise a family). He supposedly shed a tear watching it get driven away....for $1800 in 1975. I can scan pics of that day if anyone is interested. But this video boxes with what my mother also told me......she was TERRIFIED to ride in that car when my pops went up against other cars on the street on the way home from bars or dinners in downtown Detroit when they went out on dates. A very nasty car for its period. My own mother (a tiny 5ft girl) told me, after shutting down a hemi GTX two times in a row.....she wanted it to end.....so she leaned out the window on run 3, and said “do you really want this again you SOMAFABITCH?”
What color was your fathers LS6? I bought one in the early/mid 70's from a guy that lived in Northville, Mi ...dark blue, 4 speed M22, white interior with bucket seats. I had a 71 442 W30 at the time and that LS6 was so much faster and quicker that the W30 was a joke. The LS6 had a 3.31 12 bolt posi, the W30 has a 3.91 10 bolt posi Both had the M22 4 speed trans.
Cowl Induction hoods are cool when they work. I believe they are operated by a vacuum actuator. Vacuum was totally unreliable back then, always replacing solenoids and hoses.
Oh yeah I know. We restored quite a few wirh cowl induction. They have switch down by the pedal like a kick down switch and also that vacuum canister that mounts on the bottom side of the hood. It's been 15 yrs sinxe we restored any tho. Wasn't no aftermarket parts to be found we got all our genuine GM stuff from car buddies. Chasin leads down all over the country and gettin lucky in junkyards. Like we got tons of 12 bolts and the rear sway bars from a few yards off totalled chevelles or maybe a buick even some monte Carlo 70- 72 parts are same. Trunk lids;, seats console.( not pattern on seats but same seats underneath) also monte dashes are same as oG 70 - 72 SS dashes but some have holes in them when u pop off the wood grain. Not all but some which is almost impossible to fix and look rite. Lotta the glass is same Same wirh some skylarks . Lots of interchangeable parts. We found an 70 monte ss 454 and used the motor buckets and console even the dash didn't have the holes behind the wood grain luckily and it also had an optional rear window defogger we used on our car... we used to have about 5 OG cowl induction hoods. They're was 2 kinds. With different style insulation holes underneath. If u saw em side by side u can tell but if u didn't know it u would probably never catch it. Then of course the base SS domed hood without cowl induction. But hell u can buy consoles seats even hoods dashes wiring harnesses all body panels all that.new aftermarket now but u couldn't back when we did it all we had was ausleys and hinshaws chevelle parts and hell they bought alot of consoles and ss gauge clusters we had with all the different redlines for whatever motor. My dad had 4 2 bay garages filled with 64-7 and 70- 72 parts. SS or plain malibu. He got cancer and sold almost everything to some dude in Canada that came down every year to buy parts. Now we only have 2 and a few 12 bolts sway bars and Muncie m21s and 22s left . One 70 LS6 we never finished. It's my goal is to finish it for him. We got all the parts. Car was media blasted and painted on rotisserie. Yeeeeears ago. Now it's js sittin on the frame with the motor completely done and cowl breather on it sittin like he left it. Covered up in the garage. I'll get around to finishing it one day.
That big block had a wooden cam in it. Every time he revved it up it went Wooden! Wooden! All this talk about whether it is stock or not doesn’t matter. This video shows how much fun those old cars were to drive on a not so good country road. I enjoyed it, brings back memories!
@@petrol_tank look up what engines the 70 chevelle was optioned with. Ls5 and ls6 were both 454 big blocks. They're not the same as the gen III or gen IV sbc. They're bbc mark IV's.
That sound man and ride brings back lots of memories. If only I had kept one of my cars from back in the day. I had so many muscle cars . In my day however they were daily drivers to work, school , etc and then your weekend warriors too. I had a 71 SS and a 72 SS 396 with the 402. My favorite car I had the most fun in was a 65 Oldsmobile Cutlass with a built 396 under the hood. Muncie 4 Speed, 4.11 posi. I ran the living crap out of that car, floated the valves I don't know how many times but she never came apart and I was hard on it! Put 3 gallons of cam2 in it then topped it off with high test so it wouldn't ping. Nobody would race me everyone was intimidated by the sound and look of the rat. Found a few LS6 cars in a shed, barn back then but NFS. All cars long gone now. Watching your video made me think of good times I had as a young man. If only I had one now to tinker with. I was a mechanic as my trade and hurt my back pulling motors, rears, etc . Three back surgeries later and no cars. I really miss that sound, look and thrill of going through the gears full throttle it's a rush. Anyway thanks for the video man. Sounds great.
I have been watching this video for years, it's my happy place video. I swear, they should have recreated this exact scene in the Dazed and Confused movie, that guy is the real Wooderson!
finally a you tube video where a chevelle owner and his buddy really get on it and speedshift the hell out of it! nice country roads that dont have cars all over it.way to go man! thrash that bowtie.thats what they were made for! make another one soon!
A REAL, true muscle car with asphalt ripping torque. Love that 454 big block sound, not this modern day computer chip, touchscreen selected HP. Wish we could really bring back those cars form years ago.....but just wishful thinking from me.
Nothing like the sound of a powerful V8 going through the gears. I am 69 and my older brother had his 70 SS LS5 4 speed Chevelle stollen out of the GM Truck and Bus parking lot about one year after he bought it new. He wanted an LS6, but there was none to be found in June of 1970. His cranberry red with black interior Chevelle was a beautiful car. Not all that quick for a big block 454. His plans were to replace the LS5 with a LS6 from Chevrolet Performance. Where he bought his Chevelle in Pontiac MI, in the parts department of the dealership they had a small sign that had the price of an LS6 454 crate engine. It was 1100 dollars. Well, those plans were done away with when his LS5 was stollen. He was devastated when the Detroit Police found the car with no front clip, no engine or transmission, and no wheels laying in an empty lot. The insurance company wanted to do a payoff instead of replacing the vehicle with another SS Chevelle. My brother refused to take a payoff and held out for a replacement Chevelle. Luck would have it, that my brother found out about a guy who going through a divorce and needed to sell his 70 SS Chevelle. The insurance company agreed on the sale and that is how my brother ended up with a Black with white strips, cloth interior with bench seat collum shifter 400 automatic transmission Chevelle. Well, this is where the story gets interesting. The SS engine badge on front finder was 396. Laying nicely in the engine bay was a 472 big block, 13:1 compression, open chambered heads, roller camshaft, long tube racing headers, dual point distributer, single 950 Holley carburetor, electric fuel pump, with a 4:88 rear end. The guy who sold the car to my brother raced it at Lapeer Dragway. With slicks it ran with the single carburetor low 11:40's and with the staggered dual quad setup 10:80's. Man, did we have fun on warm summer nights cruising Woodward Ave. It was hard to get traction with street tires from a standstill, but if my brother raced from a roll, it was over quickly for most cars who decided to race. The torque of that 472 big block was incredible. I forgot to mention that the engine was balanced, and blue printed as well. It was amazing how well it idled, and it would rev to 7200 RPM without breaking a sweat. It was best to just leave the car in drive while racing from a standstill. If from a roll you could hold it in second gear and hang on for dear life. You could never mat the accelerator, you had to manage the amount of throttle to keep traction, even at higher speeds. Like most during that time period, the increase in fuel costs and the lack of high-performance cars cruising the roads pretty much made most lose interest in their hot rods. My brother ended up selling the Chevelle back to the guy he bought it from. He said he was going to restore it and race it again. During the time my brother had the car, it broke two flex plates and had the 400-transmission rebuilt once. My brother come to understand the high RPM shifts were too much for the stock 400 flex plates. I sure have fond memories of those warm summer nights while cursing Woodward Ave. The sound of two powerful V8's going through the gears next to one another on a warm summer night with the windows down is something you have to experience to understand how incredible it sounds. The best race on Woodward Ave my brother had with his Chevelle, was a 1970 Baldwin Motion 454 Camaro. It was close, but the Chevelle would slowly pull away in second gear. Thanks for sharing the awesome sound of your 70 LS6 Chevelle. Brought back some amazing memories.
Wonderful video,It captures the raw power of the LS6! I have one and it is thrilling to drive you can really feel it when the two back barrels open up in the carburetor man what a rush ! Today there are many new cars that have more power and are much faster but don’t have the raw feel of a fifty year old LS6 four speed Chevelle !
I became a muscle car lover because of the sound alone. Sure they look amazing, but the sound is what grabs me the most. The sound of the engine is like its voice, and they sound like they're begging you to stand on it. They remind me of a dog in a ready position, waiting for you to unhook his leash so he can run. I love the sound of them so much that I am now the proud owner of a 1970 Oldsmobile 442. With the enormous camshaft that I put in it, that car sounds like it's possessed by the devil himself. It's a terrifying car whilst sitting at idle, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
When I was growing up in the early 1980's, these cars could be had for $1000-1500 bucks. Somewhere in that ballpark figure. The Big block mopars slightly cheaper. After the 1973 and 1980 gas crunches, the market really fell out for these cars. That and most people were into toyota and nissan really big at that particular time. It was great to be in high school then and get a drivers license and do what me and a lot of my friends did at that time, buy these cars that were just about on every street corner or farm and have fun with them. Most of us only wish we'd kept what we had from that unique time in America.
The best of times you could buy various muscle 65 thru 70 . Chevy Ford or Mopar weapons of choice. Seems most Dodge Plymouth etc had electrical issues.P.s purchase yep around 1500 usd and give it hell.
I had one of these back in 75 and wish to this day I never sold it. I'm 67 now... Mint Green with black stripes, Cragars, 454 and TH400. Never went to the track with it but thought about it a lot. Just wish I could have it back again. Thanks for the memories !
@@crazyjerry1852 With original LS6 cars going for north of $100k, you can clone the same car for 1/3 of that, or less. AND, you won't be afraid to get a chip in the paint. Damn shame because when values got out of control on our beloved muscle cars, you stopped seeing them on the street. Where they belong.....
@@ct87gn25 So I've been looking and I'm seeing Chevelle SS 454s go for $50k. Not sure if all matching parts and paper work, but I don't care about that as long as it's the 454. Definitely obtainable if you save for a couple years.
We exported an Alberta car (one of 2,500 factory LS6 made, I believe) in 2003 to Massachusetts. Lots of pipeline kids in western Canada garaged these cars and almost all are very low mileage, AND all original. . This one was like riding a tiger; up on it's feet and GONE. The seller got 65,000 U.S. for it, low mileage, absolutely all original and not a leak anywhere. I've owned a Chevelle that I drove the backroads of Whatcom Co. Wash. the way to "shine" drivers were meant to drive stock cars, but this car was DIFFERENT.
can't we just all get along? I'm german so i love BMW's, but im still a massive Chevelle Fan, but also really like Corrolas, Silvias and Civics, all cars are great in some aspects, where the muscle car cant corner properly for example, the honda smokes it, but on the straight, its toast every car has its own little skill, theres no need to hate.
IMHO, the 1970 Chevelle is the best all-around model that Chevrolet ever produced. I always wanted one, but ended up with a 1967 Camaro SS instead, which turned out to be a good thing! Accepting your fate doesn't always mean that you have to be disappointed by it. 👍
@@anthonylyrette7399 Yeah with the way the LS6 performs. The 500 number sounds more close. I also remembered the LS7 rated @460hp, I wonder what the real number is. Anyways I love all muscle cars, Ford, Chevy or Dodge I'll take them all. Thanks
I had a Chevelle years ago with a screaming 350 4 bolt main with an Edelbrock power package system and just about anything else you could think of... positive traction 4:11 rear end. I went thru allot of tires. I had a deal with a local junk yard if a car came in with my size rear tires they'd give me first right of refusal. I bet I bought two dozen rear tires during the time I had it😁😁. Man I miss that car.
