1970 Chevelle SS 454 Cranberry Red Black stripes, Very Very Nice

1970 SS 454 Chevelle

The story

I have a build sheet that came with the car, Born in Texas at the Arlington Plant, according to the build sheet . Sold to a guy named Jim Dowds. It loses it history for a while,

History was picked up in Cleveland Ohio by a guy who claims he had it for 20 years, about 12 years ago the motor started smoking and it was replaced with a rebuilt 73 454 and turbo.

Original motor and 400 trans is available for $6500.00 with the car at the time of buying. ( Both need rebuilt) Motor is a 399512 casting with a early build date in 1969 with a stamped CRQ on it, Cant clearly see the vin though.

According to a dealer in Cleveland the owner got tired of it and it sat and he sold it to the dealer in Cleveland. They went thru the car, to verify its a SS and believes from whats listed below, that it is a true SS but other than the build sheet they couldn't claim it was a true LS5.

Car is Cranberry red but the color code says Mystic Blu, this is believed to be a possible mistake at the factory or a special order color. It did come with black stripes.

Car was a bench seat car but some where along the way buckets were added.

No body panels appears to have been replaced on this car or so it appears to 3 body men and 2 appraisers.

I have two appraisols one is an insurance value and the other is resell value!

All in all it is a great Better than driver quality 1970 SS 454 Chevelle Automatic. Everything appears correct . Its a get in and go fun car!

It also has all of these items that identifies a 1970 454 SS chevelle- round black gauges - blacked-out grille- wheelwell moldings- black rear bumper insert panel with SS on it- chrome 14X7 five spoke sport wheels- twin rectangular exhaust outlets- SS grille emblem- SS rear bumper emblem- SS emblems on a black steering wheel and column.- SS 454 emblems on the front fenders- power disk front brakes.- Motor casting will be 3963512- 12 bolt rear end- Rear anti sway bar which boxes the trailing arms

1970 chevelle SS 454 auto

Vin#. 136370

Motor - 454. T00000CRQ 6BT

Transmission 400 Turbo .

Trim tag

70 (year) 13637 (Malibu sport coupe). BT (Arlington) 41520

TR 753 ( black coated fabric). 34 (says Misty Tourquoise Car is Cranberry red) no evidence of ever being blue.

B black vinyl top

06 ( June ). B ( second week ). 737 ( Arlington tracking data tracking number )

1970 Chevelle Malibu SS 454

VIN#136370

Interior color # and proper name - TR 753 Black coated fabric

Exterior color # and proper name - 34 Misty Turquoise. (think it was special ordered Cranberry red no evidence of blue)

Rear end date code- CRV4161B

Rear end ratio - 3:31

Options

Tinted front window A02

Interior Door SS EmblemsB22. T

Roof drip rails B80

Floor Mats B37

Air Conditioning C60

SS Hood & Sport stripes D88

Special Suspension F41

Positrack G80

Front disc brakesJL2

Vacuum power brake J50

454 MotorLS5

Transmission - M40

Dual exhaustN10

Power Steering N40

White stripe tires PL4

Electric clockU35

AM radio with tape deckU69

Windshield antenna. U76

Heavy duty radiatorV01

Special rims. ZJ7.

SS 454 Z15

On Oct-03-16 at 08:43:56 PDT, seller added the following information:

- First off I'm not a dealer just a car nut.- It has come to my attention that one camp is saying build sheet may be a fake. Others are saying it is real. I don't know I got it with the car. Please come look at car and build sheet before having any opinions or dising the car .- Dash QUESTION there isn't a space between wiper and washer. And yes It likes a few of the gauges have been replaced as they have broken. They aren't NOS, I bought gas gauge from OPG-if you think I took miss leading pictures please email and ask for any photo you need. Or better yet come look at the car like others are doing. I have a lot of pics.-this is a car that was restored in 2010, before I bought it. It was not a concourse restoration and I haven't said it was.
If you want a 454 SS chevelle with an era correct motor, another motor that appears to be casting and date correc, then this is the car for you . it isn't a $60,000.00 or Barrett Jackson car.
Look at what dealers are getting for 1970 chevelle resto mods and bid accordlying and you will be pleasantly surprised by this car.
I drive the car often and it is a very nice car, better than driver quality. It runs good, brakes good. It wins trophys and gets a lot of attention.I have 2 legitimate appraisals, not someone's opinion!