Scuncio Chevelle ex-L78

[TomN]

I've swapped the rear springs out again. Car came with some super stiff & tall rear springs when I got it - someone on here told me racers back in the day used to put them in. I had put in some springs from an 1987 Buick GN I had had several years ago - but felt that the car was still to high in the rear. So I put in a set of rear springs from a 1970 Chevelle SS that came from the factory with the rear sway bar.
Car sits a lot better now to me.
I have an appointment with the alignment shop next Tuesday. I'm hoping there is no drama there .... lol

[TomN]

I didn't make it to the alignment shop as planned - as the mechanic down the street was ready to put a new torque converter in the car.
Should know soon just how much a new "modified stall" torque converter helps.

[TomN]

The torque converter helped much more than I thought. Where before the car idled good in "Park" - it gasped like it wanted to die in gear and wanted to lurch when trying to ease on the gas. Car now idles good in gear and eases around nicely at part throttle.
Very good change

[TomN]

Merry Christmas to everyone who is following along on this car project with me.

Thanks for all the help you have been.

[TomN]

I polished the front bumper the other day just to clean it up a little and make it look better.
That got me looking at the headlight trim pieces which had a little paint on the top edges. So I took the trim pieces off to get the paint off and noticed that they were all installed in the wrong positions - and the screws were all just a mix-match of whatever someone could find.
So I ordered a fastener kit to put all the headlight trim back on with matching screws and such. Which I did - but the kit had to many screws and some nylon/plastic squared off pieces in it. I couldn't find a place for the plastic pieces and I just stayed with the u-shaped clips that the trim screws went into.
I guess if someone worked on enough of these cars they would know just what went where - or were different fasteners used on Chevelles depending on which assembly plant they were made at?
And of course there were no instructions saying where the nylon/plastic pieces went.
Anyway the car is coming along - it is in much better shape and usable now.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by TomN

I polished the front bumper the other day just to clean it up a little and make it look better.
That got me looking at the headlight trim pieces which had a little paint on the top edges. So I took the trim pieces off to get the paint off and noticed that they were all installed in the wrong positions - and the screws were all just a mix-match of whatever someone could find.
So I ordered a fastener kit to put all the headlight trim back on with matching screws and such. Which I did - but the kit had to many screws and some nylon/plastic squared off pieces in it. I couldn't find a place for the plastic pieces and I just stayed with the u-shaped clips that the trim screws went into.
I guess if someone worked on enough of these cars they would know just what went where - or were different fasteners used on Chevelles depending on which assembly plant they were made at?
And of course there were no instructions saying where the nylon/plastic pieces went.
Anyway the car is coming along - it is in much better shape and usable now.

Post a pic of what you have and there will be people who can advise you on their usage/locations. The square, plastic "nuts" may be for the adjusting screws for aiming or grille mounting screws, depending on size.

[TomN]

This is a picture of the nylon/plastic parts that came in the headlight trim fastener kit

To Many Projects thought they might be for the headlight adjusting screws to go into (without seeing a picture)

Does anybody know if that is right?

[Too Many Projects]

That's what they look like to me.
They are very similar to license plate nuts too, but I wouldn't think they would be included in a headlight/grille kit...

[TomN]

I hadn't thought of the license plate nuts .... but these are much to small for those

Thanks

[BLACKLS5]

I can't speak for a '69 but on a '70 those would snap in to the radiator support and the screws that hold the head lamp bezels on would screw into them. Probably 2 for each of the 4 head lamp bezels.