'70 SS Chevelle

[Damien]

Hi guys.
I landed this '70 SS last week. It came from Washington. It has bench seat/column shift, cowl hood minus induction. Has had a repaint and a clean up underneath but apart from that is a really solid, original, nice driving car. I plan to keep it until my 69 Chevelle arrives and then it will be up for sale.
Thanks.

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[Survivor 69/Z28]

Very nice! I love the color!

[Postsedan]

Blue Cloth Bench, Nice! Does this Chevelle have a build sheet, is so.....perhaps it was a non stripe car and someone added the stripes <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

Dan

[Damien]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Blue Cloth Bench, Nice! Does this Chevelle have a build sheet, is so.....perhaps it was a non stripe car and someone added the stripes <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

Dan </div></div>

No build sheet Dan, unfortunately. According to the trim tag and behind the door trims, the car was originally Astro Blue with what I have been told was a white vinyl top. Trim tag says 25 A. As you say it could have been a non stripe car which would be a shame as when they repainted the car, in a different shade of blue, they also painted the stripes incorrectly! A shame to do that to what is otherwise a really nice, driver quality Chevelle.

[SS427]

Very nice car to own and drive over there. Congrats.

[6pakdave]

Nice 70 Damien. My Chevelle is an orig Astro blue car, but repainted resale-red in the 90s. I thought you raced altereds?

later Dave

[Damien]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 6pakdave</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice 70 Damien. My Chevelle is an orig Astro blue car, but repainted resale-red in the 90s. I thought you raced altereds?

later Dave </div></div>

Up until I bought this dragster a couple of years ago, I had never sat in anything other than an altered. So needless to say that I have copped some stick about having a sex change, given I bought a &quot;girls car&quot;!
Throw up a pic of your Chevelle, would love to see it.

[6pakdave]

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[Damien]

More proof that Chevelle guys get all the chicks!

[BowtieGent]

I had NO idea they made RHD Chevelles.
Learn something new everyday. Cool ride.

[6pakdave]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Damien</div><div class="ubbcode-body">More proof that Chevelle guys get all the chicks! </div></div>

....and sometimes Mustang owners! My friend is a photographer. She sometimes likes to have a classic car in a shoot, so who am I to complain lol..

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[Damien]

Well a lot has happened in the last year or so since last visiting this thread to say the least! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif
I ended up selling the '69 and keeping the '70. I would still like another '69 sometime in the future but unfortunately the silver '69 I had was not the car for me. After a little garage incident, I decided to have the stripes fixed on the '70 and as often happens I ended up repainting the car in it's original Astro Blue at the same time. Very happy with the results and it's nice to look at the car with correct stripes for a change. It actually looks darker than it is due to my crappy phone pics, so apologies for that. I am still waiting for the seat material from our friends at SMS and are now being told it should be ready to ship in May, 7 months after placing the order <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif . We have a big show coming up in May over here that I was luck enough to be invited to so we are looking forward to that.
Hope everyone has a great Easter.

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[Xplantdad]

Damien...Looks great! Congrats on a cool car!

[69VN]

Nice Chevelle! I don't get to see many Astro Blue cars around here. I like your dragster too!

SAL <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Damien]

Thanks guys. Unfortunately Sal, the dragster has gone. May go back to again one day if the sport improves over here, but can't see much happening in the near future. More time for the muscle cars <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

[Survivor 69/Z28]

Good looking 70!

[Postsedan]

Looks Great! You need another '69 <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

Dan

[Damien]

Thanks guys.
One day Dan. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[Damien]

A couple of pics on what has been a pretty quiet time for the Chevelle. It's been a little like the red headed step child of late as we have using our Nova a bit. But it is now time for that to move on and we have it up for sale. It's been a great car but it needs to go. We are planning on attending next years MCACN as well as a visit to Pavilions in Phoenix so I need to turn over a couple of cars in the meantime. Given summer is upon us here I thought I might pull the Chevelle out of hibernation and look at a couple of the things that need attention. Hasn't really seen the light of day since the Gasolene show in Melbourne in June.

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It's has issues with the fuel gauge since day 1 of my ownership, so I am working thru that at the moment by the process of elimination. I pulled the tank out on the weekend, although the sender tested ok with the tank in the car, just to make sure there was nothing funky going on under there. No build sheet under there unfortunately! One of the things I love about this car is that it is in such nice shape. It has all of its factory sheet metal and save for a couple of small rust repairs in the bottom of each fender about the size of a quarter, no other rust or collision damage. It's just a shame that when someone before me decided to repaint the car the incorrect colour on top, they also painted the underside, firewall and radiator support in full gloss black. A large job to put back to factory semi gloss but hopefully that will happen one day. Not really loving the yellow springs and shocks either but that will be easily fixed in the future.

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I will finally have the interior material in about a week from our friends at SMS. It has taken almost a year but hopefully when it arrives it is correct, as per the samples they provided and I can get the seats to the trimmer. I will also have a correct booster, prop valve and master from Steve at Brake Boosters shortly as well and can get to installing that as well as some other hoses and lines to clean up the engine bay. Steve was great to deal with and the quality of his parts look first rate.

[Postsedan]

Looking Great Damien <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

Keep the pics coming.....when you get to freshening up under the hood.

Dan

[Damien]

Will do Dan, thanks again.

[Damien]

Couple of updates as I have received some parts from the US in the last week or so. I have also had the carb rebuilt by a local guy. The plan is to give the engine a bit of a service in the next couple of weeks with new plugs, leads, oil and filters then take it back to him for a tune.
My reconditioned booster and prop valve turned up today from Steve Gregori @ Brake Boosters and I couldn't be more pleased with them both. He's certainly turns out first class work. Highly recommended. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif I plan on fitting them along with the correct '70 style master and new brakes lines, over the xmas break.

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Last week after more than a 12 month wait, my interior fabric and vinyl arrived from SMS. The only recommendation for these clowns I could offer is that they are the company that reproduces the 762 fabric closest to the original. Other than that, they are a disaster to deal with. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/bs.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif Hopefully some of the other companies can step up and accurately make some of the harder to find stuff so the next guy can avoid these people altogether. Anyways, the seat are booked in with the trimmer for early January.

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[Postsedan]

Damien,

Looking great my friend. Yes, We all know all about SMS too well :-( You`re lucky, some guys had to wait over 24 months <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif

Dan

[Xplantdad]

Looking forward to the updates Damien!

[scuncio]

Very nice. How long was the turnaround time for Steve Gregori's work?

[Damien]

Thanks guys.
Tony, Steve supplied the booster and prop valve and they were ready in a couple of weeks.

[300deluxe]

Hows Al's Frost Green 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe ZL-1 project coming along? Troy

[Postsedan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 300deluxe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hows Al's Frost Green 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe ZL-1 project coming along? Troy </div></div>

Hi Troy,

Try asking here <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/569727/28

Dan

[Damien]

I spent a couple of days last week doing some engine bay clean up that was long overdue. I started with a good pressure wash of the bay and front end to rid it of some nasties from the repaint and also the build up of a few years of driving, both here and in Washington state, where the car came from. Made a pretty decent difference. I then pulled the exhaust manifolds, blasted them with the new cabinet I bought, painted them with cast iron VHT paint, replaced the donuts and refitted. I also pulled the power steering lines and replaced them with new pieces and bled the system. Pretty straight forward process.

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I now have myself a new helper too!

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One blasted, one to go.

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Manifolds painted and back in place, lines replaced.

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Good help, hard to find! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif

This week I'm moving on to the new booster and master set up I have from Brake Boosters.

[mockingbird812]

Damien - your 'Velle is looking good. LOVE your new lil helper.......name????? <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Damien]

Thanks Sam. His name is Ace, which comes from some of my favourite people, Ace Frehley, Lemmy Kilmister (Ace Of Spades) and Ed &quot;The Ace&quot; McCulloch. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

[Postsedan]

Looking great Damien.....Ace is a cutie. I miss our Black Lab.

Dan

[Damien]

Thanks Dan. As he is only 5 months old he is experiencing his first dose summer as its 105 degrees here today!

[Damien]

A little more progress this week as I swapped out the the crappy booster and master for the nice Brake Boosters booster, prop valve and an almost as crappy, but era correct, repro master as well as some new brakes lines. As reported in the tech section, I had a couple of issues with the depth of the piston hole in the master and had to shorten the booster/master pin some to make it work. And work it does, I now have better brakes than ever, so a very worthwhile exercise. Over the next week or so I will give it a service with plugs, oil, filters and replace those ugly blue plug wires and then it's off for a dyne tune. Now just waiting on the trimmer to recover the seats. Hopefully in the next week or two that will happen.

Before

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After

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[Postsedan]

PM sent <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

Dan

[Mr70]

Your master cylinder bail clip is backwards and could allow the brake fluid to weep out if not flipped over to the other side.

[Damien]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Your master cylinder bail clip is backwards and could allow the brake fluid to weep out if not flipped over to the other side.
</div></div>

Arrh, that would be right! Thanks for the tip. I'll turn it around.

PM back, Dan.

[ds1]

Sweet car. Love it

[Damien]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ds1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sweet car. Love it </div></div>
Thanks!

Today's purchase....

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[Xplantdad]

Cool!

[Postsedan]

Damien,

NICE, are they dated correctly for your Chevelle? Are they AO Wheels?

Dan

[Damien]

They are repros Dan. If I can find a reasonably priced set of restored AO's with good lug holes I'll take them but haven't found anything yet.

[Damien]

Mounted the new wheels and tires today. Very happy with the result.

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[Mr70]

Nice!...very sharp &amp; tastefully done.

[JRC99]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Looks gorgeous!</span>

[Xplantdad]

Beautiful!

[mockingbird812]

Good looking SS Damien! That Astro blue with the white stripes is killer!

[Damien]

Thanks guys!

[Postsedan]

Beautiful! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif

Dan

[napa68]

That is sweet!

Tim

[MosportGreen66]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Damien</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mounted the new wheels and tires today. Very happy with the result.

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Congrats and well done. Beautiful

[Damien]

Thanks guys <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif Hopefully some more progress over the coming weeks.

[JScott]

Oh man ... want. I'll take the one that comes with Hooters girls. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[Damien]

Seats back from the trimmer today and back in the car. Very happy with the result. The trimmer did a great job, they are all symmetrical and everything lines up great like it should.

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[Postsedan]

Damien,

FANTASIC JOB! That looks Great! Love me a Bench Seat! PLUS GM got this material right.

Now all your Chevelle needs is a 3rd Pedal <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

Dan

[chevelleheart]

Damien , congrats ! Stunning job! Love the interior, so different,and I can sympathize with you on SMC,....they do take a while!
Great looking car !!,

[Rixls6]

The seats came out beautiful.
Gotta agree with Dan about bench seats!

[m22mike]

That seat material is awesome, great color and very fresh looking... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[WILMASBOYL78]

Outstanding job on the seats...first rate <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[SS427]

Very nice!

[AutumngoldL78]

Man that looks good.My Dad has the same car but with A/C.
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/03/full-13933-22575-copy_2_of_pimg0899.jpg

[mockingbird812]

Stunning! Have fun!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Damien]

Thanks guys! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Damien]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AutumngoldL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Man that looks good.My Dad has the same car but with A/C.
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/03/full-13933-22575-copy_2_of_pimg0899.jpg
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Looks familiar! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif Would love to see some more pics?

[RJS]

First off your Chevelle looks outstanding!!! You must be like me &quot;detail oriented&quot;.
I too hate dealing with SMS and I'm in the states. They sent me a perfect sample for my headliner but after about a 5 month wait I got what looks correct but made of vinyl instead of the material sample they sent me before the job. Now that it is done and in no one will know unless you touch it but wasn't happy with their slowness, excuses and then a bait and switch for material.
Ron http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/03/full-19220-22626-img_0647_large.jpg
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[Damien]

Thanks Ron. Nice Sebring by the way. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif
Now it's done I'm leaving SMS in the rear view mirror and moving on. I look forward to using Legendary for my future projects, whatever they may be. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif

[Postsedan]

SMS = SLOWEST MATERIAL SERVICE <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif

Dan

[RJS]

I too use Legendary for all my upholstery needs but SMS was the only place with the correct pattern for my headliner. Years back on my first SSP legendary was able to make me one from NOS material they found but I guess 20 years makes a difference!!!
Ron

[Damien]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SMS = SLOWEST MATERIAL SERVICE <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif

Dan </div></div>

Some of your best work Dan! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif

[Damien]

I closed the book on the '70 yesterday when it was sold. It was a bitter sweet moment watching it drive away but it went to a great family and they love the car. I decided a little while ago to get myself back into another '69 Chevelle. I have a '69 SS that is also for sale that requires a little love to bring it up to where it should be and if it doesn't sell in the next few weeks I may get some registration on it and use until it does.

[Postsedan]

Well done Damien :-)

You should be very proud on how you greatly improved your '70.
I am sure the new family will love it for years to come.

Now off to sell the '69 to buy another '69 or something different?

Are you going to attend the MCACN in 2016?

Dan

[Damien]

Thanks Dan, much appreciated.
Best case scenario for me is I sell the '69 I have now and buy a better '69 SS 396 Chevelle. L34 or L35. I have had enough of the buying and selling for a while, the market is pretty tough at the moment. I want to get myself into something along the lines of the silver '69 I had and should have kept! Live and learn. After having 9 cars in 6 or 7 years I have worked out that I'm a '69 guy.
And yes, MCACN and Pavilions are in our sights for 2016. Would love to put some faces to names and thank some people personally for help along the way.

[Xplantdad]

Cool...it would be great to meet you!

[Damien]

Your on the list Bruce! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Xplantdad]

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif!

[markinnaples]

My buddy's silver '69 is still available <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[Damien]

Appreciate the offer Mark and your help last week.