I have a 1971 Chevelle that someone cloned to a SS but it is not. The door panel are very strange and have carpet on the bottom...i have pics. I was told by a Chevelle parts guy that Heavy Chevy out those in. My vin# is 134371R158613. Does anyone know if it is true. My research shows that it is a Sport coup which is what Heavy Chevy's were made from.

I have a 1971 Chevelle that someone cloned to a SS but it is not. The door panel are very strange and have carpet on the bottom...i have pics. I was told by a Chevelle parts guy that Heavy Chevy out those in. My vin# is 134371R158613. Does anyone know if it is true. My research shows that it is a Sport coup which is what Heavy Chevy's were made from.

You can't tell from the VIN, you'll need original papers like a build sheet to prove it. HC was an option offered on 13437 cars in 71. Good Luck! :thumbsup:

The Heavy Chevy door panels were like the 6 cylinder cars. The 71's had an ivory stripe down the side of it.

Dave

i had gave up trying to find the build sheet for my arlington built 71 after tearing it down to a rolling shell, but then someone on here said they found theres under the tar paper under the drivers feet. since the tar paper was the only thing left in the interior i pulled it up and there it was. my point is to not give up.
derek

Has anyone seen the doorpanels I am talking about....they dont match the new PUI interior I bought for it...there is no build sheet except on I found from a whole different car inside. I have the interior stripped completely down. It does have the coup code which only had 17000 made in 1971. I guess that makes it a little bit rare since there were 189000 malibus made.
Doe anyone know if they had black heavy chevys in 1971. I have seen one in 1972 year. This was originally Nevada silver.

Which engine is in the car?

The Heavy Chevy door panels were like the 6 cylinder cars. The 71's had an ivory stripe down the side of it.

Dave
Interiors didn't differ between V8 and 6-cyl models of the same series, i.e. 133xx/134xx.

Has anyone seen the doorpanels I am talking about....they dont match the new PUI interior I bought for it...there is no build sheet except on I found from a whole different car inside. I have the interior stripped completely down. It does have the coup code which only had 17000 made in 1971. I guess that makes it a little bit rare since there were 189000 malibus made.
Doe anyone know if they had black heavy chevys in 1971. I have seen one in 1972 year. This was originally Nevada silver.The numbers 17117 vs 189970 are correct when comparing V8 Chevelle coupes (13437) vs. V8 Malibu coupes (13637). Of the 17117 V8 Chevelle coupes, 6727 were Heavy Chevys (RPO YF3), so about 40% of the V8 Chevelle coupes were so equipped - a pretty fair amount. Black was a normal production color available in 71 and although no paint color numbers exist, logic would dictate that there must have been some Heavy Chevys done in black with the stripes in white.

im going to find the post that i posted of what heavy chevy door panels look like in know they are supposed to have a wood grain strip at the top of them

ok i found the post this is an old ebay car that i found everything on this car is correct and is a perfect car to look at while trying to tackle a restoration if you need door panels for one www.smsautofabrics is the only place that reproduces them for all 300 Series cars but they are pretty pricey well heres the car http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VERY-NICE-72-HEAVY-CHEVY-CHEVELLE-4-SPEED_W0QQitemZ270178287350QQcmdZViewItem?hash=ite m270178287350

did the Heavy Chevy cars come with the raised scoop hood or a flat louvered hood,just wandering.
Van

http://www.chevellestuff.com/71velle/misc_stuff.htm

http://www.chevellestuff.com/72velle/images/72_z15rpo.jpg


http://www.chevellestuff.com/72velle/misc_stuff.htm
Heavy Chevy: Model 13437 V8 Chevelle Coupe only. Includes black-accented grille; special side striping; Heavy Chevy decals on hood, front fenders and rear deck; special domed hood with locking pins; 14" x 6" rally type wheels with bright lug nuts and special center caps.
~~ With black striping. Not available when Midnight Bronze exterior body color paint is ordered.
RPO YF3/YF8 - MSRP $145.35
~~ With white striping. Not available when white exterior body color paint is ordered.
RPO YF3/ZR8 - MSRP $145.35

heavy chevy cars were 134 chevelle series vins and cowl tag will have YF3 on it to indicate it is a real heavy chevy. any v-8 engine from the turbo fire 307sb to the LS3 turbo jet 400(402)bb was available. the LS5 454bb was the only engine not available as an option. they had non-functional SS domed hoods with tie down pins,black accented grille and headlight bezels,14x6 rally wheels without trim rings. heavy chevy decals on the hood,trunk,both front fenders and a stripe down each side of the body.

heavy chevy cars were 134 chevelle series vins and cowl tag will have YF3 on it to indicate it is a real heavy chevy. any v-8 engine from the turbo fire 307sb to the LS3 turbo jet 400(402)bb was available. the LS5 454bb was the only engine not available as an option. they had non-functional SS domed hoods with tie down pins,black accented grille and headlight bezels,14x6 rally wheels without trim rings. heavy chevy decals on the hood,trunk,both front fenders and a stripe down each side of the body.Might want to rethink the VINs and cowl tags. While the HC 71 VIN began with 13437, the HC 72 VIN would have started with 1C37. To my knowledge, no U.S. built HCs have the RPO code YF3 on the trim tag (or any other RPO codes AFAIK).

I keep seeing this term 'non-functional' pertaining to domed SS hoods and not just in this thread but I get emails all the time with this term. All hoods were functional be they flat, domed, or w/cowl induction. I understand the term is meant to imply to non-cowl induction hoods but to apply it to a hood in general is not right. It's like saying a dash is 'nonfunctional' because it doesn't have gauges. ;) For 71 and 72 the ZL2 hood is shown as an option only when the SS option was ordered so it's not an issue when talking about the HC package.

my 1972 HC has the "woodgrain" door panels,starts w/ 1c37,and has a cowl hood aka non-functional(no flapper)with hood pins.It very much resembles the one on e-bayhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VERY-NICE-72-HEAVY-CHEVY-CHEVELLE-4-SPEED_W0QQitemZ270178287350QQcmdZViewItem?hash=ite m270178287350. The 71's had an ivory stripe

I guess nonfunctional hoods is a 70-72 thing when describing a non-ZL2 hood. :confused: I always though all hoods were functional, be they flat, domed, have phony scoops, or functioning air intake systems. Not meaning to sound combative but it seems like more skewing of the language like radio delete or paint delete.

Oh well, when facts don't conform to theory they must be disposed of. :D

The "funtional" hood is the one the flapper door. The "non-functional" is just a domed hood. I don't know if they all came with hood pins and cables. My hood is equipped with both.

Guess we just have differences in the English language. Where functional means something practical or utilitarian and nonfuctional is ornamental, decorative or useless. So both the domed SS hood and flat standard hood are nonfunctional, or ornamental, decorative or useless. I get it now. :thumbsup:

The door panels I have are Black with stiching on them...I think someone added pull handles at a later date but the chrome strip is straight accross the top with a black strip in the middle. Like I said it has carpet at the bottom. I will put a picture on this post. Engine block tag is 11R158613(engine block tag passenger side), #3973487 Intake on back side, 2 barrell, transmission CFD3/862448(on back) and 329 70 CA 57705.
Vin Plate# 134371R158613, Plate on firewall drivers side is as follows ST-71-13437, RO 1157 BDY, TR 703, 13 13 PNT, 03D218(under TR)(D could be a O,cant tell).
Sounds like it has original engine but the paint was Nevada Silver. Someone painted it along time ago...just once to black. They totally stripped it down and painted it. Has original bumpers and the hood is a raised hood and looks like someone filled the hood pin holes before they painted it. Then they put SS emblems on it and SS(camaro rallies 5 spoke charcoal with trim rings) on the tires. I think I should go back Nevada Silver with Black Heavy Chevy.....I just feel like this car was one at one time.

http://www.chevellestuff.com/71velle/misc_stuff.htm

http://www.chevellestuff.com/72velle/images/72_z15rpo.jpg


http://www.chevellestuff.com/72velle/misc_stuff.htm
Heavy Chevy: Model 13437 V8 Chevelle Coupe only. Includes black-accented grille; special side striping; Heavy Chevy decals on hood, front fenders and rear deck; special domed hood with locking pins; 14" x 6" rally type wheels with bright lug nuts and special center caps.
~~ With black striping. Not available when Midnight Bronze exterior body color paint is ordered.
RPO YF3/YF8 - MSRP $145.35
~~ With white striping. Not available when white exterior body color paint is ordered.
RPO YF3/ZR8 - MSRP $145.35

thats neat,I always thought that these cars came with a flat hood and when people restored them they put the domed hood on for looks,:o guess thats what I get for thinking:D
Van

New for '71 was a "Heavy Chevy" package which featured special decals and some SS equipment. While the SS was based upon the Malibu, the Heavy Chevy was based upon the base Chevelle model, which had less trim. The Heavy Chevy could be ordered with any V8 engine except a 454. Like the Malibu 400 cars, many Heavy Chevys have been converted to SS clones. The VIN on a '71 Heavy Chevy starts with 13437, while the VIN on a V8 Malibu or SS coupe starts with 13637.

I guess nonfunctional hoods is a 70-72 thing when describing a non-ZL2 hood. :confused: I always though all hoods were functional, be they flat, domed, have phony scoops, or functioning air intake systems. Not meaning to sound combative but it seems like more skewing of the language like radio delete or paint delete.

Oh well, when facts don't conform to theory they must be disposed of. :D

Dale, I'm with you. I guess people like to say they have a non-functional cowl induction hood for bragging rights. Although, what they really have is a domed hood.

The reason they say non-functional cowl hood cannot be due to less words or less letters to write. Because it is obvious the term has more words and letters than the correct term, domed hood.

How about the people that put the Cowl Induction emblem on a domed hood...

I agree with that definition too but technically doesn't even the domed hood receive air from the cowl area?

Only if you take out the rear brace which is why you find a lot of them done that way.

Nelson