When it comes to Golden Era muscle cars, few are as head-snappingly awesome as the 1970 Chevelle SS 454. Offering a no-nonsense approach to performance, this machine has it all: eyeball-grabbing good looks, low production numbers, and best of all, a monster 7.4L V8 under the hood. Now, one of the most pristine examples of the 1970 Chevelle SS 454 is up for grabs in the new Chevelle Dream Giveaway.
The Chevelle Dream Giveaway is a nationwide drawing held to benefit the New Beginning Children’s Homes, a charitable organization that supports family-style long-term residential care for foster children. So basically, this contest not only offers up one of the baddest muscle cars to ever wear a Bow Tie, but the proceeds go to those who need them the most. Talk about a win-win.
Back to the grand prize. One lucky winner will walk away with a 1970 Chevelle Super Sport with just 44,000 original miles on the clock. Sporting a Concours-quality restoration, the coupe is covered in an attractive Desert Sand paint job, and comes with a factory cowl induction hood with two black racing stripes running down the middle.
The cabin is finished in a complementary beige and comes fitted with a rare factory bench seat. It’s suspected that the Desert Sand/beige combo makes this particular example a 1-of-1 factory car.
Under the hood, you’ll find the original LS6 Big-Block V8 engine, which produces 450 horsepower. When it comes to the Chevelle, this is the motor to have. The LS6 mates to a Muncie “Rock Crusher” (M22) four-speed manual transmission, which connects to 4.10 gearing with Positraction in the rear. Factory power brakes help to haul it down.
What’s more, the car includes the two original broadcast sheets to verify its history.
According to the contest press release, “Jim Campisano, author of Encyclopedia of Muscle Cars, personally inspected this grand-prize muscle car and proclaimed, ‘This is as close as you can get to going back in time and owning a brand-new 1970 SS454 Chevelle.’”
Interested? Call (866) 600-0646 to purchase tickets. Alternatively, head over to the contest website at the link below to get double tickets with a donation of $25 or more. That website is…
- http://dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/chevelle?promo=PL0619V
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It’s not a 6.2L, it’s a 7.4L. 🙁
*face palm* so it is. Nice catch. My apologies for the error. It should be updated now.
“She’s a beaut, Clark! “
1970 LS-6 454 was a beast. 450hp. Love everything about that chevelle except that bench seat. Awesome car for someone’s collection
Love the bench seat.
My first car back in 1997 was a 72 Chevelle SS. It only had a 350 engine and automatic transmission but I loved that car. When gas got up to 3 and 4 dollars I could no longer afford it and had to sell it. It was a really bright yellow with black racing stripes and a black vinyl top. I bought it from the original owner, who was a mechanic and had takin really good care of it. He sold it to me to finance a 70 SS convertible 454 that he was restoring. Although mine may not have been the most powerful car on the road, to this day it was the best looking Chevelle I have ever seen. I don’t like a lot of attention so I really was nervous about getting it since it was such a bright yellow, but after getting it I wouldn’t have wanted anything else. I still miss that car. One day I will own another one and it will have the same paint job as the original. This was before smart phones and I only have 1 picture of that car that I can find, but I show it to people all the time.
if that car had the THM trans it would be a dupe of the one I owned back in 1970.
Indeed in support of a noble cause and a beautiful car, but I’m stymied by a 44K anything that requires a total restoration. The seat upholstery, arm rests and door panels are all reproductions, the Chevelle badge on the deck lid is incorrect and mounted way too high, the SS badges were white in the center, the factory unfinished sheet metal welds behind the rear passenger windows have been filled and smoothed. I mean, I’m viewing this on a dinky iPhone and the whole “brand new” thing strikes me as this car’s only real pitfall. It is a beautiful car, alright, but not really the way youd’ve found it in the Chevrolet Sports Department in 1970.
That interior would be called Antique Medium Saddle coated fabric, Saddle for short, by the way – not beige. For $60-80K per year, it might be worth digging a little deeper before pumping out these articles. This site does identify itself as “GM Authority” after all. Chevellestuff.net is your friend and just a click away my man.
if anyone is interested in buying one of these beauties, there is one going up for auction today Saturday Sept 7, 2019 at Mecum Auction in Dallas, Texas. You can even register to bid online. Its a complete frame off rotisserie restoration, numbers matching car. https://www.mecum.com/lots/DA0919-383954/1970-chevrolet-chevelle-ls6/