64 Chevelle 2-Door Wagon LS-300 Project

[hotrodgary]

I recently sold my 62 Chevy II and have begun my next car.

64 Chevelle Wagon, 2 Door! Its a "300" wagon, with the "LS" engine, hence the LS-300 lol

Picked up a SUPER solid and complete unrestored car to start with, its gonna be nice to start with a solid car and not have to patch and make everything for a change! Only rust is in the front floor pans, few dings and dents but thats no biggie. I'm in the process of collection up parts now to start working on it.



So the plans are so far,
LS engine, Carburated, LQ4 short block, CNC LS3 heads, not sure of cam specs yet.
Overdrive trans, prolly a 2004R, but still have not got that yet.
Moser 9" ford, 3:90 gear
Full air ride suspension I picked up all the suspension from a guy, had less than 500 miles on it all
E3 ride pro system
strong arm front control arms
shockwaves front
hotchkis front and rear sway bars
hotckis steering arms
delphi 600 power steering box
air ride rear lower control arms and bags
hotchkis dbl adj upper arms

Planning to run 17" and 18" wheels

I want to run air conditioning on this one too
Black mountain precision front drive system on the engine

Thats where I am at so far, not sure what all is available for the LS engines since I'm new to them. Same as brakes? I need to get dropped spindles and all the brakes.

-Gary

Heres some pics....

[hotrodgary]

Heres a pic of my 62 Chevy II I just sold, also a pic of my 66 Chevelle SS I sold awhile ago.

[Reckn8]

Fix the rust holes and don't paint it! It's looks awesome.

[craigs73]

cool was wondering what your next project was going to be after selling that sweet due!! with a big car like that maybe go 18" and 19" wheels that way you can also get some big brakes on that baby!! looks to be a very solid car!! i cant wait to see the build up of this car... if its anything like your last car we all know how nice its going to be

[HRBS]

Nice score Gary...... those are super rare to find in the first place let alone one that solid and COMPLETE.
Glad you decided on air ride..... that boat will ride THAT much better with it.
I agree with going bigger on wheels. That big car will swallow those 17's and 18's.
18/20 or 19/20 will look way better.

[The Stickman]

Cool project. And another wagon to add to the list.

[Chadly B]

YES! Another wagon!

[Smock67]

Love seeing another wagon on here especially a 2 door thats just awesome. Certainly going to be following this build.

[CruizinKev]

nice project! i love 2 door wagons! can't wait to see more

[craigs73]

hey gary whats the timeline on this car? just came from steves and seen the vid you put up there and that car is bad!!!

[hotrodgary]

hey gary whats the timeline on this car? just came from steves and seen the vid you put up there and that car is bad!!!

Thanks for the compliments. Not sure timeline, prolly be a couple summers before I get it done, never know though?

Little bit of an update, pics to follow soon.

Got the front floor pans replaced (only rust on the car to patch!!)
countersunk the tail lights flush with the body
cut out the dash, in the process now of grafting in a 62-65 Chevy II dash
Got something in the works with the rear bumper...
I drew up some engine adapters and had em laser cut so now the engine/trans is set in for mock up and I got some headers

Guys at Scoggin Dickey came thru with all the goodies for me to put together a very stout 416 Stroker motor!
Should move the grocery getter down the road pretty well!

Still working on ideas to get rid of that ugly gas fill door, and something different for door handles.

I'm heading down to Goodguys Columbus to see what kinda deals I can find down there and I can start moving foward
with some of the other stuff, steering, brakes, air cond, etc.

-Gary

[Motown 454]

Wow thats a trio of great cars. That Chevy II is beautiful, you did an awesome job. My first car was a 66 SS so that tells you how much I like that one.
Your new project is going to be a sweet ride when your done. I love the 2 door wagons.

[hotrodgary]

Heres a pic of my other 2 projects too, dont laugh at me!
The yellow 69 is a cruiser/beater.
The other one, volksrod, is about 6 diff years, been tinkering around with it.
And more importantly, the wagon pics...



Floors patched




Starting the nova Dash


Flush fitting the Tail lights





mock up engine set in place with a 2004R trans

[bhcustomdesigns]

Cool project!

[RicerwannaB]

Nice, Cant wait to see what it looks like finished!

[NJSPEEDER]

Love the voksrod. An old bug is one of closet cars I have always wanted to do.

-Tim

[craigs73]

cool gary you have any pics with the lens on the tail lights pretty clean car!! im going to columbus good guys this yr to what day you going im going friday maybe we can meet up

[Jims78elky]

Cool project Gary! Your old 62 Chevy II was a sick ride...I just loved that awesome red interior ,so clean and well placed.

[craigs73]

hey gary i know you have some progress to post by now.....................do you do you lol plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[devwil68]

one nasty grocery getter!