my 65 SS

[sschevellefan]

Thanks guys. I`ll give you a little history on the car. goes back to 9th grade. Walking home from school one day I came across this 65 chevelle. I thought it was awesome. It was super clean and just looked good. Took the same route everyday just so I could see the car. Then a few years later my father unfortunately passed away and I got a small life insurance policy. I looked in the autotrader and here was a really nice 65 SS chevelle. I went and looked at it and it was the same car I drooled over years ago only he had moved a few blocks over. I bought the car and at 17yrs old I had the car of my dreams and the coolest first car. I had it for 5 yrs and thought I wanted something else so I traded it to a friend for a 56 belair ex drag car, some parts and some cash. I actually cried as he drove away. Ended up selling the 56 a few years later. I came across the car again several years later looking pretty much as it does and had the 427. I knew I would never be able to afford to buy it back but at least I knew it was still taken care of. So 8 yrs ago I posted on team chevelle with the vin and a guy actually responded years later but the car wasnt for sale. I watched it on craigslist for a few years. Last summer as luck would have it I came into some money and it just so happend the car popped up on craigslist again. I emailed the seller and asked for the vin. It matched my old one. The next weekend I went and bought it. Didnt start it or drive it. Just took the guy to my bank, got a cashiers check and drove my first car home 15 yrs after I sold it. I`m extremely lucky to have found it again and be in the position to buy it back. I plan to get the interior back to "stock". Currently has a B&M pro ratchet, no console and a grant steering wheel and aftermarket gauges. I want to reinstall a console, I have the front section, get a stock shifter, thinking a 2 bar wood wheel or oem black wheel, get the factory gauges working again and install a factory tach and probably repaint it back to the original crocus yellow. I`m a huge fan of these cars back in their original colors, preserves the history of when these cars were new in my opinion. Been thinking of pulling the 427 for a 300hp 327 to make it a driver but the 427 is alot of fun. I made some changes when I planned to race it but thats no longer the plan so I have to make some changes in the gears and carb to get my mileage back up to 13-15mpg from the current 7mpg. Its going to take some time but its back and I`m never selling it again unless my family needs become more important.