1969 Chevelle L78 Monaco Orange

**69 Post Sedan** · #1 10-17-2010, 09:23 PM

I have this on another site but thought I would run it here too.

This is a friend's L78 Chevelle that he bought new in 1969. It's the first time the car has seen daylight in 30 years. He had someone tub the car a long time ago and they screwed it up. Basically when the frame was narrowed and they welded it back together, the rear frame rails sat too low. When they bolted the body to the frame, the body buckled on both sides. I need some opinions on how to fix it. It obtains the <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">original </span></span>Monaco Orange paint on the car. I hate to see it get painted if it's not necessary.

He currently doesn't have the original motor. He let a friend use it years ago and he blew it up. He has spoken to the guy recently and he thinks he might have it tucked away in his garage still.

I know I need to get better pictures and will as soon as I can. He took it out of his garage and put it at another location and I need him to take me there sometime soon.

Thanks, Kurt

GTO_DON · #2 10-17-2010, 10:31 PM

Thats awesome!!

**njsteve** · #3 10-18-2010, 12:17 AM

Sounds crazy but would bolting the body to an original unmolested frame work? Either bolting it down as is or by adding shims to the outer body mounts to pull the center down and relieve the stress creases?

**scuncio** · #4 10-18-2010, 12:53 AM

Cool car! I thought the white side stripe was the default color for Monaco Orange w/o vinyl top. Am I wrong?

**Steve Shauger** · #5 10-18-2010, 12:53 AM

That car looks awesome. I would a good frame straightening shop could work their magic on this body. Keep us posted on your progress.

**69 Post Sedan** · #6 10-18-2010, 02:17 AM

I will give all the ideas to Jerry and see what happens.

As far as the black stripe, all I can tell you is this cars paint/stripes are original to the car. It also came without the back tail panel being painted black.

**Mr. Chevy** · #7 10-18-2010, 03:23 AM

Are those the original stripes on the car?? If so, look at the length difference from where the striping ends on both front fenders...

Rich

**69 Post Sedan** · #8 10-19-2010, 03:48 AM

Here are some more pictures that was taken the same day. The damage on both quarters can be seen pretty good in a couple of the pictures.

Notice the tail panel is not painted black. He painted a black lace design on it. 20022 original miles!

**Xplantdad** · #9 10-19-2010, 05:16 AM

That's really cool! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

70ChevyGuy · #10 10-19-2010, 06:53 AM

Get a new frame, relieve the stress and find a very skilled PDR guy. Neat find. Everything's fixable.