Payment
Full payment within two business days of the hammer — hammer price plus 8% premium and a $149 documentation fee.
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LOT 101
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454
A big-block Chevelle that photographs better than its file reads — strong presentation, an honest amber light, and a block that is not the one it was born with.
Photographs are licensed stock images used to illustrate a design demonstration. They are not this vehicle, because this vehicle does not exist.
Announcement sheet
It runs under the amber light
Announced: non-original engine block and a documented repaint.
The items below are the boundary of what can be disputed after the sale — plus anything our standard says should have been announced and was not.
3 announcements
- Engine block is not the unit the car left the line with. Casting numbers photographed and in the file.
- Repainted at least once. Paint depth reads 240–310 microns across the driver-side quarter.
- Aftermarket exhaust fitted. Original manifolds are not with the car.
Condition report
3 findings on the diagram
■ minor■ moderate■ major
- Driver-side quarter panelTwo paint chips below the trim line, primer visible, no corrosion under the edge.
- Front valanceContact damage, roughly 140 mm, previously filled. Filler reads 1.9 mm at the deepest point.
- Trunk floor, spare wellSurface corrosion, no perforation. Photographed from underneath.
Inspection notes
- Cold start on the block: fires within two seconds, settles to a steady idle.
- No fluid on the pan after a 40-minute soak.
- Third gear synchro noisy under load. Noted, not repaired.
- Brakes pull very slightly right under firm application.
Paperwork and history
- Title
- Texas title in the consignor's name, in hand at intake.
- Records
- Two folders of receipts from 2009 onward. Nothing before that.
- Odometer
- Reading is not the vehicle's actual distance and is disclosed as such.
This is the kind of car the amber light exists for. Nothing about it is wrong; several things about it are not original, and a buyer needs to know which before the hammer falls rather than after.
Our inspector spent ninety minutes on it. The paint depth gauge tells the repaint story across the whole driver side, and the casting numbers on the block are photographed in the file. The car drives, stops and idles.
It sold on the reserve in the previous sale. The hammer price is published here as sample data.
Specification
As catalogued
Every VIN here begins QOQ and contains the letters O and Q, which never appear in a real vehicle identification number. They are deliberately impossible and identify nothing.
If you buy it
Payment, collection and the title
Release
A gate pass is issued once funds clear. Nothing leaves the yard without one.
Collection
Free storage to the Monday after the sale, then $18 a day. Any carrier you arrange can collect against the pass.
Title
Title is in hand and is mailed to the registered buyer once payment clears.
Sample data. Lots, grades, estimates, hammer prices and bid counts on this site are illustrative copy written for a design demonstration. Photographs are licensed stock images and are not the vehicles described.
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