Since I now have a 71 Chevelle, decided to change my user name and pay my dues to become a member. "Future 69 Malibu Owner?" for some reason didn't seem appropriate anymore. :rolleyes: I'm not much of a forum "talker", but I'll have my fair share of questions since this is my 1st Chevelle.

For those of you who haven't seen the car I bought, here's a pic...

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5098/dscn02229aq.jpg

Just picked her up yesterday! Also got pulled over in it for the 1st time yesterday! :D We were "test" driving it before loading it up on the trailer. Well, turns out we "test" drove it past 2 cops. We were honest and just told them that I was buying the car and wanted to see what it could do. They ran our licenses and then let us go! We were sooo lucky!!! I mean, this test drive was a full 1/4 mile run!

I have all winter to get the car where I want it. Just gonna do a lot of cleaning and do cosmetic things such as...

rechrome bumpers
replace a few trim pieces
new hood hinges
new wheels/tires
new fan shroud
maybe add passenger side mirror

Minor bolt on stuff is all. Anyways, looking forward to all the help and knowledge from the board members!

Very nice.

Thanks man.

More pics/specs can be seen in a previous thread that I posted before I knew it was a done deal...

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113967

Its not a 69, but its a nice looking Chevelle.

Glad you got it!! Did you get it for the price you wanted???

Congratulations!! Very nice car! Any idea on the wheels already?

Congrats. Fine looking autmobile. Jb

Thats a good looker, real nice.
Rob

and ditch the mudflaps...

Looks great. Good luck on the passenger side mirror - that's a tough ticket...

Glad you got it!! Did you get it for the price you wanted???

No. I had to up my offer to 21k.


Congratulations!! Very nice car! Any idea on the wheels already?

I always liked the old school Crager SS. I'm gonna check out a bunch of pics to see what else stands out as well.

and ditch the mudflaps...

Looks great. Good luck on the passenger side mirror - that's a tough ticket...


Yeah, everyone hear seems to hate mud flaps. I don't like the looks of them, but might leave them for now. They seem to greatly reduce rock chips.

What's tough about the mirror? Hard to find?

Nice looking ride!

Very smooth, i really like it alot. I will probably catch some flack for this but, for wheels some 16" Torque Thrusts would look very nice. Not to "blingy" but still update the car from the current wheels.
Nice ride congrats :beers:

Andy

How do you like your Rossler transmission? My engine builder is friends with him and he suggested him.

Nice ride, hope to see you at some local shows this summer..

Scott

How do you like your Rossler transmission? My engine builder is friends with him and he suggested him.

To tell you the truth, I've only driven the car a couple times, so it's not much to judge by. It has a street/strip th400 that can be driven on the street as fully automatic or you can shift it at the track. So far seems like a great trans. I have a 3600 stall in it and I'm not used to that yet. Anyways, I did a lot of research on the internet about Rossler before I bought the car and it seems he is one of the top rated transmission guys out there.


Nice ride, hope to see you at some local shows this summer..

I usually don't travel far from home in my hotrods, but I'm sure I'll meet you or at least your car at a show this year! Any particular one I shouldn't miss? Last year ,with the Camaro, I just went to the local cruise-ins. Quaker Steak in Sheffield, Avon Commons, some in Lorain and Elyria.


I will probably catch some flack for this but, for wheels some 16" Torque Thrusts would look very nice. Not to "blingy" but still update the car from the current wheels.

I don't really like the torque thrusts. I'm old school and like a 15" wheel with big, fat rubber around them. Although the current wheels are out dated, I would use them if they were in better shape. They have some of the little rust specs here and there.

I love the sst's...NICE MACHINE!...nicole

CONGRATS !!! I love the sst's...NICE MACHINE!...nicole

Very nice car. ZZ502, not too shabby haha. Awesome! I would ditch the mud flaps, and me personally would go for some different rims, but for what you got its great. Congradulations.

Thanks. I honestly think I paid a little too much for the car. I was tired of looking for a good deal. You sure don't get much for 20k these days. After another couple grand and some work, I'll be happy with it.

beautiful car! congrats! it's going to take a while till my 68 looks that clean.

Nice car man!!!

Congrats on the new car. I've been following your posts on your search. The '71 looks fine (except the flaps:) ) You've got a really nice car to drive and work on, but I can say all this since I'm kinda a partial to the year. Daren

I usually don't travel far from home in my hotrods, but I'm sure I'll meet you or at least your car at a show this year! Any particular one I shouldn't miss? Last year ,with the Camaro, I just went to the local cruise-ins. Quaker Steak in Sheffield, Avon Commons, some in Lorain and Elyria.




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Maybe we could meet somewhere in the middle.. I'll have to look at the cruisen times website..

Scott

Took a few pics today....

http://photos.yahoo.com/chevy1332


We'll hook up at a show or cruise in Scott. I'll check into it too.

You did good! Sweet Ride!

Thanks man. Recognise the screen name from nastyZ28!

Nice looking ride and I like the ProStars on the Camaro and I like them on my Chevelle. ProStars would look good on your Chevelle too in my opinion.

The Camaro is gone. :( I did like the prostars on it, but I don't know about putting them on the Chevelle. Although they look good on your ride! As of now I'm thinking old school Crager SS rims.

Wanna Race ?....Just Kidding, Nice Car, even though it's not a 69:D

Congrats, and welcome to the world of Chevelle's !

Gaz:beers:

What's tough about the mirror? Hard to find?

Very. Bullet passenger side mirrors are Chevelle-specific. You will see many people selling Camaro ones, but they won't fit or look right. Some folks have modified stuff to fit, but a correct passenger side bullet mirror might sell for $300 or more, and that's one that needs painted and restored. And that's when you can find one, which is never. Someone was selling one here on this site a while ago.

I gave up looking and decided to just get used to looking over my should more often...

I see. Kind of sucks not having a passenger mirror! Thanks for the info.

Congrats on finally finding that elusive Chevelle. Looks great! :thumbsup:

I'm partial to 69's too. Smokin car :) If your velle runs as good as it looks it ought to haul!!!

Sat down and ordered close to $1000 in parts today. I'll have her looking even better before spring! :thumbsup:

Most of that is for bumpers from tri-city though.