hopefully i did this right. i've been a member for a about a year and thought i'd post some pics of what i've been working on.this was my 1st car. it had been sitting since 1994 and i started the resto in Dec. of 2004.

Looks Great!!!!!!!!!

Very cool!

Sure has come a long ways and looks Great...

thanks, it has been a lot of work but i loved every minute of it

It looks even better in person!

Thanks Rich. Remember when you weren't sure if i even had the car because i didn't want anyone to see it as a heep of rust.

:thumbsup: That is just excellent. And a superb choice of rims and tires, I might add!

Nice ride :) , but I gotta ask: What's with all the brooms? :D

It ain't junk no more! Nice job, it looks great!

brooms?

Great Job!!!!

You give me inspiration that my ole rusty '70 can be a pristine Muscle Car once more.

you just need a little inspiration, a lot of time, and of course $200.00-$300.00 bucks haha

Where did you get the floor pans,1/4's and bed liner from?

You do all the body work? Looks great.... mine will be there someday

WOw only a year to get it to that stage... i'm jealous. How many hours you putting into it a night?

Where did you get the floor pans,1/4's and bed liner from?

You do all the body work? Looks great.... mine will be there someday

WOw only a year to get it to that stage... i'm jealous. How many hours you putting into it a night?

floor pans goodmark,1/4's dii(dynacorn international) bed panel, elcamino store, not sure of who makes it. no body work for me i'm not that talented. did most everything else though. I did a lot of research on parts. let me know if you need any more info. there were quit a few nights with little sleep. my friends said they forgot what i looked like for a while.

Looks great,pretty much just started on mine.Hope it only takes a year.Not going to rush it.Like the stance to.

Inspiring! I have the front clip off, hopefully will get the body off this weekend.

Looks great,pretty much just started on mine.Hope it only takes a year.Not going to rush it.Like the stance to.
thats funny the verdict on the stance is about 50/50. i think i'm going to get the front down a bit.

Can anyone say sleeper? That L79 will lay a beating on a lot of big block cars.....if you take the notion. These were the real sleeper cars of the '60s. I personally saw the results of a grudge race between a '68 L79 Chevelle and a '69 L34 396. Something like 3 car lengths at the end of the quarter. You'll find it worth every bit of dirt in the eye and sweat on the brow.

Can anyone say sleeper? That L79 will lay a beating on a lot of big block cars.....if you take the notion. These were the real sleeper cars of the '60s. I personally saw the results of a grudge race between a '68 L79 Chevelle and a '69 L34 396. Something like 3 car lengths at the end of the quarter. You'll find it worth every bit of dirt in the eye and sweat on the brow.
you can say that again not to mention i had to do it 1. my 1st car "or it is a truck"-that has gotten old over the years 2. it is a somewhat rare combo for an el camino, it also has factory disc brakes

It may have started out bad, but it certainly turned out very nice!
Good luck with it.

thanks mike

It's very satisfying when you get to different stages, very nice work.
Rob

Thanks Rich. Remember when you weren't sure if i even had the car because i didn't want anyone to see it as a heep of rust.

:D

We have a number of members who've never brought a Chevelle to a meeting or event but claim to own one! I kind of feel the same way about the wagon, but at least I have the coupe to play with until it's done. Gonna be a long time yet though....

yeah its funny all of a sudden there is a car and not just a bunch of parts

:D

We have a number of members who've never brought a Chevelle to a meeting or event but claim to own one! I kind of feel the same way about the wagon, but at least I have the coupe to play with until it's done. Gonna be a long time yet though....
i dont know rich are you sure those wagon pics are even yours?

brooms?

Hanging on the wall. Was this pic at the body shop? Just messing with you.
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/medium/painted2.jpg

floor pans goodmark,1/4's dii(dynacorn international) bed panel, elcamino store, not sure of who makes it. no body work for me i'm not that talented. did most everything else though. I did a lot of research on parts. let me know if you need any more info. there were quit a few nights with little sleep. my friends said they forgot what i looked like for a while.

Yeah, but look at you now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great job :beers: An L79 El Camino.....that is one rare bird. My first Chevelle was a 68 El Camino.....I'm jealous!! You have a lot to be proud of.

wow nice job! Great choice of color - gotta love that Red :thumbsup:

Looks like you did a very nice job on it !

:thumbsup:

Hanging on the wall. Was this pic at the body shop? Just messing with you.
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/medium/painted2.jpg
this was at the body shop. i didnt even see those brooms in the pic.

Beautiful. Congratulations!

Those 1/4's look pretty damn good. I have heard compaints about the DII Dynacorn stuff. How would you rate those 1/4's thickness? I'm still torn on if I should remove the 1/4's on mine or not. I have lots of dents on one side and the right side has some damage too.

I would be doing it mostly myself. I have most tools to do it. Just not sure about forking out $800 for 1/4's.

Was that floor pan a single piece or in sections? You have any pics of the floors or 1/4's before?

Thanks again! You can check out my progress on my sig below too...

Looks great - there are some nice resto labels that would look great on that car ;) link here

http://chevelledecals.homestead.com/Chevellelabels.html

Rich

the 1/4's were pretty good but the creases and body lines were not quite like original. i had to replace rear inner and outer wheelhouses and the qtrs didn't match up quite right to those. could be the wheelhouses that weren't right it's hard to say.i would give the qtrs a thumbs up but wouldn't replace them unless absoloutly necessary. in fact i would pay for NOS if i had to do it over, because of the extent of my repairs. the floor pans were sections and worked fine. one thing i learned USE AS MUCH ORIGINAL STUFF AS POSSIBLE. refurbish old parts if possible or find NOS. i have a lot of left over NEW repro parts that just wouldnt work. i do have some pics that i will e-mail you when i find them.

Thanks to everyone and all the compliments. I could not have done it without all the info i received from this site and the people involved-seriously! I hate to admit, it but i think i'm ready to start another project. I must be sick:confused: . I'd like to get my hands on a 1968 L79 2 dr post car. Thanks Again, Scott Hill :)