Our 69 Yenko Chevelle restoration

[cook_dw]

Is the gas tank new repo or original? If original what was used to clean its exterior and what finish was applied? Galvanized or polished & cleared or ???

[SS427]

Its a reproduction Darrell. The original was beyond saving. This is the Quanta Products gas tank. I just wiped it down with hot soapy water (any solvent will destroy the slight galvanized look) and then covered it in Boe-Shield after applying the screen printed logo.

[galveston]

Rick, I thought I'd share this with you, not wanting to add any confusion in regards to fuel hose but here's one I discovered from the sender to main line on a '69 B-body built in St. Louis. I wonder if any A-bodies used this style?


What I found interesting was the color of printing is silver when magnified.

[mockingbird812]

Very interesting Shaun, but what i don’t get is how did the fuel move thru the hose with that dag-blamed Phillips head in it?

[SS427]

I have seen those markings before. I just wish I could have found markings on my original hoses.

[DW31S]

The bar has been raised! This will be the new standard by which others are to be judged. The word “perfect” gets tossed around like a schoolyard dodgeball, but the term is warranted here. It seems the light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer and brighter......

[SS427]

Wow David. Those are some pretty strong words for me to achieve but much appreciated. This is I how restored most of our customer cars but admittedly I am taking a lot more time on this one labor wise since it is so cheap. It sure has been a fun one and the amount of help and input we have received from members and friends has been incredible.

[dykstra]

As others have said. Absolutely incredible work! Can’t wait to see in person!!

[m22mike]

Grady and me made the short trip to the Pittsburg world of wheels a few weeks ago, I just had to see it before all that detail gets covered up.
It's all that and a bag of chips.....


Thanks for a very useful thread, learned allot along the way.

Mike

[SS427]

Annie and I hung and welded the exhaust Thursday night before I left the country. It took us a lot longer to install for some reason as I was having difficulty with getting the alignment just perfect. We use Gardner's system and he sends me extra long head pipes as I weld them to the muffler inlet similar to what was done at the factory using no clamps. They are not done exactly the same but pretty darn close. I wanted to cut and weld the alignment tabs on the rear outlet but due to all the problems I was having with the alignment I elected to move forward without them.

The second set of photos are of the original assembly line exhaust we took off the Chevelle during the disassembly.

The exhaust tips are original late 69 tips (without the rolled tips) which I had rechromed. I still need to dress up the inside of them but otherwise the turned out perfect thanks to out plater.