1970 Chevelle SS LS5 Canadian Docs

[carnut4life]

That's a rare color and a beautiful color combination Blown32. The transmission wouldn't hurt it much in my opinion since it's a documented M22 car, especially if it's got a warranty replacement M22 with a CT or CC stamped case. The trim tag and body colored firewall would bother me more than the transmission but like you said, at least they didn't remove the tag. I'd take a beat up tag over a repro any day of the week. Prices are all over the map and fakes outnumber the real ones 10:1 so it's really hard to put a number on a car like this without seeing and inspecting it in person. Good luck whatever you decide to do though.

[Too Many Projects]

As said, stunning car. Again, as said, love that Misty Turquoise and Ivory interior.

Strange it wasn't ordered with a posi, but many people believed an SS came with a posi. Likewise, they may have assumed a console came with buckets, not realizing they were both extra cost options.
I don't know that the wheel dates are out of line for an Oshawa car. If they had a large order of wheels, say 15,000, sent early in production, that would have covered 3,000 builds and with less than 4,000 total for LS 5 and L35 cars, that group would have been on most of the total production of SS cars for the entire year.
Are the wheel dates all close together ?
Yeah, the restoration wasn't exact to production, but there are enough aftermarket goodies to feel it is a day 2 build...
Does all this hurt the value ? To a purist looking for an exact match, sure. If the price is in line for the quality of the workmanship and build, I'd go for it.

[Blown32]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

As said, stunning car. Again, as said, love that Misty Turquoise and Ivory interior.

Strange it wasn't ordered with a posi, but many people believed an SS came with a posi. Likewise, they may have assumed a console came with buckets, not realizing they were both extra cost options.
I don't know that the wheel dates are out of line for an Oshawa car. If they had a large order of wheels, say 15,000, sent early in production, that would have covered 3,000 builds and with less than 4,000 total for LS 5 and L35 cars, that group would have been on most of the total production of SS cars for the entire year.
Are the wheel dates all close together ?
Yeah, the restoration wasn't exact to production, but there are enough aftermarket goodies to feel it is a day 2 build...
Does all this hurt the value ? To a purist looking for an exact match, sure. If the price is in line for the quality of the workmanship and build, I'd go for it.

Thank you for the reply!
I would have assumed as well SS 454 ...came with a posi and buckets came a console.
All 4 wheel dates are the same.
I agree, it's a great day 2 build, Workmanship is excellent and outstanding on the paint and body work!
Thank you,
John

[Too Many Projects]

I've had 2 Oshawa built L35 '70's now. The first was an automatic with buckets and console, but no gauges or posi. It did come with A/C, an AM/FM stereo and rare power door locks. Someone wanted a gentleman muscle car.

My current one was built to run. L35, posi, gauges and buckets but NO console. It, too, has A/C.
I owned a Kansas built LS5 from '73-79. M22, 3.73 posi.
Curiously, none of mine were ordered with the ZL2 hood. I'm always surprised to see so many other cars with that on the build sheets.

[Mr70]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

..My current one was built to run. L35, posi, gauges and buckets but NO console.

Mitch
Do you mean the L-34 396/350HP?,you couldn't get an L-35 396/325HP Super Sport Chevelle in 1970.
1969 yes,1970 no.