1970 Chevelle Trivia

 

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All 1970 Chevelles have vented gas caps.

 

The 13437 300 Deluxe nameplate of 1967-1969 was replaced with the nameplate 'Standard' for 1970 (the 13427 coupe body style was discontinued in the U.S.)

 

A new 'luxury' series, the Monte Carlo, was introduced. The Monte Carlo carried the VIN series of '138' but with a new body style designation of '57.' While a convertible version was contemplated, it never materialized although numerous body shops would convert the sport coupe to a convertible using standard 1970 Malibu convertible pieces. The Monte Carlo was sequenced with other Chevelles meaning a Monte Carlo with a sequence of 123456 could easily be followed by a Malibu sport coupe with the sequence of 123457.

Whether you consider the Monte Carlo a Chevelle or not, you're not alone. Neither many in the normal Chevelle camp nor the Monte Carlo camp can seem to agree.

 

1970 was the first year that NO oil pressure gauge was used with the Special Instrumentation option. Rather, a warning lamp even with the Special Instrumentation option and the warning lamp was located in the face of the tachometer. See my 1970 Malibu SS page for more on the special Instrumentation option.

 

Hood & Deck stripes (hood only on El Caminos) were an option on ANY Malibu sport coupe, convertible, and El Camino under RPO D88. The car did NOT have to SS-optioned to order them. The Hood & Deck Stripes were ONLY standard with the RPO ZL2 hood option; the stripes were part of the ZL2 option along with hood pins. By request, and approval from the Fleet & Special Order option, the stripes could be 'deleted' from the ZL2 option. Not having them on any Z25 (SS 396) or Z15 (SS 454) optioned Malibu and no ZL2 did not mean they were 'deleted,' just not ordered.

 

The RPO L78 396/375hp engine was discontinued by early December with the release of the LS6 454/450hp engine although orders for L78 Chevelles already in the pipeline were allowed to be built so there are a few L78 engines sold later than LS6 engines.

 

There are four 1111437 LS6 distributor dates; 9H14 (1969, August 14), 9M10 (1969, December 10), 9L11 (1969, December 11), and 0C10 (1970, March 10).

 

Even though the 396 cid engine now displaced 402 cubic inches and with the Z25 SS Equipment option it was still marketed as a 396 engine. The base 396 engine now was the L34 350hp version as the 325hp version was discontinued. A second 402 cid engine under RPO LS3 rated at 330hp was available in any non-SS optioned Chevelle and was dubbed a 400-4 Turbo Jet, not to be confused with a special 2-barrel version of the small block engine dubbed the 400-2 Turbo Fire that was only available in the Monte Carlo and full size Chevrolets under RPO LF6.

 

 

Chevelle Standard Hub Cap	Optional Wheel Cover RPO P02	Chevelle Optional Wheel Cover RPO P01
Click image for large view(1)	1970-71 Optional P02 Wheel Cover	1970 Optional P01 Wheel Cover
Monte Carlo Standard Wheel Cover	1970-71 Rally Wheel RPO ZJ7	1970 SS Wheel
		Click image for 1970 SS Wheel

⁽¹⁾ The basic steel wheel with hub cap were standard and wheels are painted lower body color except when full wheel covers are ordered, they the wheels are painted black.

Front Wheel Alignment
Camber	0° to P1°
Caster
All SS 396 and sedan pickup	N1° to 0°
All others	N1½° to N½°
Toe (total)	1/8 in to 1/4 in toe-in
Steering Axis Inclination	7-3/4° to 8-3/4°

 

Tires, Regular Production
E78-14	I6 except station wagons & sedan pickup
F78-14	V8 except SS & sedan pickup except SS
F70-14	SS except sedan pickup
G70-14	Sedan pickup SS
G78-14	Station wagon

 

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