A honest shot at 70 L78 L89 Chevelle

[Cranberry70SSL34]

One of the biggest discussions between my brothers and myself before flying to Fresno,CA to purchase the silver barn find was about the honest shot at finding one of the 18. With the probability of it being a true L78 being nearly 100% that wasnt the topic of discussion. It was mostly about the table was truly set for an honest stab at the mega rare. Also with the probability of the buildsheet being on the gas tank also being really high we knew we were going to know for sure if it was equipped with the L89 option as well. Already knowing it had the 4.10 and M21 also gave additional encouragement that the table was set for a good stab at it. 2144÷18=119. So we thought we were going in shooting at a 1 in 119 odds with the L78 being a near 100% given. Anyhody have any further info on production facts on L89 and even from Van Nuys would be really interesting to me. Anyway the car was a big success just thought I would share some of our pre purchase thoughts.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

We had the only "known" 70 L89 in our MCACN L89 Showcase two years ago, the owner posted all the docs right out front of the car:-)

A few magazines have run stories on the 70 L89:-)

Ryan

[chevyman0429]

Wow never new there was a 70 L89 Ryan is their a link to the car your speaking of!

[Postsedan]

I assume you have already dropped the gas tank and what did you find?

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Here are the links.

Ryan

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthrea...9-sh#Post565097

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...opics/564716/1

[Cranberry70SSL34]

Sure Dan. Its no secret now that it is a L78 without the L89 option because the buildsheet has been posted all over the Internet. Just was sharing the excitement and discussion that was revolving around it before we purchased it. You couldn't deaawit up any bettertohave a real shot at unearthing another. Nonetheless the car was a very big success.

[Postsedan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chevyman0429</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wow never new there was a 70 L89 Ryan is their a link to the car your speaking of!
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Here are some pics of when Brian DeJongh owned her and restored her.

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/sh...00/ppuser/7592

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/35-r...-progress.html

Dan

[Postsedan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cranberry70SSL34</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sure Dan. Its no secret now that it is a L78 without the L89 option because the buildsheet has been posted all over the Internet. Just was sharing the excitement and discussion that was revolving around it before we purchased it. You couldn't deaawit up any bettertohave a real shot at unearthing another. Nonetheless the car was a very big success. </div></div>

I bet the day you went to go pull the gas tank....as ya'll say in the south.....&quot;I was as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs&quot; [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

Good stuff [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[Cranberry70SSL34]

Heck yea Dan. Was fun. Finding the buildsheet to the L78 without the L89 was crazy fun. Cant imagine if it said L89 under the L78 lol. Considering the lotto odds the 1 in 119 chance seemed really good. Again couldn't have drawn up a better shot at it. Has been alot of fun. 1 in 2144 is really really rare in itself as it legitimately stands.

[Postsedan]

Patrick,

Are you planning on trailering the Chevelle to the NOCC in August [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
You`ll be certain to draw a huge crowd.

Dan