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69 COPO Chevelle
Cleaned off firewall and uncovered crayon marks. Paint code is -- on trim tag and came Orange from factory. Looks like someone wrote ORG for orange and there is a cursive B on top of it which I assume means bench seat?
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How did you clean the firewall?
Ryan |
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Stand about 6ft from firewall with the sand blaster and gently blow across it.
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Thanks.
You are going way deeper than I am so I need a less aggressive way:-) Ryan |
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Jeff,
Here's the picture of the firewall marking on my 69 COPO. There's more writing than that, but haven't be able to decipher it. Interestingly enough, these letters can be seen on an early photo of the car sent to me by the original owner. Phil http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...pshdoa0vvz.jpg |
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What's the story on this Chevelle. Was this car just found???
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I cleaned my firewall on my L-78 M-22 Indy with lacquer thinner and a rag and all the markings became very visible verifying the M-22 and other options... there is a thread here somewhere with the pics.
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Nice Jeff. You could barely see the letters when the paint was there, but not well enough to make them out.
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Nice project Jeff [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]
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I recognize that famous rotisserie that she sits on......this COPO will be Amazing when complete......I hope to see it soon.
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I have had the COPO for a couple of years and not sure how long Tony N had it. This is how I got it!
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Nice
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Looks like they had a cardboard template so paint wont go in trunk
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Check out the spring spacer too [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]
She is in Great Hands - Owner and Restorer :-) I like how the previous car - without mentioning the car - got the boot off the Rotisserie for the COPO [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] For those of you new guys this is not Jeff's first COPO Chevelle [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/JeffSucksToo.gif[/img] Dan |
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Looks good Jeff.
I think I bought the car in 2008, maybe 2007, it's been a while. I knew I wasn't going to get to it anytime soon, so it's great seeing you restoring it. Until I sold the car to Jeff, it had never left SE Michigan.... |
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Better picture notice where they taped the cardboard down on each sidehttp://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...pswgz40tyq.jpg
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any L79s on the backburner jeff?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 9566 BA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Check out blue cap on bleeder
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps8miuyrwg.jpg</div></div> Almost looks like this car has been submerged ... |
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Detroit Michigan will do that to your car.
John Obeginski (Obie) bought this car new from Chumbley Chevy in the Detroit area. He lived in a trailer park off Ecorse Rd in Belleville MI The motor and trans sold in the 70's. If you bought my engine and trans please let me know so I can put it back with the car [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]. It was raced at the Detroit Dragway and Milan maybe someone remembers the car. |
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Very cool. It will be way nice when done. Was cool to meet George at the SC reunion. Tell him I said hi.
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Thanks Ken!
Dave I still have a 68 L-79 Nova being put together. This is Phil W.'s COPO Chevelle package shelf built on Wednesday June 18th 1969 http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...psleoqzarg.jpg This is mine built Wednesday June 25th 1969 they must have ran out of the fat masking tape http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...pswgz40tyq.jpg |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Almost looks like this car has been submerged ... </div></div> Actually this car was put away in 1971 (!) with 9000 miles and stored in a small shed adjacent to the trailer park (the Obeginskis owned, and still own a trailer park complex in Belleville, a few steps away from the Willow Run plant where I used to work). The shed's roof began to leak just above the centerline of the front fenders, so the core support and front suspension are considerably more rusty than the rest of the car. |
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Boy seems like a great bunch of muscle cars came from the good old motor city
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Crayon mark on left cowl area
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Jeff,
Your COPO and Phil's COPO are both exceptional COPO's.....both being build on Wednesday [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Dan |
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do you have black interior on trim tag?
I think the chalk "B" on the firewall is black interior My orange black top bucket seat 427 Chevelle has the same chalk marks on firewall I thought "B" was for black top but yours has no black top I don't think "B" is bench seat because it can't be for both bench and bucket so I am thinking "B" is black interior maybe for black paint interior trim work |
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Good point Joe. I was told that the "B" was bench and "BU" was bucket don't know how true that is. It is 755 interior .
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Calipers can any one help me decipher the date code?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Almost looks like this car has been submerged ... </div></div>
Nah... looks fairly typical for anything this age in the rust belt that was driven on salt covered roads in the winter months. There are definitely lots of cars like that in PA. You guys down south don't know just how good you have it! |
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Looks like Refer White was a popular color over Monaco Orange back in the day :smile:
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Looking good Jeff! &#128077;&#127997; Can't wait to see it completed!!!
Van |
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The casting date (Julian) of the calipers are pictured,
The assembly dates are stamped in the machined surface under the caliper frame these are approx 20 days from casting to machining and are from a 12C Camaro. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...ov2014_040.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...ov2014_039.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...ov2014_041.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...ov2014_042.jpg |
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Thanks James
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Jeff,
Looking Fantastic.....I am so happy that you will be back in the seat of yet another Monaco Orange COPO Chevelle....not many can walk in your shoes [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img] Dan |
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Nice work Jeff. Car looks great.
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Jeff
I love to see a 69 swinging from a rotisserie buddy. I was wondering do you have any more pics of the trunk pan install you care to share. |
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