1970 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE LS6 CONVERTIBLE
Lot #S115
Featured At: Mecum Glendale 2020, March 14, 2020
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- Well known in the hobby as the “Fuller car”
- Unrestored Triple Black LS6 Chevelle Convertible with 10,222 original miles
- This car has served as reference example for LS6 Convertible judging and restoration guidelines since the 1980s
- Four owners since new
- Documented with original Protect-O-Plate, punch card, laminated window sticker, dealer invoice, owner's manual and a copy of the build sheet
- Original Tuxedo Black paint, Black top and Black interior
- LS6 454/450 HP V-8 engine
- M40 Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 automatic transmission
- 4.10 rear end. door edge guards
- Cowl Induction hood, stripe delete
- Power front disc brakes, windows and top
- Padded SS dash and gauges
- Strato bucket seats with console
- Original front and rear floor mats
- Fiber optics and auxiliary lighting
- Tilt steering column, remote driver's mirror
- Tinted windshield, rear defogger
- Lamp monitoring system on front fenders
- Power steering and AM radio/8-track player, installed by original owner shortly after purchase
- Sold new at McEleney Motors in Clinton, Iowa
- Purchased new by Bob Fuller of Clinton, Iowa, who bought two brand-new LS6 Chevelles in 1970 (this Black LS6 Convertible and a Red LS6 Hardtop)
- Fuller customized the rear bumper insert with 450 HP callouts when new
- Fuller pampered the car for more than 30 years
- Featured in Muscle Car Review in 1987
- Best Unrestored Chevelle at the 1988 Super Chevy Show in Indianapolis
- Best in Class at the 1989 Muscle Car Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Chevy VetteFest Spinner Concours in 1990
- Purchased from Bob Fuller by Gary Esse of Madison, WI in 2001
- Sold to Dave Christenholz in 2003 and remained part of his collection until 2008
- Part of a private collection since 2008