First attempt at a 1970 Pro-Touring Chevelle

[70JUNk]

Hello gang! Bought my Chevelle back in 2019 and finally got it in my garage and have been buying parts left and right. Just wanted to post some pics as I start this build process, make it a great driver, while keeping the exterior still looking like junk until i can afford to do all the paint and bodywork after dumping my cash fund on motor, trans, rear diff, front and rear suspension, new core support, vintage air, wilwood's with hydroboost, and a ton of **** to throw at this junk. Excited to dive into this ride over the next, lord know how many years, lol.
Thanks,
Tony

[70JUNk]

First thing was digging this car out of my buddies shop and installing a 12 bolt with 4.11's with a hotchkis boxed control arms so we could get this ride on my trailer. The drive back to AZ from Northern California took 14 hours with my 5 year old and 2 year old boys. Finally got the car off the trailer with some help from my buddies. Rolled the 383ci full roller making 515hp in the garage that will eventually be mounted to a 700r4 that was built to withstand the power (fingers crossed). Installed my Vintage Air front runner. I then proceeded to tear down the front end to see how bad it was beyond the rough exterior. looks way worse than it is, nothing some wire brushes can't handle. Started a nice junk pile, coming soon to my local goodguys. Eventually i want to take the frame off and paint it, but for the time being i am only focusing on the front end which is the only place with surface rust on the frame due to a degreasing that stripped everything in the engine compartment back in 2007. Forgot to mention the last time this ride drove was in 2005. I thought the interior would have been worse than it was, but it is all surface rust too, even in the floor pans. Going to POR15 under the dash area after knocking most of the rust off. As i continue with more progress, i will keep adding pictures.
Thanks gang!
Tony

[70JUNk]

Installed the POL hydro boost kit with a Wilwood Master Cylinder.

[Big Dawg]

Nice find!!! Subscribed!!!

[FORDvsCHEVY]

Love it. Sounds like a nice parts list.

[70JUNk]

Since it’s been a waiting game for a lot of things to come in, I went a head and installed my vintage air evap after cleaning up the interior firewall.

[70JUNk]

Just dropped my 500hp 383ci stroker in, paired up to a built 700R4.

[Threepointtwo]

What a great project and it looks like you have some excellent help.

[70JUNk]

Swapped out the sweeping Malibu dash for a SS repo dash with Dakota Digital HDX. Went with the Painless Wiring set up pre cut for a 70-72 Chevelle. Seems like most people go AAW, but I like how painless set their stuff up.

[70JUNk]

Threw in the dash today and will start working on installing a center console soon.

[70JUNk]

Finally was able to spend some time in the garage today so I assembled and installed my shifter and center console. Getting ahead of myself with interior before I lay down some sound deadener and carpet, but this needs to be landed before I can get any of that started.

[70JUNk]

Been waiting forever on springs and a new steering rack for the chevelle, finally came in and I was able to assemble the front suspension and brakes on this old beater.

[andrewb70]

Very cool build! If you are interested, I have a 68-72 Chevelle 12 bolt that I pulled from my 70 GTO. PM me if you are interested and I can give you some more details.

Andrew

[Pedigry]

Looks awesome. How did the Vintage Air install go? Thinking about doing that one myself as well. I'm a little scared of the size of the install. Some have said 20 hours plus. It's easier with a stripped car im sure but would love you opinion on it.

[70JUNk]

I have a 12 bolt with 4:10’s and strange axles already, but I do appreciate the heads up!! Thanks brother.

[70JUNk]

Looks awesome. How did the Vintage Air install go? Thinking about doing that one myself as well. I'm a little scared of the size of the install. Some have said 20 hours plus. It's easier with a stripped car im sure but would love you opinion on it.

It’s been pretty smooth so far. All the under the dash stuff was simple to follow on the instructions, its just a matter of planning your plumbing properly. Wiring is cake too, but I’m sure it will get interesting once I get my core support back together and radiator installed. Also, vintage air has a great YouTube video showing the passenger compartment install on one video, and everything under the hood in another video. They did a great job of making it easy. Also, they just released the gen V vintage air, mine is the IV, makes me wish I waited for it, but I’m sure it will work great either way.

[NASTY-LSX]

Looking good. Thats a clean body to start with.

[70JUNk]

Been a few weeks since my last post, but I’ve been getting some things done. Landed my radiator shroud, mounted inner and outer fenders, wired entire engine bay, routed my vintage air AC lines and condenser, landed fan relays to harness bulkhead, installed MSD6AL, reset distributor to TDC, replaced all body mounts, cleaned out the trunk and prepped for paint. The motor is ready to turn over, but the 1 7/8 headers I ordered have been pushed back for a 4th time. Should see those around 2/1/2024, hopefully. All that is left to tackle is installing my EFI tank, routing the fuel lines, and finding a place to mount my aeromotive fuel pressure regulator. I am still going to pull the rear diff and clean it up since the guy who built it didn’t have time to clean and paint it, but only charged me $400 to rebuild it so I’m not complaining.

[70JUNk]

Almost forgot, set up my POL hydrobooster. I did order new fenders since the originals have a lot of Bondo, rust holes, and are a little twisted.

[70JUNk]

Finally received up my rear brakes from Wilwood, so I pulled the rear end, cleaned it up, painted it with some Eastwood paint, wire wheeled the back half of the car and frame, and painted the underside as well. Installed the wilwoods, and they look huge on this 12 bolt.