Our 69 Yenko Chevelle restoration

[SS427]

Wish we had gotten more time to talk Dave. Crazy weekend.

[SS427]

My young 21 year old buddy Jordan from Canada took these after riding shotgun on the way out of the MCACN show and I thought I would share them. Pretty cool nighttime photos. Thanks for taking them Jordan and spending some time with all of us. So nice to see all that muscle car enthusiasm and knowledge coming from a young man.

[Woj]

I was wondering who the young gent was taking picture after picture of your car. It obviously hit a chord with him. Glad to see someone so excited about a car twice his age. I hope he pursues his passion with these cars. Phil Woj

[Damien]

Originally Posted by SS427

After three very late nights Annie and I were able to strip the driveshaft of surface rust using Evapo-Rust, steel wool and lots of patience and elbow grease. Once that was done it exposed the three paint stripes and an "M" or "3" all of which was duplicated. The original cold rolled weld was also visible though I had to replicate it as it mostly disappeared during the cleanup process. I then restored the slip yoke and installed new u-joints, mounted it and covered it in Boe-Shield (which is still wet in the photos). I also replicated the "XF" that would be found on the 69 M21. Still missing is the steel part number tag for the trans though I have a lead on one.

The build sheet calls for a Yellow and Green stripe. When stripping the shaft it looked to be an aqua green and almost like two different shades of yellow but I painted mine the same shade.

Rick, did you use the Boe Shield T9 in the aerosol can?

[mockingbird812]

Originally Posted by SS427

I recently came across an oddball situation here and am looking for input. Without even a 1% question our car had 100% of its original brakes still intact. During the restoration of the rear axle assembly I found that it had 15/16" rear wheel cylinders and NOT 7/8" like every other 69/70 Chevelle I have come across. Also, the rear hose was 3/16" and NOT 1/8". Chris White actually pointed that out to me while I was trying to buy an NOS hose from 69camarors427 here which is pretty much an exact match to our original so needless to say I bought it and it is now on the car. Has anyone else encountered the bigger wheel cylinder and brake hose on their Chevelle (likely a COPO thing)?

Rick I know this Restoration is keeping you very busy but you asked about wheel cylinders a while back and I responded that the correct wheel cylinder for 69 Chevelle SS is 15/16”. I believe 7/8” is correct for a 70 Chevelle SS. I just restored my original wheel cylinders a few months back and confirmed from my photos that they are in fact 15/16. Good luck

[SS427]

Originally Posted by mockingbird812

Rick I know this Restoration is keeping you very busy but you asked about wheel cylinders a while back and I responded that the correct wheel cylinder for 69 Chevelle SS is 15/16”. I believe 7/8” is correct for a 70 Chevelle SS. I just restored my original wheel cylinders a few months back and confirmed from my photos that they are in fact 15/16. Good luck

Yes you did and thank you again for that. At the same time almost every other person I have checked with said their car had the 7/8" so I was confused and thought I would put it out in public to see what everyone else had. Ditto on the rear brake hose. Seems to me I asked Dan Vasic this question as well based on how many he has had apart. I have been busy so my apologies for not mentioning yours and my conversation. I need to start writing things down! LOL

[mockingbird812]

Nice job Robert! Figures as he has a beautiful RED '69 solid lifter 'velle too!!