Looks great in the sunlight Sam! Nice work.:biggthumpup:

Day 2
 

WOW looks so cool. Hope to see it at NOCC. My uncle was a cop in Canfield, went to his house all the time and to the fair. Probably seen you but didn"t know you then.:drool:

OH Yeah. That looks great Sam! Keep up the good work.

Phil W.

Finally signed up so I can see the pic's
Looks Awesome!!!!

I have a factory orange 72 SS 454 just like your avatar. Very cool.

72 Flame Orange great 1 year color. My son has a 72 Malibu 350 that color and I had 2 72 Montes that color. :biggthumpup:

Welcome aboard Aaron. Ha, any son of Mikey is a friend of mine! Glad you are a part of our insanity around here. Enjoy!!!

Funny, I did not realize you signed up Aaron :biggthumpup:

Thanks Sam !! You all are a good bunch !!
Dad probably didn't notice I sent Him a friend request ? Haa

Yes My car is factory 65 flame orange, really is a Malibu 350, still has original gutz and Chrome, and Is my very first car !

Awesome.....Father and Son.

Love it.

Aaron....I too still have my 1972 Chevelle (my very first car). I have owned it since 1978.

Welcome aboard.

Dan

Spectacularious Personificaratti!! Nice work Samatron!!! That car is Samtastic!:eek2::biggthumpup: You now officially have your own word entered into the Book of SuperDave:hmmm:

Nice to see you signed up Aaron. Mikey.... no comment!

Cheers
Dave

I totally missed his signing on here, even looked at the Orange car in the profile, he did tell me later he was on board. :biggthumpup:

Super Dave cracks me up !! I will stick to saying Sam's car is Bad AZZZZ

Glad the Brake issue got worked out

Aaron

Yeah Aaron, Dave cracks me up too! We really need to encourage him to come out of his shell more. i can only imagine the cracks he makes from the cockpit to his passengers - must be a hoot!! ;>)

So, my plan with D-2ing my Chevelle was that all speed parts would easily attach or at worst bolt on without modding the structure of the car. To that end, I wanted to provide a stable attachment for the Hurst Super Boot/Competition Plus combo (for spirited shifting) without drilling holes in the trans hump due to the larger footprint of the boot base plate....

That's sweet, nice fab work :biggthumpup:

That's very neat looking. Nice job.

Right On !! Speed parts rarely just drop right in, so that is a nice touch to get it to fit.
nice work!

Night shots.....

Looks great Sam.

How much time have you spent in the car with the garage lights off just staring at the gauges? Nice fabrication work on with the shifter boot bezel adapter.

Great day-two change over!

Phil W.

Excellent question Phil. The only thing I will say is, the gauge lights are very mesmerizing! And, even though you haven’t asked, so far I am not making motor noises with my mouth. �� thanks‼️

Sam's car...
 

I don't see what the big deal is...it's just a really nice, super clean, highly detailed, 4 speed, L78 Chevelle...oh, and it's black.

Other than that it's just a Chevy :smirk:

Beautiful car owned by a great 'car guy'.

-wilma

Amazing car! Love everything about this build!

Well, my list keeps getting longer;

1. Invent something to make me millions!
2. Own my own Island get-a-way
3. Usurp Bob as head of MCACN
4. Steak Sam’s shifter boot bracket idea:biggthumpup:

I think that about sums it up!!! Nice work Sam! Man I can’t wait to see this car and between you and “Philvelle” as I call him:hmmm:, I’m diggin’ these cars!!

Cheers:beers:

Dave

Looks great Sam....

Rich

Thanks a bunch guys! Sunday I had a nice clear, crisp, sunny (cold) day to exercise the Chevelle and, more importantly, enough rain lately to wash the roads of that pesky salt. She ran real strong and seemed to like the 30 deg. weather. Took Lori along and she was impressed with the car's grunt (just 1/2 throttle). These are break-in miles as last fall I pulled the engine and asked Eric to go through it to make sure all was in order. All looked good except for the front main bearings which were beginning to show some scoring. This most likely as a result of the car's drag racing days and the resulting momentary starvation of oil flow toward the front of the crankshaft from repeated hard launches . Everything else looked good. So, a replacement of the bearings, a crank polishing, new rings and a light hone of the original bore and all of the original rotating assembly was put back together. Original valve springs were replaced for obvious reasons. So it will be a couple hundred more miles before I can really get on it but, all indications are that she is VERY healthy! Here is a short clip from the backend to let you hear what the newly refreshed insides sound like! (please excuse my crooked exhaust tips as I have a bit more massaging to do there). Enjoy! (Thanks to Bruce, Jody, and “the computer guy” for their persistence in getting the Youtube video posting feature to work again)

Love it! I'd love to find a set of front runner cragars for my 67 Chevelle which has the same paint and interior colors as your 69

----Sam,,, Is that thru Gardener exhaust except for the headers?.......Bill S

Bill,

Yes, thru Gardner, but the mufflers are their free-er flowing version (can't remember what they call it) that has bit louder/deeper tone. Outside appearance is OEM-like but there are fewer baffles inside. BTW, these Super Scavengers are pretty tame loudness-wise until you get on it a bit and then the volume and quality of sound goes way up!:wink:

Sounds really crisp!!!

Did you have it on a dyno after rebuild?

Ryan

Gimmie! Gimmie GIMMIE GIMMIE!!! Sounds great Samitron!! Looking forward to seeing this car in person. During my August jaunt to HoHiHo for the Mopar Nats... I'll have to swing by so I can get a preMCACN sneak peak!

Cheers
Dave

Come on down Super Dave! we’ll uncork the Chevelle and see what kind of trouble we can get in. :naughty:

No dyno Ryan. Only seat-of-the-pants guesstimates. I’ll let you know what my calibrated seat-of-the-pants indicates after break in and the Super Scavengers are unleashed!:3gears:

Makin' the right racket!!

Sounds nice....

Need....picture..... update..... can't.... continue..... moving [klunk] (ooooo)goggles

Cheers:beers::biggthumpup:
Dave

PS: I think the Wojinator needs to start a Day 2 thread on something now! Even if it's the riding mower!:tongue:

Here’s a bit of “chum” for you Dave....

Aaaaahhhhhh.....:drool:

Cheers
Dave

So I am wrestling with which air cleaner to go with. I see a bunch of round “fly-eye” a/c’s used and was hoping to find something different that looks good. The below triangular type popularized by Weiand, Ram-Flo, Edelbrock, etc. may be a bit late to the game for my ‘69 wrt when they were introduced, so I will have to consider that (suggestions are welcomed). If I use this Ram-Flo I will have it replated so it pops. Regardless of which I choose, I want to address PCV on the passenger side of the engine and will most likely use carb vacuum to take care of it. So, just like I did with the Roof Deuce I used M22Mike’s (Mike A) inspiration to create a junction between the VC and the air cleaner and I thought I would post one way to take care of this. I like simple so I used copper and steel so I could get away with soldering. I may paint this black eventually although there is a definite steam punk vibe going on now...

Dang.....your hired... :biggthumpup:

----JFO, (just for me) absolutely better than Fly-eye! Hope the haters don't hate......Bill S

Nothing here I don’t like! Attention to detail is “off the charts”!