how many monaco orange ls6 chevelles are known to exist and that are documented? how many guys on this site own them. i have one that is documented and original paint, so that makes one to start out with. just curious, any info is appreciated. thank you Jim
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj9/jim6391/tn_ls6pic.jpg

how many monaco orange ls6 chevelles are known to exist and that are documented?

Doubtful that anyone knows the real answer to that question :noway: One thing for sure, it's not too many...

Yours looks pretty nice :thumbsup:

Someone said 4, but if that is the case, I've seen them all.

Didn't Nick Lewis have a '70 LS-6 in Monaco Orange with Cowl Induction and stripe delete? Nick Lewis, who I haven't seen around here in some time, formerly went by the handle "L89sedan" until he sold his Lemans Blue L89 300 Deluxe SS396 to Don Lightfoot some years ago.

Where's Nick these days?

Nick is still here as ACES70, and the orange car of his that you are thinking of was an L-78.
I remember him having a black on black LS-6 a few yearsd ago with a CE engine in it, but no orange one.

There is one Orange LS6 in my town. Not sure if it is one of the 4.

I saw one Hugger/Monaco Orange LS 6 run through one of the auctions down here, I believe last Feb. in Ft. Lauderdale. I can't remember which auction had it, but it sold that day. It was Orange, white stipes and a black interior 4 speed.

Just double checked, RM had it, Feb. 08 Ft.Lauderdale auction, lot SP 36 sold 184,250. Canadian paperwork with it. Nice car!!

the Monaco orange 70 L78 that Nick owned was also featured in HMM or Muscle Car Review after he sold it if I remember correctly.

Usually, the Hugger Orange cars had a special paint code instead of the - - . Made them easier to identify, and a real car will have the WA number on the build sheet, if there is a real one.

my car has the dashes (- -) where the paint code should be. what and where would the WA be on the build sheet

there is no paint code on the build sheet either, it does have 1001PA, car was also stripe delete per F&SO.

Different plants had different methods of indicating special paint on the trim tag. One TC'er sent me a photo of an Arlington tag that is blank in the paint code area (car was ordered with Camaro Gold #53), Van Nuys tags tend to have the DuPont mixing formula (926-99616 for the orange), Atlanta used the - - (dash characters). Other plants in 1970 surely used one of these methods as well.

I've seen build sheets from different plants with different methods of indicating special paint colors as well.

* A Baltimore sheet has printed F&SO code followed by 4001PC followed by PAINT PARA 19 WA 848 BLACK and even that is circled with hand-written 'Special Paint' noted. Block 79 has handwritten 'SPEC' spanning the LW UP areas.
* A Van Nuys sheet has all hand-written instructions in block 107, 'Solid Color - use 926-99616 - Orange * Stripes to be deleted (it's ZL2 optioned as well) and block 79 has SPECIAL handwritten across the entire block.
* An Atlanta sheet has nicely typed block describing the DuPont code 927-98457 GOLD METALLIC ACRYLIC ENAMEL and instructions to do the wheels in a special color, 767-98457 GOLD METALLIC BAKING ENAMEL. Paint color block 79 has - W - - in factory type, i.e., not handwritten.

Each plant had there standard operating procedures in handling special paint - and may even have change policy during the model year. It would not suprise me in the least. :)

As I told Jim, I have a 70 Elky sheet with special paint, for the city of Goshen IN. PD. All it stated is "paint per F&SO City of Goshen PD"

the special paint cars are very interesting to say the least, my dad and I bought this car back in 87, we are the second owners. first owner since got killed. trying to find out info. after all this time. thanx for any help or information. Jim

Dave , I have a doc'd 70 Hugger orange/ Monaco Orange BB Elky and I know of a 70 LS6 Chevelle in Calgary that is a documented car. Doc'd ones are few and far between. !! Bob

I know of one also in canada, the gentlemens name is frank, maybe this is the same person

As I told Jim, I have a 70 Elky sheet with special paint, for the city of Goshen IN. PD. All it stated is "paint per F&SO City of Goshen PD"

Can you share a good photo with us??

Yes the car is Frank's and he's in Calgary,I have a few pics on my computer , but it might take a few weeks to find it,........ Actually , on the Team Chevelle link , go to Calgary GM Muscle,.....and it's there under Frank's car

Frank does have a nice car, i spoke to him on the phone some time back regarding our cars, he is a very nice man, was a pleasure talking to him.

Wasn't there an original unrestored 70 LS6 Monaco orange car at Chevellabration 2 years ago? Was that yours Slim Jim? I know it was driven there from not too far away.

Can you share a good photo with us??

Sure, it'll take a couple of days, I need to fire up the scanner to make me some decals anyway.:thumbsup:

yes Jim (wheelhop) that was me and my dad back in 06

Sure, it'll take a couple of days, I need to fire up the scanner to make me some decals anyway.:thumbsup:
Thanks! That's Cool
I went to http://members.shaw.ca/hmshannon/index.htm and found Calgary GM Muscle, even looked at the great pics of Franks "pumpkin" Chariot LS6 but found no further mystery photos of weird build sheets.

Hi guys
I have info on a 71 or 72 hugger/Monaco orange Chevelle. I believe the car was a "Heavy Chevy" with a 454/4spd. But I haven't seen the car in about 10 years so I'm not sure. If it is rare and you guys want the info on the car I can talk with the owner to get numbers and pics. He's a friend of a buddy so I can call him. The sad part is that he sold the original motor and is putting a V10 from a Dodge truck in it! And no I'm not kidding. From what I remember the lower body was really rough. Let me know if you guys want the info. Also, Slim if you don't mind e-mailing me, I'd like to find out if your car was sold new in Canada. I have a LS6 sold new in Ontario and am trying to find out how many export cars were built and still existed.
Thanks, Steve.

come on peoples, i know i am not the only one with a orange ls6, i heard that there were a few guys here with them. thank you Jim

YES there are several, one guy i spoke to. his is an L78 car. i have an old article from the paper that listed my car and several others painted special for my dealership. citrus green huggar orange and camaro gold.

I thought that I had posted this, but I don't see it here. My apologies if it becomes a double post.

http://cdnclassics.chevelles.net/feature/reg_miller.html

nice car and story

Thats one bad looking ls6 slim

mine is tangelino orange. its in my signature.i love any orange chevelle. its not a ls6, but it does have a shafiroff 555 in it.

thanks mark for the compliment. hey lemonice, have any pics, would love to see your ride. thanks Jim

another pic, hope this works

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj9/jim6391/IMG_0254.jpg

Absolutely gorgeous. :thumbsup:

Any thoughts about the LS6 Registry (http://ls6registry.com)? Another way to bring LS6 cars and owners to light.

hello Dale, I have been thinking about the LS6 registry, I need to get some pics of the cowl tag and off the front pad. just alittle leary about giving out VIN numbers. Jim

If it makes you feel any better, Dale is one of the few people I would really trust with my VIN. :thumbsup:

hello slim. there is a picture of it in my signature. i dont know how to post pictures. i have them in photobucket, but thats about it.

hello slim. there is a picture of it in my signature. i dont know how to post pictures. i have them in photobucket, but thats about it.

Here you go! Neat car...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o125/lemonice_2007/chevellepictures003.jpg

sharp looking car Bruce, thank for the pic

i dont know how you did that? but thanks.

hello Dale, I have been thinking about the LS6 registry, I need to get some pics of the cowl tag and off the front pad. just alittle leary about giving out VIN numbers. JimComplete VINs are never published and owner's information is kept confidential as well. Check out the site and see just how data are presented and http://ls6registry.com/contact/form_lead.htm to see details of privacy. :yes:

hey lemonice, nice car, love those 69's, thank for the pics

i dont know how you did that? but thanks.


It's easy...;) You've already done the hard part by loading it up to photobucket

if you want to do it manually then type

and then copy and paste the location of your picture in between the two image codes above...so it looks like this

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(by the way...I left the last bracket off...so you can see how it should look)



if you add the last bracket back on...your pic shows up like this:

[IMG]http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o125/lemonice_2007/chevellepictures003.jpg



Or....when you are in photobucket....just copy the IMG file and paste it in the post! See the pic below!

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There you have it!


Bruce

here is a back pic.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj9/jim6391/IMG_0257.jpg

Very nice, love the color:thumbsup:

thanx for the compliment Jon, still looks good for 38 years old, few dents, scrapes and bruises though.

nobody else out there has a original orange LS6, i thought there were a few guys here that belongs to this site that have them? i'm just wondering cause i wanna compare the cars and do alittle research. Jim