Luiz tell us:
Chevelles in Brazil: they're getting scarce but you can see a fair amount of six in a row, 283s and 307s.
The really rare ones are the SS big block. In Sao Paulo, the Brazilian state that concentrates the largest share of the country industrial power, I've seen a beautiful aqua '67 SS 396, a red '71 SS 454 and heard about a good daily driven '67 SS 396. Here in Rio, there is my '67 and few days ago I almost collapsed when I saw in a car reunion held in a small town of Rio de Janeiro state called Nova Friburgo, a stunning red '72 SS 454. I bought my Chevelle from a guy that was selling it and two more cars: a '68 250 six Camaro and a '68 El Camino with a 283 (non original engine). The price was good and I bought the cars, but the Chevelle is THE IMPRESSIVE CAR OF THE PACK. I remember seeing the Chevelle with the original owner, a gentleman in his early seventies. When the other guy bought it, a friend of mine was commissioned to rebuild the engine. He told me that the camshaft was so worn out that the lobes were almost completely round. The engine now has new everything. I'm keeping the original parts (cast iron intake manifold, Rochester Quadrajet carb etc.). The body is good but the rear quarter (passenger side) is a bit fat. It will need some body
working later.
The color looks quite exact, but I still have to look over the color code. As you can see, the grille is scrap aluminum.The car is being kept far from my home so, by now, I'm not being able to go over it very much.
The one eyed thing covered with black plastic is a '55 Sedan de Ville. Some more months under tropical weather and it will go to Cadillac Heaven. The little gray car going down the street, bearing license plate SU56748, is an old Brazilian Ford car - the Del Rey. The underpowered thing has a Renault engine.
These pictures were taken in front of the former owner's house. As you can see, it's a sound car but needs a lot of work to leave the diamond in the rough condition. The '69 El Camino has a bed full of '73 Laguna front end. To my understanding a SS with standard wheels and dog dish hubcaps was available from the dealer back then. That kind of wheels with dog dishes are not very exciting, so I traded place with the Camino Rallye wheels that belonged once to the Laguna. I think that the Rallye wheel hubcap that appear in the pic is not correct.
