1970 was a fine year for most muscle cars, and Chevrolet truly hit a home run in that marketplace with their Chevelle Super Sport to begin the new decade. When the urge hits to take on a muscle project, it’s doubly good to find one that checks a lot of the right boxes from the factory plus also comes with its original mechanical components, and even better when one of those parts is a 4-speed manual transmission. That’s the case with this 1970 Chevelle SS here on eBay in Everest, Kansas, and although there’s lots of work to be done, the positives seem to outweigh the negatives here.
While this one will certainly require extensive body work, some excellent news is that the exterior appears to be almost complete. At this point, it may make more sense to replace both quarters, as they appear to have enough rust that repairs might be impractical. One interesting fact pointed out by the seller is that this Chevelle is an Arlington-produced example, with the outer corners of the hood and trunk stripes originally squared off at the factory rather than rounded as on most, so it might be fun to preserve that feature when this one gets resprayed. Some of the early Kansas-manufactured 1970 Chevelles also came with these unusual-shaped stripes.
Though it’s a real plus that the 396 is original to the car, it looks like many seasons have passed since it was last operational, and the seller says he couldn’t get the crank to turn by hand. It’ll definitely need to be torn into and inspected, but as long as the block is OK, rebuilding this one is the best way to go here. Other than its presence, there’s no specific information listed about the transmission, but it’s probably time for it to receive a thorough going-through as well.
New upholstery and a fresh set of door panels will be needed inside, and the seller reports that the floors and trunk pan will also need to be replaced, along with one section of the rear frame on the driver’s side. This Chevy undoubtedly needs lots of work in many areas, but for someone with a strong skill set, this one certainly seems worth the effort. Is this 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS the muscle car project you’ve been waiting for?
This is the same seller whose 1968 Firebird with the 400, 4spd and bench seat was featured earlier today.
If forced, I’d choose the Firebird over this Chevelle SS.
Steve R
R U Kidding?? If this was a born with 454 ( LS6 ) with documentation I would delve deeper.
there’s a lot of rot to deal with here. even the cowl where the door weatherstrips go is rotted. needs a frame and list goes on. great it’s a 70 Chevelle but it would be nice so some kind of docs proving what it is. buy for 20k and another 60k to revive it. you really got to have to drop those numbers.
It has matching numbers, that’s as close as you are likely to get for anything other than a Pontiac (PHS), Ford (Marti) or makes and models with the engine incorporated into the VIN or trim tag. Even those have been falsified. Build sheets, POP’s and original window stickers are rare nowadays, and can be faked also.
The only people who might consider this car are those with their heart set on a 1970 SS. They will have done their research and make the decision after they see it in person.
Steve R
It’s an L34 402, I could see getting a perpetual wet leg over this if it were an L78, but $20 large for an L34 car, that needs EVERYTHING? No way. Like Steve said it’s a matching numbers car, but the financials will not add up. I looked at a 1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS5, 4-spd, #’s matching last summer, it sold for $75k. It had been garaged it’s whole life and ZERO rot issues.
People find these cars in this condition and realize the monumental task, in head of them and think they have found the holy grail. Hard pass for me.
Ton of work. Ton of money. The word Titanic comes to mind.
I dont know but back when I was younger in the 80s I never seen older cars In the newspaper in this bad of shape that I seen for sale nowdays
It is a Chevelle 396/4-speed. and I own a 1971 Chevelle but when I saw the rotted frame section an d floor I think it is a parts car. YIKIES.
Sold on 8/28/2026 for a high bid of $17,600, there were 35 bids from 14 bidders.
Steve R