Found a '71 Heavy Chevy yesterday, very original car needing restoration. No rust but the original owners grandsons banged it up a little the last few years. Bone stocker, all orig decals and most interior. Hoping to find a build sheet for documentation. It does have the blacked out headlight extensions where normally painted body color. Does anyone know if the 3" wide black doyle (sp?) decals were dealer installed on trunk and hood? Owners son in law says they were on the car since sold new at Cormier Chevrolet, Long Beach CA.

The only stripes on a heavy chevy were the ones one the side. Check the cowl tag there may be a letter below the plant abreviation if it had the optional white stipe. Do a search on Heavy Chevy for more info, also in the archives there is a discussion on HvyChvys. If the price is right, I say go for it. They are more rare than an SS. Only problem you may run into, would be finding some interior parts. ie. rubber floor mat

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Richard Dorrough
Tulsa, Ok
'68 Chevelle
'70 Nomad (CHVLLE)
ACES # 789

For the rubber floor mat, there was a post here about a year ago. One person said they found a place that made rubber floor mats for chevelles. I can't remember who it was. I think the place was in OK or TX. The post even contained a phone number.

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Bryan Shook
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Favorite Quote: Some people have shrinks. Some people have their garage.

I found it -
Posted by Michael back it Oct 99

I got mine from Quick Classics in Atoka,Tennesse for my 72 Heavy Chevy. Brand new, too. They have all kind of connections. They can get you almost anything for any car. Ask for Todd (owner) and tell them Michael with the Heavy Chevy said to call you. He restored a 1929 Ford from the ground up without anything to go on. It took him a while but he found all kind of parts for the car. What he could'nt find, he made. Their number is (901) 837-9777.
Hope this helps.

Also in my search, I found that someone got one through ACC and another person thought that maybe Metro had one.

Good luck!


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Bryan Shook
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Favorite Quote: Some people have shrinks. Some people have their garage.

Thanks for the replies. This one has all the multiple line stripes in white, along with white HEAVY CHEVY decals on each fender, the trunk lid and the hood. Rear seat was covered in plastic all these years, original fabric is in xlnt shape. It has Home Depot carpet with no mat. This weekend I will pull the back seat and the gas tank in search of a build sheet. Just received an email that if it has a sweep style speedo it's not a Heavy Chevy. I doubt but few of these cars had optional IP Gauge option or the SS dash with lights. This one has the white 1 inch bands on the interior panels.

This car also has a non standard steering wheel, unlike a Malibu. This car was very shocking to the eye when new...imagine solid (no vinyl top) Lime Green with those bold white stripes...anyone have a picture of this combo?

JRL,
I have a 71 Heavy Chevy I purchased new in Aug 1971. If you have any questions, you are welcome to e-mail me. The stripes were down the sides, the decals on the trunk and hood said "Heavy Chevy" Heres a picture of the front, taken in 1973 http://pages.prodigy.net/bkoustenis/hc1.jpg
The interior is a "one of a kind" especially the door panels. I can e-mail you a pic of one to look at if you want. The cars were available with any options you wanted, but most were fairly stripped down versions, bench seats, no carpet etc.
Hope this helps,

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Bill Koustenis
Advanced Automotive Machine
Waldorf Md

1971 Heavy Chevy - original owner
Team Chevelle #100

Like Bill, I too, own an original Heavy.I fiqure that I know about as much as anyone on the cars now and it was my earlier post you referred to. Be careful what you hear as no one is absolutely cetain what you could get with these cars beyond telling you what their car actually has. For instance I am not absolutely certain that the cars HAD to have the sweep dash. I have never heard of one having an SS type dash but I wouldn't rule it out. They do come with a rubber floor mat but again I believe the owner could have optioned up. I think the dealer would do just about anything you wanted if you paid for it. Also there is no question they came with the 300 interior and to my knowledge there are no remanus out there. They are strange cars as mine came w/ a gold paint job, black headliner, door panels and dash and get this, tan seats. Man you talk about UGLY! But I have an original pic to verify and I have a build sheet. If the build sheet can be found (mine was under the backseat)it will say "YF3" option to identify the option. I talked to the original owner and he told me the dealer let him put on his 68SS wheels off his trade in and they kept the original Heavy wheels. So my car actually came off the lot w/ 68 SS wheels. So be careful about what you hear about these cars as there is very little concrete knowledge on them They only made about 9,000 or so in 1972 and I think even fewer in 1971, those being the only 2 years they were made.But there is one thing for certain...they did not come w/ a 454. The biggest motor you could get was a 402. Hope this helps.

now that were on the subject of Heavy chevys and rims, I have a quick question... What would a set of 4 original heavy chevy rims (unknown year but they look like the heavy chevy rims) in good condition WITHOUT center caps be worth? I was just using them to roll my 66 around on

Thanks

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Hot66ss
66 Super Sport
67 Malibu
Aces Member 2380
Team Chevelle member #262
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[This message has been edited by Hot66ss (edited 02-23-2000).]

I thought the Heavy Chevy rims where like the 14X6 ralley wheel on 74 up Camaro with a special center cap in a natural finish?

Bill K,
I did a Heavy Chevy search yesterday and read all the comments. Very little info on the '71s. I read Chevelle tech every day and you were the first person I thought of when I saw this '71. The optional hood ornament you have is interesting. I usually attach those to my front bumper or grille (just kidding). Your car looks awesome. I'm curious to know how many '71s were built, any idea? Do you also have the basic non Malibu steering wheel?

Jeez, I remember there being at least 2 or 3 Heavy Chevies in my neighborhood (Milwaukee, WI) when I was a little kid. I seem to remember that they were all very rotted out. The decals are very distinct in my mind. Was brown a common color for these cars? I seem to recall that two of them were brown with white (or beige) decals.

So my rims are not worth the metal they are made out of???

They are 14x6's

Thanks for any info

Thomas

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Hot66ss
66 Super Sport
67 Malibu
Aces Member 2380
Team Chevelle member #262
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Thomas,
The 14x6 wheels you have were standard equip wheels for Camaro, Malibu and Nova. 14x7's can bring $5-10 a wheel. The Heavy centers, with "natural" finish, which I suppose means unpolished chrome, are something I've never seen and my car is missing them all.

I think the wheels are worth very little. I know Wheel Vintiques remanus the rallys in almost any size you want. There is no question that they used a Rally wheel which again, I think is ugly but what many people do not know is they came without trim rings. Scant literature and my build sheet confirms this. Of course I'm sure a dealer would sell them to you. I have my original spare wheel and tire. I never really thought about the caps but I always assumed they were the "derby" caps. Again, nothing too special. One other thing I saw above. My 72 had the white/silver stripe running through the door panels. I would say that any unrestored 72 Heavy is, in fact, not a Heavy if it doesnt have the stripes. Again, to my knowledge no one remanus a Heavy interior. Thats why I restored mine w/ the more common Malibu interior.

I have a uncle that bought a 72 used in about 1974 and he has told me that it had the standard malibu sweep dash but you could order optional guages meaning the SS dash. It had a domed hood which is a cowl induction type hood without the flap. It also had hood pins and if I am not mistaken had sport mirrors also. It was red with white stripes with a 350 bench seat. There is a guy that we see at Indy Super Chevy every year that has a brown 72 Heavy Chevy with a 402 that races there. His has a sweep dash too.

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69 SS 454
69 Malibu 406
ACES Member #3635

FYI

I am no expert on Heavy Chevys but I looked at new one's way back in 1972, I could not afford to drive my 70 SS454 anymore. What I do remember about the ones I found on dealer lots were very low optioned cars, marketed as a poor man's SS. I never found one that had a engine bigger than the 307 V8, no power steering or brakes, did see one rag top but it had few options also. I must have checked every dealer in Grand Rapids, MI and other places as well.

I chose a SS350 El Camino instead.

JRL,
The hood ornament worked real hard at keeping the Squirrels away ! He never hurt the car though. My car came with the 245 HP 350 motor and a 3 speed floor shift trans. I ruined the trans when the car had about 1000 miles on it trying to "speed shift" it at New England Dragway in NewHampshire. The car ran 15.10's in stock form. Still have the time slips ! Had to drive home to Maryland (500miles) with no second gear. Three speed got thrown away, Muncie M21 and Hurst shifter got installed.I redid the motor in 74, building what is basically an LT1 motor with the old Chevy Angle plug heads. After a year or so of thrashing, I managed a best time of a 12.50 with the headers open and slicks on the back. Right now the car is half in pieces http://www.chevelles.com/forum/frown.gif truing to get re-painted. Don't even ask how long it has been off the road. Hope to put it back together by summer with a fresh small block. Still havent decided on 355 or 383 but I want it to run high 11's street trim.
All you guys talking about the Heavy Chevies has got me thinking about starting a small web page with some info and pictures. I will keep you informed. If anyone has some good, original type pictures they want to send me..go ahead. Just dont make them to big s they take forever to download ! I will try to get some pics of mine on thier first with close ups of the interior etc for reference.

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Bill Koustenis
Advanced Automotive Machine
Waldorf Md

1971 Heavy Chevy - original owner
Team Chevelle #100

I've checked these out and to my knowlodge there never was a rag top.They were all hardtps.And I have a set of centre caps and wheels...FRED

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Fred,

I was sure I seen one at Berger Chevy but my memory could be failing me, its been a while?

Its just that I can still picture this Bronze 71 or 72 Chevelle demo with white ragtop, doomed hood and pins, basic Chevelle dash/interior and column shift. Maybe they cloned it?

If you want to see a Heavy Chevy goto

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http://members.tripod.com/dfdolerjr

or here, www.clark.net/pub/chevelle/chucks72.htm (http://www.clark.net/pub/chevelle/chucks72.htm)

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Leo Paugh
Maryland Chevelle Club #017
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of the low price is forgotten.
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