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[dhamp]

Man, that thing is nice!!! Huge fan of all the early 70's A-body cars. Chevy, Pontiac or Buick or Olds! Got a 70 Chevelle 396 myself. Been in the family since '74. In pretty good shape IMO. Plan to start freshening it up in a couple of years.

 

[78shortandwide]

Man, that thing is nice!!! Huge fan of all the early 70's A-body cars. Chevy, Pontiac or Buick or Olds! Got a 70 Chevelle 396 myself. Been in the family since '74. In pretty good shape IMO. Plan to start freshening it up in a couple of years.

Um pics?

 

[89Suburban]

Man, that thing is nice!!! Huge fan of all the early 70's A-body cars. Chevy, Pontiac or Buick or Olds! Got a 70 Chevelle 396 myself. Been in the family since '74. In pretty good shape IMO. Plan to start freshening it up in a couple of years.

 

[Old77]

Leave it to dhamp to unload that info on us and then just leave us hanging!!

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[dhamp]

Who me?? NEVER! Just hanging and having a little Joe......

It's not nearly as pretty, but for a 41 yr old car that's had one 1/2 azzed repaint and never actually restored......I think it's fairly good. Got rust at the normal spots--bottom of the rear glass and just behind the front wheels. Everything else is sound. Most of the chrome/emblems is still in the trunk from the repaint in the 80's, which is also when the black top got removed. It's mostly stock 396/402 other than headers, edelbrock performer intake, and stage 3 shift kit. Oh, and it's a bench seat, column shift, no A/C car.

 

[Irishman999]

Looks great!

I think with some buffing, and new set of aftermarket wheels that thing would look awesome.

 

[78shortandwide]

tell you what i'll trade you my square for it!!

 

[bucket]

Who me?? NEVER! Just hanging and having a little Joe......

It's not nearly as pretty, but for a 41 yr old car that's had one 1/2 azzed repaint and never actually restored......I think it's fairly good. Got rust at the normal spots--bottom of the rear glass and just behind the front wheels. Everything else is sound. Most of the chrome/emblems is still in the trunk from the repaint in the 80's, which is also when the black top got removed. It's mostly stock 396/402 other than headers, edelbrock performer intake, and stage 3 shift kit. Oh, and it's a bench seat, column shift, no A/C car.

Looks pretty darn tootin good in the pics of you ask me! I like the color combo too... and the stock wheels with the old belted BFG's.

 

[towman]

that chevy looks great for not having a ton of money thrown at it, had a 68 ss before, 70 gto and a couple of trans ams, but i love my square body as much as any of them

 

[Old77]

Nice 70 chevelle! I will own one someday!!!!

 

[HotRodPC]

I'd leave those stocker wheels on it. Looks to be a decent OEM SS, I'd leave it as much OEM as possible.
I bet I can find a square I'd trade you for it too.

 

[hirschdalechevy]

Nice olds , and chevelle . I like the old muscle car's you don't see everytime at the shows , myself , (olds 442) , but I am not downing the chevelle at all , I love all old muscle no matter what .

 

[dhamp]

Thanks, guys! It is a blast to drive, though I only get to do so about 5-6 times/year. It's only got about 98k miles on it. The red interior is in decent shape. I need one seam restitched on the front bench, new carpet, headliner, dash pad and rear shelf. Both benches and all the panels are good. It also needs front fender wells. I have no idea where the originals went. The paint isn't that nice up close. You're right, it could probably be wetsanded and buffed and look way better though. Since I'm going to have sheet metal patches at 3-4 places though, and the paint is like 25-yr old single stage, it might be impossible to spot in the repairs and have the paint match. I figure it would be worth it to sand it all the way down and get a proper paint job that'll hold up for another 20 years! Right now, I think I've got a bad rear wheel cylinder or something because front discs started overheating last time I drove it and discovered the back chamber was VERY low in fluid. I filled it up and parked it. Checked it again a couple months later, and it was 1/2 way empty again with no signs of leakage at the MC. I've got a buddy that owns a brake shop back home. I'm just gonna go ahead an get the drum rebuild kit installed, and new cylinders so that it won't take 1/2 mile to stop anymore.

I wouldn't want to, but I'd sell my square for it, just because it would be easier & cheaper to replace the square, and because the Chevelle has been a member of the family since I was 2 yrs old. So far, I haven't had to make that choice though. My plan to was to finish my square first, get a garage/shop built, then use the square to haul the Chevelle to my house to get started on it. I love seeing classic Chevys pulling antique Chevys! I don't have any radical plans for it. Just tightening up the mechanicals, sprucing the interior, and the body work. I'll probably keep the stock wheels, but I also want a nice set of 18" or 20" to cruise on. I have a couple of pics of the direction I plan to go. One is photoshopped, the other I found online, but didn't have the right top.

 

[HotRodPC]

I love seeing classic Chevys pulling antique Chevys! .

Hell yeah !!!