'69 Chevelle - Project TIMACHN

[Barrrf]

First drive of the season and first drive with new tires and wheels - launch traction is still an issue. Just drove it from this garage - to my house. Time to mount e-fans and A/C delete plate.

[BossaNova]

Absolutely beautiful!

[ed1le]

Is that the 245's on front? They look pretty good on the 9.5 wide wheel. Thought they'd look a little more stretched than that.

[Barrrf]

Yes it is. Here is what they look like on the rim off the car -

[youngmuscle]

I have 295s on my rear. Only had to very slightly roll the left rear, not bad. Our cars fit some good size meats stock. I have the typical rims you mentioned lol, they're Ridler 695 (boss 338 copy pretty much). I walked away with about $1400 all wrapped in nitto 555. Did a lot of research though. They are great quality, no pitting after 1.5 years, pretty light too. Overall impressed. I hear ya on everyone having those rims, but honestly I rarely see another muscle car, and I've never seen another pro touring car in person. They are absolutely the best looking rims you can put on a car to me lol. Pro touring cars and those rims may be common at a car show or this website lol, but in real life terms everything's pretty rare. 18x9.5 rear 17x8.5 front.
Definitely following you on the interior. I'm preparing myself mentally for winter in Germany with no chevelle while they salt the roads, but it does force me to focus on things. I, like you, refuse to do things that will take years as I love to just drive it, so I've done everything in stages as well. It's a lot more satisfying, plus you can see what each change does. This is her last winter in Germany so it's my last chance.
Your car is sick and it's really funny how I pretty much have the blue version of your car (same paint etc). I plan on starting a build thread in a month or 2, so I'll be pretty active especially with interior. I have a lot of access to European junk yards so I'll see what I can come up with (3 point built into seat etc). Love the car bro, keep the updates coming!

[LS3torque]

Very sharp 69, just what I was looking for when I found my 68...

[Barrrf]

I have 295s on my rear. Only had to very slightly roll the left rear, not bad. Our cars fit some good size meats stock. I have the typical rims you mentioned lol, they're Ridler 695 (boss 338 copy pretty much). I walked away with about $1400 all wrapped in nitto 555. Did a lot of research though. They are great quality, no pitting after 1.5 years, pretty light too. Overall impressed. I hear ya on everyone having those rims, but honestly I rarely see another muscle car, and I've never seen another pro touring car in person. They are absolutely the best looking rims you can put on a car to me lol. Pro touring cars and those rims may be common at a car show or this website lol, but in real life terms everything's pretty rare. 18x9.5 rear 17x8.5 front.
Definitely following you on the interior. I'm preparing myself mentally for winter in Germany with no chevelle while they salt the roads, but it does force me to focus on things. I, like you, refuse to do things that will take years as I love to just drive it, so I've done everything in stages as well. It's a lot more satisfying, plus you can see what each change does. This is her last winter in Germany so it's my last chance.
Your car is sick and it's really funny how I pretty much have the blue version of your car (same paint etc). I plan on starting a build thread in a month or 2, so I'll be pretty active especially with interior. I have a lot of access to European junk yards so I'll see what I can come up with (3 point built into seat etc). Love the car bro, keep the updates coming!

Thanks for the comments! I appreciate them. I came off the wrong way about the Ridler/TT2/338 wheel comment. I really like the looks of them but, opposite of your situation, every imapala/Camaro/chevelle/nova/mustang that has custom wheels has those 5 spokes. Having said that, I went and bought pretty common protouring wheels. LOL.

My interior progress really stalled. I made the panels for the back seats then just kind of quit and drove the car all summer, and fished, and built bunk beds. Im hoping to finish the rear portion of the interior this winter and start on the front console and door panels. Really looking forward to seeing your build thread!

Very sharp 69, just what I was looking for when I found my 68...

When I found my car, I really wanted a '67 but a deal presented itself and I took it. Going to be a life long relationship with this car but will be worth it all.

[HELLCAMINO]

I just don't want to have to get the same wheels that every muscle car has on them - Boss338s or TT2s or similar.

The same reason I got TSW's on both of mine.

Have the same issue with fronts. I got the Amaroo's in 18x8.5 and 18x10.5. I needed a 3/4 spacer to bring all 4 out a bit. I am running 3" ARP wheel studs also.



The Elco has 18x9.5 Valencia's with only a 1/2" spacer for rear.

[primo]

nice car bart very nice

[Barrrf]

Thanks! I have more pics to post for the year but..................am lazy. Lol.

[Barrrf]

Damn, Ive not posted much here.

Ive installed speedhut gauges (GPS Speedo) -



And I started working on the rear end.
Tore out rear end -



Pic of dirty rear end, less brakes and lines. Notice the UCS bushings not really pressed in all the way. Actually only in half way.



Got some stuff assembled. New brake lines, calipers, paint, yada - oh, and also hammered the bushings all the way into place.



Then I started reassembling. I got 3 of the 4 control arms in place. The drivers side UCA wouldnt line up. I know the 10 bolt has more clearance than the 12 bolt around the housing where the bushings press in. I checked the clearance on the drivers side and see the UCS is hitting the housing. No big deal, I'll pull the UCA and grind off a bit for clearance. Then I saw it -



So I couldve had it welded up. But I decided that since the car is down 2" and I have almost 0 degree pinion angle that now was the time to buy adjustable UCAs. Theyre set to arrive Thursday from Spohn performance. Hopefully I can get this pig completed. Taking way too long to do a simple brake job.

Im praying for minimal pad knock back at this point. I'll report back.

[Protour_Pinto]

Your car is in pretty good shape for Michigan. At least you found the crack now instead of on a launch or big sweeping off ramp.

I too am taking the long path on my project and doing a complete drivetrain, suspension and frame swap. Build it all before tearing the truck down since I need it for work

[Barrrf]

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