OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

[OneStopRestoration]

Both fittings at the master cylinder are colored Blue, while the remainder of the fittings appear plated in zinc/gold. The other fitting that is colored in purple is the rear line down at the frames distribution block.

[OneStopRestoration]

A little bit tough to see the number on the tank but it was still there in black marker. I had noticed the number and location on Ricks Yenko. If there is one thing that everyone can take away from my restoration its the picture of the gas tank. Nothing irritates me more than to see a restored car and the fact that someone put the isolation felt on the underside of the tank between the strap and tank. As you can clearly see in the pic the straps go between the tank and bottom of the trunk.

[OneStopRestoration]

So I had known that the 300 deluxe cars got some stripped down items that can be normally found a regular SS or Malibu. One that had to do some digging to understand was the trim piece at the base of the window. This car did have some very high front end damage in its life, and I noticed it had the hideaway headline trim piece, but had the square non hideaway headline wiper motor. After i pulled off the trim piece it was obvious had the thinner non hideaway piece as can be seen by the line where the paint is faded, and the fact that all the holes where in the cowl for the smaller piece. I also found what I think is a date code on the motor. Im taking a guess here that it means 38th week of 1968 so thinking its original.

First picture is with the trim piece above, the line clearly shows the thinner piece left a fade mark. Second picture shows one I found in my dads stock from a heavy chevy. More to come on this later

[GMC_Typhoon]

This might be a stupid question,but this car was built when I was 1 years old. Now I've seen some low power 396 and also L78 and L89 300 deluxes, I just want to know if this was common thing that anybody could order, or is it more of like a hidden option like the copo Camaro's? Could you just walk into a Chevy dealer and said I want a 375 horsepower 300 deluxe?

[cheveslakr]

Not that old so can't help 1st hand, but the L78 wasn't even listed in the power team combos and the 300 deluxe in either hdtp or sedan was very rare but not unheard of. Very interested also if anyone here remembers what was known in the typical dealer of '69.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by jer

Not that old so can't help 1st hand, but the L78 wasn't even listed in the power team combos and the 300 deluxe in either hdtp or sedan was very rare but not unheard of. Very interested also if anyone here remembers what was known in the typical dealer of '69.

1969 is the ONLY year the SS package was offered on a 300 model car, both sedan and hardtop, and yes, any of the 396 engine choices were available.

[70LS6454]

Looking forwards to following alone. Love the Orange cars.

[OneStopRestoration]

So if anyone has a sharp eye you should have seen the very upper part of the cowl on both sides where the front fenders mount had received damage. My best guess is the car was hit at grille level or higher, and the fenders and hood pushed back wrinkling the top of the cowl on each side where the fenders mount. If you study the pictures you can see the rusty areas where the cowl popped the paint from the wrinkling of the metal.

[OneStopRestoration]

I was able to source a donor cowl from another 2dr 69. I was happy to find it but not happy that once I removed the dash on the donor that it was pretty rotted underneath. This meant 10-12hrs of fixing the donor cowl before I could even tear into my car

[dykstra]

Very cool!! If you ever need an extra hand, I think I live 5 minutes from you.