Smokey Yunick built 3 #13 1966 Chevelles.

#1 was built up from a pre-production car, not even a pilot build. Not his finest build: "Car had power to spare but the chassis was so !@@$# up God couldn't have drove it." Mario Andretti drove it in the '66 Daytona 500, engine blew. Sold intact, may still exist.

#2 was the car basically designed & built by Chevrolet Engineering. Curtis Turner demolished it in practice at Atlanta. Was squashed into a cube and sat in his shop for many years.

#3 This one had all the tricks learned from the others. Nascar banned it outright, wouldn't even allow it on a track for tire testing. Yunick sold it, got it back in the '70s' restored it in the '80s. Still exists. He never raced it anywhere.

His book "Best Damn Garage in Town" is a must read for any Chevy guy.

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I don't get it. Chevy got it right. Grill should be silver, grill surround should be body color, and stripes should continue over the upper valance and the cowl panel.

Its not that hard.

Is this Smokey Yunick's old Chevelle? I remember reading about it back in the day. The template use to make sure no one was cheating didn't fit it. But then they put the template on a stock Chevelle, and it didn't fit that car either.

Some claimed Smokeys car was a 15/16 version of the Chevelle. Regardless, knowing Smokey, I am certain that there was some rule bending going on. "Just gettin competitive" is what he said; I think it was in regard to the fuel tank size rule. He DID run the correct size, but then snaked a 1/2 inch fuel line all around the underside of the car, so he would in effect have an extra gallon of gas.


EDIT: OK, so I am a little late to the party. I had not read all the other posts about this car when I posted. I always go back to the last post I viewed on this thread and read forward.

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Ah . . . the Aston Martin DB5. It is one of a dozen DB models: from the DB1 to the DB11 and another six with the last DB being the DBX. So what exactly does DB stand for? DB are the initials of David Brown, the man who bought Aston Martin in the 1940s. And, of course, he decided that some of the products should bear his name as proof of his ownership.

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Ever seen one of these? 1970 Hemi 'Cuda with Fury 15" Sport Wheel Covers. It's . . . unique. Not available from the factory on a 'Cuda but you could have bought them through the Parts Dept. Not sure it's a real Hemi 'Cuda. Should not have that Barracuda emblem on the fender. Also the rocker panel molding isn't correct

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They definitely look better where they belong

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1968 was the first model year that Chrysler made 15" wheels standard when you ordered the HEMI. There was no 15 "mag" wheel option in 68 so if you didn't want the standard hub caps you could order these 15" wheel covers from the Monaco/Polara. Only one hiccup: you had to have ordered PFDB. Not available for HEMI cars with Drum/Power Drum Brakes. Those got the hub caps.

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The infamous "Recall" wheels. Chryslers stillborn attempt to offer a 14"/15" aluminum wheel. The wheels were cancelled months before the Charger Daytona made it's debut so they are not correct for this car. But they could have been ordered on an R/T or a Charger 500.

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So Chrysler still doesn't have a 15" mag" wheel for it's HEMI cars. Right after the recall Chrysler once again made the Monaco/Polara 15" wheel covers optional

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We got any Paul Harvey fans here? And now . . . the rest of the story . . .

As per a letter dated September 13, 1968 to all Dodge dealers, all cars that have been delivered to the dealership with W23 wheels (14" and 15"), the dealer is to remove them (all 5) and replace them with (4) 14" Chrome Road Wheels and as ordered tires along with a matching sized plain wheel spare. The 1969 models would be available for sale September 19, 1968.

The wheels on this HEMI Charger 500 are 1968 style not 69. They should have trim rings.

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So if you go to a car show and see a HEMI 1969 Charger R/T, Charger 500, Coronet R/T or a Super Bee and it's wearing 14" Chrome Road Wheels, instead of thinking "those are the wrong wheels" you might inquire if the car was ordered with 15" W23 Styled Road Wheels (Recall Wheels).

This 1969 Charger 500 has the correct 14" Chrome Road Wheels - it's just not a HEMI.

NOTE: I assume that Plymouth had the exact same program.

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Looks like we're going to have to blast.

I regret that I have but one "thanks" to give to this...

K

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I want to thank all of you for steering me onto those subjects that warrant a thanks. I aim to please and I need your help. I try new subject matter - some are embraced by you while others fall by the wayside. I still want to experiment and will continue to do so. So when you feel the post deserves a thanks, hit that button!

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PSA:

I just had something similar to this happen with the car skates.

I was dragging the Chevelle sans power train out of the trailer and into the garage to receive its new motor. I didn't know this but if the rear wheels are free to rotate they will come off the car skate and wedge the skate between the tire and rocker in the wheel opening like this rock.

I was able to quickly straighten the rocker out and cover it with some black vinyl so it's barely noticeable but the moral of the story is the rear wheels do better by being locked either by being in park or with the park brake (neither of which were available to me).

Having the axles locked together via a spool probably didn't help, either.

K

Wow!

He crossed the center line, so he would be disqualified!
Buddy

What could possibly go wrong here??? :eek2:

When I was about that age I took out the driver's side windshield of my Grandfather's '48 Chevy coupe with a baseball at a distance similar to where that green Caddy is parked.

Then, had to go in and stand tall with a confession.:(

Better pitch him away...

No kidding right? I can't believe he has the grain direction wrong!:no:

I think the red car jumped the start; he would've lost right there.

You are correct, but props to the kid for not lifting!

K

This was me, sunup til sundown (or later) all summer.

I wish I had a dollar for every time I broke the street light out in front of our house.

K

Ok, that's one way to learn...

OK,Jeff was kind enough to clear this up.Thank you Jeff.

By jeffschevelle:
The Z-16 frame has a different part number due to a different front cross member (there could be other differences but that is the only one I am sure about) They started using the Z-16 cross member in all the frames later in the year,but did not change the part numbers as a result.
So the Z-16 frame part number remains a Z-16 only item.

The rear brakes are entirely interchangeable with a 65 Impala.The rear axle housing has Impala size tubes and bearing housings and flanges on the end. The axles are Z-16 only (Chevelle length with Impala diameter).

On the front brakes everything inside the drum is interchangeable, but the spindle, backing plate and drum are Z-16 only. You can use an Impala drum with Impala wheels, but a Z-16 wheel will not fit on an Impala front drum. The front brake hoses are 1st gen Nova.

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The new cross member would of course make sense as this was the first time a big block was installed in a Chevelle.

The rear is a shortened Impala.

spindle, backing plate and drum are Z-16 only. I wonder why this was. Impala standard wheels were 14 x 5 with wagons getting 14 x 6. You could order the 6" wheels under RPO P12 with mandated 8.25x14 tires.

Because the Impala had a 5 on 5 bolt pattern?

The Chevelle has a different rear suspension from the Impala, so it would have been a Chevelle rear end with Impala tubes, or the frame would have been modified for the Impala suspension. I would bet that it just had Impala tubes.

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When the bones of the early armored dinosaur Scelidosaurus were unearthed in 1858 in west Dorset, England, they comprised the first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified. Scelidosaurus, which lived about 193 million years ago, was an early member of the evolutionary lineage that led to the dinosaur group called ankylosaurs. Ankylosaurs were so heavily armored - some even wielding a bony club at the end of their tails - that they are dubbed the tank dinosaurs.

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Have you seen this artifact on your HDTV? It's called Color Banding. It's a result of HD's low 8 bit color depth - the same color depth used in standard definition TV.