Project American Heroes III 1970 Chevelle Sells For $250,000!

[RT66MOTORSPORTS]

Route 66 Motorsports recently finished a 1970 Chevelle, which is the third in a series of souped-up muscle cars built for charity. The Armed Forces Foundation helps and supports the families of injured veterans.

The top seller in Barrett-Jackson's first Orange County auction on Saturday was this very special 1970 Chevy Chevelle. Built by Route 66 Motorsports and chronicled by Super Chevy Magazine, it's known as the Project American Heroes Chevelle, and it brought a cool quarter of a million bucks for the Armed Forces Foundation.

The car itself is a 1970 Chevelle, with an intercooled, supercharged GM Performance Parts LSA engine where you might expect to see an LS5 or LS6 big block. Detroit Speed & Engineering did the suspension, the binders are Baer's new "6P" brake system, power is routed through a TCI Automotive 6x 6-speed 4L80E transmission, and the end result of these and about 30 other component contributors is one badass Chevelle that sold for $250,000 on Saturday afternoon.

Take a look at some pictures below to see some shots of this very special Chevy on it way to the auction and at Barrett Jackson. For pictures of the complete build please visit Route 66 Motorsports Website.

www.rt66motorsports.com

[SLO_Z28]

Watched that live on speed channel. Really badass car, truely one of a kind.

Since the proceeds went to charity, is that a tax write-off?

[tones2SS]

That's awesome. Nice looking car.

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by SLO_Z28

Watched that live on speed channel. Really badass car, truely one of a kind.

Since the proceeds went to charity, is that a tax write-off?

You can write off anything higher than the value of the item (in this case the car)..

Dave (who bought the car and last year's car for $500k) does this to support the troops.. a true patriot who cares about our military.

In the three years the Project American Hereos deal has raised over $850,000 for the troops.

Look for those companies that sponsored it and throw a thanks their way for the donations.

[JohnUlaszek]

The car looks almost as squared away as the Marines.

[Steve1968LS2]

The wheels were done by BOZE and were super cool.. each spoke had the logo for a branch of the military near the hoop.. very cool "one off" touch.

[phillym5]

Thats real cool it brought so much bread. Also cool that the guy who bought it also bought last years.

Does the entire amount go to the troops? Or does part of it go back to the shop to cover costs?

Either way its a cool cause.

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

The wheels were done by BOZE and were super cool.. each spoke had the logo for a branch of the military near the hoop.. very cool "one off" touch.

I thought that was a really cool touch.

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by phillym5

Thats real cool it brought so much bread. Also cool that the guy who bought it also bought last years.

Does the entire amount go to the troops? Or does part of it go back to the shop to cover costs?

Either way its a cool cause.

the entire gavel amount (this time $250k) goes to the charity.. the costs to build the car are completely donated by the companies involved like DSE, Route 66, TCI trans, GMPP, Boze, Baer, etc.

Also, Barrett Jackson doesn't charge any fees or buyer/seller commisions on charity cars.

These are the vendors that "stepped up" to make this possible:
http://projectamericanheroes.net/team.html

[RT66MOTORSPORTS]

If you want to see pictures of the entire build go to this website (http://rt66motorsports.com/projects_view.php?i=43)

It was an amazing car to build and we are glad we could help our troops...The Armer Forces Foundation is a great charity and we couldn't have done it without the large number of sponors who donated so much!!