Just got my CI hood completed and "flapper" operational and thought I would again share some updated pics.

Thanks for all the help I received from here to get to this point.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/M60-E4/1971%20Chevelle%20SS/IMG_1131.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/M60-E4/1971%20Chevelle%20SS/IMG_1189.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/M60-E4/1971%20Chevelle%20SS/IMG_1187.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/M60-E4/1971%20Chevelle%20SS/IMG_1174.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/M60-E4/1971%20Chevelle%20SS/th_MVI_1207.jpg (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/M60-E4/1971%20Chevelle%20SS/?action=view&current=MVI_1207.flv)
There are more pics in the link below.

Mac

Looks good. I need to get my CI functioning one day.

Sweet ride!

Looks great!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

I would love to have an operational flapper hood on my wifes 71 :cool:

nice.

Really nice looking car there Mac!:yes: Looks super good!:thumbsup:

Looks great!!

Very nice indeed.:thumbsup:

Rob

Nice looking 71 SS454 Mac :thumbsup:

functional CI hoods rock!

Looks great Mac! Now you got hood pins too. I'm assuming you prefer the look of the Rally wheels over the 5-spokes?

Very sweet looking ride.

Looks great Mac! Now you got hood pins too. I'm assuming you prefer the look of the Rally wheels over the 5-spokes?

Yeah, I got the 5 spokes in my garage but they just don't look right to me on a chevelle. I love the rally wheels and figured why not!!!

Mac

im a big fan of ralleys myself, anyway, awesome looking 71, looks great.

That car in one word...
SWEET!!

That thing is sweet....What did you pay roughly for the paint job? I want my 70 to be cranberry eventually.....Someday....LOL

Beautiful!:thumbsup:

nice car and cool fuctional cowl hood

[quote=jloshotz;1529562]That thing is sweet....What did you pay roughly for the paint job? I want my 70 to be cranberry eventually.....Someday....LOL[/quote

The car was repainted (factory cranberry red) in 1981 by the previous owner so this is still the same paint from then. As you can tell, it was a garage/warehouse kept car since then. I did have to have the hood painted and my body/paint guy matched it beautifully.

Mac

Newb post. But that is really awesome.

Newb post. But that is really awesome.

Thanks. I am very proud of it although it was pretty much in the condition you see it now! i only had to have minor things done. I am now in the process of restoring/cloning a 1973 Mustang (:eek:) into a Mach 1. I may then try another Chevelle in the 1968 or 1969 after the Stang. Damn....this car bug has really bit me hard!!!!

Mac

Nice Chevelle. Can I ask what part of Florida you're in? Nice looking neighborhood, different from the other Florida pics I've seen, more rural.

Nice Chevelle. Can I ask what part of Florida you're in? Nice looking neighborhood, different from the other Florida pics I've seen, more rural.

Tallahassee (South Georgia!!!). Anything north of Ocala is still pretty rural except the big cities such as Jacksonsville, etc... I hate South Florida as it is way over populated and no more the nice "southern" and conservative feel that we have up here in the northern part of the state. From where I moved from and grew up (back woods), I now lived in a metropolis!!! :D

Mac

Mac - There is something wrong with your flapper no tire marks on that nice clean driveway --tim--

Tallahassee (South Georgia!!!). Anything north of Ocala is still pretty rural except the big cities such as Jacksonsville, etc... I hate South Florida as it is way over populated and no more the nice "southern" and conservative feel that we have up here in the northern part of the state. From where I moved from and grew up (back woods), I now lived in a metropolis!!! :D

MacCool, thanks.