What Did You Do To Your Chevelle Today - Page 179

shadowgray396 · #**1781** 02-16-2014, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by carpoor

Dragged the 69' home yesterday, searched for a build sheet today - no dice.

What plant was it built at?

carpoor · #**1782** 02-17-2014, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by shadowgray396

What plant was it built at?

KC, Missouri

carpoor · #**1783** 02-18-2014, 06:24 PM

Placed want ads, and searched for parts for the 69'. If anyone knows of any parts cars near them - holler! I am currently mostly concerned with finding a glove box door and the sheet metal around it from a solid car for a patch panel. I have a lead, but his parts cars are currently snowed in up in CT.

carpoor · #**1784** 02-20-2014, 03:08 PM

Had a short day at work.

So, I pulled the non tilt coulmn out of my 72'. Realized the blinker arm and tilt lever on my tilt column weren't that nice, ordered a few things from Ground Up. (They have free shipping this weekend BTW)

Also chased a few leads on parts for the 69'.

carpoor · #**1785** 03-01-2014, 05:44 PM

I picked up a second rear seat for the 69' today. Also finally got around to cleaning everything out of the car and trunk so I could sort through it all.

Installed the tilt column in my 72' after months of not being able to do so. It fought me the whole way. Figure this one out... the harness is all new from American Auto Wire. The car is a 72', the column I installed is from a 72'. But the long, skinny 9 pin connector wouldn't plug in to the tilt column. I had to modify the plug on the car harness to fit the plug on the column.

By the time I got the coulmn back in, it was after 6pm and my afternoon was shot. Still need to install the steering wheel and steering shaft to complete the swap.

carpoor · #**1786** 03-08-2014, 04:49 PM

Steering wheel and steering shaft are installed. Again, getting that steering shaft in was no fun. I had a fight on my hands from the word go. I also crawled under the car to tighten the U-joint straps. I shoved the DS in last year while I was hurt and waiting on surgery - never did more than finger tighten the bolts. I also rolled the engine over by hand a few times, nice and smooth.

Can't wait to have some time off from work so I can thrash on it for a few days and get it running.

These few things killed an afternoon, sad.

Ms Grumpy · #**1787** 03-08-2014, 08:05 PM

Seems like I have been doing a lot of dreaming about my car lately.

Ken Hayes · #**1788** 03-08-2014, 08:43 PM

Went to Autorama today.......now I really want this snow gone !!!!!!!!!!!!

shadowgray396 · #**1789** 03-08-2014, 09:51 PM

My garage is now full of furniture from having to move my mother inlaw into an assited living and not being able to take it all. Can't even see the Chevelle hardly from all the junk, mean stuff. Waiting for my wife to decided what she wants to do with it all, I hope it's gone soon but don't want to push to hard.

Ms Grumpy · #**1790** 03-09-2014, 05:48 PM

Went to AutoRama today and found out that a company will start construction on a Motor Complex in Pontiac. They will be building storage facilities that people can buy. Some on the cheaper end will cost about $70, 000 and could store up to 6 cars year round. Many of the units will be more expensive and will run up to $250,000. They will build a road course and will have more items to offer and be open to the public. They expect to start building this summer.

My highlight of the day was meeting with the owner of a detail shop that I want to get my car into after it is out of storage. Right now he has appointments available in 2 weeks, so I need to schedule my car for a time in late April, early May before everything is totally booked. He said usually by the end of March he is booked until July. This guy ain't cheap, but I think that it would be nice to have my car spit and shined by a professional.