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Derek69SS wrote:

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Hmmmm.... another project?

Your ADHD is kicking in again.

138 car?

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Los Angeles built

Derek69SS wrote:

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Nice color combo!

Body looks very solid. What are your plans for it?

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 Return to original color combo. Retain mild small block. Undecided on trans. I prefer manual but may use the included TH350 for now, if it is good.

Has a '63 vintage 327 engine of unknown condition. John, with the yellow '72, is buying a 383-396 and I may end up with the 350 out of his car.

Unfortunately, the '70 SS is going to get a new owner because of this, both for space and funds. I've had it 9 years now and haven't accomplished much, so it's time for someone else to take up the cause.

Your killing me Mitch. I want to work on mine so badly but have so many other things I need to be doing.

Tony Hoffer wrote:

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What happened to the corvair project?

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 That's in line too....

Grajmahal wrote:

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Nice looking pile o' parts. Is that a spare bright blue dash pad that I spy, and if so, is it for sale?

John

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 I think it's the same one as in the second pic of the cracked pad and grille etc . Those are the same parts as piled on the cowl.

IF there happens to be a better one than the cracked one, um no, it won't be for sale....

Yeah, I'm not sure why I keep buying piles of parts to re-assemble, but I couldn't pass it up for the condition and price. The real fun starts when I find time to go get it.....in Columbia Falls, MT....

Enganeer wrote:

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Just make sure to do it before the snow starts to fall in the mountains.

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Naaaah... Mitch loves driving that '52 truck in the mountains when it's snowing, just like when driving to Colorado to trailer it home.  Right Mitch!?!?  

You need a new avatar pic to capture all the acquisitions since you took the last one. 

Seriously, that looks like a solid project with good bones other than did I see a trunk pan repair panel in the background with all the sheet metal parts?

Mitch, what was the interest in another 66 project instead of keeping the 70 as a future project? I would think with a 66SS already parked in the shop, it would be kind of cool to have a 70 LS5 car waiting in the wings.

I've had the '70 for 9 years now and it needs more work than I care to get involved with anymore. After the 6 year on again-off again, love/hate rebuild of the GTO, I am not enthusiastic about getting as deep with what the '70 needs, and deserves.

I have been toying with the idea of a Malibu for a while. It will STAY a Malibu and have a small block. As a youth, I rode in a spankin' new '66 Marina Blue Chevelle while my Dad test drove it. I LOVED that car and yes, it had the Bright Blue interior. He ended up buying an Aztec Bronze on Black '66.

The Malibu is a factory Blue on Blue, bucket seat, console car.

By selling both the GTO and '70, I should have close to enough funding to get both '66's "done". They, obviously, won't be show stoppers but nice drivers in my 2 favorite colors....

Um, Derek, I see we really do think alike...

The newest acquisition gets the highest priority...

Well, it's here. I left Columbia Falls, MT at 11:00 am central time on Friday and was home at 11:30 am Saturday. I parked the truck, jumped in the wife's TSX and was at Finishing Touch a little after noon. Got a few dings pushed out, enjoyed a great lunch and was mostly present for the meeting.

In the yard.

It has a floor....

Most of the car is in the trunk.

Fortunately, the guy didn't throw much away and it's all there. Even has deluxe seat belts.

Aside from the left quarter panel being annihilated in a crash and slathered over with 1/2" of bondo, there's very little metal work needed.

The engine is a '64 Chevelle 250 hp 327. The intake, carb and distributor are in the trunk. No idea of engine condition. He removed the master cylinder, so it has no brakes. I will be installing a rebuilt master today and bleeding the brakes so it will stop while being "maneuvered" around until it runs.

I'm diggin' the ZZ Top Pro Street 80's two-tone stripes!  I think you should bring it back as an 80's tribute car. 

It is a solid looking car though, and those floors do look good. 

The engine runs but the Holley gaskets are so dried out, it leaks everywhere. I have a rebuild kit coming for that.

It has headers and I didn't get any exhaust with it, so I dug out this kit i bought 11 years ago for the K1500 I sold last spring. More 80's style here for you, Stan...

While I was rolling around under there, I was looking at the floor for rust and I can't find ANY !!!  Light surface rust is all. I found a part number stamped in the rocker.

This is a floor brace and inner/outer rockers and frame....pristine...

This really blew me away, the paint stripes are still visible on the driveshaft !!  Anyone know what 3 red/orange stripes represents ?

It's ironic that the olds assembly manuals state what colors and number of  strips indicate as far as engine, trans, etc; but the chevelle AIM don't indicate anything.  I have researched this and there seems to be a lot inconsistency in the color and location of the strips depending upon engine or plant in 66.

One driveshaft I have has one orange strip located 34" from the front and the other one has three strips, 2 orange and one blue/green located much closer to to front like yours; but not with the spacing as your.  If yours is a 327 car and original driveshaft it is suppose to have the same drive shaft as the SS car's.  All other 66 chevelles  have a different part number and a different price in the 65 parts catalog.  There were  two different driveshafts used in a 66 chevelle.  All used the same length and same U joints.  Not sure about the front slip yoke.  Depending upon what cars engine/trans combinations the dirveshaft manufacture was making for chevy at the time there would be different colors and numbers of strips used.

Looks like your rocker was stamped on the 41st week of 65, is that consistent with the build date.  All 2 dr hardtops will be stamped 13617 even if they are 138 cars since the rocker was the same as opposed to the stamping on the rear quarters of 136 and 138, although there are some documented 138 cars that received 136 rear quarters.

jim larson wrote:

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Looks like the 3 hooks for the parking brake lines might be in the wrong place, I think the big hook goes into the top of the trans cross member.  And the bolts for the trans crossmember to the frame have been out at one time.

-- Edited by jim larson on Monday 27th of October 2014 08:25:43 AM

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 It has a TH350 of unknown origin in it.

jim larson wrote:

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Lost in the 60s wrote:

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 It has a TH350 of unknown origin in it.

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 Thinking the TH350 was not available until 69 in the chevelle.  maybe   that would change the the driveshaft length and slip yoke, along with  U joints and Tube yokes  from the 66-67 driveshafts for the manual and power glide transmission?  If that is a 66 or 67 trans cross member would the EB set up be the same as in 66?

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 The TH350 is not original, powerglide was the only automatic in '66. It does interchange with the pg completely except for the floor shifter arm. The 350 never had a solid arm shifter, they were all cable and the speedo cable comes out right into the arm for the shifter. I need to find a 90° adapter to get the cable out of the way. I believe the crossmember and driveshaft are original.

Lost in the 60s wrote:

 The TH350 is not original, powerglide was the only automatic in '66. It does interchange with the pg completely except for the floor shifter arm. The 350 never had a solid arm shifter, they were all cable and the speedo cable comes out right into the arm for the shifter. I need to find a 90° adapter to get the cable out of the way. I believe the crossmember and driveshaft are original.

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 Why bother you know you want to buy all my 4 speed stuff and convert it anyway

I sent you the PM about the trans but you did not like it because it was a 65 year with the smaller idler shaft. Trans needs a rebuild. But I also have a 403 bellhousing and matching flywheel I could throw into the deal. Again it would be for a 10.5 clutch but I don't think you are going to build a monster engine for it?

I will have to use your front fenders to make a template for drilling the holes to add the 327 emblems to my car when the time comes. 

I can check the fuel line size on my car to see if it is 5/16 or 3/8 since I know mine to be a true 283 car.

67ss wrote:

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I will have to use your front fenders to make a template for drilling the holes to add the 327 emblems to my car when the time comes. 

I can check the fuel line size on my car to see if it is 5/16 or 3/8 since I know mine to be a true 283 car.

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 You ready to part the other one out ?? I need the lower control arms to build up and have ready to swap in. You can have the tale-outs to put back...

I need correct P S brackets too. What came with it are wrong and cobbled. I'm wondering if the P S was added from another car ?

Lost in the 60s wrote:

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67ss wrote:

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I will have to use your front fenders to make a template for drilling the holes to add the 327 emblems to my car when the time comes. 

I can check the fuel line size on my car to see if it is 5/16 or 3/8 since I know mine to be a true 283 car.

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 You ready to part the other one out ?? I need the lower control arms to build up and have ready to swap in. You can have the tale-outs to put back...

I need correct P S brackets too. What came with it are wrong and cobbled. I'm wondering if the P S was added from another car ?

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 I have a set of arms off a 69 chevelle sitting out you can grab. I think thay are all the same? Let me know.

I don't have any p/s brackets to spare I have the one set I scrounged to put on my own car. I have a set for short water pump camaro but I am pretty sure they hit the cross member on a chevelle.

Lost in the 60s wrote:

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Well, the tall covers and roller rockers are just bolt on "wanna be's" like the headers, intake and carb.  I have it running and drove it out of the shop yesterday. I believe the internals are stock 250 hp parts as it idles very smooth. The good thing is, there was no smoke on start up or idling, so it may be a decent engine.

I put a question on the Team Chevelle forum about it being an original 327 car. It has a 3/8ths fuel line and the answer I got back was, the 283 cars had the same 5/16ths line as the 6 cylinders. If that is true, it really is a 327 car...

For the life of me, I don't understand why the guy I bought it from never drove it... He said it didn't run when he got it and all he did was tear the whole car apart and let it sit for 6 years. All I did was reassemble the engine and start it... The transmission even went right into gear....I'm bewildered as to what he was thinking...

Anyway, here it is after moving 80 feet under it's own power for the first time in many years. I think it is happy...

 

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 Awesome!!

According the the 66 AIM the only chevelles  that received the 3/8" fuel line were all models with a  327.  Plus the V8 models 13817 and 13867  (the SS models)   and the El Camino's with the  396.

Looks like there are three (3) different types of lower control arms used on chevelles from 64-72.  Lever site

I have an extra set of  lower control arms that I took off my  66; but one has the ball joint welded in as there was a crack on the arm that has also been welded.  I also have that 4 door sport sedan that I am going to disassemble.  I plan to sell some of those parts.  I think I will try to sell the whole rolling frame complete.