Patrick I agree. Boy are you dreamy Ha Ha Ha Ha totally kidding man, Hetero to the max, however your voice does not match your look, and that’s not a knock man. Thanks for your hard work
I work with a retired airline pilot. He has a 1970 mustang Mach 1 with 1600 miles on it. He bought it and never intended to drive it,he just takes it to car shows. He even has the original factory battery. I asked him how he got the battery to last so long. He says he pours the acid out and replaces it as needed.
Garth Clark, the car is proven by many especially the widow of deceased owner to have sat the last 42 years. The last time it was registered was 1975 with only 1010 Miles in PA. PA is the only state it was ever registered. The original Owner also states he only street raced the car the first 2 years and had other means of transportation. The paint, body, interior, weatherstripping, and undercarriage all are unbelievable. The car truly speaks for itself.
Its kind of sad if you think about it. Its a nice car i would love to see cleaned up and driven. I have a 1970 Elcamino which i bought and put a 5.3 LS in it and drive it every day in any kind of weather (except snow). I haul junk to the scrap yard at least once a month i haul 4 wheelers etc. And any time i see something like this i just feel the car wants to be ripped out doing a massive burnout on the street. I hope someone drives it one day.
Patrick Glenn Nichols Musclecar Barn Finds ...... I have one question, You stated that it has a 13637 V.I.N. to my knowledge, a 13637 V.I.N. denoted a Small Block equipped Chevelle, whereas a 13837 V.I.N. denoted a Big Block Chevelle. I have owned 4 different 1970 Chevelle's , including a Documented LS-6 454 ,4 Speed car ( 13837 V.I.N. ) ...a Documented SS (13637 V.I.N. ) that came with the 300 H.P. 350/TH-400, along with a very rare 1968 396/375 hp, 4 speed Concours station wagon. a 1967 SS 396 2dr. ( Heavily modified for drag racing, swapped to a 427 )......a 1968 2dr drag car with a 406 small block, and a documented 1971 SS 2dr. ( 13637 V.I.N. ) small block 350/TH-400 car. Not to mention, a 1972, 307/TH-350 4 door sedan, and a 1972 350/TH-350 pillar less hardtop 4 door as well. So, suffice it to say, I'm pretty knowledgeable about the 64-72 Chevelle's! I just wanted to point out the V.I.N. number question, maybe I missed something along the way, but that's what I always knew . If I'm not correct, then show me, lol. Great video, beautiful Chevelle
Dallas Fite .....sorry buddy, I quote what I know. I don't need to Google it, I already know it because I've owned plenty of those Chevelle's in the past. No need to put on a front, I speak from experience my friend. I still have a 1977 Impala 4dr. ...that runs high 11s on the motor. I'm 50 years old, and I've owned well over 125 different vehicles since I was 16. I have a rolling total of 5 vehicles. . ALL 5 on the road, up and running, tagged and legal. Plus a 22 ft. Trailer to boot. Check out my channel. You'll see the Impala, and some of the cars I've built. Peace brother!
Chopper1 , I’m a real car guy. I don’t think it is worth 1/2 million $ for old technology to go vroom, vroom. This stuff has its place in history, maybe Jay Leno’s garage, but come on, the writing is on the wall.
shepherdsknoll8 in all fairness I could be $500,000 off the mark of what someone will pay for it, that is just what I think it would be worth, I don’t know anything about rarity, goes to show,,,lol in the near future I’m gonna get a stingray 68-72 don’t care about originality, as I can’t afford originality, but I want at least 450hp and want it in decent shape.
We had some insane cars back in the day. I was fortunate enough to have driven a brand new SS 454 in blue and white when I was about 18 years old. What an incredible car. It was all stock and had no problem turning the hides into big clouds of white smoke. They were battleships. I believe that if there were more rev limiters more of these beauties might still be around, or there may have been more fatalities do to speeding. You could actually work on these cars yourself. Absolutely amazing cars from the dealership (Muscle cars). Big Big blocks. Big Big carbs. Big Big values. How many of you wish you could go back and buy say 4 cars ? What would they be? Dodge Daytona, tri power vette, mustang fastback,olds 455 HO , Buick GS,AMX ,302 z28, the Judge, and it wouldn’t cost as much as a Dodge Viper. You don’t know what you got until it’s gone.
Gnrdude, Keep in mind 1092 Miles but it’s still 48 years old which is plenty of time for items to get away from the car when they removed in the first couple of years. Also the original owner who removed these items has no recollection of what he did with these items. He says “that stuff was junk back then nobody wanted manifolds and smog equipment.” I don’t try to locate parts and make cars different from the actual way they were found. My job is to publish and bring you the exact car in its “as found” condition. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for watching. The driver’s side mirror was removed so it wouldn’t be knocked off you were correct. It is in a box with some other items. 1970 Chevelles were not equipped with a passenger mirror from the factory. Kinda like a race car lol who needs to see down the passenger side.
It blows my mind that low mileage all original cars like this are still being found hidden away years later! How do you not drive and enjoy a car like this, I don't understand??!! Great find my friend !
I think it’s hilarious that the guy that climbs through all the back woods of the nation and rodent infested barns to observe these cars up close is convinced that it’s a valid mileage. But somehow all of these pantloads that are looking at it through their jizz stained cracked iPhone screens somehow think they know more. This guy not only combs all over the nation for these, but carries a passion for this car. If he’s sold, so am I. Love the vids Patrick.
I agree. I too saw marks on the seat , but with just a camera view it could even be dust. Marks don't mean it's stained. Plus it's pretty easy to spot a repainted, even a tear down and repaint, but you have to be there. Nobody commenting the mileage is wrong was there. I always think there are unknown cars out there waiting.
Thank you for covering this dream car. Handful of these ls6 cars! I owned a 1970 SS 396 M22 Gold exterior Black interior. Bench Seat all original. I owned in 1990 I think I paid $1950 ha. Sold it after 2 years for 6500. I told buyer a rediculous high price to get rid of him. I’ll be he showed up a week later with cash! It wasn’t for sale but kept my word and sold it. Love seeing these cars preserved!
Being from Pgh. he also may have picked the gold stripes because this cities team colors are black and gold, Steelers, Pirates and Penguins. Nice car and nice video.
I've been restoring and collision since the late sixty's and my friend you are one of the most knowledgeable I've ever heard. It's indeed a pleasure to listen to you, " despite the fact that you sound like Jed Clampett" that's a compliment and I hope you end up with that gorgeous piece of American craft, Brian
@@patrickglennnicholsmusclec1674 Thank you for replying. Year's past when people would come to me wanting to do something stupid to vehicles like that, I'd tell them that I'm not going to destroy a true classic and neither should they. Good day buddy and thanks again
@@patrickglennnicholsmusclec1674 Quick true story for you Paddy, I had a draft card but joined the Army and got sent overseas and a buddy " Polock" had an Austin Healey 3000 all original and being around 1970 and he got it from a relative for nothing and he hated British car's told me " Brian, when you get back to the world the car is yours" well I got back in the seventys and wanted to cry when I saw what he'd done to that car. Cut the quarter's off with a torch, tubbed it " horribly" just destroyed a fully intact 3000 and said he wanted to surprise me! They got skis on the end of their names for a reason. Thanks, Brian
I had a buddy that had 1970 ss ls-5 , i had 1970 gs stage -1 those were the good old day's. I never did race him but did alot of cruising, back in the day. Thanks for the memory's.
What a gem. Great find and how did anyone resist driving this machine. I know I couldn't. I would've put many miles on this. I can imagine what it's worth.
Yes sir. I didn’t go into much detail on the day 2 items and their rarity. That would require another 5 minutes or so. It’s tough to stay under 15 minutes and cover most of the important features. With that said, the Baldwin Motion Fly Eye period correct air cleaner is super cool and hard to find. Thanks for your interest and good eye.
yeah, those aircleaners were everywhere when I bought one for my '71 chevelle in '78. I think its still in the garage someplace , stopped using it when I found out that the gas fumes from the holley ate away the foam filter after shutdown. went back to paper filters.
Patrick Glenn Nichols Musclecar Barn Finds great great great great car bro,but it has been raced or just hot rodded"so great b ahh a.c. deleted,bro put it back on get that appraisal you'll be very $shocked great car lucky to have that bro worth so much og
I do apologize for some of the speaking flaws in this video. This video was shot on a single take and I had to live with it due to time constraints and other issues concerning the purchase of this very high profile car.
Thanks for what you do...your patience with people is amazing, the comments are so easily answered in your details...As far as some of the comments I question why they even bother to admire a time capsule and pick it apart.but that’s the day and age we live in..I’m a Chevy gear head born in 68 and worried there would be no cars when I was of age to drive...,,I’ve owned many original 1 owner cars and was a day two kid. In 1986 I bought a 34k mile 74 Z/28 all original and didn’t day 2 it but did unhook the speedo cable.. for obvious reasons ,,it now registers 70k .. and has many day 2 mods to my likings,,,and when I’m dead and gone it will still be the car I wanted it to be...all numbers match drive train wise..and appearance wise ..even the stupid tower clamps..holding hoses on a winters intake and quad carb again my car since 86 ,,with a set of slicks it would run a 13.88 consistently with the stock 350/245 hp motor (no smog) ..again my car my choice it’s been parked and not licensed since 90ish ok point is it all original paint stickers shocks deep grove pulley blah blah blah .but I made the decision to drive it and enjoy it but keep it as close to og as I 16 year old could....so if that Chevrolet Chevelle could speak..it would not be as patient as your are,!,, u do a damn good job and the passion shows..keep on finding the cars ..that was the first I heard of the plastic inner fender wells ...I had a 71 but was a Norwood car I believe... .Im glad the owner used the car and enjoyed it...rare rare find ..thanks
Back in about 1985 this local bar I always went to in NW Indiana...was holding a raffle for a 70 454 SS bright red with black stripes.Not sure if it was an LS6 engine.....but it was 4 bolt main 454 with an automatic trans.As soon as 10,000 tickets were sold @ 20 a pop.....the raffle was held.One kid in Crown Point Indiana won with a single ticket.I remember this one guy buying 1 ,000.oo worth of tickets....and he still lost.I bought 5 tickets.Years later it was said the guy holding the raffle for the Chevelle paid only about 17k for the car.Had the whole thing super detailed and sold as I said....every ticket.So that's 200 k minus what he had in it.Well so he made his money and then some.This guy had about 4 other raffles through out the 80s and the 90s.What a way to become a millionaire....because he did eventually.To this day that car is still nice and clean.Same owner.Man that kid was the talk of the county.That is a nice ride you have there.My fave year is the 67 ss.My cousin had a clean 66 back in the late 70s.With the 396/350 hp 4 spd.His was trple black.
Great RU-vid channel. It's giving us an education on muscle cars and an adventure in looking at barn finds across the nation. The generation that made and drove these cars would be proud.
Day 2 disconnect the Odometer, day 3 off to the beach in Florida. 2016, hook up the odometer. As a person that owes an old car from new, its not as hard as you think to keep them looking like new. Especially, if you're married and owe the same house with heated garage for 50 years. It was very common to disconnect the odometer back in the day. The main thing is, you believe the salesman's story, so everyone's happy.
I saved many tower clamps back when they were plentiful, and install them on my 60's GM survivor full size cars. Once in a while I find some in an old junkyard. They're easy to save, loosen tower screw, tap down tower with same 3/8 socket. I'm sure they were not saved bcause they look goofy, like a dunce cap. The crappy stainless worm drive clamps are shiny, and everyone uses them, but I always liked the original look of the tower clamps, even 30 years ago. I just found 2 from a 73 El Camino in a junkyard in Greer SC... SCORE! I'll NEVER use the China soft ones! They twist and don't sit properly
On a "Day 2" car when the other mods were being made it was also easy to disconnect the speedo cable to save mileage. You referenced the "build sheet". I would love to see a photo of it.
My uncle had one (black/ red stripe '70 SS 454/4 speed 35k on the clock) when I live with his family in the late 90's. I did not roll it out of his garage at 1am in neutral on two occasions and neither did I race a ricer on the straights up past a buck 40 either. Pat, if you are reading this.... no harm no foul, right? Man that was a sweet car.
For 1092 miles there are alot of modifications under the hood...plug wires, hoses, clamps etc, etc. You'd think with those miles some of these things would not have been touch...
See a lot of comments, questioning the authenticity of this car, due to some mods. Not unusual for a car that was raced during most of those miles. I had a neighbor back in 1969, (2 brothers) that both bought brand new Super Bee's and never put them on the road. They went thru hi-pro mods and ONLY saw the drag strip for several years before they were sold (not street legal). A racer, goes thru a lot of hell and sees a lot of repairs and mods. Things break almost every week. I see no reason to question the authenticity, by what you see and hear in this video. Would like to have heard it run.
Sorry dude the car is absolutely a documented 1092 mile car.. This car was parked 1975 for good and only used for racing by the original owner. It was inspected by the state of PA in 1976 with only 1010 Miles. So unless it was driven illegally for over 100k Miles it’s definitely real.
Patrick Glenn Nichols Musclecar Barn Finds I had a neighbor that had a similar 71 Chevelle SS454 4spd car that he painted black w/gold stripes. As I remember it his odometer read around 2600 miles because of a busted speedo cable. This could be another example of a guy that simply was more interested in what the tach read.
WOW ! Unbelievable find ! These were one of the cars setting the pace back in the day. Fond memories. Pat, how would you go about researching the history of cars from that time period ? You're doing a great job with your sight. Thanks you.
Amazing that GM would allow different plants to do different things with the same car especially the inner fenders. That’s crazy. 1,092 miles and two owners is rare. So did you get it?
Patrick, brother you are a very intelligent person. Your knowledge of these cars is second to none. I have learned so much from your videos.- Wesley, Sevier Co Tn
Your heart rate must have doubled when you saw it. It must have been difficult to stay calm when you did the first walk around. So much excitement. Very nice find.
Never heard about day 2. Thanks for not only showing the cars in detail, but with sharing your knowledge on all things cars. Love watching these videos, always leaning something. Thanks again.
Bcdhihi absolutely not. The car is proven and known to have been stored it’s entire life. It also was only registered in PA it’s entire life. Example :therefore a car can’t have say 20k Miles under a particular year’s inspection and then turn around and only have 1092 miles later on it doesn’t fly. Therefore the car was registered and proven to have less than 1092 Miles in each of the years prior to its last registered year which was 1975.
Patrick Glenn Nichols Musclecar Barn Finds My ex father inlaw has one about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh he bought new in 1970. He still has it unmolested and drives now only to local car shows with only a little over 8000 miles! Ls6 4sp black with white stripes and black vinyl roof. In excellent original condition!!!! Original one owner car!!!
I've got a couple of questions about the car. There was no Chevelle emblem in the driver side front grille. Yes, It could have been removed to make for a cleaner look. And, isn't there a screw that helps hold the side panels on each side of the back seat? They seem to be missing. It wasn't mentioned in the video but I'm just wondering if the interior had been redone or had some interior replaced. True, to me these little things doesn't hurt the car in my opinion it's truly a "one of a kind find". I had a friend who bought one when he got out of the Army in 1970. LS6 triple black Chevelle SS. It was black with black vinyl top. Black interior with white stripes cowl induction hood. Four speed M22 with bucket seats and console. I got to drive it a time or two. Again, not being critical just curious about the things I mentioned. Absolutely an amazing find!
PLEASE DONT sell this car to one of those businesses that will molest it: lower it, put a modern engine in it, gold plate everything, install a boom box PA system and stick ghetto wheels on it!!!
Patrick, I would have thought you were 70 years old with all the knowledge you have you see this video was the first time I've seen you . I'm 70 and had owned and or raced many 60s & 70s muscle cars when they were new on the street and track but only untill watching your channel did I really know what was what , Thanks
Mark Battista thank you sir. I wasn’t even born when most of these cars were new. I began reading about them as a young teen and never stopped until this day. Thanks again for all your support.
Hey Patrick, I used to own a highly documented (2 build sheets, protecto plate, window sticker, signed affidavit from original owner, dealer invoice, original photos, etc, etc) LS6, black, white stripes and a parchment interior (but buckets, no console). It is now a well known car that was restored by Rick Nelson.I just stumbled on your videos and left you a message yesterday. I just found a semi barn find of my own a 70 L34 car. I left you a phone message yesterday, thought you might be interested to video it if you ever end up in the Socal area. Thanks for the great videos!
My ole buddy Raymond Vick. Thanks brother. You taught my brother’s and I plenty about big block muscle for sure back when I was just a teenager and in my early 20s. Glad you’re back in the world of muscle cars again.
When I was 17 years old, I took my life savings of $5500 to Carlisle PA to the spring show to buy a car (Chevy). I passed on several 70 SS 396 Chevelle's because they were bench seat column shift... Lol.... There was a LS6 454 car, very nice, for $10k.. I ended up with a 67 SS 396 Chevelle that had a small block instead of it's big block. 138177 car. It's got a big block now. Paid $4500. Pretty good buy.
Beautiful car! But seems weird that, not one, but 2 previous owners, and the car only has 1000 miles on it... The orig owner changed alot of parts, and even had it to a body shop for the gold stripes, not to drive it! He must have owned a flatbed, and drove that around with the car strapped to it... Sounds very similar to a family friend of ours that bought a new Oldsmobile in 1968. He was so anal about the car staying new, that he took it to a local mechanic and had the speedo cable undone months after buying the car. He owned the car for about 15 yrs, and had the mechanic show him how to do it himself, that way if he needed to have the car in for warrantee work, he would hook it back up before going there, and drive for a couple days before undoing it again. Seems pretty cool when you own the car, but sad for the next guy who's buying a low mileage car...
Why would anyone pay $500K for a car which costs around $4K new? I saw an original '65 Chevy Biscayne with the "Drag Pack" option, 425hp 396 and 4 speed. The cost? $75K. I decided to build my own. I found a '65 Chevy Biscayne with a 283 and 3 speed. The car had been re-paint once. The car had zero rust so I bought it and trailered it home. I installed a 550hp 454 and a Richmond 6 speed. Disc brakes and Hotckis suspension. I also installed SW gauges in the dash where the original AM radio had been. I hid a new stereo in the glove box. Total cost? $20K. Now it's a car you can drive everyday instead of a car you only drive to car shows. I also changed out the front emblems from the cross flags "V" to a 454 cross flags "V". I ran into a guy at a local car show. He said he use to work for GM and in '65, they didn't have a 454. He said, "Did you do that?". I said, "Yeah, so what?". He said, "I have an original Yenko Chevelle". I said, "Let's go see it". He said, "It's not here". I said, "Why? You see my car but I don't see yours. You're one of those guys who doesn't drive their cars because it's too valuable. Well, I'll drive my car anywhere and I do. I can't stand people like you who don't drive their cars so eat shit and die!". The guys says, "I didn't mean any by it". I said, "Of course you did, now fuck off!".
odometer was probably disconnected. VERY common back in the day. and the camera man sounds like Matthew McConaughey trying to sell me a Lincoln, alright alright alright.
When Dodge changed the style of the Dodge Charger in 1971 I bought one and first thing I did was disconnect the speedometer. Drove it for a couple years then traded it in on a Cuda. Got good money as it had low mileage, LOL.
I’m thinking the same, or it was predominantly a drag car. The headers and fly eye air cleaner at least shows that the previous owner was looking for more power.
Patrick....you are so dang knowledgeable! It is an absolute pleasure to hear you talk. When you have too many of those in your personal collection, please give me a shout.😂😂😂 Keep up the good work buddy.
I HAVE BEEN A OLD SCHOOL DRAG RACER SINCE THE LATE 60’S AND THIS CAR IS A TYPICAL DAY 2 DRAG CAR THAT WAS AT TRACKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BACK IN THAT DAY. MOST GUYS INSTALLED TUBE HEADERS FIRST AS THE CAST MANIFOLDS WERE JUNK. THE 1970 INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS A LOW RISE VERSION HENCE THE EDELBROCK HIGH RISE WHICH MADE MORE POWER. THE DIFFERENCE IN MANIFOLD HEIGHT SCREWED UP THE FITMENT OF THE FACTORY COLD AIR CLEANER WITH HOOD SEAL, SO AN AFTERMARKET AIR CLEANER WAS NORMALLY INSTALLED. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF PERFORMANCE CARS AT DRAG STRIPS WITH VERY LOW MILES, QUITE A FEW OF THEM CUT UP FOR SUPER STOCK CLASS WITH BIG TIRES AND FULL ROLL CAGES.
Guy across my Alley has a 67 corvette 427 4 speed convertible, black on black on black, factory side pipes, been sitting covered in his garage since 1991.
I use to roll back speedos all the time and disconnect them pretty common back then.One way to tell miles on car would be to inspect valve tips and rockers
I took a Kelly green LS-6/Auto/AC Chevelle in on trade from a TransAm I sold in the 80s. Had only 34,000 mi. Sold it 3 months later because i didn't like big bodied cars, only drove T/A's back then.... worth a fortune today, Green, White SS stripes, white interior
He told you, the guy bought it and raced it. It's really not all that unbelievable that this is the actual mileage on the car. 1/8-1/4 mile at a time. I really don't get all these comments "oh, that can't be actual mileage, too many mods, blah, blah, blah. The car, imo, is exactly what it is advertised to be. Great find, man!
No sir the carb on this car is aftermarket. All SS454 LS6 Chevelles had vacuum secondaries from the factory. List no 4492 for Auto and 1557 for manual except for state of CA which had a different but not important in your application.
I will say it probably is correct in that the mileage is only 1092 on the odometer. But I would like to also point out that it's possible with these older cars to simply unhook the speedometer cable and then drive and reconnect the cable later. My neighbor did this to try and keep his new car in warranty a little bit longer. Kind of a useless attempt as most cars were 12,000 mile or 12 months anyway. The car was a 1978 Martinique blue WS6, W72, 4 speed Trans Am with blue interior and the fisher T-Tops. He disconnected the cable at the back of the speedo head with it showing about 6200 miles. He then drove the car for four years with limited use on nice days and not driven in the rain or snow and it was always garaged and covered. Finally he reconnected the cable and drove it putting about 4000 miles on it showing just over 10,000 miles. The car sat for another couple years and he finally sold it in the spring off 85 and he got $12,500.00 from a private seller. I asked him how many miles did he think he drove it to which he said not less than 10k and not more than 25K.
Baloney... A man doesn’t by his dream car, change the racing stripes and steering wheel add headers Remove smog, register it for six years and then only put 1000 miles on it...Tell me more about the guy I wanna know
@@jamiecann2485 Do you know how many young fellas bought those kinds of cars and ended up over in Nam or some other country ? never to return , I didn't think so , some of those cars sat in garages for decades as well , lots of variables in life
@@brettjohnson8009 Now you’re going to use the “Vietnam war card” to defend your BS??? Shame on you... You tell me how many Vietnam soldiers that purchased Brand New 1970 Chevelle super sports fully loaded and parked them in a barn somewhere...and never came home... In other words don’t question the car only has 1000 miles on it... SAD
@@jamiecann2485 There were a lot more wars than the Vietnam War you moron and yes those kind of cars did get bought and parked in garages or whatever ,no one said they got "packed away" ,the people that bought them planned to return
I don't understand why they have so much stuff all around it where it could fall or damage this Great car. I would have THAT car in a building by itself. Thanks for the video.
How did everyone miss why it has yellow stripes, just outside of Pittsburgh, the owner was obviously a Pittsburgh Steelers fan! He probably ordered it with the optional Pittsburgh Steelers trim package lol, awesome video