Project: Lost Control 68 Chevelle Malibu

[Crestronwizard]

Sounds great. Sweet build.

[csouth]

So the car has been at the All American Auto Upholstery for a while have the setup from the The Shpp LLC installed. Jerry is also installing the headliner, building a custom backseat and other small touch's.

Although it was designed for a '68-72 Chevelle, there was some body trimming and mods needed for the parts to fit.

Here the factory A pillars have been trimmed and wrapped in matching vinyl




Because the new dash has no lower valence, he made a cover for the steering column bracket.




Fuse box cover and cover for the Vintage Air evaporator







Rear seat built and installed. Seatbelts from Juliano's match the carpet perfectly. My friend and Jerry came up with the idea of the "Impala" style dip in the top of the back seat and Jerry added the mesh with a "572" emblem.

[deejai35]

Dream car build there! It is coming together nicely.

[csouth]

Here's a quick shot of the car Matt sent as it is back at Sled Alley. Stielow's car is gone so he has more room and time to work on finishing it.

[csouth]

Just a few more quick pics before it all comes together. The trunk closeout has been installed.

[csouth]

Car had to go back to the body shop today. The window trim did not fit a well as Matt wanted so he did some metal work around the rear corners and its off for touch up

[csouth]

Stopped by Sled Alley yesterday to check up on the progress, car is in shake down mode. It sounds awesome and the torque is REDIC!



Here's an approach view

[Godbolt]

Love it. That interior looks awesome!

[csouth]

Heading to Detroit Autorama. If you're in the building, make sure you stop by....

[csouth]

DBL Post

[csouth]

Good weekend at Autorama, 1st Place Conservative Hardtop....

[BigRedSS]

Good weekend at Autorama, 1st Place Conservative Hardtop....

Congrats, your 68 looks great. Love the interior and black is one of the best colors for that year IMO.

[1989GTA]

Car turned out very nice. Look at it this way, another car was saved from the scrapper.

[csouth]

Car turned out very nice. Look at it this way, another car was saved from the scrapper.

Thanks, now I can worry about my own..lol
I just wished he started with a better car to save more money and headache. I'm glad he liked the final product since he used a lot of vendors that I recommended.

[Godbolt]

Awesome. Congratulations. It looks fantastic.

[csouth]

ScottieDTV showed some love at this years Autoroma 2018

[JayinMI]

Your interior guy does nice work. I'm currently working on a '70 Chevelle for one of the Red Wings, and the trunk trim was made from cardboard and time cards. (That's not a typo) That's pretty typical of the work I've seen in the Metro Detroit area (even tho the car came from out of state), and is the main reason I'll be building my own interior for my S10.

The '68 is gorgeous. Nice job.

Jay

[csouth]

Your interior guy does nice work. I'm currently working on a '70 Chevelle for one of the Red Wings, and the trunk trim was made from cardboard and time cards. (That's not a typo) That's pretty typical of the work I've seen in the Metro Detroit area (even tho the car came from out of state), and is the main reason I'll be building my own interior for my S10.

The '68 is gorgeous. Nice job.

Jay

Thanks... Painter put it in Autorama again because he wanted another black car to go next to his wife's recently restored black VW.

[TheJDMan]

I have one question. It sounds like both the original shop and Sled Alley are local, so why didn't you go to Sled Alley to start with?

[csouth]

I have one question. It sounds like both the original shop and Sled Alley are local, so why didn't you go to Sled Alley to start with?

My friend picked the original shop with recommendation from someone else. The car was purchased and sent to the other shop immediately after. This was orginally supposed to be a resto mod type build. The painter had already painted a 65 Lincoln for my friend (who is friends with Matt at Sled Alley) so they had a relationship. The painter didn't get involved until after the car was dismantled and sent over for repairs and there were no real issues at that time because it was still early in the project. Once the problems arose and we wanted to pull the car I called Billy Utley and talked to him. Eric just said "why don't you go see my friend?". He just gave me the address, didn't know it was Sled Alley until I pulled up.

My friend was definitely pleased. Matt is about to do an LS3 swap on his 65 Impala SS and maybe a swap on his Lincoln once this is done.