1969 Chevelle Build

[blasttime]

Nice keep at it

[gsa612]

I noticed you posted a pic of the heater box and blower motor (painted),you can delete that and make an alum. plate to cover the hole in the firewall, same with the w/w motor in stock.It saves a bit of weight. gsa612

[impstocker]

Love the pics on the build. I was wondering since you dropped the frame, is your roll cage welded to the frame? , or the floor? My Impala my roll bar is through the floor into the frame. I did this for strength plus the crossmember where the upper control arms are attached to is the weak link in theses Impalas, they tend to pull out . I used a cross brace from the roll bar to strengthen this area. I guess Chevelles don't have this issue. Using the solid body mounts is a good idea. Just wanted to say great job, keep it up.
Will Lamprecht I/SA 65 Impala in progress- Div 1
(rear end went in yesterday)

[Andy Friar]

Originally Posted by gsa612

I noticed you posted a pic of the heater box and blower motor (painted),you can delete that and make an alum. plate to cover the hole in the firewall, same with the w/w motor in stock.It saves a bit of weight. gsa612

Good catch and thanks for checking out our build. We are going to plate over the W/W motor hole but decided to keep the blower motor, sans heater core, to be able to get air up the windshield when our racing goes late into the night. Here in humid Michigan, we often bracket race to near midnight and can get a lot of dew and accompanying fog on the windshields.

[Andy Friar]

Originally Posted by impstocker

Love the pics on the build. I was wondering since you dropped the frame, is your roll cage welded to the frame? , or the floor? My Impala my roll bar is through the floor into the frame. I did this for strength plus the crossmember where the upper control arms are attached to is the weak link in theses Impalas, they tend to pull out . I used a cross brace from the roll bar to strengthen this area. I guess Chevelles don't have this issue. Using the solid body mounts is a good idea. Just wanted to say great job, keep it up.
Will Lamprecht I/SA 65 Impala in progress- Div 1
(rear end went in yesterday)

Thanks Will! Our cage is welded to the frame and to the rear upper suspension crossmember in the back. We only lifted the car 3.5" inches, basically enough the get the mounts swapped and that was the amount were were limited by the cage hitting the floor. The floor was opened up with the tin snips when the cage was put in. I welded those slices closed after we did the body mounts. We are using bolt in stiffeners from Detroit Speed (http://www.detroitspeed.com/1964-197...brace-kit.html) To my knowledge the Chevelles don't have the issue with the crossmember separating from the frame.

[Andy Friar]

Where all the works go down. Everything we need in here, except a bank vault, to go racing.

[Andy Friar]

Fuel Cell mounts all done. JAZ 10 gal cell, 2" sq mild steel, 2" mild steel angle and some really poorly made, not bent square Jegs (hence why they were cheap) over the top fuel cell straps. Nothing too crazy, just tried to make it simple and safe. I ran 3/8" bolts through the 2" tubing and through the fore-aft stock fuel tank crossmembers. I added some .125" thick plate 4130 welded on the under the side at all 4 through bolt locations just to be safe. For final assy the cell will be sitting on 1/8" thick rubber to avoid and abrasion/ vibration issues. I am happy with how it came out. Still pressing forward on this project.

[Andy Friar]

Fuel cell, fuel delivery system & trunk work. Welded up about 15 holes in the trunk. Fully wired the rear of the car and it is now done. Used Eastwood trunk paint to match the turquoise & black splatter it came with. This stuff is water based and needs a clear coat top coat to be durable. Just don't let fluid of any type sit on it, and it will look pretty for a while.

[Andy Friar]

Inner fender resto. Tin snipped out clutch linkage access hole filled. Unused factory installed holes filled. Dimples & dents hammered out. Torch cut off attachment pads, fixed and replicated to be oem like. De-rusted & cleaned. Self etching primer and some satin chassis black sprayed.

[Andy Friar]

The rest of the inner fender resto pics.