“The Fossil From Flint” 1970 Chevelle SS454 LS6 Barn Find Found In A Huge Car Collection
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- This LS6 Chevelle was found in a huge car collection in Delaware and was recently featured in CarCraft Magazine as well as the Chevelle Magazine Summer 2018 named the “Fossil From Flint”
A follow up with an update on the cars that have been “rescued” and restored would be interesting to some of us.
Yes like Counting Cars...They show you what they look like at the end of the show..
I'm glad to hear it will be getting a frame off restoration, and not kept in this condition.
YES ! PLEASE ! THAT WOULD DEFINATELY BE MOST EXCELLENT!! NEED MORE VIDEO TO CRY TO !! LOLOLOL LOLOLOLHAHA
For your information.These cars are collected and stored by this guy.He stages them before the time of the video.Then he asks as though they are a real barn find.Afyer the video is shot,the dumb as puts the car on a tow truck and stages it again as he rotates and stages his own barn finds.He keeps the cars in this condition indefinitely.Then uses the same cars in his videos.The barn finds are fake.
You will never see that ever happen.He owns all these fake barn finds cars.
Watching your videos bring me back to my youth and my 70 ss in black.
Back before there were suddenly 700 new barnfinds a month, a "barnfind" was usually a car found stored but in very good unmolested condition, not rotted to nothing. Those were obviously very hard to find, and often were not from barns, but garages. I think the term "barn find" caught on back when the first few clean dry cars were found out west and publicized because of the easy restorations.
Digital Sharecropper , couldn't agree more, every other ad I see these days Is a 'rare barn find'.
Got people posting a 1980 buick Regal that's been sitting in a garage for 10 yrs. a 'rare barn find' 😂.
I have to call them on it using that term for everything these days, and they get mad. Oh well. 😂
Yes, a barn find was something special. I find it hard to get excited about something in such, um, uninspiring condition. And please give me a break with talking about 'patina.' A car rusting away has a remarkable patina in some circles. Ruined that word.
Digital Sharecropper
Yeah now barn finds are just some douchebag hoarder who lets them rot. You could offer them 10X what it’s worth and they wouldn’t sell it.
robkal56
Haven’t you seen?
The kids rust their hoods on purpose these days 🤣🤣🤣
He has a barnfind 10x a yr. One lucky guy ;)
Do you have an update on the car?? I would love to see what the resto is looking like right now? hopefully keeping it all original.
All Right All Right All Right !
Michael Ledford so funny dick
I thought I was the only one thinking that lol
@@jimstern4244 My post is from a 1970s classic rock song that has a connection to 70s hot rods ,you 2 showed you werent adults jn 1970 or youd understand the connection between the classic rock lyrics i posted & 70s muscle cars ,you should prolly research something you dont understand before calling people who know more than you foul names .
@@michaelledford4751 are you meaning to talk to steve G? The other guy said he was thinking the same thing you were.
looks like it was driven right into the ocean, definitely a "rust belt " car,almost everything under the hood is corroded or pitted,she'll need a frame off and tons of sand or bead blasting to get her proper, which I hope she gets. Delaware, oh yeah, she was a beach girl,man that salt air is brutal! I noticed this video is over a year old, any chance of an update on her restoration? thanks again. ☆☆☆
you have to be trolling.
@@oriancunningham no,that's what it looks like to me.ive never trolled,i just try giving my honest opinion.
@@mynameis9057 Dude....It's a 51 year old car that's been sitting in storage most it's life. It's nowhere near as bad as you make it out to be! It's not bad at all! That car is way easy to restore! Hell.....I wouldn't mind driving it around in it's patina.
Your knowledge of Chevelles "BLOWS MY MIND". Thanks for doing these videos.
Priceless Piece
u might think so it is a fake first thing a LS engine looks way different and it has a bbc in it LS never built a big block in history LS. 6 454 small block
@@melissaweidman3326 M, one of my Good friend's had a car like that with a small block in it. He used to kick the shit out of that car. Like everything else in his Life. 🤪👍
@@JamesJohnson-ny3xz drive it like u stole it
Constant email, talk, social media, and all the contacts I’ve made from years and years of doing this and going to car shows.
Definitely isn't a website out there to tell you all those tid bits of info, especially liked the fan shroud comment on how it couldn't be a 4.10 posi car and then checking the rear to clarify a 3.31 posi car making ur statement about the shroud dead nuts accurate. I'm a bit of a 68~72 Olds 442 buff and know the fine print but definitely trying to learn the chevelle lingo.. enjoy watching your vids for the free lessons. Thanks and keep up the good work. ;)
y don't u find out what an LS engine looks like right now u look really stupid to me
Looks like it was left under a walmart tarp out in a field in canada for 40 years
Hello!
So just so everyone knows....Patrick has forgotten more about muscle cars than most anyone will ever learn.
Just listen to the knowledge he shares.
No stuttering or mumbling.......just straight facts and information.
SO STOP ALL YOUR COMPLAINING OR WHINING AND JUST APPRECIATE THE GIFT
You mean reasearch? Ever heard of google? Its no secret ya know. Yes, hes smart and loves loves loves old american muscle. But hes not car god, there are thousands, and thousands of guys out here that knows what he knows, and many could school him. If you dont learn something everyday, you are backing up. Nobody knows it all.
Excuse me while I throw up in my mouth...
@@michaelcollins1899 No get too many people stirring the stew then you get misinformation?? I like how he lays it out to ya!! Pretty easy to follow.
@@adriantomlin2902 for sure I agree. Too many dont know.......but my point is many many thousands of old schoolers know what he does and more. Hell, 2 neighbors on my street of only 7 houses raced and built in the 60s and 70s so I'm blessed for sure
@@michaelcollins1899 yup I'm 57, so I get that!! I'm talking about the no it alls at the car events!! Old and young alike.
I would restore it and drive the hell out of it no trailer queen for me its enough of them in museums and on trailers fuck that.
Go Hard
my ls6 engine is dated dec 5th of 69 ,and built, in flint Michigan
that car is a legend super high dollar car lucky guy who has these cars
No sir. All RPO Z15 SS454 1970 Chevelles came with RPO T60 Heavy Duty Battery as standard equipment which carried the side post terminals.
Get well soon Patrick!!
Jesus, what would a restoration like this cost?!? All-new parts needed? Can those panels still be used, or are they too rusted? I know not much about this kind of thing, but I can imagine it costing a huge amount.
That's my dream car!
RPO (Regular Production Option) Engine option LS6 was offered with the RPO option Z15 SS454 package. RPO Engine LS5 was the base engine with RPO Z15 SS454 package. So yes this is an LS6 and has nothing to do with the LS engines of today.
Patrick Glenn Nichols Musclecar Barn Finds I have a question finally the right person to ask say a car has a few numbers on the vin compare to other cars that have alot does that mean anything or what does it mean is it like say the first ones out manufacturing or ?
the car only has the state which is CA and 6 numbers in the Vin and all cars I seen have double that 🤔
I find it odd to see a clutch fan on a LS6 car. The clutch fans purpose was to reduce the power consumption or hp that a standard fan would use. My father has worked with GM in a dealer in the 60s till he retired and I followed his footsteps and I’m in a dealer. My grandfather was a plant worker during the strike. He remembers only 5 come out of Flint plant with the LS6 package and only 2 had the cranberry option. I have first hand knowledge of this car and it’s odd how I would come across this video. My grandfather had his hand on this car. WoW it’s a small world
Patrick Glenn Nichols Musclecar Barn Finds Was the build sheet ever found? Possibly on top of the gas tank?
tlt40s&w 70 amazing
Well that’s what the owners chose. I just documented the car for magazine coverage.
Please restore this beauty...
Very cool I just don't understand how a five or six year old car can get parked for 40 or 50 years and just forgotten about it just baffles me I mean they had no idea what they would be worth now
Barn find ; 1977 Chevy Chevelle 305 CID @ 170 H.P. And 60 pounds of torque. It’s been in my grandpas old chicken coupe for 28 years has cold A/C and chrome “ Curb Feelers” with fuzzy dice hanging from rear view mirror. Also has shaggy dashboard with an (8) ball column shifter knob....... Rare one of a kind barn find..
So cool that he finds these things. Just brutal seeing these East Coast cars eaten away this bad. Cost far more than she's worth to get her solid. Curiosity piece now.
Amazing! It's a year older than me. Wish I was in that good of shape.
Hey Patrick, I live in Michigan and my dad has a 1970 Chevelle ss 454 automatic that was silver with black stripes and is a hard top with bucket seats. He bought the car when he was 15 and threw the build sheet out. Is there any other way to verify the car other than the build sheet? It is still a numbers matching car. I'd also like to know how rare the car is. Thanks
I believe those are the correct factory rims. Every LS6 454 I've ever seen had the same rims.
He stated wheels are not original to the car because of date and code stamped on wheel.
@@timjo1970 ~Someone went to a lot of trouble to put the original rims on that particular car. I'd say those were close enough.
@@timjo1970 He also stated, it was just his opinion. So, he's not 100% sure. Said from that. Why would anyone bother to put SS Cheville rims on the car ?
Thanks for the reply Aaron. Your dads car can be authenticated by the original engine stamp which proves it to be a real SS car if it has one of the 4 appropriate engines. Which horsepower engine is the car equipped with? Once we know that I can shed some light on some production figures to answer your rarity question.
..............I can smell that interior from here !
So thats what that was! I caught a passing whiff of must myself. Haha
Smells like my dad's farts in the 70s
Yup that musty old material degrading!! Lol!!
Hi Patrick ! I'd love to see a video of this car after it comes out or back from the Florida restoration. I'm sure I'm not the only one that would like to see that . This video and a video before and after would be awesome. Thank you once again . Great video !
i don't want to see a fake car that claims it has something it doesn't there is no LS engine here
@@melissaweidman3326 LOL you really think that LS6 means it should have a newer model LS engine? Do yourself a favor and get on google, because you clearly know nothing about chevelles.
@@mattcox3373 well LS claims they put the engine in the 70 chevelle and they claim they never built a bbc in history they only build LS blocks and y would u think GM would call 2 totally different engines the same thing u have to be stupid to think that LS claims they put a LS 6 454 small block in it they even have a big thing on it just because everyone think because it is a 454 it has to b a bbc when LS is not a chevy engine it is built by GM racing division so y would they call a bbc a LS engine pull ur head out we where racing the LS 6 454 in 1975 on the track and it was no bbc just u people think that the LS came out in 1994 when it became an optional engine for the vett but it was built since 1970 as a crate engine did u know that the 383 came first before the 400 as a crate engine only just the same as today u can only get it as a crate engine then when the 400 came out u could use a old school large jurnal 350 for a poor man 383 i have most of the engines we are talking about i have a 454 modeled after the chevelle 454 450 hp engine i have 3 of them and GM calls them a HO 454 same as the chevelle this is what i hear from them and i read y i wait for ordering engines how many engine do u order a year just like a LS 5 is a 383 or close to it not a 454 the LS 6 454 then u have a LS 7 427 but u can change things but this is how they start and the lsx is a mix of a LS 7 and LS 6 now u have a LS 8 and LS 9 but the price just goes up
@@melissaweidman3326 LS5 and LS6 big block Chevelles from the 60s and 70s have no similarities to the “LS” line of engines that we have today.
@@mattcox3373 first thing do u even know what LS stand for
are you fucking kidding me. in Delaware and I never heard about it?!
I was acquainted with a gentleman who worked the GM line in Kansas City for +20 plus years... He mentioned that at times they'd run out of specific detailed items for a vehicle and sub the item to keep the line moving.... So the wrong tach in this car is not really a surprise to me.
Exactly. Keep sending it down the line.
"Will be oddball"..... translation: "you won't be able to verify shit"
Not just verify but finding the same part
That was called "build quality" (or lack thereof) back in the day.
I can't wait 2 c it done.
Seems like every chevelle SS has been kept in barns??
She shape that car is in. In my opinion would be a parts car. But That is my opinion. Also it's good find
Wow, are we chevelle owners sure glad nobody else has your opinion. Its a 70 ss!!! You save it, period. At all cost.
Cool video, I'm from Delaware and was wondering if you know where in Delaware did the car come from.
Me too
Hi Patrick I have what I think is a rare 70 Chevelle Malibu. Cortez silver, blk vinyl top, red interior. Buckets, console 4 speed m21 hurst, 350 2barrel, 336 posi 10 bolt , ps pfdb ac , 14 "rally rims, fully documented since 1970, protecto plate, build sheet and original dealership brochure. How rare is it with your knowledge of Chevelles ?
Did this car have air conditioning? This car having so many odd parts could have been made then slipped out the back door of the plant. Then just driven home to enjoy.
Or like Johnny Cash said I got it one piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime.
Lol🤣🤣🤣. Actually the 1970 GM/UAW Strike had a lot to do with that mix matched part/build bucket issues.
Looks like a flood car
A few people romped/stomped the heck out of that car before it was parked.
garth locklin
Sounds like my ex wife!!!! 😂
The old Doraville GM plant just north of Atlanta. A Nissan and or Infinity dealership is there now. MAGA.
blackericdenice Lakewood plant
Wow $750 fan stroud. How much for LS6 old gear oil with 613.5 miles on it?
The Holy Grail.. I have 2 (one clone but real ls6 engine in one, other an ex drag car but a real 396/402 that's currently a roller. Wish I had a hundred.
I remember in about 72 or 73 seeing a 70 SS454 with an "Open Chamber" emblem just below the SS454 on the fender well. I always wondered what that designated. Mr. Nichols can you elaborate?
the ho bbc 454 had oval port open chamber heads instead of closed chamber heads and this car is no LS car the LS 6 454 was a small block and not a sbc LS has never built a big block in history they only build small block and they are full roller engines and they only have one block for all like a Pontiac and they still use the same block today
should have left it in the barn with the rest of the horseshit
Didn't know your mom lived in that barn.
I agree..red as chevelle 70...very hard to beat this car..454.motor. very awes.chevelle.r
Awesome Find!
You Can Tell She's a redhead when you look under that trunk lid . Always loved a redhead LOL
Very cool. I didn’t know that about the Flint plant although I’m down in metro Detroit. Is there any progress on the restoration of this? Thanks Patrick.
Have to wonder if the wheels being so far behind the cars production had anything to do with the long strike and parts just sitting till resolved?
Yes, the 1970 GM/UAW Strike lasted quite a long time. I remember my Dad walking the picket line in Flint when I was a kid.
My dad bought one or these cars new in 1970 same color with out the vinyl top he passed away 2 years later oldest brother ended up destroying it
Mine was from Canada- I am former Engine Insp from Chevy Tonawanda NY Motor Plant #1. Then on to Inspection at GMAD - Van NUYS Plant. California.
Why dont you do a video on a really cool barn find car say maybe a Honda jazz or vw kombi
SHAME ON YOU OWNER !!!!!!!!!
Okay Patrick I know where there's a 68 Impala two-door I believe it's a hard top it doesn't have the post by the windows and I just want to know what it would be worth and I am intrigued to try I've been trying to get this car for the last five six years it's an older lady I met her son wants and they actually called me a year ago today and asked me if I was still interested and I said yes but I continue to call and she never returns my call but it's something that you might want to investigate it's in Talladega Alabama at Indian acres please let me know on this
That is an AM , FM 8 track radio that 2nd station button pulls out and turns over to select am to fm
Giđεφn It has no fm dials and is obviously fixed in place so no, it is just an am.
I rode in one of those one time in my life and I didn't know if I was gonna get out of that thing alive or not,I don't remember who owned it,but he had a buddy with him who of course rode shotgun and I know that they planned the whole thing when I got IN they were planning on scaring me and they successfully completed it!!!!!!!!!!!!
These fuckin cars were built for men to drive!! Also you can't be scared of it. Yet ya better respect it's power??!!
I Had that experience happen to me, in a 1970 Olds 442 W-30 with Hurst shifter 455 bb. Never forget it.
He sounds like Matthew McConaughey..lol
This barn find looks like it was in the elements somewhat.
But I do love it.
Let me tell you what old Melvin’s packing here got a 454 with 11:1 pop up pistons we’re talking some fucking muscle!
Cameron - 4 bolt main bearings, 7/16 bolt HD Con Rods, Tufftrided forged Crank, High Perf Cam with Solid Lifters, 7/16 dia pushrods, Square port heads with large valves. Good for every bit as much power as a 426 Street Hemi (little more torque - little less rpm). And in my opinion a more durable and reliable unit than any other 400+ hp car engine
@Helve yeah no doubt these were purpose built but what I was joking about was Scott Miller mentioned that he sounds like Matthew Mxconaughey and I was just quoting him in Dazed and Confused in that movie he’s driving 70 Chevelle and he’s got the hood popped talking about it I’m sure you’ve seen it but if not it’s a classic....side note it’s totally awesome that Barned ls6’s r actually out there I personally know of where a 71 440-6 pac Cuba is sitting sucker is all there original paint 4 speed sans car though I like most all muscle cars my personal fav is the 70-71 cudas but there’s not a lot I wouldn’t have in my collection if I were able and my time would be spent keeping them all clean with meth addict attention to deatail but if that were the case I’d have to take up the hobby of being a copper thief lol
So if it came from flint, was non numbers matching drivetrain because of 50 years of use (motor get replaced, rear erc) a person would never be able to document it as a real ls6 from Flint?
There's a red one setting in a garage in Fredericksburg Va..Bad ass 454.He also owns a 69 ss chevelle 396 that was his high school car. He don't drive neither one. Collecting dust.
Alright alright alright
Hi Patrick I have 70 ss chevelle 454 in my garage since the mid 80s next to the 69 ss 396 the 67 chevelle sits in the driveway
The guy sounds like Matthew McConaughey.
Yep. Check EVERY video of his, and this is the most common comment. I think it would be great for next April Fools Day for Patrick to do a ‘reveal’ to show that it really IS Matthew doing the commentary. I wonder if Matthew’s people know about this channel?
@@mattskustomkreations Lol 🤣🤣🤣
I was born and raised in flint Michigan..on the Eastside... I watched it go from great to a craphole thanks to the Democratic party... u can always count on them to turn a perfectly normal town an run it down in no time...
Did you ever thing that you and people like you are the ones responsible for the decline???? No you’ll just keep blaming the Democrats or some one else and never seeing the true picture
The Flint/Genesee county area relied heavily for years on General Motors with the UAW'S stamp of approval. The politics of this town would never let them diversify and open up for new sources of manufacturing and good paying jobs. (GM had a strangle hold on the town). The 1980's hit and the US Auto market took a big crash. I know, I lived there watching those jobs dry up. Crime rates went up, property values dropped and small businesses all but disappeared. History 101.🙁
Every thing is a barn find
I love a barn find , BUT , it always breaks my heart , someone goes to the trouble of getting all the good stuff then just lets it rot in a shed for decades .... terrible ...
Yeah it's really too bad so sad!!!
Hello Patrick. I went to grad school in Flint at what was then GMI (General Motors Institute), but is now Kettering Univ. My old stomping ground. Unfortunately most of the old plants I was in around there have now been torn down. My grandmother had a blue Chevelle with a 6-cylinder in it - fond memories of riding around in that as a kid with my cousin. Hey, I would sure love to see some follow-up videos from when after these classics are restored. Interesting stuff. Thank you.
I remember Flint Michigan in its heyday. I started my GM career working in Flint @ AC Sparkplug Plant 8.
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As long as it's a legitimate LS6, does it really matter where it was built? I don't understand… Lol
Im a Ford guy, I just like seeing old Muscle cars though.
fantastic knowledge on these ss very impressed -quick remove valve cover bolts i guess solid lifters . i was thinking it was yours . just curious what was ur 1st hot rod ?
he is an idiot he has never worked on a car he doesn't even know what an LS engine looks like anyone that calls a bbc a LS engine is an idiot that is a fact the LS 6 454 was a small block and not a sbc and all LS engines ever built were roller engines the only way they come even in 1970
Wow. Great car. Love and appreciate it. Great work !
Are those barnacles on the hood,very little rust?I guess you've never seen a low rust car cause that car has stage 4 cancer.
Patrick Wooderson
How much is the sale price?
6000$
Fan shroud fan and brake parts look like early 70s chevy fan parys
Dreamcar😍
Alright, alright, alright....
I'm from delaware this one must have been kept hush hush
How do you find all these barn find cars???
you first find a barn, then open the barn doors and look inside.....
@@MrGGPRI Lol🤣🤣🤣
Why people let cars go to the ground will never be answerd
Old girl just needs some TLC, be lookin good as new in no time
I have a flint car I saved with same date code in upstate ny . 45 45 pt code bench seat car , disk power brakes and boxed rear arms also has thick front springs and was a standard tranny car .
I also have a flint car and live in western ny. contact me
Hey PGN when u do ur next video would u say " alright alright alright " we have a 1970 Chevelle SS 454 with the original fan blade , I know Matthew McConaughey would appreciate it. like ur videos I subscribed
I live in Pflugerville, Texas and from Buffalo, NY. Growing up in Buffalo, in 80's was cool seeing all those muscle cars neighbors had.
WHAT A SHAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey .. Great find..!! A Complete original car..! Were any of these built in the the Fremont California plant?
You stated not much rust. Buddy you better get your eyes checked !
Chris Daniel buddy you better get a grip on what real rust and what bad barn Finds look like. I believe I’ve seen a few. Thanks for watching.
nice project car to restore i have a 79 z28 rs t top full spoiler kit from factory were it has spoilers in front and in back of all wheels been trying to find just how rare the car is with the full spoiler kit it has all the z28 package with rs interior with the real gills no stickers like i have seen most z28 rs don't have the gills they have a sticker instead and only have the z28 motor i have had a lot of these cars but not one quit like this one got it for free witch i find funny because it's probably the best one out of the one's i have restored plus 0% rust with a good body and it also came with another z28 hard top with extra front clip for a lt plus other cars a lot of cars
So what is the back story? Why was it parked?
I would bet that she is hot, and got parked and forgotten about. Glad she didn't get parted out.
"Back story" is not a word. We can say "history" if we are intelligent and educated.
Go see don birner in Peru Indiana his is very neat
Looking at this makes me wonder if there is a Graveyard Carz type of restoration shop for Chevrolets. Specifically for the Chevelle.
Not rare at at made tons of this shit tons of it
not to be disrespectful , but it looks like a hunk of junk- missing parts ,rust even on the radio bezel, the top is done , sorry but I would not call it amazing
Do some research on the LS6. That car in as is condition is worth 77 grand! Restored it's worth 200 grand! You look silly with this comment!
@@boballen1294 it is your money
Funny. They had tubes in the tires. Guess they really wanted to keep those old tires holding air. Lol
How do you find these cars? This is a must restore car! The pinnacle of Chevelle performance!
What a piece of jewelry.
What gets me is that they wouldn't offer the LS6 with the gen 1 camaros, yet were happy to put it in the lighter C3 corvettes.. They're an engine with potential, 425 hp from the factory with 9.0 to 1 compression. Put some decent heads on it, raise the compression to 10 ,and the right cam, you're probably looking into the high 500's
shoominati23 that's why you bought the ZL1, duh
Pat, Why do you think that the Flint, MI plant did not put build sheets in their cars?
I really hope someone bring it back to life and not leave like that. !!!!
Let me tell you what melba toast is packin right here