Re: [Chevelle-list] Spray-on bedliner

2010-05-20 Thread Mitch Barrie
Daryl S Davis wrote: I have the Rhino liner on two of my trucks and they are great. I am fairly rough on the trucks and the liners are holding up great. I'm glad to hear the positive comments. I was a little nervous about broadcasting the spray-on bedliner for fear of purists yowling about d

Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: 1969 Mopar HEI drop-in distributor?

2010-05-19 Thread Mitch Barrie
John Nasta wrote: So, does anyone know of a good drop-in HEI distributor for Mopar like so many of us have for our Chevys? If all he wants to do is get rid of the points, why not buy a Mallory Unilite? I used one on My El Camino for a few years: http://www.summitracing.com/search/Brand/Mall

Re: [Chevelle-list] Spray-on bedliner

2010-05-19 Thread Mitch Barrie
Dale wrote: Looks good, Mitch. Mind if I ask the price? It was $455, plus tax. Mitch

[Chevelle-list] Spray-on bedliner

2010-05-18 Thread Mitch Barrie
Line-X of Anaheim completed the spray-on bedliner today and the results are outstanding. The truck beds never looked that good even from the factory, and after over 40 years of use mine was pretty beat up. The spray-on bedliner considerably improved the appearance and will of course make the tr

Re: [Chevelle-list] Restoration photo essay

2010-05-10 Thread Mitch Barrie
Mitch Barrie wrote: The photo essay is incomplete since the restoration is still on-going, but here's what I have so far: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonov/sets/72157623009816644/ The car is now completed, except for the bed liner, so I took it for a drive to Angelus Oaks, in th

[Chevelle-list] Restoration photo essay

2009-12-16 Thread Mitch Barrie
Last night I got some photos together of the restoration of my 1966 El Camino that I started back in 2000. After about eight years of inaction, I am finally getting started with it again. The photo essay is incomplete since the restoration is still on-going, but here's what I have so far: h

Re: [Chevelle-list] Please remove me from mailinglist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-02-23 Thread Mitch Barrie
At 08:04 PM 2/22/2007, Bill Lessenberry wrote: You, sir, fail to understand. This has been going on (both, the misguided souls who want off of the list, and the smart a$$es who give the instructions) for at least 4 or 5 years now. Four or five years? More like TEN! BTW, it's not smart to us

Re: [Chevelle-list] New 1 here !

2007-02-05 Thread Mitch Barrie
At 08:35 AM 2/5/2007, Rick Schaefer wrote: I just opened what I thought was Mitchs rebuild page. Go to http://www.chevelles.net/links/WorkShop/Brakes_Suspension/ and about half way down is a link to "How to upgrade your frontsuspens

Re: [Chevelle-list] New 1 here !

2007-02-05 Thread Mitch Barrie
At 02:07 AM 2/5/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.employees.org/~redneck/carstuff/front_procedure.htm this is the link I had for Mitch's front end replacement- but it does not seem to work any longer?? Yeah, that site got nuked a while back. I'll put it back up on my new site within a

Re: [Chevelle-list] Ancient History

2007-02-03 Thread Mitch Barrie
At 04:10 AM 2/3/2007, Trooper wrote: Now that Mitch has drawn all you guys and gals out of the woodwork (I myself am a long time member that usually lurks in the background) lets hear some chatter If that's allowed, okay. First, my Chevelles. Well, just the El Camino for now, here's a few p

[Chevelle-list] Ancient History

2007-02-02 Thread Mitch Barrie
Brad Waller recently tracked me down and invited me to rejoin the Chevelle List. Some of you may remember me as the fellow who started the Chevelle List in October of 1996. I have two 1966 Chevelles: an El Camino and a Malibu convertible. During the late nineties they were my daily drivers

[Chevelle-List] source for T-56 transmissions

2002-11-29 Thread Mitch Barrie
I am in the market for a T-56 gearbox. A guy with a local Chevy dealership can sell me a refurbished one for $1,300 (basically built off a broken core). Does anyone have any other experience with sourcing T-56 gearboxes? Used would be fine. I would like to find one in the LA/Orange County are

RE: [Chevelle-List] crate motor question

2002-09-12 Thread Mitch Barrie
Thanks for the replies. I guess for that price "balanced rotating assembly" is the key word. Really, if these guys were selling complete long blocks for half the price of everyone else, I would walk away. Not interested in saving money that badly. One thing that's interesting to me about th

RE: [Chevelle-List] crate motor question

2002-09-11 Thread Mitch Barrie
At 04:55 PM 9/11/2002 -0400, Craig A. Ellis wrote: >Shoot, why not go down the the Chevy dealer and order one over the counter? >I've heard they are a super deal and come with a GM warranty for a year. I have already done that before. Cheapest GM long block is around $3,000. I am wondering i

Re: [Chevelle-List] crate motor question

2002-09-11 Thread Mitch Barrie
At 03:21 PM 9/11/2002 -0500, Dave Corgill wrote: > >Go here buy a NEW one from GM: http://goautocenter.com/383_small_blk.htm Thanks. I am already aware of the GM motors (I have a ZZ4). This motor is also supposed to be new. Does the price make sense? Mitch ---

[Chevelle-List] crate motor question

2002-09-11 Thread Mitch Barrie
I am looking at getting a 383 stroker crate motor for my 66 El Camino. I saw these guys in the latest Hot Rod and asked them about this motor: http://www.coasthigh.com/Crate_Motors/c383_sf.htm Here was their first reply to my query: "We offer a balanced assembly for you for apprpx. 999.00

Re:[Chevelle-List] rear control arm bushing questions

2002-03-17 Thread Mitch Barrie
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List See my Web site on the subject: http://www.employees.org/~redneck/carstuff/rear.htm Mitch - To Unsubscribe please

Re: [Chevelle-List] El Camino Owners

2002-03-05 Thread Mitch Barrie
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List At 12:34 PM 3/5/2002 -0500, Paul O'Brien wrote: > >I was just wondering how many El Camino owners there were on the list. Heh. Another El Camino poll. I have one, a 66.

[Chevelle-List] Hello

2002-03-05 Thread Mitch Barrie
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Hi folks! I'm back on the list, after a year in San Francisco, Paris and Brussels and then another year getting my new garage built here in Costa Mesa, CA. The garage shou