Gimmie!! Get after it, Samitron!! Looking good!! Are those the same toilet-pipe diameter headers that are on the Gradynator's COPO? Cripes...I think they're the same dimension as the drain pipes in the foundation of my house!

Cheers
Dave

Nice!!

Choice! Looks da bidness, Sam!!

Great job as always Sam, the sister ship to the Grady car....::drool:

Mike

Love it Sam. Looks great with the black covers and the orange M/T headers. Hope to see it someday as that truly is a special car! :beers:

Thanks! I am using a Mallory “Rev-Pol” coil and double life (2 sets of points w/ 4 lobe cam) distributor. This version of the YC-310 HP distro uses 2 of the “trash can” style condensers each with a bit more oomph than the stock single condenser installed by GM. Also, each condenser feeds each set of points independently which for the day may have meant better performance at higher revs (charging time increased for each condenser prior to discharge).

As I did with my ‘70 Nova, I created a detachable mounting plate for the Mallory coil and resistor so as not to alter the firewall by using existing fasteners.

Very creative!!

It looks amazing!

Sam, you car looks awesome!! Can't wait to see it at MCACN....

Rich

Very nice Sam. Great work. Keep the pix coming!

Looks Awesome Sam !!!

69 BB Chevelle...
 

I can't believe this car is still kicking around :tongue:

Very nice presentation :biggthumpup:

-wilma

Looks great!


Looking forward to seeing at MCACN.

Medusa, the snake-headed beast, lives! Connected the Hi Po Mallory 7mm wire up to the dizzy cap! Water hoses and alternator and she is ready to fire!

Amazing!

Looks killer as always.

Damn that looks awesome!

I had a chance over the long weekend to get things dialed in, buttoned up and was able to run the engine for several periods of time (drove it too!). My headers transitioned to a brighter yellow color and stayed that color. Of course I hoped they would stay orange but the yellow color will work for me. The finish is stable and is not breaking down or flaking. So, all things considered, I am a happy camper!

Looks great!

Just get some vintage yellow Accel wires and roll with it!

Oh no. Not the old graphite core Super Stock wires. I've never seen a plug wire that caused more missfires than those.

Yes, I have heard that too. My build has the 7mm Mallory High Performance Silicone wire with solid wire at its core to transmit all of those ‘trons coming from the coil. :biggthumpup:

Sam, what the heck is going on with those headers?? You had problems before also with the discoloration...

Rich

Rich - 1st time I had them coated they turned brown/black on first firing and then flaked off there after. They just were not done at all correctly. Only issue so far with this current coating is a change to yellow and the coating is very strong and apparently durable so far. It is uniform in color although the collectors are still orange. I am good with this at this point - it looks good in person - check it out at MCACN!:laugh:

That's weird they discolored to yellow... Car looks AWESOME!!

Rich

Dig the new yeller w/some orange flange - legit Day 2.5!

Sam, I thought the Day-2 plug wires of the day would have been Packard 440, solid core.


Verne

Sure - That would work Verne!!!!:3gears: But, I have always liked the muted orange look of the Mallory - provided it is solid core! :cool2:

Yes! in my world this is what these cars were really all about. Excellent!

Thanks, those racing photos were my inspiration for returning the Chevelle to its as-raced configuration. Glad that the OO, Wayne, had the presence of mind to keep all the good stuff from the car’s early life.

I took the car to the exhaust shop and had the Super Scavengers hooked up to the mufflers. It’s a tad quieter now! :tongue:

Looking Good Sam!!

Rich

Clearly the Best Sounding, Best Day2 Headers of all :)

Love it!

Dan

Impressive car. Nice work sir.

Thanks - having a blast with it. Just got this in the mail today. Joe Perri laid his hands on my original RC-15. Thanks to this site for the steerage to Joe and his great restorations...

He does great work, how bout a shot of the bottom too.
Mike

Awesome photo :)

Dan

Thanks Mikey - am always looking for “valid” reasons to head out to the work shop! Here is Joe P’s jewelry. Top to bottom it is NICE! :laugh:

Next little project is to “restore“ the towbar. The original owner’s (Wayne) way to get to the track in the early years was to tow with his dad‘s 66 Ford short bed. I wanted to maintain the original look of my tow bar so I cleaned and derusted (with Metal Rescue) first followed by a light rub down with quad ought steel wool, and then finished off with a coat of Johnson’s paste wax. If room permits I’ll attach the towbar to the tabs at the show. Here is how they turned out ...

WOW looks amazing! Will be killer to see it with the tow bar attached!

That's the cherry on top of the whip cream on top of the double-fudge brownie!