Day II Deuce

[Flying Undertaker]

Originally Posted by big gear head

I was just talking to a friend of mine Saturday about the Checkmate cars. Here is Mike Keener's '69 COPO that he raced in '72.

I believe Mike Keener purchased that car from Ed Stinn Chevrolet here in Cleveland, OH. All Ed Stinn Ordered COPOs had vinyl tops. I do not know if Mike purchased it from Ed Stinn directly or if his local dealer did a dealer trade of cars to obtain it. Don.

[mockingbird812]

Yowza! Nice stance! SMOKIN’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr. Chevy]

Originally Posted by Flying Undertaker

I believe Mike Keener purchased that car from Ed Stinn Chevrolet here in Cleveland, OH. All Ed Stinn Ordered COPOs had vinyl tops. I do not know if Mike purchased it from Ed Stinn directly or if his local dealer did a dealer trade of cars to obtain it. Don.

Don, I know a retired mechanic from Stinn's dealership, Kenny Danaher, who has a mind as sharp as a tack!!! He remembers everything about the COPOs and said he test drove everyone that came through Stinn's dealership.

He comes to the cruise inns all the time here locally. I will introduce you to him this summer.

Rich

[NorCam]

That's so cool Freddie. Does that car belong to anyone here on the site now?

I'm on the home stretch here with the Nova. Cleaned up the rad support today, mounted the MSD under the dash, wired the ignition and totally re-wrapped the front lighting harness after cleaning up more splices that were found when a P/O moved the alternator to the driver side. Added new 10ga cables from end to end and wired the alternator back to the passenger side where it's supposed to be. I need to find a longer fan belt for this pulley configuration and thought I had a spare 7 blade fan for this car but must have used it?

If anyone has a spare 3947772 fan they like to part with I could use one to mount up an NOS fan clutch that I have sitting here (any date would be fine). I need to finish the alt circuit in the morning and then I'll terminate the starter and get the battery mounted into the car. Won't be long before the fenders are back on and the car is fired up and running. Hopefully tomorrow or Wed at the latest. Cutting it close here now and still need to check for fuel leaks with all these new lines.

[DW31S]

Looking good Graeme! Sometimes we do our best work under the pressure of a deadline!

[Salvatore]

I bet L78 Fred has a few 772 fans and clutches he could help you with.

[NorCam]

Lot's of distractions today as I had to pull some snow off the roof of the house and dig my trailer out of the snow. We then finished up all the wiring that was left to complete on the car, and tightened down all the fuel lines. I'll likely fire it tomorrow and will then assemble the front clip to finish it off. Tonight I buttoned up the interior and got the seats back in it after finishing off the lighting circuits for the gauges, tack and radio. I leave you with a few shots of the interior with more to come on Thursday as I roll it into the show.

[Locker537]

Looking real good!

A couple quick donuts in the snow, assuming a proper lack of sand and salt, would be quite the proper way to load this awesome car in the trailer!

[NorCam]

Snowing here again today with another inch or two of fresh fluff. Should be ready to fire the car after it warms up a touch this afternoon. I'll grab a video when there's time.

[NorCam]

Didn't warm up too much today. In fact it snowed all day and highways are a total white out here with blowing snow. Another 6" or more on the ground tonight after a foot fell on the weekend. Needless to say I didn't fire the car today and if I even haul it tomorrow, I'll be using the winch as it's real crappy out. It's going to drop over the next day or so with -17 F forecast for Sunday night after the show.

In any case, buttoned up most of the front end today and installed the dust shields on the inner fenders earlier tonight. I still need to finish installing the cowl vent panel, the grill, park lights, front bumper, rocker moldings and fill the car with anti-freeze if it's going anywhere. I can't believe this crap we're getting for weather the past three weeks straight. Here's a couple new pics which gives me a little hope that it will be finished tomorrow. Back at it after 6 hours of rest. Nothing like a little pressure to get things done.