Our 69 Yenko Chevelle restoration

[SS427]

I am starting to understand how many of my customers feel when having their cars restored. Not only the immense excitement but also the financial stress. Some of my friends have commented that it must really help that I own the company so restoring it is a lot cheaper. NOT!!!! I am very close to matching what my customers have invested in their restorations and I am far from being done nor have I included any of my labor though I am keeping track of every hour. This stuff can be incredibly expensive but if you want it done right that is what it takes.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Originally Posted by SS427

I am starting to understand how many of my customers feel when having their cars restored. Not only the immense excitement but also the financial stress. Some of my friends have commented that it must really help that I own the company so restoring it is a lot cheaper. NOT!!!! I am very close to matching what my customers have invested in their restorations and I am far from being done nor have I included any of my labor though I am keeping track of every hour. This stuff can be incredibly expensive but if you want it done right that is what it takes.

I even found this out on a small scale, each item has a tremendous cost, even if restored and assembled by the owner... I can’t even imagine going to this level...

I can’t wait to see this gem in person.

Thank goodness it is a 4 speed car!!! (No special reason)

Go Rick and Annie!!

Ryan W31

[big gear head]

That's a beautiful 12 bolt!

[cheveslakr]

Super nice Rick! X2 on the rearend but it certainly applies to E-V-E-R-Y thing. Agreed with the cost and I'm on the same path with my '69 L78 134 car. It bleeds the wallet but the green is replaced with a constant smile.
I did notice your brake distribution block was brass, that appears to be a mid '69 changover from the cast version.
Your thread has filled a couple voids of info. on my own resto so thanx for that!

[Xplantdad]

Wow...just wow! Looking great Rick and Annie. Rick being anal, who knew?

[SS427]

Originally Posted by jer

I did notice your brake distribution block was brass, that appears to be a mid '69 changover from the cast version.

Not to compare them to the 1970 Chevelle but I believe that to be a vendor supply thing as it is plant dependent on 70's from what I have seen and that was all year. Someone please correct me if I am wrong but I have many dated units of both styles to confirm this.

This particular Chevelle came with the brass unit and this is the very unit that was with the car after I restored it.

[RPOLS3]

Stunning -

[SS427]

Thanks for the input Joe. A ton of research has been done on this fuel surge plastic piece since I originally tore the car down. You are right that many of the 69 Chevelles used this piece but not all. This was determined by not only looking at some unrestored survivors but also really looking hard at our car as it was disassembled.

For starters, there are two different bracket designs. One for the 2 fuel vent line mounting and one for the plastic vent mounting (see photos). My bracket that is on my car will NOT fit over the plastic vent. If you mount my bracket on a car with the vent, the vent will simply try and flop over. Also, the ones with the vent had a foam material in the vent opening while mine had the same material within the hose itself. I have confirmed this with a couple of survivor COPO owners so I have no doubt this to be correct. I am a firm believer in "never say never" and believe that mine is the correct way for our car.

[Donnie]

heres a pic of the sending unit you need Rick. for some reason I cant upload pics from my computer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...n2013/1055.png

[SS427]

I have to admit, I have never seen one like that before. More research needed I guess. I can only imagine how hard one of these will be to find. I cannot seem to get it to post here either due to it being an .png file.