So It Starts! - 1970 Chevelle Resto - Page 2

I like that colour, Kyle. I think it will look great.

awesome project!
Keep us updated from time to time on the progress and we all like pics.

love the color bro.  I got some friends that deal PPG and Dupont, so, let me know!

oooooh I like the green!

im envious of your project old cars are so much fun i just found out though that i might be getting an old international dump truck it has the wood stake  bed on it and if i remember correctly a split front window my dad is going to bring it down to phoenix maybe from minnesota so i can have at it the best part is that it runs and drives and everything its so cool

Yeah it will look great when you get it all fixed up. I like the green with the black top and stripes. I would definately do the stripes.

I'm actually contemplating no stripes now...  Maybe go with the sleeper look and build up the extra sb350 into a twin turbo, fuel injected motor to around 650hp!

that would be a sweet setup swartlkk if you do that no stripes built tt motor that would kill look forward to more pics and progress as you go

What's the progress Kyle?

We are thinking about getting out of the Jeeping/offroading and into the classic car world instead. We like Galaxies and Parisiennes from the 60's, convertibles, of course.

What fun would you be if you weren't running around topless Jenn?  LMAO!!!

Well, the progress has been painfully slow.  The engine and trans are ready to come out.  Just need to pull the trans crossmember and the motor mount bolts.  The dash is still in the car as well as all of the glass.  Once those things are out, then it's time for a little sand.

With everything else that has been going on lately (namely Gavin, my 2 month old son), I haven't had the time to get down there for a little over 2 months now.  Dad's not complaining about the lost shop space so it hasn't been a huge priority. 

Only person that keeps egging me on is my mom's cousin who is itching for another project after completing the full restoration of his 65 Chevy II SS.  We will be sitting down and working out a 1 night a week schedule soon though.  Just have to get through this latest round of fire training!

good luck to you kyle i have 3 nieces that i watch on a weekly basis and my youngest neice is 5 months old so i know what your going through restorations are time consuming because you want to have it done right the first time and not have to go back through it to fix stuff wish you the best on your restoration

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What fun would you be if you weren't running around topless Jenn? LMAO!!!

Haha, yes, how fun would it be without the top off?

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Well, the progress has been painfully slow. The engine and trans are ready to come out. Just need to pull the trans crossmember and the motor mount bolts. The dash is still in the car as well as all of the glass. Once those things are out, then it's time for a little sand.

With everything else that has been going on lately (namely Gavin, my 2 month old son), I haven't had the time to get down there for a little over 2 months now.

Ya, finding the time to work on vehicles is always hard. It's one of those things you just have to make a committment to and just do it, I guess. The thinga bout restoring classics is that sometimes it takes time to find parts, so things can be put on hold for quite a while. My father-in-law is in a club where they have the luxury of having a clubhouse where they can store their projects and work on them as they go along. I think he's been working on his latest project for over 2 years now. Of course we won't be allowed to join the club because it's a "no girls" policy haha. No matter...they're all old farts anyway. I'm guessing it will take until at least next year for us to find what we are looking for.

Hope you get your schedule worked out soon...can't wait to see the progress.

Yeah, shortly here I'm going to just go down there for one night a week and work on the car for 3-4 hours.  Just have to start doing it and get into a schedule.  Nice thing about my car is pretty much everything is available.  

Hey looks really nice so far. You said you were going to add to the motor. How good of shape is your frame, and I was wondering if you had plans for making it stronger.

The frame is straight.  That's about all I can say about it at this point.  I'll know more once we get the body off.  Looks great from underneith.

I think the way we are going to do the trunk floor and drop offs first, then hang and fit new door shells.  Following that with the rear quarters.  All before we pull the body from the frame for the first time.  After that, it's time to cut out the floor and replace the floor as well as smoothing out the frame.

As far as strengthening the frame, I won't be doing much by way of strengthening it...  These frames can handle power well without any modifications to them.  If I were to do anything, I would box the side frame rails.  The chassis setup will be stock control arms with poly bushings this time around with upgrades later on.

I'm going to rebuild the original motor again which will end up around 400HP naturally aspirated.  My other SB350 4bolt motor is destine for bigger things.

Thats cool, are you going with the stock rear end?

For now, yes.  The 10-bolt that is in there will be rebuilt and filled with an e-locker and heavier axles.  Once I build my second motor, I'll be putting in a 9-inch in a fab-9 housing.

Sweet, 70 Chevelle, Probably worth alot of $$doe, had one once, whish I still had it.

beautiful car man.....cant wait to see this work log lol.....my dads working on his 66 chevelle.  if you dont mind can i maybe post up a couple pics in here or just start my own thread?

I should be working on the 'velle a bit more this week.  I'm going to be out at my dad's helpin' him out to change some of the tractor tires on his JD 8640 and will probably get the dash, exhaust, and gas tank out sometime before the end of the week.  I may start cutting into the firewall as well.  I'll be taking some detailed pictures.

kyle you may want to try to invest in coming to GM Nationals in Carlisle, PA over the summer...they have a TON of stuff for the car.  My dad got a ton of stuff for his from there.  If its not too far for you i would def. recommend trying to make the trip next year

Heres mine  1971, though.  Finished it in December 2006.


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Yeah, I'll be attempting to make it down to Carlisle next year.  The last time I tried though, I blew a transmission going through the Lehigh Valley tunnel, LOL...  I'll definitely be going to the Syracuse Nationals with my mom's cousin and his '66 Nova.

Nice '71 James!

kyle did ur car come with a factory 396ci in it??

No.  It isn't an SS.  Its a 0.030 over SB350 that I built when I was 15.  Dyno'd at 386hp/425ftlb so it's a stump pulling small block!  LOL