Thank you for making this amazing video! This is my dad's car, we spent years on it. He recently passed away & we do not plan on selling, again thank you
alright alright alright pat great video and ive said it before you are the chevelle detective .my favs are the 66 and 67 chevelles i love those cars.👍👍
@@patrickglennnicholsmusclec1674 tell us about that car from the movie faster I noticed was a 70 front end with a 71 or 72 the rear bumper on Dwayne Johnson had it what's the effect card did you ever see that movie I would love to see that car in person
Hands down, the knowledge PGN’s brings to Authenticate a Chevelle is worth every cent. Even tips on who’s restoring them to all levels and budgets would save time and money. Listening to this mans passion takes me back to the time I was stockpiling NOS Parts to restore the ‘70 I owned, (‘86-‘95) scouring Swap Meet after Swap Meet. 👍🏻
I really enjoyed all the great info. And attention to detail with where to find those important characteristics to know what you’re looking at. Thanks for sharing. Juan
Only the L78 396 rare. L34 no so. Most L34 where actually 402! Oct 1969 L78 phased out and 454 replaced them. Some say 396 bored 30 over to escape EPA rules on 400 CID and smaller! Had my L34 Kansas SS since Jan 1972! All stock original.
Kinda like the looks of the '71-'72 a little more than the '70, but the '70 is still a good looking car. The '69 and '70 are smiling at you, whereas the '71-'72 have a more serious look on their grills - perhaps compensating for their less powerful engines...
Imagine a dozen of these chevelles. New on dealer lot all SS AND VERY COLORS. MOST 4SPEED NO AIR. AT HI VOLUME METRO NYC MUSCLE CAR. DEALER...A SIGHT TO BEHOLD NOV. 1969
Was there a big block available in a 1970 Malibu? One of the guys, who hung out at our east Cleveland Bodyshop/clubhouse, back in early 80's, had a charcoal grey plain Jane Malibu with a 4 speed and BB. It was one cool machine. ...until Charlie wrecked it, street racing. So many choice cars came out of that place, including my '69 Nova SS 350. Dave and Larry were sticklers for factory correct GM muscle. Big Dave even built an 80's Monte Carlo SS, into a BB. And it looked factory!!!
Yes. The 325 horse 396 (in basic terms) was available in all non-SS Chevelles in 1970, and for a few years after. But Chevrolet called that engine the 400, since all 396s became 402s in 1970. They stuck with the 396 designation for Super Sport cars with 402s for the sake of name recognition. That 400 was rated at 330 horsepower, while the SS cars got the 350 and 375 HP versions. When I was a kid, one of my older neighbor's girlfriend drove an Astro Blue four door Malibu with 400 callout badges, which IIRC were at the fronts of the fenders. Google Chevelle 400, the results are pretty interesting.
I was born on April fool's Day 1957 my dad bought me a used 70 SS Chevelle with a locked up 396 for $400 gave it to me as a wedding present I ended up picking up a 71 402 big block to go in front of the m24 speed and at 3:31 posi, my car was fathom blue with the white interior and had the rare light monitoring system with a little fiber optic strands that let you know the tail lights in the tag light works and the turn signals and the headlights I hate it getting rid of that car.
@@chrisrojice7475 I agree that he is annoying and many times childish but he has a huge amount of knowledge that he shares with his audience. I'm not even a mopar guy and I still like to hear about it.
my arm hair is standing up watching this, I don’t know how to post a picture of my original never had any body work flint built by the guy that sold it to me minus the 402 and turbo 400 for $100 in 1978. I built a 454 small block and put it in it several years ago. mine is a 4.10 posi and it screams at 110. That it at 6500 rev lim
A friend of mine bought a set of golf clubs for $75,traded the clubs to a Honda Rebel motorcycle then traded it to a 70 SS396 M21 car,obviously needed a lot of work but man!I tell him he got the deal of the century!
Great videos, love watching them. I just recently bought a 1970 chevelle ss 454 with build sheet. You think I could send you some pics and see what you think? I can PayPal you money for guidance. Thanks for the vids!!
Too bad it wasnt a GM Oshawa built chevelle, I believe the factory records are very well kept and are available to verify the Canadian built cars. Saves alot of guess work.
Nice car! Wrong rally rims for that year, however it's a really nice car! Oh, by the way! Has anyone ever told you that you're voice sounds just like Matthew McConaughey?
Why is there not a service for Chevy like Pontiac has PHS to verify what cars were from the factory ? Chevelles are more popular then gtos so it would make sense .
Seems like the car was possibly in a wreck at some point to have to have that much metal replaced on the front and driver side. Also, why would someone have drilled the rivets on the cowl tag?
So not original engine/tranny then? He didn't mention or talk engine/tranny codes so I'm guessing non matching and original engine not with car. But it was an SS 396. Interesting. Cool video!!
So is that the original engine or not? The original was a 402 branded as a 396 for 1970. The 454 fake badging were stuck on by a previous owner or replaced fenders?
Sorry it took so long to get a reply to you. The original owner died in 2005. I bought it from his son. The badges were on it when I bought it. The fenders are original. The engine that was in it barely ran. Took it to the engine shop and the cam had 5 lobes rounded off, block was milled, and numbers were gone, so I had no way of knowing if it was original. Anyway, I had a 1974, 454 built and I put it in the car thinking it was supposed to be 454.
Maybe I missed it, but I did not hear him say the original engine and tranny were with the car. And if you watch his videos, if the original engine is present, he does an analysis on video of the block/clyinder head codes, usually, I think. Thus, by implication or inference, one can deduce that original engine/tranny are not with the car. Right? It is an original SS396 (he says so explicitly) and as long as all info is disclosed prior to sale, there is no issue as to fraud/misreps. I think that's how he looks at it. Not certain.
my brothers 70 ss is in a lot better condition than this one. he bought it in 1971 after he returned from nam. black on black/white stripes. i was working at the dealership where it was traded in.
I couldn't agree more. I'm a fabricator and take pride in my work. I'm removing the rusted areas and installing new metal everywhere necessary. I'm not a painter, so that will have to be done by a professional.
@@donnussel6263 They weren't all cowl induction, the standard hood only has the bulge to suggest cowl induction. Those that were got the hood pins and I think the stripes.
? I like to know if any of these guys are showing up for sale I keep leaving your messages and I get no response back is there any reason of that for that you don't answer the messages or you're too busy just let me know so I know I won't keep bothering you if you can't answer my questions you know if I'm bothering you please let me know I don't want to bother you okay just looking for Chevelle and I'm trying to watch you and get it to you by seems like you don't answer nothing I ask you how much I noted that yours when trying to find out if Danny for sale and I want to restore it and I want to work with you and restart if it's possible and pay you for your time and that's all I want to do thank you I'm sorry to bother you
Your best bet to get assistance from me is to either email pnichols26@yahoo.com or text me at the number listed in the about section. I will answer you as soon as I can. Thanks for watching Robert.
You're full of crap I work at general motors and what's your excuse ha ha Flint cars don't have build sheets all g m cars have build sheets I have 3 , 1970matching no. Cars and every Cheverly. Camaro,s and impalas and vettes have build sheets I know this cause I work at gm and been there for 32 years no all about this You're wrong
And I had two flints now an atlanta with a tonawanda truck 454, the original eng and trans had been scraped before i bought . The latest one is a stripped Flint built one of only a few flint copo no interior or drivetrain non titled car.
