How rare is my car?
May 29th, 2019, 05:14 PM
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How rare is my car?
First post. I am restoring my 1970 Cutlass "s" 2 door Holiday Coupe with the following options. L74 350 Rocket 4bbl, M20 4 speed, G80 Anti-Spin rear axle, G90 3.08 axle ratio, N10 Dual exhaust. The body, engine and trans are numbers matching and the rear axle is original. I know the car is not rare but I am wondering if this combination of options is rare. I have the bill of sale and an extensive maintenance history for the car from the first day until it was parked in 1980.
May 29th, 2019, 06:00 PM
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Unfortunately there is no real way of knowing how many cars were built with those options. It sounds like it was a customer ordered car though. One thing that's notoriously poor engineering on the 1970 is that stupid hood tooth. (similar to 1969). Feel free to post some pictures of your car.
Depending on where the car was originally built and sold, you may be able to pick up it's history from George Zapora Click this (blue link) to see an example of the documentation. If you want the history for your car, check with GM Vintage Vehicle Services to see if they can provide it. There's a charge BTW, nothing is free.
Unfortunately there is no real way of knowing how many cars were built with those options. It sounds like it was a customer ordered car though. One thing that's notoriously poor engineering on the 1970 is that stupid hood tooth. (similar to 1969). Feel free to post some pictures of your car.
Depending on where the car was originally built and sold, you may be able to pick up it's history from George Zapora Click this (blue link) to see an example of the documentation. If you want the history for your car, check with GM Vintage Vehicle Services to see if they can provide it. There's a charge BTW, nothing is free.
May 30th, 2019, 06:03 PM
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It's not a common thing to see a factory 350/M20/N10 in a Cutlass even back in 1970. On the rarer side for sure. It would be nice to know, wouldn't it? Is it one of 500 or one of 5000? Now if ts was a factory black car or a custom ordered color...well...
Of the total 70 "S" production I'm willing to guess the percentage ordered with that combo isn't much. Cool car. Cool car to restore.
We like pics of works in progress!
Of the total 70 "S" production I'm willing to guess the percentage ordered with that combo isn't much. Cool car. Cool car to restore.
We like pics of works in progress!
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