Introducing my '69 Chevelle

[CruizinKev]

wow very nice man

[1badchevelle]

do you have more details on the build? PIC's PIC's

[monza]

Great looking car, nice job!!

[gmorris]

No video yet. I have a couple but need to sort out my video card at some point to download them.

Here's a couple more random shots I had on my computer at work:

Another shot of the Arizen seats:



Better shot of the JL components in the stock kick panels:



Custom tranny tunnel to clear the TKO



A shot from the body shop that I liked



I'll upload some more detail shots tonight from home.


1badchevelle - What kind of details do you want? It's hard to think of what to post after this long.

[CamaroJesse]

O man that thing is awesome! Love the color.

[Roadbuster]

Fantastic car!

Very clean and meant too!

Jon

[woodbeecat]

nice job great pics im doing my 69 the same way only driffrent wheels whats with the two layers of sound proofing I thought one layer would be sufichent.

[70ssracer]

Everytime I see a chevelle I wished I never sold my 71 ss454. Good job on your ride

[gmorris]

nice job great pics im doing my 69 the same way only driffrent wheels whats with the two layers of sound proofing I thought one layer would be sufichent.

What's "sufficient" to you? A lot of people run one or 2 more layers than I did to really do it well. Check out secondskinaudio for more info on deadening.

[wickedred]

Super Nice Car. I had intentions of doing a Chevelle, but couldnt pass the deal I got on my 70 Camaro.

[nightrunner]

beautiful car! what size tires are those? especially looking at the rears.

[gmorris]

beautiful car! what size tires are those? especially looking at the rears.

315/30/18 rear, 275/35/18 front

[hechtrod]

Ah, that's a sick Chev'. Love the wheel/tire combe and paint!

[68Formula]

Ah, that's a sick Chev'. Love the wheel/tire combe and paint!

Yeah, but according the "Coolest hot rod and custom car website", it could look "so much more aggressive" if he Hellaflushed it.

http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/pro-t...h-ill-touring/

[Tony_SS]

Its the Chevelle version of Bad Penny!

[Krazed]

Its the Chevelle version of Bad Penny!

haha thats exactly what I was thinking!

Though we really shouldnt group them together like that. Steve hates it

[Young Gun]

looks sweet! I wanna build a 68 chevelle myself one day...

[gmorris]

Wow, I don't know if I should laugh or insist that he take my picture off the piece of crap page. What a complete idiot.

[68Formula]

Wow, I don't know if I should laugh or insist that he take my picture off the piece of crap page. What a complete idiot.

I'd do both. They need to Hellaflush that idea right down the toilet.

BTW, that is a sweet ride (even without the recommended mod, LOL).

[gmorris]

Wow, it's been a very long time so I figured it was time for an update.

After I finished the car in 2009 and enjoying it all summer I decided to make a few changes in the spring of 2010. This included a big Setrab oil cooler with thermostat and Holley HP efi system. The EFI install dragged into the summer of 2010 due to early run parts issues and some mods needed to make the crank trigger work properly. Once I got it all sorted out and tuned the car ran better than ever but due to the usual work etc I didn't get much time to drive it that summer.

Turn to fall 2010 when we decide to pack up and move to Fernie BC in order to be able to enjoy our non working hours a lot more. We buy a house that needs a ton of work and we start a complete gut and reno in Jan 2011. That drags on to Sept 2011 when we finally finish it. This whole time the car sat in my enclosed trailer and I got one drive in that fall before putting it away for the winter.

Now it's Jan 1 2012 wen I'm in a very bad biking accident resulting in me breaking my back in several places and 4 months in the hospital. After a lot of complications I get out mid April but I'm not a T4 level paraplegic with no feeling/movement below my chest. I spent the rest of 2012 renoing the house again and trying to figure my life out. I strongly considered selling the chevelle to help pay for things but decided to hold onto it. I was back at work full time by July 1st but haven't yet figured out how to work on cars and stuff so the velle collects dust for another year.

Now it's 2013 and we've decided to move back to Calgary this summer and I'm starting planning to make the chevelle driveable for me again. The heavy twin disc clutch and manual are obviously out now that I use hand controls so I'm planning a swap to a paddle shifted 4l65 and likely an LS3 for simplicity. Being back in Calgary will help as we are buying a house with a 3 car garage and I have lots of friends there to help with the heavy work. I will need to try and figure out how to sell the Lewis 540 and tko600 but that will be tough in the local market for sure. The engine is mint with 1700 miles on it. At least I have something to do now trying to figure out engine mount/header/accessory combinations that will work.

Anyway, that's the update and I hope to be able to start posting pics again this summer.