HOME FORUM RULES CONTACT
     
   
   

Go Back   CLASS RACER FORUM > Class Racer Forums > Class Racer Builds


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-23-2013, 04:38 PM   #41
HandOverFist
VIP Member
 
HandOverFist's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Gulf Breeze, FL
Posts: 1,655
Likes: 8
Liked 33 Times in 16 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

Quote:
Originally Posted by MICROMACHINE72 View Post
GREAT THREAD! look forward to reading more. Just wondering, what was the record for I/S in those days? High 12's?? My old man has many trophy's from New York National back in the day, (I think is was AHRA) he won the summer-nationals in 1972, 69 Chevelle SS-396/375 stick car high 11's. Not sure what class he ran, he can't remember! He said thought it was formula stock or something?? Anyway, and just wondering as I don't know much about stock class racing, but how can a 69 Chevelle run a 427? I thought the 396 was the largest BBC available in a factory car? Was it a special option over the counter not factory installed?? Good luck on your build and Merry Christmas!
Must have been...it's listed in the Stock Classification guide for 1969 Chevelle.
__________________
Rich Taylor
I/SA - 321
HandOverFist is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-23-2013, 04:50 PM   #42
Alan Nyhus
VIP Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lower Dakota territory
Posts: 1,162
Likes: 1,012
Liked 761 Times in 225 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

Quote:
Originally Posted by MICROMACHINE72 View Post
....... I don't know much about stock class racing, but how can a 69 Chevelle run a 427? I thought the 396 was the largest BBC available in a factory car? Was it a special option over the counter not factory installed?? Good luck on your build and Merry Christmas!
The '69 427-425 Chevelle was COPO 9562. Like their COPO '69 Camaro cousins, they were outwardly plain Jane with the exception of the hoods. The COPO Chevelles looked like a regular Malibu, but had the SS hood.

A few years back, I saw the remains of a '69 COPO 9562 in a small town outside Kansas City.
__________________
"That'll never work....."
Alan Nyhus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-24-2014, 08:53 AM   #43
Andy Friar
Member
 
Andy Friar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Howell, MI
Posts: 242
Likes: 673
Liked 220 Times in 72 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

Dad and I got our Harleys back together and sold as well as Dad's 67 Olds cruiser, together and sold. Now back to the race car with the other projects out of the way and the cash to fund this one. Yanked the front end to be able to clean it all up, easier to install solid body mounts and to install a torque limiting link setup on the motor. I cut out the old driver's side floor pan and I just about have the new piece from AMD fitted to the hole. Gonna start burning it in this week. Look at the Muncie case ear tab reinforcements that Jim made back in the early 70's, pretty cool stuff. Just a quick check, is our vintage overflow can still legal??
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Chevelle, No Front End, 800p.JPG
Views:	535
Size:	213.9 KB
ID:	23964   Click image for larger version

Name:	Motor, No Sheetmetal, 800p.JPG
Views:	574
Size:	202.6 KB
ID:	23965   Click image for larger version

Name:	Drivetrain Out, 800p.JPG
Views:	597
Size:	215.9 KB
ID:	23966  

Click image for larger version

Name:	Muncie Ear Tab, 800p.JPG
Views:	638
Size:	210.0 KB
ID:	23967   Click image for larger version

Name:	Old Floor In Car, 800p.JPG
Views:	581
Size:	194.3 KB
ID:	23968   Click image for larger version

Name:	Old Floor Pan Cut Out, 800p.JPG
Views:	581
Size:	214.4 KB
ID:	23969  

Click image for larger version

Name:	Dad taking front end off, 800p.JPG
Views:	528
Size:	188.1 KB
ID:	23970   Click image for larger version

Name:	Vintage Overflow, 800p.JPG
Views:	643
Size:	171.9 KB
ID:	23971  
__________________
Andy Friar
Andy Friar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-25-2014, 06:47 AM   #44
Greg Barsamian
VIP Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Central Massachusetts
Posts: 1,381
Likes: 601
Liked 388 Times in 82 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

Andy, the Muncie ear tabs are "Spot-on"
The patina of "catch can" fits the time-frame, and looks Way-Kool!

Keep the pic's and stories coming.
Greg Barsamian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2014, 09:26 AM   #45
Andy Friar
Member
 
Andy Friar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Howell, MI
Posts: 242
Likes: 673
Liked 220 Times in 72 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

The forward progress continues. We lifted the body off the frame to swap out the original, wasted, body mounts. We went with a set of hard anodized aluminum mounts from ABC Performance. With the body up we prepped and painted the 'top' of the cage and fixed a torched in hole on the rear passenger frame rail, right where it kicks inboard to clear the wheels. With the body down on the new mounts I set about burning in the new driver's side floor pan. I finished fully welding it all last night and I am going back it today with a grinder to prep for primer/paint.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Dad painting top of rollcage, 800p.JPG
Views:	450
Size:	212.3 KB
ID:	24474   Click image for larger version

Name:	Frame Hole Fix, 800p.JPG
Views:	439
Size:	181.8 KB
ID:	24475   Click image for larger version

Name:	Frame Hole Patched, 800p.JPG
Views:	404
Size:	234.0 KB
ID:	24476  

Click image for larger version

Name:	Floor Pan Hole, 800p.JPG
Views:	397
Size:	193.1 KB
ID:	24477   Click image for larger version

Name:	New Floor Tacked In, 800p.JPG
Views:	437
Size:	185.1 KB
ID:	24478   Click image for larger version

Name:	Old Body Mounts, 800p.JPG
Views:	400
Size:	203.8 KB
ID:	24479  

__________________
Andy Friar
Andy Friar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2014, 09:31 AM   #46
Andy Friar
Member
 
Andy Friar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Howell, MI
Posts: 242
Likes: 673
Liked 220 Times in 72 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

I missed a few pics on my last reply....
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Body Lifted, Rollcage Painting, 750p.JPG
Views:	406
Size:	167.3 KB
ID:	24480   Click image for larger version

Name:	Floor pan tacked in, 750p.JPG
Views:	403
Size:	160.2 KB
ID:	24481   Click image for larger version

Name:	Second Patch, 750p.JPG
Views:	423
Size:	177.5 KB
ID:	24482  

__________________
Andy Friar
Andy Friar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-21-2014, 10:03 PM   #47
Andy Friar
Member
 
Andy Friar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Howell, MI
Posts: 242
Likes: 673
Liked 220 Times in 72 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

I haven't post a reply on here in a while, but I assure you guys and gals that I have bustin' my tail on this crusty ol hot rod. Got the floor pan fix finished, welds ground, surface rust converter, raw metal primer and multiple coats of chassis satin black.

Underneath of the car cleaned up. Old nasty stick welded in super heavy duty tubes cut off the frame, many boxes of sanding discs and wire wheels later, and a bunch of rust converter on it too. Then multiple coats of satin chassis black.

Engine torque limiting strap build and in place. Dad has been working on a parallel path with the motor. The Turbo 292 heads have a 68cc combustion chamber. Since we are going to run this in a Stock legal configuration, with a bracket motor to get started, we ordered up a set up 13.0:1 Mahle coated pistons and Manley H-Beam rods. We want this to be a wheels-up beast. The stock crank Dad got from Reichert fit good with .010" under bearings. The block and pistons are back at Reichert's getting fitted up.

While I was at it, I cleaned up the trans crossmember. I also metalworked up the steering column closeout panel that someone took a torch too 40 yrs ago. Out of time and energy for tonight. Working on the car tomorrow night and I hope to post 4 or 5 more pics too.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Floor Pan Finished.jpg
Views:	487
Size:	122.7 KB
ID:	25238   Click image for larger version

Name:	Frame Cleanup Collage.jpg
Views:	480
Size:	106.0 KB
ID:	25239   Click image for larger version

Name:	Engine Torque Strap Collage.jpg
Views:	511
Size:	110.2 KB
ID:	25240  

Click image for larger version

Name:	Trans Crossmember, Steering Column Plate Rehab, 750p.jpg
Views:	443
Size:	99.7 KB
ID:	25242   Click image for larger version

Name:	Crusty Front Suspension, 800p.JPG
Views:	370
Size:	246.2 KB
ID:	25267  
__________________
Andy Friar

Last edited by Andy Friar; 08-23-2014 at 06:47 AM.
Andy Friar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-22-2014, 10:26 AM   #48
Run to Rund
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 574
Likes: 6
Liked 44 Times in 22 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

Thanks for sharing. Great history, and an exciting restoration.
Run to Rund is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-23-2014, 06:43 AM   #49
Andy Friar
Member
 
Andy Friar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Howell, MI
Posts: 242
Likes: 673
Liked 220 Times in 72 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build

With the car stripped back to the firewall, it was time to sand the front frame section and the firewall and clean off 45 years of rust, grease, lacquer paint and. Cut off a few 70's era added brackets on the frame and weld up a bunch of not used or previously added holes on the firewall. I welded up a few holes and fixed some dents in the heater box too since I was there.

Onto the seats and belts. I went with Kirkey 18" width drag seats with vinyl covers, and Gforce camlock belts. I bought the kirkey universal seat mounts and then made 2 steel brackets the bolt to the floor and the aluminum brackets. I am 7" taller than my Dad, but we were able to find a seat position that will work for us both, so at anytime the other one could jump in the car and make a pass, with out unbolting or moving the seat around. On the outboard side I used the existing bench seat mounts on the floor. I used some flanged base weld nuts on the 1" sq tubing to bolt the aluminum brackets too. I pie cut the boxed tubing to follow the floor, rather than make it a full weld joint. On the inboard side steel mount, I poked a hole through the newly installed floor patch reinforced it on the bottom side with a 4" sq pc of .125" thick 4130 fully welded to the floor. I made the 'C' shaped clearance cut to clear the large washers and nut that Jim had welded into the car 40 years to mount a driveshaft loop. Rear 1"sq tube mount ties into the floor crossmember and I will just run a large diameter, hardened washer and grade 8 nyloc on it.

We have the new steering wheel, fuel cell, shifter, shifter cover, fuel cell mount kit and bunch of other parts in a UPS/ Fed Ex pile in the house garage. Always more to do....
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Firewall And Front Frame Work.jpg
Views:	1726
Size:	109.2 KB
ID:	25265   Click image for larger version

Name:	Seat Mounting Collage.jpg
Views:	1676
Size:	114.3 KB
ID:	25266  
__________________
Andy Friar
Andy Friar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-23-2014, 10:42 PM   #50
Charlie A
VIP Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast
Posts: 2,483
Likes: 68
Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts
Default Re: 1969 Chevelle Build



Charlie A is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:15 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright © Class Racer.com. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.