1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Hardtop 454/450 HP LS6, Automatic, 33.3 Actual Miles
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With the obvious exception of the exclusive COPO editions, until 1970 the largest-displacement Chevelle was the SS396. That changed abruptly when GM officially lifted its ban on over-400-cubic-inch engines in its midsize range. The newest Chevelle SS option, the LS6, was the most powerful in that model’s very successful history, and in fact the most powerful ever offered in a production car. Today, it is on the A-list of the most sought-after collector cars in the world.
The LS6 Chevelle’s powerplant was every drag racer’s dream, with an 800-cfm Holley four barrel on a dual-plane aluminum manifold, 11.25:1 compression, a high-lift, high-duration solid-lifter camshaft, beefy four-bolt mains, forged steel crank and connecting rods, forged aluminum pistons, deep-groove accessory pulleys and massive intake and exhaust valves. Its factory rating of 450 horsepower was the highest ever conferred on a production car and, of course, considerably less than the actual figure of approximately 500.
Not only did the LS6 make prodigious power; it also remains one of the most handsomely-styled and trimmed of any American musclecar. Its lines and proportions represent one of the high points of Chevrolet’s restrained styling philosophy of the time, while the SS stripes and badging inform one and all of its pavement-shredding performance.
It would be almost impossible to find a better example of an unrestored original LS6 than the one presented here. Described by its present owner as “the lowest-mileage, highest-horsepower muscle car in existence”, its odometer shows a total of 33.3 miles! Original equipment as listed on the broadcast sheet includes the Z15 454SS package, LS6 454 V8, M40 3-speed automatic, hood and deck stripes, F41 Sport suspension, JL50 power brakes and JL2 front discs, heavy-duty battery, F70-14 lettered tires, U14 gauges, pushbutton radio and all-tinted glass.
The car’s history is quite straightforward: the original owner purchased the car from Atlanta-area dealer East Point Chevrolet, and parked it in his garage intending to turn it into a race car. That plan never came to fruition, and he finally sold it to a private collector. The only non-original component is the battery. Fully documented, the car is accompanied by the original paperwork, license plates, original GM-boxed floor mats and East Point Chevrolet literature. It now represents an ultimate moment in musclecar history, frozen in time.
Highlights:
- 454/450 HP LS6 engine
- Automatic transmission
- Cranberry Red with Black stripes
- Black interior
- Bench seat
- Original and Unrestored with 33.3 Actual Miles
- Cover car, feature article in Muscle Car Review magazine, Dec. 2008
SOLD $350,000
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