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I'm hoping there are a few gear heads on here that enjoy the rumble from an American Detroit V8 and will appreciate the time/money spent to fuel this hobby. I'm finally creating this thread to capture a long story short version (hopefully) of the making of this car that I started when I was 18.
This is definitely one of those never finished projects so expect to see updates as I am going to use this track any progress.
LONG STORY SHORT. here it goes
My father was known as the chevelle kid back in the day and claims to have had somewhere close to 20 of them throughout his time. This was the last one that he had. It was originally a Malibu 350 car with an automatic turbo 350 on the column, 10 bolt rear end with 2.73 gears, bench seat car. He bought this car without an engine in 1984 and shortly after put a 327 that had been built in the 80s into it. And then it sat. For a very long time. In fact pretty much up until he handed it to me in 2007.
When I got the car it was 10 different colors and really needed a full restoration. It did run and move still but was in rough shape. Being young and anxious I did the bare minimum I needed to do to get this thing "road worthy" :haha: barely. Brakes, tune up, some elbow grease, and a 5 gallon plastic gas tank strapped down in the trunk were enough to get me out on the streets.
I drove the car around for awhile like that without any kind of interior stopping at every gas station to top off the 5 gallon container.
Over the next year I put an entire interior from an SS car into it, 12 bolt rear end with 3.73 gears, a 3200 rpm stall converter, and many odds and ends that needed to be taken care of including an actual gas tank. The gears and high stall converter made the car respectable with the 80s built 327. Racing stock mustangs was a toss up every time as I remember.
And after the 327 received a proper tune up and dress up
This is definitely one of those never finished projects so expect to see updates as I am going to use this track any progress.
LONG STORY SHORT. here it goes
My father was known as the chevelle kid back in the day and claims to have had somewhere close to 20 of them throughout his time. This was the last one that he had. It was originally a Malibu 350 car with an automatic turbo 350 on the column, 10 bolt rear end with 2.73 gears, bench seat car. He bought this car without an engine in 1984 and shortly after put a 327 that had been built in the 80s into it. And then it sat. For a very long time. In fact pretty much up until he handed it to me in 2007.
When I got the car it was 10 different colors and really needed a full restoration. It did run and move still but was in rough shape. Being young and anxious I did the bare minimum I needed to do to get this thing "road worthy" :haha: barely. Brakes, tune up, some elbow grease, and a 5 gallon plastic gas tank strapped down in the trunk were enough to get me out on the streets.
I drove the car around for awhile like that without any kind of interior stopping at every gas station to top off the 5 gallon container.
Over the next year I put an entire interior from an SS car into it, 12 bolt rear end with 3.73 gears, a 3200 rpm stall converter, and many odds and ends that needed to be taken care of including an actual gas tank. The gears and high stall converter made the car respectable with the 80s built 327. Racing stock mustangs was a toss up every time as I remember.
And after the 327 received a proper tune up and dress up
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