Topic: The 1969 Chevelle is off to have some work done...

[Zoo]

Even at $14500 no one ever bit on my car.

So, I have decided to keep it for now and have some work done to her. Here she is sitting in the driveway ready for a cruise:

Some of you may know that my hobby is collecting vintage watches. Like the Chevelle, the watch on my wrist is a second owner item as well. In this case it is a 1969 Seiko 6105-8000 diver that has been restored.


I am replacing the Quadrajet with a Street Avenger 670 which should get things going a bit better. I am also having the Turbomatic 350 pulled to get the leaky front seal sorted. I have a shift kit to go into it and I just may overhaul the whole darned thing and put a nice stall behind it to help it out. Also, presently the exhaust ends just behind the rear wheels. My system is entirely 2 1/2 (and loud) and I will have piping custom bent so that I can stay at 2 1/2 instead of using the factory 1 7/8 set up...


I am also replacing the original sunvisors and rear view mirror. I am also putting a new heater core into the car and some other nagging stuff will get sorted. I may even source new front and rear bumpers to go with the paint job the car got last summer! Maybe I am just meant to hold onto this thing...

Bye bye for a few weeks...

[barrie1]

I have been running a B&M stall which is a 2600 and it has been extremely solid so far. My TH400 is a stage 2 shift kit design which also works good. If you are changing the exhaust I might suggest going a full 3" in stainless as the sound really mellows out even nicer. I run that as well on the truck and there are some folks on here who have heard it. You pay a little more for the stainless exhaust but will get it back in the long run as it does evaluate the vehicle even more. 

[mar1990]

Ah, those engine bays where almost everything is readily accessible...

[articsteve]

yea .... so easy back then.  Now you gotta be a surgeon first, mechanic second.


Good looking car!

[Arthur Dent]

Looks great. 

[Cortina]

Very nice understated colour. Great car. 

Have you thought Antique car auction with a reserv, might be the way to go.

[Zoo]

Very nice understated colour. Great car. 

Have you thought Antique car auction with a reserv, might be the way to go.

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

The colour turned out really cool. It required 3 seperate applications of paint to get the colour. In the shade the paint can almost look kind of blue. When the sun hits it though it is a nice metallic green like so:


Actually this pics shows the paint pretty well. You can see the blue hues lower on the quarter panel...

[Turbo Bob]

Nice paint job!!

And yes, Barrie's trucks sound erm... LOUD!!! 

[vdk]

wow... i can't believe no one would bid on such a great car.... maybe God wants to send you a message...

[Zoo]

The only offer I ever got for the car was to trade it for a drag Nova!

The new battery tray came today and I got a whack of vinyl on Friday which I will use to reskin some pieces. More parts are on the way and the new heater core will be in the car later this week.

Hey, with a heater core I can drive the car on cool days again! Maybe I can get some cruises in late October and early November before the snow really hits!

[Snowman]

Nice, I have always liked the clean lines of the 1969 Chevelle.

[levistar]

Where the pics everyone seems to be looking at. I cannot see any pics.

[barrie1]

Old Auto's might be your bet for selling the car as it does go all over the world let alone across Canada. You get a free ad for each year when you either renew or order the subscription. I always take a 2 year sub as it gives me 2 free ads. Stuff does sell quite well on there I can attest to that as I have sold numerous parts over the years this way.