The Chevelle Challenge

[poormans69]

The challenge is NOT over. Slap that car in it's grill and challenge it to a dual! You will win! Great progress has been made and I think one more challenge is in order.

[Zanie]

Nice work! Don't beat yourself up.
A wise man said " Shoot for the stars, you'll hit the fence...........Shoot for the fence, you'll hit the ground."

You made a ton of progress in the short amount of time. Way more than I did on my projects!!!

[MCMLXIX]

Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update?

[1971CHEVELLE]

Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update? Update?

nice work

[Yelcamino]

Come on Derek, show us what you've been doing with the car all this time! Inquiring minds want to know!

[derekf]

Bah. Last semester sucked - if I wasn't at work, I was either in class or studying. I accomplished *nothing*.

Even now, I still don't have the gears for the tranny, so that's hanging everything else up.

I'll start a new thread when I do get back on it.

[derekf]

..or perhaps I'll just restart this one.

Semester is over. I am not taking any summer classes this year, so plenty of garage time. I've done a little already.

Inner fender had some rust issues.


They're fixed, although I need to do a little more cleanup.


Hey look, flywheel/clutch/pilot bushing/bellhousing are done.


Fuel tank cleaned out and sprayed with a "Cold Zinc Galvanizing" spray (yes, I hadn't got the very bottom when I took this pic):


Tank should be fully dry today so I can get it installed over the weekend.

Still no gears for the transmission. There's a long list of "because of x I can't do y", which results in "I can't put the motor in until I have the transmission" because "I don't yet have a parking brake". Trust me, it makes sense.

I seem to be bouncing back and forth (at least this week) between the Chevelle and the El Camino, and I've realized that I never started a build thread on the Camino. Time to fix that now.

[acegto]

any updates on this?