Chevelle updates

[Xplantdad]

Eric, check your PM~!

[VintageMusclecar]

Here's a short video I made just after I got the engine off the dyno and in the car. Note that I hadn't made any tuning adjustments to it yet, hence the commentary in the clip:

Click the pic.



Thumps pretty good if I do say so myself. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

Sounds great...!

Is there a spirit in the room...making that light flash off an on? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[VintageMusclecar]

Poor man's disco ball--a fluorescent light with a bad ballast.

(Maybe the Bee Gees or KC and the Sunshine Band were playing on the radio? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img] )

[CC Rider]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VintageMusclecar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Poor man's disco ball--a fluorescent light with a bad ballast.

(Maybe the Bee Gees or KC and the Sunshine Band were playing on the radio? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img] ) </div></div>

Thanks to that comment, I was compelled!

http://youtu.be/dd--tIkrVoA

[mockingbird812]

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[VintageMusclecar]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69SUPERSPORT396</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VintageMusclecar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Poor man's disco ball--a fluorescent light with a bad ballast.

(Maybe the Bee Gees or KC and the Sunshine Band were playing on the radio? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img] ) </div></div>

Thanks to that comment, I was compelled!

http://youtu.be/dd--tIkrVoA </div></div>

[Dave Rifkin]

Music to my ears; who needs a stereo when you can listen to that thumpin' motor?

[VintageMusclecar]

No pics today, was running around like crazy trying to get a half-dozen different things done by the afternoon and forgot to grab the camera. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smirk.gif[/img]

Painting is done under the back of the car and the rear bumper is back on.

Dropped off the rest of the interior (carpet, seats, door panels) to reinstall. Surprised me because I wasn't expecting Bodyguy to reinstall that stuff since I'd pulled it out before delivering the car to him, but he insisted I bring it out.

Rear antenna is installed. Holy crap is it a gut-wrenching sight to watch that hole saw going through the top of that perfectly painted quarter!!! I thought I was going to [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/sick.gif[/img]

(The first Jack Wagon that comes along and tries to &quot;sproing&quot; the rear antenna will <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">rue</span></span> the day they were born...)

New tail lamp harness is installed.

Front rims are done and the car's back on all 4's again. Can't wait `till the paint has cured a little more so I can stick those Dog Dish Caps on! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] (yes, Rachel <span style="font-style: italic">still</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline">hates</span> them lol!)

I stuck around for a little over an hour to help Bodyguy today while he was waiting on #2 to arrive. Bodyguy broke for lunch around 12:45, so I headed back home then.

I guess BodyguyS are going to reinstall the rest of the interior this week, but they have to get Glassguy out to glue the DS door glass back to the bottom glass channel before it can be reinstalled.

I *may* have some more mid-week updates, but it depends on Glassguy's schedule.

More soon!

[Keith Tedford]

I know how you feel about drilling the quarters. Our 396 car didn't come from the factory with a radio but someone had installed one some time in the past. With fresh factory quarters and new paint, I couldn't bring myself to drill the quarter for the antenna. That was 13 years ago. The stereo sound out the back is much better.