[Chevelle-list] The Collings Foundation - Preserving Living Aviation History for Future Generations

2006-01-04 Thread D.R. Jones
This has the info and schedule for the old war planes, pretty neat. D.R. Jones http://www.collingsfoundation.org/menu.htm

[Chevelle-list] Wrong Again

2006-01-04 Thread D.R. Jones
Guess I was wrong again, the B-24 will be at Mineral Wells Airport in April. D.R. Jones

[Chevelle-list] Chevellabration

2006-01-04 Thread Melanie Lopez
Anybody get their JanuaryChevelle World magazine yet ? I was told the only way to enter cars into Chevellabration is through an entry form in the magazine, and I have not gotten mine yet. I already have hotel reservations and don't want to miss out on entering our Chevelle (even though it's

RE: [Chevelle-list] Chevellabration

2006-01-04 Thread Alex LaRue
Haven't got mine yet, but I would bet Chuck is working on it. You still have plenty of time to get registered for the show. I am like you, I am ready for warm weather and hot cars Chevell A Bration is kinda like getting Alzheimers, you get to meet all these new people and they treat you

RE: [Chevelle-list] Frame Mounts

2006-01-04 Thread rml438
So in your opinion, would you leave the 283 and beef it up. and if so what would you do. it has no headers. just a single exhaust and a small two barrel carb. any ideas or input would be greatly appriciated. -- Original message -- From: "John Nasta" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Chevelle-list] Frame Mounts

2006-01-04 Thread John Nasta
If you are not out to race anybody and just want to have fun with your car, I would leave the 283. I have the Flowmaster El Camino kit (with 50s) on mine with stock exhaust manifolds and a 4bbl Edelbrock carb intake. I have a mild street cam. All is good. You can get really crazy trying

Re: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread J. Brady
Hi Karl, Welcome aboard! You'll find alot of folks here who feel just as you do, in regard to the satisfaction of working on your own car. I have a '66 Malibu, and am in the process of swapping out the rear end. This is a major step for me, as this is my first time doing this and I'm 35. It's

Re: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread Bill Lessenberry
Anyway, enough babbling from me. I'm very glad to have found this list. Last, can someone tell me something about my car from this VIN? 136371B202451 Welcome to the list. A huge amount of information about Chevelles will be found at www.chevelles.com/forums and www.chevellestuff.com Use

RE: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread John Nasta
The roof is pretty near impossible to get and there is not much room to work near those seams where they tend to rot out. You will need a really good body shop or you may want to reconsider your purchase. There are always cars out there and in many cases people find that the cost of putting it

RE: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread Brad Waller
Or, make a convertible! You might be able to find a donor roof by checking junkyards or parts houses in the Southwest. You can always give Dick at True Connections (http://www.true-connections.com/) a call or email. I got some parts from him years ago, as well as through vendors at Pomona and

Re: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread J. Brady
Hi Karl, Welcome aboard! You'll find alot of folks here who feel just as you do, in regard to the satisfaction of working on your own car. I have a '66 Malibu, and am in the process of swapping out the rear end. This is a major step for me, as this is my first time doing this and I'm 35. It's

Re: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread Mike Treanor
Welcome Karl: 13637 -2 DR Coupe 1-1971 B-Baltimore assembly plant 202451-Build sequence no. (202,451 car built) Mike Treanor 69 SS396 - Original Message - From: Karl Groves [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:19 PM Subject:

RE: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread Dale
Ditto to Bill's suggested links. I've been a member of Team Chevelle for over 7 yrs (http://www.chevelles.com/forums) and I own/manage the http://www.chevellestuff.com site with gobs of decoding information on 64-72 Chevelles. As Bill said, the only thing the VIN tells you is a Chevrolet (1) V8

RE: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread Dale
202451-Build sequence no. (202,451 car built) Actually, the 102,451st Chevelle built. Sequence numbers started with 11 for the first car for most years at most plants. :*) Dale

[Chevelle-list] CB

2006-01-04 Thread Ryan Langstraat
Hey Bill Lessenberry, I was looking through last years CB pics and saw your car. I am thinking of painting mine the same color. Was wondering if you had any pics you would be willing to send of the car? I am considering going to CB this year if the money is there. Thanks Ryan

Re: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread mike f
Well good for you! I, for one, am very happy for you. It's a blast for me as I can be at home. And my wife can see me if she needs something and I am in the garage. Get a digital camera of make digital disks as you go. Send us your link when you can Mike --- Karl Groves [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread mike f
Also try Don Hughey at hughey's auto ranch in South Carolina. --- Brad Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or, make a convertible! You might be able to find a donor roof by checking junkyards or parts houses in the Southwest. You can always give Dick at True Connections

[Chevelle-list] 69 Ignition lock removal

2006-01-04 Thread Dennis Howard
Hello, I have been a member of this list but have never posted before, but now I must. I cannot remove the lock cylinder from the steerig column. I have done everything that the book say to do including thr removal of the thin casting material that should allow me to push in on the spring latch

[Chevelle-list] Global West

2006-01-04 Thread Dan Mascheck
Has anyone had any problems with Global West? November I bought a complete Cat 5 system front to rear suspension for my 72 Chevelle. Over 5 grand++. They shipped the packages, and I have a mechanic I work with on my car to help install all the new stuff correctly. Well...when they shipped the

Re: [Chevelle-list] 69 Ignition lock removal

2006-01-04 Thread mike f
Is there noot a tiny hole? I think they stillhad it.If so, push a pin in and turn. mike --- Dennis Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Hello, I have been a member of this list but have never posted before, but now I must. I cannot remove the lock cylinder

RE: [Chevelle-list] Wrong Again

2006-01-04 Thread Dan Mascheck
Thanks again!! -Original Message- From: D.R. Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:33 AM To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: [Chevelle-list] Wrong Again Guess I was wrong again, the B-24 will be at Mineral Wells Airport in April. D.R. Jones

RE: [Chevelle-list] The Collings Foundation - Preserving LivingAviation History for Future Generations

2006-01-04 Thread Dan Mascheck
Thanks! -Original Message- From: D.R. Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:31 AM To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: [Chevelle-list] The Collings Foundation - Preserving LivingAviation History for Future Generations This has the info and schedule

[Chevelle-list] TEST

2006-01-04 Thread J. Brady
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[Chevelle-list] Re: new member

2006-01-04 Thread J. Brady
Hi Karl, Welcome aboard! You'll find alot of folks here who feel just as you do, in regard to the satisfaction of working on your own car. I have a '66 Malibu, and am in the process of swapping out the rear end. This is a major step for me, as this is my first time doing this and I'm 35. It's

Re: [Chevelle-list] Global West

2006-01-04 Thread Bill Lessenberry
Exactly!! I hope we all will learn from others' mistakes. I'm in the car repair business. I've figured out that the times you don't open the box immediately are always when the wrong parts are in the box. :-(( But how can you get $5K worth of Chevelle parts not open it up?? That would be like

Re: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread gail
welcome aboard! hope you get YEARS of enjoyment out of your newly purchased chevelle! - Original Message - From: Karl Groves [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions Hello - I've just

Re: [Chevelle-list] CB

2006-01-04 Thread Bill Lessenberry
Some pics here-- http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Ark68SS/ If you need more, I can send to your email address as attachments. BillL At 07:06 PM 1/4/2006, you wrote: Hey Bill Lessenberry, I was looking through last years CB pics and saw your car. I am thinking of painting mine the same color.

Re: [Chevelle-list] Chevellabration

2006-01-04 Thread MICRLASER
In a message dated 1/4/2006 2:55:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anybody get their JanuaryChevelle World magazine yet ? I was told the only way to enter cars into Chevellabration is through an entry form in the magazine, and I have not gotten mine yet. I

Re: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread SHOVEL6793
wecome karl, i am a bodyman who has manny restorations under my belt and am the owner of a 72 ss chevelle conv. of 15 years witch i truly love and wouldn't sell for no reason .lol but as to your problem with your roof i am tring something different i bought my son a 73 nova virtually rust

RE: [Chevelle-list] Global West

2006-01-04 Thread Herb Lumpp
Dan, I've equipped my El with all GW stuff but never had any issues with missing parts/boxes. Maybe this was one of those things that slipped through the cracks and wasn't caught until you opened your boxes. I guess the nice thing is you didn't get any resistance from them and got your parts in

RE: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread John W. Lonadier, Jr.
Hi Karl, welcome to the list. As everyone has said , you will find a wealth of information here. John L. ACES #5597 70 LS5 TRIBUTE http://chevellfan.com/index89.html http://www.larueclassics.com/gallery/gallery%20pages/lodanier-chv70.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Chevelle-list] CB

2006-01-04 Thread Ryan Langstraat
Bill Thanks for the pics... If you get time I would love to look at some more if you dont mind. Send them to my email sometime. Thanks again. Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Chevelle-list] New member, questions

2006-01-04 Thread Karl Groves
Thanks to all the folks who've responded! I just uploaded some pics to my photo gallery. http://karlcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=20 I'll actually be building a site for the car to track everything I do to it. That is, if I can get out from under this side work! I'll post a link when it

Re: [Chevelle-list] 69 Ignition lock removal

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Schaefer
I've changed 2 lock cylinders. In both cases I pushed a small ( 1/8 in tip) thin screwdriver into the slot and wiggled it jiggled the lock cylinder. With the right combination of wiggle jiggle it came out. Good luck with it. On 1/4/06, mike f [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there noot a