Robert's 1970 Chevelle at Roadster Shop

[RS-Chris]

Having been whole, in pieces and now becoming whole again, it seems like a good time to introduce Robert's '70 Chevelle build.

The plan for this A-body is a clean, simple and refined '70 with T56/LS combo for reliable, enjoyable power and modern day handling and performance dynamics from our FAST TRACK Chevelle chassis.

The car as it arrived with us:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8408/8806842025_66f14ef165_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8806842025/)
Picture 225170 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8806842025/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

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Picture 225171 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8806845611/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5327/8817428670_00bb4d74df_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8817428670/)
Picture 225174 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8817428670/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/8806844489_75a5e3ae65_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8806844489/)
Picture 225178 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8806844489/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

[GoolsbyCustoms]

Roll Tide Yall !

[RS-Chris]

To the lift! And the teardown begins:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/8817435104_a5ddc87e1f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8817435104/)
DSC_0001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8817435104/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8273/8817436346_ab80dacd26_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8817436346/)
DSC_0004 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8817436346/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2866/8806854741_a8703ddae3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8806854741/)
Picture 225307 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8806854741/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3776/8817444350_76d52fc4eb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8817444350/)
Picture 225308 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/8817444350/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

Ready for stripping and to see what lies beneath...

[214Chevy]

Aww man...a convertible? YES!!!!!!! :king: We're not worth, we're not worthy!

[INTMD8]

Looks like a really nice car. Love the color combo. As a 70 Malibu fan, I'll be watching this one.

[Rick D]

This should be good as I'm also a 70 Chevelle fan I can't wait to see what you guys do to this one!

[waynieZ]

It looks like its a nice car. 70 is a nice body style.

[Che70velle]

Yes, it looks like you guys have a great starting point. Can't wait to see what you guys do with this one!

[HEEP]

Wish my name was Robert. Oh well, maybe next time. Of course this one needs to be subscribed to. How many can we do that to?

[Roadster Shop]

It looks like its a nice car. 70 is a nice body style.

Famous last words.... We thought it was going to be a real nice car as well.

This is what came back from the acid dipper.

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At what point during this incredible metal work do you think this guy thought to himself..."Yup, I think its ready for paint!" It is amazing how something that looked as good as the original car, could end up like this. We looked the car over pretty well before disassembly and had no idea of what laid underneath.

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What was left of the wheel opening and outer wheel house.
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There wasn't a wave, a bubble, a sand scratch, a shrinkage mark... nothing anywhere in this quarter. the trim fit nicely all around the convertible top... no signs of what was underneath. Oh well, nothing that an entire parts catalog can't fix!

[214Chevy]

Famous last words.... We thought it was going to be a real nice car as well.

This is what came back from the acid dipper.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss79/RS-Perf/Roberts%2070%20Convertible/DSC_0052_zps8437fec9.jpg

At what point during this incredible metal work do you think this guy thought to himself..."Yup, I think its ready for paint!" It is amazing how something that looked as good as the original car, could end up like this. We looked the car over pretty well before disassembly and had no idea of what laid underneath.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss79/RS-Perf/Roberts%2070%20Convertible/DSC_0054_zpsd63b4cda.jpg

What was left of the wheel opening and outer wheel house.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss79/RS-Perf/Roberts%2070%20Convertible/DSC_0066_zpsb385687f.jpg

There wasn't a wave, a bubble, a sand scratch, a shrinkage mark... nothing anywhere in this quarter. the trim fit nicely all around the convertible top... no signs of what was underneath. Oh well, nothing that an entire parts catalog can't fix!

WTF....?!! :shakehead: :shakehead: :hairpullout: :hairpullout: Rest assured though, this baby is in the best hands possible.

[Royalworks]

:omg: That's all I can express on that.

[BBC71Nova]

The dippers pulled a fast one on you. :) That's incredicble - in bad way - the before and after.

[Royalworks]

I wonder if that guy just wrapped up the trim in tape. Put down a bunch of filler and pressed that trim right into and pulled it back off before it was completely hard. Then just sanded to the indention....Always wonder how some of those guys do that.

[waynieZ]

Is that what sonny was driving on the causeway in the God Father??
I feel your pain.

[Rick D]

Wow can you say artist. :hitaxeonthehead: It looks much better now, I was looking at the pictures on your web site. Nice job on getting back from that.

[Gearhead]

Wow! Can't believe they were able to hide that much rot without showing some signs.

[rjsjea]

The "bodyman" spent more time hiding that mess than it would have been to fix it the right way.

[preston]

Two thoughts occur to me when I see those pictures -

1) Wow, I'm pretty good at body/metal work ! Anything I"m doing is 25* better than that, and it looked good under paint !

2) Wow, bondo is amazing ! Whatever flaws I have in my metal work will be easily remedied !

Ha ha.

Its true though, I haven't spent years doing bodywork or been around it much, but I enjoy fabrication and metal work, and sometimes get down on my work after perusing photos from the pros like Roadster Shop, and then once in a while I'll see the kind of underneath work done by all sorts of collision shops and so called restorers, and how much junk they actually cover up, I realize that what I"m doing is actually pretty decent and will be just fine under paint, even if a far cry from the standards of the professional craftsmen.

[Ketzer]

The "bodyman" spent more time hiding that mess than it would have been to fix it the right way.

^^ This ^^

[Royalworks]

Think about the cost of all that filler he put on there. Even if he would have tacked a skin on there or glued it it would have been better. I have seen skins tacked every 12'' or so and then filled over.

[Roadster Shop]

It was definitely one of the most interesting repairs that we have seen in a while, that's for sure. There was 1/2" of bondo on the insides of the quarters to hide everything from all angles. There was definitely 10 times the amount of labor needed to do it the wrong way, than to do it correctly. The weird part is that a lot of areas on the car are perfect, unmolested metal, in areas where they normally rot first.

We have been making good progress on this build and taking care of these issues. We will post up some updates shortly.

[RS-Chris]

Progress:

While the body was away, construction was underway on our FAST TRACK '64-'72 chassis (more info here: http://roadstershop.com/chassis/chevelle-chassis/)

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[RS-Chris]

Repair on the floor and rockers:

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[RS-Chris]

New rear sheetmetal going on, widened wheel tubs and trans tunnel:

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[waynieZ]

Its looking good. It will be a nice ride.

[INTMD8]

Damn fine work as always

[RS-Chris]

Progress continues on the '70 with all the new sheetmetal installed, pretty much every panel then being gapped and neatening up and tucking the bumpers.

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[RS-Chris]

Rear bumper:

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Underhood sheetmetal work: extending the inner wheelwells slightly and fabbing up the core support closeout panel.

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[groovyjay]

Another :confused59: Wow!

[3Deuce]

The "bodyman" spent more time hiding that mess than it would have been to fix it the right way.

When we tore a friends 65 mustang down, the previous owner had laid several layers of duct tape down then rebuilt the panel with bondo. It was insane, never seen that much work to do body work wrong. The funny part was that like this Chevelle, there was nothing showing that it was a disaster. There must have been a gallon of bondo on the mustang to blend it out that far.

[willj313]

any updates

[TheBradshaw]

After you Chemically dip a car, how do you coat the bare metal in the hard to reach places?

[waynieZ]

As always amazing fab work. I love the way the core support cover came out.

[RS-Chris]

By popular demand, some updated pics!

Recently, work has been on the underside, wrapping up the exhaust etc and waiting in an unfortunately long line in the body shop form all the other vehicles we've been wrapping up lately.

Exhaust work:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5533/9341668481_69c46c1c28_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9341668481/)
IMG_2412 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9341668481/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

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IMG_2453 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9341670921/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7416/9341672751_413d4bd803_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9341672751/)
IMG_2473 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9341672751/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/9344458066_d4354d490c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9344458066/)
DSC_0025 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9344458066/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/9344459124_92bee9a098_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9344459124/)
DSC_0019 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/9344459124/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

In the bodyshop:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3826/11051944554_07472879d9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11051944554/)
IMG_9353 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11051944554/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

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IMG_9355 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11051997463/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/11051918466_9bebba42d0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11051918466/)
DSC_0144 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11051918466/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/11052007783_e75fdb7523_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11052007783/)
IMG_1211 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11052007783/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/11052010313_c883e9d4b1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11052010313/)
IMG_1213 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadstershop/11052010313/) by Roadster Shop (http://www.flickr.com/people/roadstershop/), on Flickr

[Wissing72]

Love the build!! But I am a little biased. :D

[waynieZ]

Love the build!! But I am a little biased. :D

I love it too and I'm not biased ! :D Awesome job.

[NvrDun71]

Any updates?

[Roadster Shop]

The car is painted and inline for assembly. The chassis just came back from powder coating. We are waiting on a few items that were just sent out to the chromer. Should start looking like a car again in the upcoming months. I'll get some pictures together and post some this week.

[Postsedan]

Any updates?

Great Build :thumbsup:

Dan

[RS-Chris]

Apologies on the pic delay! I just uploaded the latest pics to our site gallery here: http://roadstershop.com/galleries/roberts-1970-chevelle/

Haven't got to updating on here yet, tried yesterday but lat-g wasn't loading. I'll add updated pics on Monday :thumbsup:

[RS-Chris]

As promised (a while ago!) ...

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From the paint shop to chassis install and final assembly.

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Plans for the interior - custom door panels and revised, new Camaro front seats trimmed to reflect the original Chevelle style with rear bench to match.

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And to where it currently is in assembly...(the wheels are not the final style)

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[214Chevy]

Even though those are not the actual wheels, those look great on there. The white on the Chevelle is also refreshing.

[Che70velle]

Wow.

Everything you guys touch turns to gold!

[syborg tt]

Awesome I can't wait to see this one finished

[HEEP]

:hail: I guess I will just hang my head and kick the dirt. How are we supposed to live up to these creations that come out of this shop? Amazing....

I'm going to buy a lottery ticket... If I win, I'm calling 847-949-7637...

I used to say I knoew who I was calling if I won the lottery. Now, after finding LAT-G, I would not dare let them touch my car. RS sets a bar so high....

[214Chevy]

:hail: I guess I will just hang my head and kick the dirt. How are we supposed to live up to these creations that come out of this shop? Amazing....

I'm going to buy a lottery ticket... If I win, I'm calling 847-949-7637...

I used to say I knoew who I was calling if I won the lottery. Now, after finding LAT-G, I would not dare let them touch my car. RS sets a bar so high....

Bill, if you win the lottery, I'm calling you so you can send mines along with you. You know when you when the lottery all those family members and friends start calling you. Well, I'll be that long lost 1st cousin who calls. LOL!!

[HEEP]

that's fine cous.... I'll even have yours picked up. :D

[Che70velle]

:y0!:

Guys! Guys!
Over here!

[tones2SS]

The white on the Chevelle is also refreshing.

You said it Marcus.
Looking good guys!

[Roadster Shop]

Time for a long overdue update on this build. We completed Robert's Chevelle and debuted it at the Good Guys show in Ft. Worth, TX where it was selected by Kenny Davis for a Builder's Choice Award. Big thanks to Kenny for the pick! Robert took the car from there and made the 250 mile maiden voyage to home after the show.

Forgeline wheels with Baer Brakes custom Roadster Shop edition calipers
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Our P2 Billet pedal assembly
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Wegner Racing 680 HP LS7
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Gotta do some custom badges for a car this cool.
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[Roadster Shop]

Paul Atkins knocked the interior out of the park on this one! A great modern take on the traditional 1970 Chevelle design.

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[WSSix]

Love the interior. Great job everyone.

[Spiffav8]

:ohsnap:

Any chance you could post a few more photos? I'd really like to see more under the hood kinda shots.

[Ricochet]

Very nice! Very clean and simple and well thought out build. Seems like white is the new black lately. I like it!

[Deserve]

:ohsnap:

Any chance you could post a few more photos? I'd really like to see more under the hood kinda shots.

I'd like to see some of the complete car? Maybe the profile or inside my garage.

[waynieZ]

Amazing job.

[Roadster Shop]

Here are a few exterior shots.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss79/RS-Perf/Roberts%2070%20Convertible/IMG_1966_zpsfbc3e4fd.jpg

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[srh3trinity]

Beautiful car, my car builder has a RS chassis going into a first gen Camaro right now and the chassis itself is a work of art.

[ScotI]

I checked this one out @ GG's FtWorth..... Outstanding fit & finish. I really love the OE appearance w/the killer drivetrain & chassis. Interior was beautiful as well.

[tones2SS]

Wow, what a beautiful car.
Well done again Roadster Shop.

[Rick D]

Just outstanding as always guys!!! I love how stock it looks but yet sooo mean at the sametime!

[Z06Joe]

Another amazing work of art guys!!!!!

[tmadden]

Here are a few exterior shots.

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Perf/Roberts%2070%20Convertible/IMG_1712_zpsd97b4219.jpg

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SWEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!:king:

[NOPANTS68]

Yep- that's it. If I had to have one car, a '70 vert on an RS chassis would be it. That checks all boxes for me. Great job.

[Al Moreno]

Yup, it just doesn't get much better than that! :king:

[tones2SS]

Just outstanding as always guys!!! I love how stock it looks but yet sooo mean at the sametime!

Rick,...you nailed it bro.
I love the "almost 100% completely stock" exterior with a killer interior and updated driveline and brakes.
Awesome car.

[ScotI]

What were the final wheel & tire sizes? If I recall it had an 18/20 combo?

[Zoomin]

Where was this hiding at GG's? I must've been busy lusting over the chassis that were on display.

[shelteredV]

Famous last words.... We thought it was going to be a real nice car as well.

This is what came back from the acid dipper.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss79/RS-Perf/Roberts%2070%20Convertible/DSC_0052_zps8437fec9.jpg

At what point during this incredible metal work do you think this guy thought to himself..."Yup, I think its ready for paint!" It is amazing how something that looked as good as the original car, could end up like this. We looked the car over pretty well before disassembly and had no idea of what laid underneath.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss79/RS-Perf/Roberts%2070%20Convertible/DSC_0054_zpsd63b4cda.jpg

What was left of the wheel opening and outer wheel house.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss79/RS-Perf/Roberts%2070%20Convertible/DSC_0066_zpsb385687f.jpg

There wasn't a wave, a bubble, a sand scratch, a shrinkage mark... nothing anywhere in this quarter. the trim fit nicely all around the convertible top... no signs of what was underneath. Oh well, nothing that an entire parts catalog can't fix!
My worst fear realized. I'm in the shopping phase for a 66 or 67 Chevelle and I'm not expecting miracles or deal of the year, but avoiding this is what we all try to do. That is some amazing mud work, that's for sure.
As usual, you made a work of art out of it. You are amazing chef's to make such a salad from such **t.