Hello from a big MuscleCar Guy!

[Highway Star]

Welcome to the site.

[Rattler]

Welcome to the site!

[71-SS350]

unclehulka, Man, I loved that story of your Olds. 4-4-2. I haven't been on this website very long but it struck a chord with me. Years ago I had a '65 Impala SS 2dr, 300 hp / 327, factory 4 spd, conole, buckets, factory tach and posi. Orignally it was a dark forest green, not sure what it was called then and green not being my color I had it repainted to a '71 Corvette blue which looked great with the white bucket interior. Gas was cheap back then and being a gearhead I decided the motor needed a warm up. Bored the block, new pistons, Melling Super Street hyd. cam, Carter AFB and a new Mr. Gasket shifter. When the first gas crunch hit in late '73 you couldn't give away a performance vehicle. Sold it for almost what I had in the tires and wheels, just couldn't afford two cars being newly married and 6 month old baby. Now I just retired last summer, working on a '71 Chevelle 350, a '57 Chevy 2dr 210 I used to race 1/4 mile, '71 Chevy 1/2 ton 4x4 restored, and a '55 Chevy 2dr 210 wagon needing restored. Wife (aka financial advisor) says " you have enough toys, play with what you have" but I swear if I were to ever find my ol' SuperSport again I would do everything in my power to own it again. I have three sons who are all eyeing Dad's toys, I just tell them " Don't get in a hurry, I ain't done playin' yet"

[unclehulka]

Love it! You're a man after my own heart. Too many toys? I hear that one from my wife sometimes. Love the mid-60's Impalas. Your's sounds way cool. I had a '67 Impala SS 396 4-speed convertible (no show car, believe me). I LOVED that car, but after I ran over a deer I had to sell it because I couldn't get the smell out of the car. The thing would draw flies when I parked it! After a couple weeks I gave up trying to clean it and sold it.

Glad you enjoyed the story and thanks for your story!

[Ms Grumpy]

unclehulka, I am sure that your story has brought back a few great car stories and memories. Some that we treasure and some that we don't want to remember.

Years ago, I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger. Yep, I had a Dukes of Hazzard car. This car was a work in progress for over 3 years. About the time that I finally thought it was done, I moved into an apartment. Bottom floor and the car was parked right outside the window. At least for a few weeks it was, til someone stole it. I was devastated.

About 3 days later my sister calls me. She said that she thought that she saw my car sitting in the middle of a field off a main road. So I went to check it out. In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have. Cause I cried when I saw it.

The people that had stolen it took everything that they could have off of the car, and then drove it through a field. I don't think that there was a spot on the car that didn't have a dent ! I think that they thought that they were the Dukes of Hazzard. The insurance company totaled the car, not surprised, and I had to fight with them, to get what I had into the car, back. Ultimately I did. Now I could start looking for what I really wanted, and old Chevy. And that is my, I wanna forget, story.

[Bowtie-Bri]

Welcome to the site Uncle Hulka! Good luck with your project Chevelle. You picked a good year. Don't get me wrong, I like all years, its just that 1970 happens to be on the top of the list.

[Hank70SS]

That was a good story Uncle. Your Malibu looks great the way it is and I too like the color. The white SS would be nice too, don't see a lot of white ones.

[unclehulka]

Boy, you sure know how to make a guy feel welcome! I'm especially glad you seemed to enjoy my story. I found my old strong box yesterday and looking through it, I found some car-related papers that I thought were long gone. Nothing earth-shaking, but cool just the same. Here's some of I found:

The owner's manual from my white LS-6 (the one I'm re-creating out of my Malibu)

The Bill of Sale when I bought my 1970 GTO ($3,500)

The Bill of Sale when I bought my 1968 Chevelle SS 396 ($800 missing engine)

The Bill of Sale when I bough my 1968 Road Runner ($2,000 from the original owner)

The Dealer Invoice for the same 1968 Road Runner

The Registration for my Red 1970 Chevelle SS 396

The Dealer Invoice for my 1969 Chevelle SS 396

A hand-written ad from a guy selling his 1968 Dodge Charger w/383 (needs rebuild), 4-speed, 3.23 Sure-Grip. Good floors & trunk, qtr's need work. Price? $300

Dear God I miss those days! sigh.

[Hank70SS]

We do that, we make you feel welcome then we stab you in back!

I've made a lot of great friends because I own a Chevelle so the more the merrier. BTW, you must be a pack rat if you still have all that stuff. J/K, nice to look through the old memories sometimes.

Hey, were do live? Maybe you mentioned it I missed it.

[unclehulka]

Pack rat is as good a term as any, Hank. I wish I had thought to take pictures back then. I have so few.

I hail from Connecticut, Hank. Good to 'meet' you and the others here. I also visit Team Chevelle now and then. Another good group there.