69 Yenko Chevelle found

[SS427]

Original engine block undamaged other than being weathered. The engine block was found next to the garage door opening along with one head. The other head was mounted on the 396 engine seen directly behind the car along with a single 291 head. At first I passed over the original block thinking it was an early block due to the distributor boss being the early tall version. It was not until I had looked at every other block in the garage and thinking I was not going to get an original block so I was MUCH relieved when I finally looked at that one. Another reason to panic was the garage was 3" deep in standing water!

[Damien]

Wow! What a find! Congrats Rick and Annie!
I can't help but think what goes around comes around and this find is rewards for all that you guys do for our hobby. Looking forward to following your progress.

[SS427]

Originally Posted by Damien

Wow! What a find! Congrats Rick and Annie!
I can't help but think what goes around comes around and this find is rewards for all that you guys do for our hobby. Looking forward to following your progress.

It is truly funny Damien. My resto tech is a lot like me and we were discussing this very subject just a couple of months ago. He has known me for about 10 years and during the discussion I reacted to his "what goes around comes around" comment stating that though I agree, it would sure be nice if my ship would come in some day. 2 days later I received the call for this car.........

However and in thinking more deeply about that subject days later I realized my ship had already come in almost 2 years ago and maybe I should be much more thankful for that instead of a car. The car is just a bonus but we are sure looking forward to restoring it together.

P.S. my 54 Bel Air will be going up for sale now as soon as I swap in the 388 stroker motor to help finance this restoration...........