Ok, I couldn't resist. I had to check out a '70 SS for sale in the paper. I have my '70 Malibu, and I do feel like I "cheated" by looking at another. But the yearn for an 70 SS at a reasonable price overcame me.
Wouldn't you be enticed:
"70 Chevelle SS, 66K miles, 6.5K on 350/375 engine, M22, 12bolt 3.73, etc. $6200"
He needs to sell it before winter hits. He's only had it for 6 months. As it typically goes, anything that sounds too good to be true usually is. I knew ahead that the 350 was not the original; he said it was an SS396 originally. When I got there, it looked good from afar, but the body has issues; bad patch job on panels, rust, bubbles, mismatched shades of (red) paint, nothing lines up. Broken hood release, chipped glass, sagging door, cheap trunk floor repair job, ripped seats, big radio hole in SS dash.
So I asked myself the proverbial question - is it a real SS? I checked out the SS portfolio - it does have SS tach dash, rear SS bumper pad, SS grille emblem, domed hood, SS door panel emblems, front power disk brakes and label on brake pedal, rear sway bar, the big (4 bolt top) radiator. I couldn't check for boxed control arms. Did I miss anything else?
The reason I'm questioning it is because I can't believe anyone would make such a mess of an original SS - small block, hacked dash, crappy body panel work, removed SS396 emblems from front fenders, overall neglected condition.
What do you think - does it sound like it is an SS? Did I do my homework properly?
And the more general question is - If someone SAYS it's an SS, and everything appears to BE SS, how can you ultimately be sure?
Thanks, Tom
Wouldn't you be enticed:
"70 Chevelle SS, 66K miles, 6.5K on 350/375 engine, M22, 12bolt 3.73, etc. $6200"
He needs to sell it before winter hits. He's only had it for 6 months. As it typically goes, anything that sounds too good to be true usually is. I knew ahead that the 350 was not the original; he said it was an SS396 originally. When I got there, it looked good from afar, but the body has issues; bad patch job on panels, rust, bubbles, mismatched shades of (red) paint, nothing lines up. Broken hood release, chipped glass, sagging door, cheap trunk floor repair job, ripped seats, big radio hole in SS dash.
So I asked myself the proverbial question - is it a real SS? I checked out the SS portfolio - it does have SS tach dash, rear SS bumper pad, SS grille emblem, domed hood, SS door panel emblems, front power disk brakes and label on brake pedal, rear sway bar, the big (4 bolt top) radiator. I couldn't check for boxed control arms. Did I miss anything else?
The reason I'm questioning it is because I can't believe anyone would make such a mess of an original SS - small block, hacked dash, crappy body panel work, removed SS396 emblems from front fenders, overall neglected condition.
What do you think - does it sound like it is an SS? Did I do my homework properly?
And the more general question is - If someone SAYS it's an SS, and everything appears to BE SS, how can you ultimately be sure?
Thanks, Tom