COPO Chevelle resto progress [Archive]

GeorgeLyons

11-15-2005, 10:20 PM

I thought I would share progress on my Daytona Yellow Automatic 9566 car I am preparing to go to BJ Scottsdale with in January. This is the car I bought from second owner, Ken Heckert, a few years ago in good overall condition but needing done. 100% mathching number drivetrain, build sheet, protecto plate imprint, oddball Malibu trim/paint, no radio, gauges, buckets & console. A really cool car and an easy car to do as I needed to look for so little as car was very original. Can't keep 'em all.........this ones gonna go and should really make someone happy if they want a real, no BS car in great colors and nice equipment. Now I will try to attach some pics. Thanks for looking !!!

GeorgeLyons

11-15-2005, 10:33 PM

pic 1

mockingbird812

11-16-2005, 05:33 AM

Send your pictures to me and I will post.

Alss

11-16-2005, 05:43 AM

yes..we want to see!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

ALbert

Stuart Adams

11-17-2005, 03:46 PM

Camara threw a rod??

Alss

11-17-2005, 04:37 PM

Dead battery? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif

GeorgeLyons

11-17-2005, 05:37 PM

Sorry, tried everything to post pics, my local computer guru that set up our dealership cant figure it out either. Very frustrating.

Alss

11-17-2005, 05:57 PM

George..send them to me..I'll post them for you.

ALbert

PeteLeathersac

11-17-2005, 05:58 PM

Can't wait....lay 'em on us! ~ Pete

Alss

11-17-2005, 06:25 PM

here they are #1

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GeorgeLyons

11-17-2005, 06:41 PM

Albert, you are the best, Thank You very much and please critique anything you see. Questions welcome.

Alss

11-17-2005, 06:53 PM

Your welcome George..anytime..car looks great!! and very familiar.

ALbert

Mr70

11-17-2005, 07:00 PM

Nice! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Mr. T

11-17-2005, 07:11 PM

Very impressive work George. Rest assured, your COPO will be one of the first Chevrolets I will be looking for at BJ 2006!

Don_Lightfoot

11-17-2005, 07:34 PM

Looking terrific George, very well done. Gee, some nice looking decals on the front end http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I have a couple of questions. I notice the "Malibu" script on the quarters and the lower rocker moldings with silver color. Did some COPO's come this way?

Good luck at BJ George http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

GeorgeLyons

11-17-2005, 07:55 PM

Those decals were secured from an underground source in a foreign country with American currency. And yes they are nice, Thanks Don. And the Malibu trim is rare, correct for this car and just a few others I have heard of. I don't think it was ordered any different, just happened to be built on a Malibu body instead of an SS body like the others. I'll take a shot of the build sheet and Protecto Plate imprint when get a moment.

olredalert

11-17-2005, 08:18 PM

------Geez, George, I just cant figure out how you can do them so nice in that run down, ramshackle shop of yours. How do you do it??? Cant wait to see it at BJ as well.............Bill S

Stuart Adams

11-17-2005, 08:19 PM

Never seen matching orange exhaust manifolds before, I like it. Nice car, what day is this going across the block?

Is that Gardner exhaust?

MosportGreen66

11-17-2005, 08:23 PM

A Malibu with a 427... speechless.

BARRY

11-17-2005, 08:24 PM

HI IS THAT CAR FROM CANADA

GeorgeLyons

11-17-2005, 08:32 PM

correct with manifolds painted, just like Tonawanda (good photos in some Corvette NCRS stuff clearly showing this) Once car is run and hot it all burns off except just up by the heads. You get the perfect look. My Butternut yenko done exactly like this 16 years ago still looks good with manifolds looking bare, natural, very light brownish/rust except engine orange showing just near the heads. You end up with the right look but car must get up to temp a couple times. We are gonna fire this car next week and I will share post burn off pictures afterwards.
Yes, Gardner chambered (correct per my build sheet to be chambered and original was still on car but cut for headers).
BJ Friday night, 7-8PM I figure. I'll be one nervous SOB.

Mr. T

11-17-2005, 08:38 PM

George, if you get too nervous before driving your COPO up to the block, I'll ride up there with you. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

Stuart Adams

11-17-2005, 08:41 PM

Fantastic. Looking forward to seeing the car. Nice yellow. Did you email me?

Alss

11-17-2005, 10:30 PM

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Yes, Gardner chambered (correct per my build sheet to be chambered and original was still on car but cut for headers).
BJ Friday night, 7-8PM I figure. I'll be one nervous SOB.

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That Gardener exhaust is a beauty..I put one on my COPO as well.

you'll be nervous alright..as will some other COPO Chevelle owners who will be watching what kind of number the car will bring. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

ALbert

John

11-18-2005, 12:38 AM

that looks fantastic....good luck at the auction http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

Mr70

11-18-2005, 02:45 AM

I just had to come back and look at this again George.
So freakin http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

camaromb

11-18-2005, 04:28 AM

George,
The COPO looks great! What was the engine paint you used? It looks perfect, not too orange, not too red. I look forward to seeing the car at auction. Good luck.
Mark

Belair62

11-18-2005, 05:46 AM

Extremely nice.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Alss

11-18-2005, 06:03 PM

A few more from George.

Alss

11-18-2005, 06:03 PM

another

Alss

11-18-2005, 06:04 PM

last one

jeff-san

11-18-2005, 07:17 PM

WOW!

GeorgeLyons

11-18-2005, 07:25 PM

First off, Thanks to Albert for posting the pics I failed doing.
As to question of engine color: I have never found anything closer than Plasticote in the aerosol cans, Chevy Engine Orange. I have a painted valve cover I took off a 70 Camaro about 1 week after delivery and it is a good color test sample..........very close to this paint and not too shiny like some others I see. Easy to find at most auto parts stores. I have used nothing else for years.

Don_Lightfoot

11-18-2005, 07:43 PM

If I'm not mistaken, they look like the rolled exhaust tips http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Xplantdad

11-18-2005, 08:00 PM

Awesome Job! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

PeteLeathersac

11-18-2005, 08:14 PM

Beautiful car and fantastic work! . Looking at those chassis shots reminded me of High School Auto shop days. . GM Oshawa used to give our area high schools new "damaged" units to dismantle for tech training. . We usually pulled the bodies whose parts were sold off then shortened the chassis and made drivable chassis units. . Besides fond memories of the parking lot races, I remember most were full size Chevys often wagons and sometimes trucks also recall a few 66-67 Novas? . I remember one school had a 72? Skylark with that tarp style sunroof....I think it had A-pillar damage from hitting an overhead obstical and think it stayed together and was sold in the later 70's with about 20 miles on it? ~ Pete

Stuart Adams

11-18-2005, 08:38 PM

George, I would be nervous at BJ also, one Loomis truck for the cash after the auction probably won't be enough!!!!

GeorgeLyons

11-18-2005, 10:17 PM

Yes, rolled exhaust tips, a rare '69 only item I always liked. This is actually a set I made/copied/repo'd back around 1990 and sold to the previous owner of this car who never put them on because he never did the car. They were in trunk in the box I sent them in from years ago. I had a Dusk Blue L78 car years ago that had original ones I used for a prototype and worked with a local hot rodder buddy to make about 12 or so sets I sold. They are out there somewhere on cars.

Bill Pritchard

11-18-2005, 11:45 PM

The car looks beautiful http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

Scheduled to cross the auction block 9 cars after the Ray Allen LS6 Convertible http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif ..... excellent timing, George. I usually leave the auction before that time of evening, but might have to stick around for those two http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

Mr. T

11-18-2005, 11:50 PM

Bill, make sure you have that purple Nickey shirt on, so I can spot you when the COPO Chevelle goes across the block. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Alss

11-22-2005, 07:04 AM

new pics..moving along. Looks great George. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

Alss

11-22-2005, 07:05 AM

front view

Alss

11-22-2005, 07:06 AM

Last one for now

Chevy454

11-22-2005, 07:51 AM

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/drool.gif

olredalert

11-22-2005, 08:45 AM

-------Man,,,,,With that Malibu trim this is the sleeper COPO of all time. Who among us would even hazard a guess that beside us at the light is a 427/425 wolf in sheeps clothing. Back in the day an astute street-racer would have put full wheel-covers on this piece of architecture to complete the ensemble. 90% of us would be just shaking our heads after this yellow bomber left us in its dust........Bill S

MosportGreen66

11-22-2005, 03:24 PM

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/youguysrock.gif I am speechless...
If not for those SS wheels... that thing screams 6cyl.
Beautiful restoration. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

Xplantdad

11-22-2005, 04:37 PM

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http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/youguysrock.gif I am speechless...
If not for those SS wheels... that thing screams 6cyl.
Beautiful restoration. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

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Dan, that's exactly what I was thinking, too! What a sleeper http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/drool.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/drool.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/drool.gif

Rob...thanks for adding the drool graemlin...it really applies here!