I’m sitting here watching the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction on Speed Channel and the Briggs Chevrolet 1970 Chevelle LS6 just sold for $1,150,000. Yes, you read that right. One million, one hundred fifty thousand dollars. From the Barrett-Jackson site:

454cid LS6 V8 automatic transmission with 61 miles showing on the odometer. This is the car that Ray Allen drove and won just about every conceivable race entered in 1970. This car won The US Nationals, The Super Nationals, The World Finals and most of the division races that were entered. This car has gone through a frame-off restoration that was mostly built and supervised by Ray Allen himself. This car is being sold with the original New Jersey title in Truppi & Kling’s name and also comes with the original build sheet and various magazine and National Dragster articles about this World Champion Car and pictures at The Winners’ Circle. This car is truly a legend in muscle car history.

The car was bought originally for $1500. If I remember correctly, my father said that that included the flatbed to tow it on. The interesting thing about the car is that it was truely one of 17 ever made and NHRA required that at least 50 of a car be made for it to eligible for competition. Truppi-Kling was able to get a letter from Chevrolet stating that 50 were made even though there weren’t.

I’ve included an edited video of the auction that I recorded to my PC thanks to my TV tuner card