OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

[jer]

.......and a lot of times you can google the part number in the aim and it'll come up on a vendor's website. AMK is a super resource.
I've always wondered why chevy used washered bolts on plated items and shouldered bolts on painted apps under the hood. Seems backwards to me. This is for black oxide.

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This is one of those jobs that honestly sucks. I get all my chrome stripped and do some prep work. For this restoration I only grabed the quater window chromes, hood vents, door handles and a set of valve covers. This about the most labor intensive work to do which is probably why nice chrome work costs alot.

Pretty simple stuff, you just need to sand out the pits, and then work your way back to around 400grit before there ready. First picture is a before and after getting the valve covers back stripped, and after is a piece sanded in 400. 2nd picture is about half way through at 120 grit.

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Im about finished working through trunk, and floor patching.

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Picked up the chrome work pieces I prepped a few weeks back. Admittingly the quality of work on these items are far superior to anything GM did. Noticed the nice thing with high quality chrome is that it wont scratch compared to original or some reproduction pieces i have had in hand.

Fun fact, valve covers were off an original copo Camaro 427

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I had an orignal BO 69 radiator recored. I still need to attach the tags. Also in the mix was another not often seen 68 OJ with the different stamped main tank XM.

Not to be too outdone but had another 3 core 66/67 to add to my collection and the ultimate 4 core 66/67 harrison. Now I just need to find another car for it!

[dykstra]

Looking great Rick!!

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Originally Posted by dykstra

Looking great Rick!!

Thanks Dave, I felt bad for calling you Jake by accident the other day. You should have called me out.

[dykstra]

Originally Posted by OneStopRestoration

Thanks Dave, I felt bad for calling you Jake by accident the other day. You should have called me out.

Haha! No worries. I knew what you meant!

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Ive noticed there are a lot of fancy and quick ways to strip the body. Its a slow process for me. Paint stricer and a super sharp putty knife. Someone caved in the roof at one time so pounding out the perimeter denting to get the roof back to shape. I wish the weather was a bit less humid for this type of work.

[Too Many Projects]

Get a 50 pint/day dehumidifier. I run mine 24/7 all summer and my shop is comfortable until the temp gets over 75*. I put a mini split A/C in last year and run that sparingly, but it is a huge benefit to work in comfort.