OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

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Finished decals for the springs and steering column. I used the spring chart and weights for a 69 to take my best guess at an l89 300 deluxe car.

Steering column was fun. I used a combination of known part numbers and a steering column or two that dad had laying around with the decal still present. One thing i love for detail here is getting the font and type size correct to match originals. There honestly are very few if any reproduction decals of any type that are even close. Soon i plan to do an exact copy of the emission decal that goes on the core support radiator top plate.

Picture order: Springs and Column printed, Original Column(Auto I believe), Orig column to the car, and Redone finished

[olredalert]

----I have to ask if you market any of your great decals? I may be out of the loop. And,,,Would you consider when the time was appropriate to do some other stuff? I really like your attention to correctness!....Bill S

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Mostly finished with the column. Had to put in a new lower bearing at the bearing cup is in the plating box so finaly assembly will have to wait. I also need to get in an nos igntion switch i order and rekey it.

I struggle with these, as i had the top section on and off about 5 times before it finally went into place.

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After my dad moved we lost our chevy dealership person back in Dubuque Ia that cut and and rekeyed lock cylinders for us.

This meant dad and I got to research how its done. Not terribly complicated, but you need something like a Curtis key cutter, the right cams and carriages, the key blanks and most importantly the key code book to take all your old lock cylinder codes and have keys made for them. On this car I had all the original glove box and door cylinders. I had to rekey the trunk to the original glove box and rekey the ignition switch to the doors.

All pretty straightforward as long as you can read the 4 digit GM code on the side of the cylinders. This was alot of fun to read up on and do.

Pic1 Curtis Cutter
Pic2 Key succesfully cut(trunk and glove box for a 69)
Pic3 doors tumblers restored, polished, and keys cut
Pic4 Glove box tumbler, showing the code
pic 5, 6, 7 Rekeying the trunk lock, includes pulling the entire assembly apart and pieces of the tumberl to get to the individual tumblers. Redo the 6 tumblers to match the key, springs, spring retainer, and reinstall with new key face pieces, and done

[dykstra]

Amazing!!

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As i assembled the front suspension my fear is it will be coming part post restoration for ride height adjustment. Looks super clean and no scuffs or scratches. Happy i got to use over the 2 piece rotors.

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Picked up the engine yesterday. I think this about the closest thing a car enthusiast can get to the feeling you had as a kid on Christmas morning. Engine is 40 over, with 38 CC domed pistons. Roller cam with a grind very close to stock l78. Same one I used on the 66 SS i just finished. Heads are milled way down so the chambers are 111ccs. For the guys that noticed yes there zl1 heads. All in all should be around 10.8 to 1 when done but I need to do some checking on how far the pistons are in the hole. Assembly to come!

[dykstra]

Oh yeah!!!!!

[Tuna Joe]

I’ve had my Muncie out of my Corvette for months now.
I’ve watched the Muncie files on YT, read Paul’s book but I still can’t bring myself to tear it apart.
I’ve never rebuilt a transmission so I’m apprehensive.
How do you get the case to look so good?

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Originally Posted by Tuna Joe

I’ve had my Muncie out of my Corvette for months now.
I’ve watched the Muncie files on YT, read Paul’s book but I still can’t bring myself to tear it apart.
I’ve never rebuilt a transmission so I’m apprehensive.
How do you get the case to look so good?

I can understand being apprehensive. Most of the assembly isnt too bad. That said you need a press and patience for a few of the learn by doing not by watching tasks. Loading up the cluster shaft with the bearings via some assembly grease and having a undersized pin is a must. When you braing the main shaft and center bearing plate into the main transmission with the gasket can be tedious but not impossible. The best advice is dont force anything and be willing to take something back apart when its not going on right.

In light of all of that as you can see in the pictures I wear gloves to keep my case work clean. Im gonna send you a PM about case prep