11-11-2007, 02:09 AM
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Bizzybone485
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
good to hear that your getting it all back together. Thats a shame that such a beautiful car got destroyed. You think youll have problems getting it all straightened out or do you think itll go together fine? Seems like your gonna have to do some serious work on that frame. Other than that everything else seems doable. Good luck with everything.
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11-11-2007, 03:40 AM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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Thanks guys. A ls6 would be very nice, but the prices on those are through the roof.
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The things I would do for an Ls6 and a 4 speed...
But it looks to be coming along nicely. If I was closer I would be over there lol. If I could I would be working on mine right now. But, the garage is a temporary paint booth right now, and it's too damn cold to work outside.
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11-11-2007, 06:36 AM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
nice man looks like you got a lot done yesterday! The wife help at all? Sorry again that i couldn't make out in time to help.
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11-11-2007, 09:20 AM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
Glad to see that you r gettin back to work! Keep us updated
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11-11-2007, 12:16 PM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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Got alot more done today. 94Yukon ( Dan ) came over and helped out. I think he was just there cuz he heard Ken got free food.
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You guessed it 
Like I said man, just let me know whenever you could use some more help.
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11-11-2007, 12:27 PM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
fine, I'll come help, lol
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11-11-2007, 07:40 PM
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miss you Rachael
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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fine, I'll come help, lol
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Dude if you come all the way here for that I'll definitely feed ya!
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11-11-2007, 08:23 PM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
haha, that would be quite the long haul...
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11-12-2007, 07:56 AM
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miss you Rachael
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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But it looks to be coming along nicely. If I was closer I would be over there lol.
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You may have worked on this one before. I actually bought it in Ohio, a small town on the Indiana border. Drove out there after work on a Friday, left about midnight, got there in the morning loaded it up and drove back. It was a long weekend.
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11-12-2007, 01:18 PM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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Yeah they made less GSX's so they are rarer. While I was looking I found a frame off restoration, low miles, all option etc. 70 ls6 convertable SS Chevelle for $200K!!
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I have a buddy that bought an original LS-6 for $3500 back in the mid 80s :). It has sat since then awaiting restoration. Pretty nice savings account right there :)
I have a '66 300 Deluxe with 48k thats all original except the drive train. Its got a healthy 427 now :)
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11-12-2007, 01:25 PM
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miss you Rachael
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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I have a buddy that bought an original LS-6 for $3500 back in the mid 80s :). It has sat since then awaiting restoration. Pretty nice savings account right there :)
I have a '66 300 Deluxe with 48k thats all original except the drive train. Its got a healthy 427 now :)
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Nice. Any pics of the 66?
Also there is a site you might have already seen for Chevelle's : www.chevelles.com I have the same user name there.
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11-12-2007, 03:13 PM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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You may have worked on this one before. I actually bought it in Ohio, a small town on the Indiana border. Drove out there after work on a Friday, left about midnight, got there in the morning loaded it up and drove back. It was a long weekend.
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Really? By any chance do you remember the name of the Town?
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11-12-2007, 03:16 PM
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miss you Rachael
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Really? By any chance do you remember the name of the Town?
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Yup, it was Celina.
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11-12-2007, 03:44 PM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
It hurts to look at those pics. Such a beautiful car, best of luck getting 'er back on the road.
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11-16-2007, 09:31 AM
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miss you Rachael
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
Quick update.
I sent the pictures of the frame to my insurance people and they want to come back out so that they can see it now that all of the sheet metal is out of the way and get a better idea as to the extent of the damage. The adjuster is coming out on Monday. Bad part about that is I was going to pull the drivetrain tomorrow but I think I'll leave it so that they can see how much the frame has shifted. Especially since they thought the only frame damage was on the passenger side. I'll let you guys know what happens
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11-16-2007, 10:43 AM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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Quick update.
Bad part about that is I was going to pull the drivetrain tomorrow but I think I'll leave it so that they can see how much the frame has shifted. Especially since they thought the only frame damage was on the passenger side.
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And how did you explain to your wife what all that beating on the car was with a sledge hammer?
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11-16-2007, 10:54 AM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
Is that the factory lemans blue paint? Thats the colour my nieghbour is painting my neighbour is paint his 69ss. Looks worse then what i expected. That realy sucks. Another question how did you get the insurance company to let you work on the car ? All the company's around here wont let you touch the car unless you buy it back fomr the company.
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11-16-2007, 11:18 AM
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miss you Rachael
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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And how did you explain to your wife what all that beating on the car was with a sledge hammer?
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No hammers involved. I let Ken have the really bad stuff!
Actually the day we started he had been to the gym and done a pretty good arm work out so when we were fighting the bumper bolts that have had 37 years to get comfortable he was hurtin.
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Is that the factory lemans blue paint?
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It is actually a Corvette color, 96 Quasar Blue.
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Another question how did you get the insurance company to let you work on the car ? All the company's around here wont let you touch the car unless you buy it back fomr the company.
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I can work on it because it's mine.  My insurance company is still working the under insured motorist claim to see if the amount I got from the other guys company is enough to fix it or get a comparable replacement. They havent said that's it's totaled so I havent had to buy it back.
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11-16-2007, 02:03 PM
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miss you Rachael
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
Just ordered a set of ceramic Doug Thorley Tri-Y headers!
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11-16-2007, 03:14 PM
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Re: Chevelle tear down + rebuild!!
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No hammers involved. I let Ken have the really bad stuff!
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glad you think thats funny, i will let you have it next time!! just kidding man just glad i could help you work on the car, but glad to here you startin to get stuff already.
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