1966 Chateau Slate L78 Chevelle

[Tomg]

Originally Posted by big gear head

You will want to start a thread of your own for that car. It's going to be very interesting to watch as you move forward with this. Be careful about the information that you share until the car is actually in your name and in your possession.

Yeah, I will do that. Prob not going to be posting anything else until she is in my garage. Thanks! Tom

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by big gear head

You will want to start a thread of your own for that car. It's going to be very interesting to watch as you move forward with this. Be careful about the information that you share until the car is actually in your name and in your possession.

Can't stress this enough either. Too many people just hang onto the old title and don't transfer it into their name for a long time. Do it before you spend another nickel on restoration. I know you said the seller is a friend, but if someone got ahold of the vin when it was displayed and had a fake title made, they could be a big problem.

Damn cool to find that car, so many of us have longed for a find like that for many years. '66 is one of my 2 favorites, '70 being the other. Look forward to a new thread on this when it's time.

[Tomg]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Can't stress this enough either. Too many people just hang onto the old title and don't transfer it into their name for a long time. Do it before you spend another nickel on restoration. I know you said the seller is a friend, but if someone got ahold of the vin when it was displayed and had a fake title made, they could be a big problem.

Damn cool to find that car, so many of us have longed for a find like that for many years. '66 is one of my 2 favorites, '70 being the other. Look forward to a new thread on this when it's time.

Thanks, yeah the title is already in his name and will be I'm my name soon enough. I don't mess around with titles. I've had quite a few old cars/trucks and most were from out of state, some only had registrations.
I will be sure to post pics of her when she reaches my garage. I like 70's as well, highest HP year!

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by Tomg

Thanks, yeah the title is already in his name and will be I'm my name soon enough. I don't mess around with titles. I've had quite a few old cars/trucks and most were from out of state, some only had registrations.
I will be sure to post pics of her when she reaches my garage. I like 70's as well, highest HP year!

Congrats Tom on the car, really nice to hear of a complete numbers match car in the Slate!

[OneStopRestoration]

Alot of final assembly work lately. Steering column, Brakes, Wire Harnessing, wiper/washer lines and jar, Radiator, Battery Tray, Heater hose, and Front Valence. Its interesting learn each year and see how they changed the designs from 66 up thru 72. My thoughts on 66 are they used alot of small pieces for the headlights and valence area. ALOT of screws hold everything together. Its also interesting to note that in 66 and maybe earlier the inner fenders ride below the core support and not above as with the 67 and up. I learned this the hard way before going back to my pictures and seeing I was putting things together wrong. I hope it shows in the pictures I spend alot of time trying to protect painted surfaces from scraps, scuffs and scratches to look perfect or as close to it as I can get.

[MYSTERYCHEVELLE]

Looking good my friend. Get the Details Right and they Will Come

Come a circling around it and asking questions…. They always ask questions

[cook_dw]

That's a pretty sob. Well done thus far!

[mockingbird812]

Wow! Looks GREAAT!

[OneStopRestoration]

Installed the headliner. I go the traditional route of gluing the seams as I go. Ive done a couple now and the early chevelles are the easiest as they dont have holes in the material like the later years. Pretty simple just start at the front, work down each side and the go to the rear middle and work your way out to the sides one at a time.

[OneStopRestoration]

Package tray isnt too hard. I like to spend some time putting in extra foam on the sides so it fill outs nicely where the seat meets the metal. I also never feel the reproduction panel cardboard is truly wide enough. The factory option extra speaker is installed too. I had original screws that cleaned up nicely, along with the factory grille. Found the reproduction box is pretty nice too. I did divert some here. I grabbed a new speaker which wasn't built like the originals in the magnet area. I had to do some bracket fabrication and speaker modifications to make it all look factory once installed.