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  My first car was a 56 Chev, Bel Air 2 dr. post. Crocus yellow and Black, wrecked r/side, partially repaired, beat the crap out of it. Ended up parting it out. Still have the R/R 1/4 panel from that car. My obsessiveness finally caught up to me and I started re-acquiring 1956 cars and p...
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Hope everyone in Chevelle Land is having a wonderful Thanksgiving. We are home, doing tasks and spending time with our son.
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Does this indicate a vacuum leak at the intake?
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As most of you know, I am having some issues regarding the idle on the 66 I just bought a few weeks ago. Tired of sitting in the house recoving from the hernia surgery, so I decided to start the car and spray carb cleaner around the intake. If I spray enough in the area where the heads meet the intake just be...
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Sheet metal contacts
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I thought there was a guy or two at one of our meetings that could get sheet metal from different suppliers at a reasonable rate regarding shipping. I think he has in a Nova or Camaro club member.
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New pole building pad
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Excavator came out and stripped the top soil so the ground can freeze next week. He is hoping to get his trucks in the backyard with sand for the pad. He also stripped off the grass to build a driveway off the parking area in front of the existing building. He has been delayed several weeks because of the no...
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It's time for MCACN
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I have arranged to stay at an in-laws place in southern WI Friday night, so will be heading down Friday morning. I printed my advance ticket and will be at the show right around 10 am Saturday. Who else is going this year ?
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What to do watching boring NFL Football
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Just play with your ipad. You may strike something interesting . As some of you may know I have a Dana posi original from the factory. Does not work. Clutch kit not available anywhere. Well I search the eaton differential part # and found a bunch of books. Paging through led me to a Dana part # then cro...
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Can spacer cause idle rpm issues?
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The engine on my new car is a 350 with 305 heads, a performer intake, and a Edelbrock carb (1460). It has a 1” Moroso spacer (64930). Can the spacer cause me to have a higher rpm at idle? Are these prone to cause vacuum leaks? If I spray a lot of carb cleaner in the area of the spacer on the pass side the engin...
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Anyone ever hear about a bizzario 10 bolt posi?
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It’s in my 10 bolt, but doesn’t work. Date stamped on carrier correct for the rear axel assembly date and car build date. Correct dates and casting #s for a gm 10 bolt from the factory for my car. CE code which is a posi for 66 chevelle, also has original posi tag on housing plug. Does not work. gears wer...
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Suspension upgrade question.
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Thinking about winter projects that are not to expensive to work on this winter. I am thinking about boxing the rear upper and lower controls arms. A sway bar was added to the rear axel; but instead of boxing the lower arms, they just used a spacer. Then adding the frame stiffners that came standard on t...
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2010 Sierra Paint Question
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Not a Chevelle topic...but at least it's a GM product and not a F*&D!  I'm looking at a full size truck again, and looking at this 2010 GMC Sierra that has the options I want and is relatively low miles since it's hard to find anything under 100K in this price range. LINK TO TRUCK But...it...
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How much GM posi additive should I ADD?
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Installed the rear cover today and added some gear lube and gm posi additive. When searching the internet it seem most sites said 2 qts and one (1) 4 oz GM bottle of additive. Then when doing a little research on rebuilding the carrier, a highly regarded corvette rebuilder that has been doing it for 47...
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Almost 100% sure I have a Dana Posi Carrier and it came that way from the Factory.
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Now that I know what it is, Is there anyone out there that can supply a clutch pack or that offered a rebuild service?I checked with a shop in PA thats been rebuilding corvette carriers as it seams they used both Eaton and Dana carriers in 1966. Maybe I will get lucky and it will work with the new gear oil a...
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Starter Problem, how to fix?
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Well the starter didn't engage. Went under the car and jumped the battery post to the S (start terminal) on the solenoid. Starter engages. Went in the car and car started. Shut off and tried to restart, starter did not engage. Went under car again and jumped power to the S terminal and starter eng...
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How do you de-rust, clean, and preserve the area between the hood top and bottom skins?
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Getting information and suggestions. As some of you may know I recently bought a 66 Malibu convertible. The car needs to be painted in the future and the hood looks like a problem. My body many says it looks like some of the glue between the two panels may have absorbed moisture over time and rust start...
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New 66 in Lake City
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Well it’s in the garage for inspection and evaluation. Plan is to drive it for a year. Then decide on its future. Looks pretty good underneath. Trying to figure out the engine as it doesen’t want to idle below 1100. Casting 3970010 which comes back as a 302 69 Camaro Z/28, or a 69 327 truck block, or a 6...
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1st Cruise... Propeller Driven
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Got back last night about 9pm from Europe. Sheryl & I spent the last 15 days touring the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Hungary on Viking Cruise Line's "Vili". It was our (belated) 30th Anniversary gift to ourselves, and also Sheryl's 29th birthday again. I think we set the bar really high cho...
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Paint, truck repair, and outer wheel house, and rear quarter repair on a 66 convertible Questions??
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Well I looked at a 66 convertible that I am thinking of buying yesterday. Two obvious things stick out otherwise all the other body panels and frame look good. Owner bought it from a friend who brought it back from AZ about 25 years ago where it was re-painted. Driven very little in the past 25 years....
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Planted a Seed...
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This is Cameron. He's 3 and A HALF! (Gotta remember the all important 1/2...) He and his Mom used to be my neighbors to the south, and stopped by to see what's going on in "the old neighborhood" on Sunday.
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Somewhat moved and "old" house sold
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I had several helpers show up on Sept. 7th to move the majority of our household furnishings to our new place. Our house had been photographed the previous Friday and the MLS listing went live on Tuesday, Sept 20th. A young couple who went thru it on the 21st made a full price, non-contingent offer on Thu...
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Couldn't help myself - Another Car for collection?
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2 months ago, my dad and I came across a deal I couldn't let get by us. My dad and I now own a 1967 Chevelle, 350, TH400. pretty solid car, paint is rough. It had some damage from a building collapse over the winter. My dad and another friend repaired the damage, new trunk lid and pulled dent out of rear qu...
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Is this a legitimate auto sale/transaction?
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Rhttps://www.directautosalesltd.com/how.php i can’t believe this is legit. Any opinions.
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1967 Chevelle Antenna
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I have a 67 Chevelle Malibu. Am looking for an AM antenna. I found one (reproduction) and the ad says that in 67 the antenna was not round. My memory tells me it was round, but my memory fails me more and more lately. Does anyone know anything about the original AM antenna on the 67 Malibu?
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70 am/fm
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What's the going rate for a good 1970 AM/FM these days ?
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Bucket Seat Question for 66 and possibly 65 owners
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Looking for information regarding a spring that maybe was used to retain the back of the passenger side bucket seat from flopping forward on 66 chevelles and possibly other chevy models. Was there a spring located down in the bottom of the seat area to the door side that had the end extend up though the...
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Getting ready to move
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Projector LED headlights
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Who makes headlights that fit in a 67 without cutting up the headlight buckets or moving the battery?? I bought the united pacific headlights that they said would fit but you needed to cut the whole back of the bucket out and then they still were too deep and ran into the battery. I would like to put some of...
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Last Picture
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After forty years our El Camino has moved on to a new owner. Surprisingly it wasn't painful, as Stan has taught us over the years, sometimes we just need to move on. The Buick has moved on also, so we're looking for a 'new to us' hobby car, not sure what it is yet, but when I see it I'll know. Now I'm working o...
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Adding Fusiable Links and Horn Relay hooked up wrong?
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It has come to my attention that gm started using fusible links in 67 to protect the electrical system. I don't think my 66 has any and it also looks like someone might have changed some of the wiring from the horn relay to the fuse block on the radiator support. My manual shows 4 wires coming off the ju...
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Question for Bob W.-Bypass hose restrictors
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Hi Bob, You had mentioned to my KC friend Brian that he might try installing flow restrictors in the water pump/intake bypass hose to help with his overheating issue in low airflow conditions. Do you have a link or suggestion on where to find the restrictors? He found some that restrict the coolant fl...
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