# 1970 chevelle ss **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, malibu, camaro, corvette\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1970-chevelle-ss/46898 "2010-03-30T22:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jarrettlf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@jarrettlf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jarrettlf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1970-chevelle-ss/46898/1 "2010-03-30T22:04:05Z")
How can i tell if i have a true ss…dont have the original engine.vin#136370k206435…car has cowl/body tag also top line: ST70 13637 KAN141295BDY 2ndline:TR 756 55 55 PNT 3rd line3: 06A 04953 L B…and found small part of build sheet says the car had L34 396 4l v8 engine ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1970-chevelle-ss/46898/2 "2010-03-30T22:13:57Z")
Here you go: [http://www.chevelles.com/shop/ss\_ident.html](http://www.chevelles.com/shop/ss_ident.html) ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1970-chevelle-ss/46898/3 "2010-03-30T22:21:39Z")
It cannot by definition be a rat rod. > **[Rat rod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_rod)** > > A rat rod is a style of hot rod or custom car that, in most cases, imitates (or exaggerates) the early hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s, and early-1960s. The style is not to be confused with the somewhat closely related "traditional" hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era. Originally, rat rods were a counter-reaction to the high-priced "customs" and typical hot rods, many of which were seldom driven and served only a decorative purpose... ---
**Author:** ![jarrettlf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@jarrettlf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jarrettlf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1970-chevelle-ss/46898/4 "2010-03-30T22:46:50Z")
thanks for the help ---
**Author:** ![jarrettlf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@jarrettlf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jarrettlf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1970-chevelle-ss/46898/5 "2010-03-30T22:50:54Z")
k thanks.thought the more tags it had better chance of someone answering my ? deleted rat rod from tags