Can anyone tell me how many HEAVY CHEVY equipped cars came with a big block ?
I have a friend who told me he found a chevelle that was a 1 owner car . He said that it was in a carport on a old country rd. and he stopped to see if it could be bought. He said the old man let him look at it. The old man told him that he bought the car new in Montgomery AL and still drives it to town once in a while. He said everything on it was the way it came new.Nothing had been changed except He added hubcaps.Then he priced it. My friend came to me and told me this story.He said the car was pretty nice but someone had put a ugly stripe on it and it had heavy chevy on the fenders. When he told me this Igot excited and told him I had to see the car.The next day He took me yo see the car.The old man acted suspicious with the two of us wanting to look at the car,but He did let us walk around it.I could tell it had a cheap paintjob added at one time and cheap pinstripes added to look like the heavy chevy stripe.He opend the hood to reveal a dirty big block engine. It still had the 400 sticker on the breather I looked under the car it had a 12 bolt a steel cowl hood with pins bench seat ss style guages and the car looked very solid. I noticed it had the ralley style wheels under the hubcaps.The old man said he has all the paperwork with the original order form.I asked if I could see the papers.The old man told me the papers were private ,but if I bought the car they would be mine.I asked if the car had ever been wrecked.He said no.I asked if the car was black with the white stripe when he bought it.He said it came just as it is.I could tell he was getting uneasy.the doors were locked He never offerd to open them.so without the cash on hand I thanked him for his time and we left.I told my friend I know the car had been painted.but it did match the Heavy chevy profile as far as I know?? I have only seen 3 HEAVY CHEVY cars and they all had small blocks. Could you get that package with a big block? If so,How many were sold? Sorry,but I was so excited when I was looking at the car I didn't notice the front markers to see if it was a '71 or'72 .Thanks, Chuck.
