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Old 11-18-2005, 11:55 AM
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Here is another of the four chevelle projects we have going. This car actually has a pretty long story behind it. We bought what we believed to ba a very solid 66 Chevelle convertable of E-Bay...well needless to say it unrepairable, in fact even the frame was rusted in two and was being help together by some sheetmetal screws and sheet metal the had been blacked out on the bottom of the frame. That was just one of the many problems with the car...I should have pics of it this weekend. So we decided that we would buy a good solid coupe and make use of our convertable top and inner structure that was still good on the car....

So here is the coupe, soon to be convertable as of last night and here is the list of panels to be either replaced or removed and installed

Floor braces
Floor pans (front, rear, trunk)
Inner quarters
full qaurters
New doors
New fenders
new core support
inner fenders
so basically everything but he rockers and a-pillers

No details on the build yet as we aren't sure on power train yet, it does have some killer DPEngineering wheels on it







oh and project name has yet to be determined as of now it is known as WTF (what the $$$$ have we gotten ourselves into)
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Old 11-18-2005, 01:55 PM
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WOW! That's an ambitious (sp) project! I am sure that with you guys doing it, that it will turn out awesome looking tho!
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Old 11-18-2005, 04:04 PM
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Silly Techer.
I like the project name.

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I'm not sure if you're aware, but convertible chevelles had boxed frames, and coupes did not, so if you use that frame, you will want to beef it up some.

An El Camino frame is the same as a convertible, except it is 3-1/4" longer behind the rear wheels.
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I'm not sure if you're aware, but convertible chevelles had boxed frames, and coupes did not, so if you use that frame, you will want to beef it up some.

An El Camino frame is the same as a convertible, except it is 3-1/4" longer behind the rear wheels.

ya we are aware..thank you thought....The plan is to box the coupe frame and add a K member. Rear rails will also be moved in an up. I will try and get pics of the convert frame it will make you sick, to think that someone actually honestly sold this car and said that he drove it all the time and it was in good shape.....some people!
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Old 11-18-2005, 04:10 PM
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Silly Techer.
I like the project name.

J

That was the quote for the evening last night HTF are we going to do that, WTF happened to that part....you get the idea. but it does need a name for sure!
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That ride is gonna be sick..........

and that chevy is kick ass.......
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Looks like it will be awsome when it is done . It is too bad that some people cannot be trusted .

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Looks like the shop is filling up with cool projects. There can't be many '66 verts running around.

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Looks like the shop is filling up with cool projects. There can't be many '66 verts running around.

Mike

YA the shop is full mike.....and no we haven't seen many 66 verts so it should be unique when finished. I should have more pics up shortly, me and kenny worked on the car all weekend and made some good headway on it but like I said before this is the most cutting we have ever done on a car, and hopefully we won't be out doing this one anytime soon!
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