Keith Tedford's Cool 300 Deluxe SS 396 Chevelle

[Xplantdad]

This is our 300 Deluxe SS 396 Chevelle. We were fortunate in that the interior was in good shape and just needed a couple of seat insert repairs. No one manufactures reproduction interiors for these cars and the seats and door panels are almost impossible to find. When we bought the car, it was a tired dark grey. It got done in the original Cortez Silver. Although the car did not come with the D96 stripe, the silver really needed the side accent. We came up with a reproduction rubber/plastic floor mat to replace the carpet that someone had installed. A Muncie handle was adapted to the Hurst shifter to have the best of both worlds. We switch back and forth between the factory SS wheels and Cragar mags. The day two look is a refreshing change for us. When the HEI died, the engine got a stock points distributor which works just fine. The engine got some fresh paint at the same time. We managed to find a good 4346 carb and it works like new. This is not really a show car but rather a nice driver and has gone about 28K miles since the fall of 1997. The original owner posed for a picture of him beside the car. Lots of old stories there. We have now owned the car longer than any of the dozen previous owners.


Keith Tedford