1969 Chevelle "Cone Smasher"

[SSLance]

The car looks great! Congrats on getting it out of the garage and on the road. Good luck at GoodGuys!!

[WallaceMFG]

The car looks great! Congrats on getting it out of the garage and on the road. Good luck at GoodGuys!!

Thanks! Not going to be racing at this event, but will be happy to be there!

[Rebob]

The car is lookin awesome, really like the headliner and all the custom touches! Where you gonna park at Good Guys ? Would love to check it out in person.
Rick

[WallaceMFG]

The car is lookin awesome, really like the headliner and all the custom touches! Where you gonna park at Good Guys ? Would love to check it out in person.
Rick

Thanks! I'm not sure where we're going to park it yet, I'm having memory that there is a "work in progress" section to park in. If there is that's where we'll put it. If not I'd like to put it in the homebuilt section, but I'm not sure if they will let an unfinished car in there. If that doesn't work, it will probably be down the hill in the grass area.

[Rebob]

Thanks! I'm not sure where we're going to park it yet, I'm having memory that there is a "work in progress" section to park in. If there is that's where we'll put it. If not I'd like to put it in the homebuilt section, but I'm not sure if they will let an unfinished car in there. If that doesn't work, it will probably be down the hill in the grass area.

I didn't see a work in progress area but I can't see why you wouldn't be able to park in the home built. I'll be up there hope to see ya.
Rick

[69chevelle540]

that car is amazing. Kind of project makes me motivated to get my 69 chevelle on the road to completion. Ive got a loooong way to go but were hoping to fire up the car next weekend.

[Centerforce]

The handle idea on the tunnel is actually pretty neat. It seems most cars are lacking 'oh s***' handles to grab as you're flying around turns.

Everything's looking nice! Keep up the good work.

[1965gp]

The car looks great- very nicely done

[pist0lpete]

That console is a really cool idea. Love the handles. Paint just looks killer still can't get over it. Hope all went well at the Goodguys show.

[WallaceMFG]

Hello,

Again this thread is long overdue for an update! Funny how life gets in the way of things haha.


At this point the car has effectively been completed except for some odd and ends like getting bumpers re-chromed. So, I will be posting the pictures I have up until now.


In the last update I had pictures of the center console. Here are some pictures of it being finished, my brother covered it.




Here it is installed:



We decided to make the console full length and split the back seat. It was mocked in foam board before bending the aluminium.






Once the console was built we began fabricating the rear seats.

Here's the frames:




Then we began shaping foam. Our shop looked like it had snowed inside from all the foam dust.




And here they are covered with material.




The front seats were the model for the rear seats, so we simply recovered them with our material. Here is the before and after:




Next item was to build the door panels. We started on the fronts with an idea for the door handles.




We made a new panel for the base.




Then we attached the arm rests I made on my friends mill. They took quite a bit of time to complete.




The material went on next:




Here was the finished product. The Chevelle emblem on the door panel is actually the emblem that originally belongs on the header panel of the car. We bought some repop ones and attached them to the panel.




Once we had the panel complete we weren't happy with the door handles and window cranks. So we talked to our friends at All American Billet and he made us a blank set of handles that we modified to match my arm rests.




The rear door panels were complete similarly to the fronts. The rear arm rests are the same as the fronts except for the lack of grab handle area






And here's dad, happy he did not sew his fingers to anything haha.




I have more pictures, I will post another update since this one is getting long.

[WallaceMFG]

In continuation of the last post, here are more pictures I have.

I spent quite a bit of time reworking all the wiring. We had thrown it together before to drive the can and it looked like hell. Now I can sleep better knowing it looks better and is right. Also got the double din stereo mounted in the dash.






We also fabricated a radiator cover panel. I'm happy with how it came out.






We took loaded up the car and took it to the Del Mar Goodguys show for a family trip and had a great time over there. While we were there we stopped and talked to the ridetech guys about a few small issues we had noticed with our car since we had gotten it driving. They took measurements and lots of photos and told us to send an email and they would take care of us. I'm here to say, ridetech has some of the best customer service I have ever seen. The guys there went above and beyond to correct the issues we had with our kit and sent us the pile of parts in the picture to fix everything. I'm happy to say Ridetech has earned some lifelong customers thanks to this!




While we were in California we took some time to get good pictures of our car, here is one of them. I have more, just need to get them off my camera.




The car is basically complete, but it will continue to evolve as we drive and race the car. I'll do my best to keep the updated, and thanks for stopping by!

[pist0lpete]

I interior turned out awesome! Love the door hardware especially. Congrats on building one bad to the bone Chevelle.

[TheBandit]

Looks great Nelsen! I like the looks of those wheels on there. Who modified the bolt pattern for you?

[claytona08]

I started reading your build thread and got to page 4 and the pictures are not showing anymore. Thanks photobucket for screwing that up, lol

[WallaceMFG]

I started reading your build thread and got to page 4 and the pictures are not showing anymore. Thanks photobucket for screwing that up, lol

Yup, that's about where I ran out of storage on the forum and went to PB for storage. I've moved some of my other forum postings to Flickr, but it's a time consuming process and I'm not sure how long it will be until I can get this one fixed.

[WallaceMFG]

Looks great Nelsen! I like the looks of those wheels on there. Who modified the bolt pattern for you?

Thanks!

Sorry for the long delay, we took our wheels to a local business called Arizona Custom Machine in Gilbert, AZ. It's a small one man shop, but he does good work.

[WallaceMFG]

Hello all!

Well, it took me about 7 hours but I went back through and fixed all the broken PhotoF***it links in the thread and uploaded them all to the Pro Touring system. So, for those of you that missed the whole thread, it is now available to peruse.

We have been driving the car lately, and upgrading it as well. We recently re-geared the axle, we went from 3.73 to 3.55. We had noticed that during autox events we were spending a lot of time near the rev limiter where our engine doesn't make much power. We also installed a FiTech fuel injection system with a Tanks Inc tank with internal pump. So far we are very impressed with the system. I will have some pictures later of our more recent updates, I'm looking forwards to hitting some more autox events soon. And we're ready for Goodguys next week!

[chem]

Hello all!

Well, it took me about 7 hours but I went back through and fixed all the broken PhotoF***it links in the thread and uploaded them all to the Pro Touring system. So, for those of you that missed the whole thread, it is now available to peruse.

We have been driving the car lately, and upgrading it as well. We recently re-geared the axle, we went from 3.73 to 3.55. We had noticed that during autox events we were spending a lot of time near the rev limiter where our engine doesn't make much power. We also installed a FiTech fuel injection system with a Tanks Inc tank with internal pump. So far we are very impressed with the system. I will have some pictures later of our more recent updates, I'm looking forwards to hitting some more autox events soon. And we're ready for Goodguys next week!

awesome build, thanks for updating the pictures

[SSLance]

I finally have the chance to see this car in person a couple of weeks ago and it is fantastic! Very nice build with a lot of custom touches yet still retains the Chevelle vibe. Good job!!

[WallaceMFG]

I finally have the chance to see this car in person a couple of weeks ago and it is fantastic! Very nice build with a lot of custom touches yet still retains the Chevelle vibe. Good job!!

Thanks! My dad mentioned that he had met you at AMP. I'm jealous I was not able to make it, sounded like a good track. He was very impressed with your car as well Lance.