Our 69 Yenko Chevelle restoration

[cheveslakr]

Again, thanx for addressing your steps. I would have made the mistake of assuming the left and right 4 wire retainers would not have been the same part number. I'd expect to see the 5/7 wires spread like so often the case on chevys. Good stuff!

[SS427]

Got the booster dialed in with the assembly line grommet, check valve, hose and clamps. The placard is a reproduction and nearly identical.

Fuel line was a whole other story. After going thru several manufactures and about ready to make our own, Mikey suggested I try Fine Lines and they fit 95% better. We only had to do some minor tweaking. An original fuel Y-block coming from Chris White and I am in business.

Thanks to Grady Burch, Mark Prunesti and Phil Woj for supplying several photos to work from.

[SS427]

Last night was front door hardware install. Fairly straightforward as all the hardware had been restored already and ready to install other than the window guides which I restored with new nylon faces on them.

Thanks to Rainer Seitz for sending me 2 nearly perfect visor pivots. Certainly two of the best I have seen in MANY years. Another one off the list.

[SS427]

The last little bit of fun I tackled were the two grille brackets that are riveted under the header panel. GM must have used a special tool to hand crimp these as there is no way to get a normal tool and hammer in there so we did the next best thing, customized a peening tool so that it would fit inside of a C-clamp and using hand pressure we were able to roll the head of the rivet just like what the impacting does only this just uses muscle instead. Worked out perfect and no damage to any part of the nose. Thanks to Albert Galdi and Ed Fischer for helping supply me with the brackets.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Originally Posted by SS427

The last little bit of fun I tackled were the two grille brackets that are riveted under the header panel. GM must have used a special tool to hand crimp these as there is no way to get a normal tool and hammer in there so we did the next best thing, customized a peening tool so that it would fit inside of a C-clamp and using hand pressure we were able to roll the head of the rivet just like what the impacting does only this just uses muscle instead. Worked out perfect and no damage to any part of the nose. Thanks to Albert Galdi and Ed Fischer for helping supply me with the brackets.

Oh My Goodness, I am amazed!!!

Ryan W31

[61 vert]

Press-and-Snap made by Hoover.

[ScottG]

Rick, are the fuel line nuts in the bowls supposed to be gold cad plated ? Maybe clear cad too? The photos you have show black ones.

[SS427]

Scott, thanks for looking for the small details as those are things I want to make sure I have correct. However, with regards to these fittings, I have original photos that Chris White had provided me of a literal Day 2 take off carb mounted on an intake and those fittings are plated in black zinc chromate (assuming I am using the correct term). They are a little more washed out in the photos I have but never the less you can see what they were originally. I also have several fittings I removed from cars back in the 70's as well as original carbs in my inventory and all have the black zinc chromate finish. I think the confusion comes from many carb restorers who have restored these over the last 30 years who restored them and replated everything on the carb in yellow (gold) dichromate.

However...….thanks to you bringing it to my attention I see that my float adjustment nut and lock screws are plated opposite of what I see in those same photographs and looking at my original carbs I have that I believe have never been restored I am seeing those plated both ways. Anyone have an answer for those?

[Kurt S]

The valve covers and intake were masked with one continuous plastic mask for engine painting. So I don't believe there should be any overspray in the middle edges of the intake, only on the ends. Sorry, hard to fix.

[m22mike]

Originally Posted by Kurt S

The valve covers and intake were masked with one continuous plastic mask for engine painting. So I don't believe there should be any overspray in the middle edges of the intake, only on the ends. Sorry, hard to fix.

Kurt
For along time I also believed what you posted about the one piece mask. But not so sure now after viewing Grady Burch's 69 COPO Chevelle. His engine compartment is un touched and it also shows some very small amounts of Orange on the valve covers as well as the aluminum intake, it's very shuttle much like the photos Rick posted. It could be Tonawanda used more than on style mask ?
JMO Mike