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Wow! What an amazing car. Nothing special, just a perfectly stored car. Is that a pic of part of the build sheet glued to the frame? Did they do that?

P.S. This is not a thread to bash this car, I think its an amazing piece of history.

Wow, that thing is clean and not even used. It's actually almost sad that now it is going to be to valuable to drive the way it was made. I wish I had crazy amounts of money so I could buy it and put an LS7 and 6-speed in it.

Interesting, the four little circles around the turn signal indicators, high beam indicator and oil pressure idiot light are outlined in silver. I always heard that they were not silver originally, although you see it all the time.

Is it me or does the front clip look mismatched?....the paint shade looks a little off. Still love to have it though.

wow!

Wasn't this for sale a few months ago?

Gee, some one got in the time capsule and blended the paint on the two front fenders right where most 72 Chevelles rust. Patch panels I suspect.

It also looks like the fender on the driver side doesnt line up with the door right....still a nice peice..

Looks like a 2 barrel car and can't see the plastic jack cover. Maybe those are rare....Where did I toss mine?

I thought that only flapper door cowl induction hoods had hood pins?

Wasn't this for sale a few months ago?


Yea, Did not meet the reserve. Nice car.
I noticed on the back 1/4 interior panels there appears to be a button towards the top. Are all chevelles supposed to have that? Mine did not have them and I don't see a need for them. Just curious.

LK

I ran across this one yesterday. I would assume some of you guys know about this car?

http://community.webshots.com/album/419919698pfGdrq

I thought that only flapper door cowl induction hoods had hood pins?

My 72 has domed hood (no Cowl Induction) and it came with hood pins...

Is it me or does the front clip look mismatched?....the paint shade looks a little off. Still love to have it though.

I knew it wouldn't take a page before someone was picking it apart. They were not perfect when they were new. The "restored" cars you see these days are not even close to what they were actually like new. There were runs, mismatched paint, uneven panel alignment. I took delivery of my first 72 SS in august of 72 also, a few weeks later I noticed rust stains on the door sills. The factory had not painted the bottoms of the doors and rusty water was dripping off onto the sill plates in rain storms and when I washed it. So my dealer had to paint the doors and replace the rubbber seals on my new car within weeks of me taking delivery.

You want to see what a 72 chevelle really looked like new, that is as close as you're going to get unless you were there in the first place.

My girlfriend in highschool had a 71 and it had what looked to be factory hoodpins. Her dad had filled in the holes on top but the ones on bottom looked like they were supposed to be there. This was about 1988. I saw the pins too and they didn't look like the cheap Mr. Gasket ones I had on my Nova.
Her car was a Malibu 350. I'm not trying to start any stuff but I always wondered if they were factory. It was a flat hood. Thanks.

I am going to watch this, Think it will be interestin to see how far a base motor car goes. HMMM - I've got a correct date code 402 motor in my '69 !!

They didn't come from the dealer with patch panels!

No drivers side sport mirror,which was STANDARD and a few other flags. Nice car, but I don't think it's an SS.

Mike

They didn't come from the dealer with patch panels!

Your basing your arguement completely on an assumption.

Jeff

No drivers side sport mirror,which was STANDARD and a few other flags. Nice car, but I don't think it's an SS.

Mike

So are you saying even fully documented cars now are fakes. I sure hope so, that basically lowers the value of any real car and raises the value of my clone. :thumbsup: ;)

Jeff

So are you saying even fully documented cars now are fakes. I sure hope so, that basically lowers the value of any real car and raises the value of my clone. :thumbsup: ;)

Jeff

Jeff, Do you see Z15 (ss opion code) anywhere on the partial builsheet?, I don't, so just because it has documentation, don't make it a SS.

Mike

Weren't the ft ends painted at the Gm plants and body done at the fisher plants? Color can be off between the two , Metallic colors are rarely the same color twice even out of the same can.

I thought that only flapper door cowl induction hoods had hood pins?

Not in 72. All SS's got them, Cowl Induction or not.

This is a beautiful car! If you do not believe its authenticity or do not trust the person listing it then get the vin # and do a title search on it. See if there was 1 or ? owners then look them up. Ask them. I understand you would only do this if you were looking at buying it. No matter what it is still beautiful and should be respected and revered for that alone. Just my $.02 worth.
Frank

That car has been up on Ebay before. I'm too lazy to look up the previous Team Chevelle topic on it - but somehow it strikes me that it had a different seller then. It has also been cleaned up more since last time; the valve covers and power booster look nicer than I remember.

What struck me then is what strikes me now: why does the air cleaner have a parts department shipping and bin tag (that would be the odd yellow tag). That tag style is not correct for '72 assembly line production, and not for GM parts distribution in '72 either. So why is it that many years later a car with just a couple of hundred miles would need a new air cleaner assembly?

I know that there are guys who get off on things like low mileage and all - but why buy a muscle car that has no muscle? What's the point?

Thomas

Weren't the ft ends painted at the Gm plants and body done at the fisher plants? Color can be off between the two , Metallic colors are rarely the same color twice even out of the same can.

Exactly! Thank You.

It's a green car. There are only a few of us that actually like them. I think the criteria is, your first Chevy had to be green for you to take notice, and consider another one. :D I like it. Except for the 2 headlights vs. 4. That's 2 strikes for most people, just 1 for me. ;) :D

plastic jack cover? My car had one of those with 140k on it :D I'm with the ones that think its been worked, maybe grandma had a wreck with it when new, why else would it sit in a garage so long? She forgot where she parked it ;)

Wow! It certainly looks untouched. Maybe not the hottest setup.

Notice how late in the year the car was bought? The '73 models were on the transporter waiting to be unloaded. Some old lady walks in and drives out with the mild V8, automatic, p/s, p/b that she wanted, bench seat too! That SS 350 on the lot nobody wanted got sold to the little old lady (salesmen exchange high-fives). The trouble is, she doesn't really like the stripes (she's a bit of an introvert). Yet ,she doesn't want to make a fuss and she parks it in her underground apartment parking at 408 miles because of all the race challenges she gets once people see "SS" and the stripes....

Being late production, couldn't there have been an attempt to get rid of a stockpile of Malibu rocker moldings, and maybe they had a shortage of remote or bullet mirrors (push it out, we’ve got model changeover any time now…)

Any ’72 Chevelle SS registered new in California would have only come with the 350, be it 2 or 4-barrel. No 307s or big blocks for California that year.

Wasn't this for sale a few months ago?

Yes I posted this car within the last few months and actually spoke to the owner. Looks like it's on the merry-go-round.