Our 69 Yenko Chevelle restoration

[WILMASBOYL78]

Rick...not that you need to showcase your skills...but, this incredible story on the Yenko restoration is the best brochure a business like yours could have. Your attention to detail is amazing...and I know a certain gal is helping it to make it truly "one of one'

Karen and I send all the best to you and Annie for a happy and healthy 2019

Tom

[SS427]

I restored the steering column intermediate shaft months ago but thought now would be a good time to post it since I restored the column. The shaft was in pretty rough shape. Somewhat rusty and collapsed from the accident so I had my work cut out for me. I disassembled the entire shaft, determined the finishes that were originally on it, media blasted it and the restored it. I had to reinject the plastic into the shaft after determining the correct length. The original owner has sprayed a lot of the engine compartment with black spray paint so much detective work was used to determine what was original and what was spray canned. After that was done it was all finished and reassembled.

[Postsedan]

Lovely images

Dan

[chevyman0429]

Rick that shim or retainer that holds on those 2 square blocks does anyone reproduce these! Very nice job btw and thanks for taking the time to share your build with us!

[SS427]

I have never had to replace one of these so I never checked. I have to believe these would be fairly simple to find however. If you need one i can check my parts bin when i get to the shop and see if i have an extra, just let me know.

[chevyman0429]

Yes I do need one! When I pulled my black 69 apart it had broke in half in the accident it was in!

[SS427]

chevyman, I have only 1 left. PM me your address and I will put it in tomorrows mail. Happy New Year.

[Postsedan]

That there is what it`s all about!

Rick - Gets It!

Happy New Year!

Dan

[SS427]

Because we are trying to use as much as possible of the original parts for this car or at least original 69 parts and not reproduction I took some original 69 front running lights and spent many an hour restoring them correctly instead of repops which are close but not close enough. They required a fair bit of effort but I think it paid off. Fortunately I was able to Simple Green the gaskets and reuse them as the repops are again not even close. Through research and help from Phil I determined that the Yenko/COPOs would have the stainless trim around the lens so I located a pair and polished them. The lenses were then restored after many hours of hand buffing and repainted exactly as the originals including the overspray.

[Postsedan]

A good pair of front running lights are getting harder to find....the attaching screws are usually always rusted and broken off, needing drilling and tapping.

Very nice

Dan