A guy I use to work with and friend has had this Chevelle since 2009. He bought it and restored the body, had it painted but never did the interior. He didn't have a garage or carport to keep it in and paint is starting to show it. Transmission went out in it 3 months ago and I gave him a rebuilt turbo 400 I had but didn't remember what size converter I had in it. After he put it in he came by and realized it has a 4000 RPM stall speed, way too much for the motor in it. It has a mild 355 and a 2000 RPM converter would work fine in it but he was just ready to let it go to someone who could keep it in a garage or carport and he really liked my aluminum flat boat that I never have time to use, so we did a little trading with my boat and a 4 wheeler my daughter quit using a couple years ago and a small utility trailer I had. Wife was happy I was parting with stuff until she realized I aquire another car. It's not a SS, just has the badges, I'm not a fan of the big a$$ hood (I prefer the 2" hood) or the racing bucket seats but all stuff I can change in time.
I would say, it looks good enough to sell. Just do the drivetrain and interior to an acceptable level then sell it. Use the cash toward another project (don't you have another, older, Chevelle?).
We have a '64 Chevelle. I really like this '71, I will probably keep it, a few years anyway, but I never know myself. I never plan too far ahead and just play it day by day.
Wow! That's pretty nice. I agree on the cowl hood being too big, but it wouldn't keep me from driving it!
Yeah, it won't keep me from driving it! Like I said, I really like the look of the 2" cowl hoods but over that on just a car like this just looks giant. I'm just glad the previous owner didn't put a 6" hood! I'm going to enjoy it as is for awhile after I change the torque converter or let them do it at work.
My wife just realized last weekend this isn't the same Chevelle I've been working on with my dad. LOL I keep it in a single stall in our shop that we added on to house other cars because we were running out of space. It has a double door on one end for my riding mower and I haven't put a door on the end I pull the car in yet. I had the door open to get the air flow through it while I was working on it. She asked if that was the red Chevelle, to which I answered " yes, the '71 and the red '64 is in the other part of the shop next to my wagon." She then asked,"Y'all have 2 red Chevelles? What happened to the blue car?" (The Nova I bought to sell and sold it in November) so I spent 30 minutes explaining the car situation to her, again...she's not a car person and can walk past them all day (or months in this case) and never realize if it's a diffrent car or not. Just thought it was funny and had to share...
It sounds like you could do all sort of neat things to that garage like building trap doors and escape hatches. If you then film yourself, you could set up a beamer connected to a movement sensor. That way, if your wife happens to walk by, if she looks into the garage, she'll see and hear you working, while not knowing that it's only a video. That way, you could sneak out and drink beer with your friends and do anything else you want to, without her knowing that you're not there
