Mr Deuces (Don DeFrancesco ) Wild 68 Chevelle!

[mockingbird812]

D-A-M-N!!!!!!!!!! Very nice job. What a feeling that must give you to be in the driver's seat of this very bad 'velle. Glad to see you retain the Lakewoods.
<font color="blue"> Nice knuckle-dragger! </font>

Describe the drivetrain as you have it now.

Love the Grotto blue too!!

[Postsedan]

Nice license plate!

Dan.

[kwhizz]

Here's one that needs to be seen in person.......Great Job guy's.......

Ken

[budnate]

I recall your post when you got it, very cool piece and being a L-78 way cool!!!

[hvychev]

Wow Don! Great job! I did not get to give this car as good of a look over as I wanted to at Vette Fest.

You mentioned Fencl Tufo in Oak Park. Brigance was the one in Oak Park and Fencl Tufo was in Glendale Heights. Which one was it? Also where were you from in the city and where did this car sit the whole time? Was it in the city also?

[x Baldwin Motion]

excellent...another fantastic rolling time machine.
where did all those "pro street" cars go?

[Bill Pritchard]

Beautiful car, Don Love how you kept it 'period correct'. How cool was that to be able to get a 4.88 from the factory

[Mr. Duece]

Frank, you would know better than me but I was told in 1968, Fenc Tufo was in Oak Park and later moved to Glendale Hts. Could that be true? I was also told that my car, as well as all new arrivals were stored on the roof top until sold. Would that be true of either dealership?

[DarrenX33]

This car is dynamite!

[Mr. Duece]

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D-A-M-N!!!!!!!!!! Very nice job. What a feeling that must give you to be in the driver's seat of this very bad 'velle. Glad to see you retain the Lakewoods.
<font color="blue"> Nice knuckle-dragger! </font>

Describe the drivetrain as you have it now.

Love the Grotto blue too!!



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Sam, When I bought this car it appeared to have been maintained with spare parts and no money. I tried to salvage as much of the driveline as possible. However that was tough to do. The B.B. is now a .030 over 402 block with 11.5:1 compression, a big solid lifter cam, and original G.M. 840 Big Port heads. The trans is an M20, not original to the car but I rebuilt and reinstalled it. The rear is still the original housing, G.M. carrier, and Ring &amp; Pinion. I installed new bearings and seals and away we went. I thought I might have som regret not using a larger displacement motor to start with, but this combo together makes plenty of power for a sreet driven car.