Our 69 Yenko Chevelle restoration - Page 43

**mockingbird812** · #1 03-04-2019, 02:19 PM

Wonderful detail Rick/Annie. Love it LOVE IT!!!! Time to fire it up!

**SS427** · #2 03-04-2019, 09:02 PM

Thanks are not enough for John H. who sent Annie and myself 4 NOS trim rings and center caps. The center caps match our originals exactly. I never found any trim rings and know these are the second design but for now they will do perfectly. The members on Yenko.net have been amazing. Thank you John!

**John** · #3 03-04-2019, 10:33 PM

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… You and Annie are a real Artist

… Glad I could help in a small way

**SS427** · #4 03-04-2019, 10:34 PM

That my friend was no small way!

**SS427** · #5 03-05-2019, 02:14 PM

Fully restored and ready to install seat belts back into the car. As soon as we put the headliner in the rest of the interior will fall into place and I can put these back in their place.

**SS427** · #6 03-05-2019, 02:33 PM

I have had a lot of people inquire about the rear antenna with regards to the length and type of tip on the end. Our tip has NO grooves in it. I am not sure if that is a case of multiple suppliers (grooved vs non grooved) or another case of assembly line versus buying one over the GM counter. Our unit is oval as well and not round.

The overall length is approximately 46.5" with the two telescoping sections measuring in at 16.5" and 31.5". Notice also the base. Hope this helps those who have been wondering.

**SS427** · #7 03-06-2019, 01:18 PM

Just a little more detail work in the trunk

**SS427** · #8 03-06-2019, 03:33 PM

Huge shout out to Grady Burch for cutting one of his very valuable parts loose. As you can see in the photo, the correct NOS shift boot is on the left, my rat, mouse and racoon eaten original boot and the last photo is the more common replacement NOS boot. From what I know, the original boots are much thicker than the replacement boots and would cause the shifters to pop out of gear so GM replaced them with the taller, more bellows and thinner version. I remember this issue when I owned my 69 back in 1981, the shifter would always pop out of gear when you would take you foot off the throttle. I always thought it was the shifter or internal transmission issue when in fact it was likely due to the original boot putting too much tension on the shifter as it is so much stiffer than the replacement. Thanks again Grady for cutting this one loose as these are pretty tough to find.

**olredalert** · #9 03-06-2019, 04:53 PM

----Ohio boys are always eager to help good guy's!!!...….Bill S

camarojoe · #10 03-06-2019, 10:56 PM

That's a part someone could fairly easily have reproduced and would sell like hotcakes.

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