It's a shame about the L78 Nova block being damaged. Chances are you might not own the Chevelle if it wasn't for the damaged motor. My guess the reason it was parked and found it's way to your ownership was because of the blown up motor. Thanks for sharing your cars story.
Rob

Looks more like it had water in it and froze. The valve was slightly open and was rusted in place too. No indication of a broken piston or metal shavings in the oil when it was drained. We never got around to cutting the filter open to inspect for shavings after the broken cylinder wall discovery.

68 Chevelle...
 

Great story...and it is good to see the young folks engaged in the process. These photos remind of long ago car projects :wink:

Only one thing...the photo of the young man kneeling on the concrete floor...my knees hurt just looking at him :rolleyes2:

Good luck with the project.

-wilma

It's not all back together yet, but I couldn't resist getting some pictures of it outside today with its new 15x5 and 15x8 aluminum slots with 6.40-15 and L60-15 bias ply tires.

The tunnel ram is just set in place, for now. The '55 is also mine. My Dad bought it for $60 in 1975 to build an American Graffiti car, and never finished it. I bought it from him about 7 years ago.

Love the 68!!

Big fan of the 55 210!!! Please share about that one too!!!

Ryan W31

His oldest son, Cale has one too, that he has been working on restoring. That one has more of a recent story. Maybe Derek can post a link to the build thread on our Chevelle club forum.

Did you just pick those slots up new ?? Man, they are really shiny.

Yeah, they're new from US Mags.
I wasn't having much luck finding direct drilled vintage 15s in the sizes I needed, so I bought new. I might spray them with something to etch them a bit to dull the finish.

Most of those type wheels came as uni-lug, back in the day. Ugh !! just put some polish on and let it dry, or mud or something besides etching them. They really make the car stand out as it is.

I had a thread on my '55 on Team Chevelle, but looks like the pictures are all gone now, so I will have to start a new one.

Cale's car hasn't seen much progress yet this winter, but does have an engine in it now, so I should update the thread again. Here's the project thread: https://nschevelles.activeboard.com/t68972460/cales-55/

It will be pretty much a 60s style hotrod as well, except a few safety items I'm requiring him to have.