69 Chevelle SS...decisions

[WILMASBOYL78]

No cage, keep the factory color and trim, cragars/redlines or maybe some vintage white letters, keep the day 2 mods bolt-on so you can return to stock if needed..if it wasn't a real SS car then the black would be awesome..stock color will give you more value down the road if you have to sell it.


wilma

[P.J.]

Original colour,Original colour,Original colour.

PJ

[Jim_Becker68]

I would keep it very close to the way it looked as delivered. There are not that many cars left that retain their as delivered look and equipment. Tires and wheels are minor. Paint and equipment is another.

I have seen many cars with added on options. I have seen too many cars with options such as air conditioning with the system in pieces and hacked up because the guy had to add some fancy chrome or other mods and their was no room or way to reconnect the air.

Engines are another area where people start adding the bright and shinny stuff and chuck the original GM parts. Its getting to where I swear that less than a half of the preserved cars still have their factory intake, carb, valve covers and air cleaner.

If your car was a no engine, no trans, needs every body panel repaired car, I would say do what you want. But, you have an original SS that is pretty original and its getting hard to find original cars. Keep it original, for down the road if circumstances ever force its sale, it may be worth more and an easier sale.

[Chris_69_SS]

Thanks for all of the replies.

As for color, I am not CRAZY about lemans blue and at any rate, when I bought the car it was black and I loved it...always regretted going to the current blue.

I understand the opinion that has been echoed regarding resale value down the line but this has never, nor will it ever, be a deciding factor in any automible decision. I strongly beleive in enjoying what I own for me and not the next guy. I do undersatnd what you are trying to say though, and appreciate your input.

I like the idea of torque thrusts & red lines with the red side stripe. Wonder how that stripe would look though with a parchment interior?

I`d say wheels are gonna be cragars or TT`s...we`ll have to wait until spring. Tried a set of S/S`s on my buddy had and here is how they looked...


As fopr bolt on stuff, I have the following Sun Super Tach, bouyght NOS with chrome cup and orig bracket. It is going to look killer...

[TDW]

Chris...There are a couple of pictures of my Black 69 with the TT wheels on it somewhere in the members section, if you want to see what it would look like with them.

[jeff morocco]

heres the link

69 L78 SS w/ TT

[Postsedan]

The car looks great with the Cragars...especially with the Black wall tires. Now all you need to do is put back the wheel well trim. Good luck.

I also like the no trace of an antenna.

Dan.

[Bill Pritchard]

I also agree that the red stripe tires and red side stripe would look odd with the Parchment interior.

[Charley Lillard]

You are screwing up orig color so you might as well go red interior to match the redlines and the red stripes. Or stay with Lemans blue- parchment

[Chris_69_SS]

Screwing up? Wow. That`s a little harsh don`t you think? Try to keep an open mind...Beleive it or not there are some of us who just consider ourselves "car guys".

Don`t get me wrong, I think it is neat to see cars that are 100% correct but as long as I am footing the bill (on my cars) I`m gonna build em the way I like em. sorry.

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You are screwing up orig color so you might as well go red interior to match the redlines and the red stripes. Or stay with Lemans blue- parchment

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