OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by jer

Not really sure if these were copper coated or not, possibly I cleaned them too well? The car is a KC Leeds car.

My best guess is that there were multiple suppliers of wiper arms and the linkage clips. All of mine, from the one that is at the wiper, to the other 3 that are part of the additional linkages were all coppered.

[OneStopRestoration]

I had found some original 280 279 horns. Date codes are 69 but there so hard to read its not even worth mentioning what they are.

Neither one worked no matter how many times i smacked them. Repair included taking out all the rivets to split the horns from the electroncis. Both diaphrams were rusted swiss cheese. I found some donor horns and harvested parts including a new coil as I had a bad one. Riveted the units back together and painted. Played with the tone adjust some and there as good as new.

[OneStopRestoration]

I wish all years were like 69s. Its so easy with this year to just blast and paint. The rubber boot was reconditioned and the copper bulb base blasted and finished off to look original. I decided on trim parts lenses. There very nice. I custom cut my own gaskets as I have struggled to find anyone that makes good replacements for other years.

[dykstra]

Looks great Rick! Always look forward to your updates.

[chevyman0429]

Originally Posted by OneStopRestoration

I had found some original 280 279 horns. Date codes are 69 but there so hard to read it's not even worth mentioning what they are.

Neither one worked no matter how many times i smacked them. Repair included taking out all the rivets to split the horns from the electronics. Both diaphragms were rusted Swiss cheese. I found some donor horns and harvested parts including a new coil as I had a bad one. Riveted the units back together and painted. Played with the tone adjust some and there as good as new.

Rick,
I am in the process of restoring my horns for my 69 ss396 300 deluxe post car and I have a question does a gasket go in between both sides of the diagram? When I tore mine apart there was only a gasket on one side however the kit I bought has 3 gaskets in it! Thanks

[SMS]

Originally Posted by jer

Beautiful job on the wiper motor. Just took a couple pics of mine, which is original to the car. Appears my non depressed park motor uses a lesser offset arm. Can't get a pic of the stamping if any is there, but the distance between pivots, center to center is roughly 2 inches.

My 69 300 has the same offset arm brackets as jer's it appears.

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by chevyman0429

Rick,
I am in the process of restoring my horns for my 69 ss396 300 deluxe post car and I have a question does a gasket go in between both sides of the diagram? When I tore mine apart there was only a gasket on one side however the kit I bought has 3 gaskets in it! Thanks

Good question! I didnt use any. I believe they were put in place for the purpose weather sealing. I think the replacments i have seen are much thinner than original so there probably not gonna do much in the way of sealing. Its also hard to believe that with the gasket on one side it would seal anything on the orignals. I just sealed mine with seam sealer, let it dry and then painted them up.

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by SMS

My 69 300 has the same offset arm brackets as jer's it appears.

Thankyou. I did find my original arm in the plating table. After more research its not the same arm as used with the more common hidden wiper units. Im sure there are other models of cars and years with the same arm but I cant say which. Another 300 deluxe oddity.

[OneStopRestoration]

Ive been very slowly and patiently building the engine. As stated earlier original Chevelle JD stamped 4 bolt main block form a Kansas City 69 Chevelle. Kept the numbers with no decking but it did require a line bore, and .040 over as it was already rebuilt once and ran what appeared a very short time. In first is the crank checking for main clearances.

[OneStopRestoration]

Nothing to exotic on this build. Speed pro pistons with as large a domes as can be had. Little bit of ring filing and bearing clearance checks on the rod bearings. Cam was put in and checked. Best setup was doing straightup with the timing set. Pistons sat in a hole anywhere from .015 to .025.

Once good with the bottom including oil pump, dropped the pan and tightened everything up.