W2kj's 1967 Chevelle, a wip Options

[w2kj]

Alright…as a lot of y'all know (and for those who don't) I had a major stroke in 2003. I lost the ability to speak and my right side was paralyzed. My sons and their friend (EverestX) modded an xbox for me to use to help me rehabilitate myself. I hooked into X-S in 2005 and got into the graphics forum…and it also was instrumental in furthering more rehabilitation. Anyway…my aphasia is a real problem…so if I don't make any sense; it's just my "word salad" that scrambles my speech and text. So bear with me.



I bought my Chevelle in 1988 when I lived in the high desert in Apple Valley, CA after my car was stolen. In 1990 we drove it to get back to Texas. I, my wife, and my 2 sons, and two chow-chows packed into the car. Drove it for a couple o' years…and it O.D.'ed. Fast forward to 1998 (? The exact year escapes me.) The a/c unit in the house takes a crap in July…didn't have the funds to get it fixed. So I'm talkin' to EvX's dad (Pat) and he wants to buy the car for right about what I needed to pay to fix it. So I sold it to 'em. Then a few years later I bought a 76 Malibu …beautiful car! Fast forward again…between Pat and EvX and myself think that I would like to have my 67 back, and Pat and I make a deal because he wanted to have a big car for Ev to drive…well anyway, I traded for my 76 Malibu to them for getting my 67 Chevelle + $1000 bucks in return. It was a good trade…all of the body bushings, and the suspension were done (they were doing a resto.) They used some top notch parts to do it. On top of that; the interior was gutted. ( As a sidelight…after the trade; about a year after EvX is driving it he has a pretty gnarly wreck…he's in the ICU and wakes up after a day or so…first thing out of his mouth was "John's (me) is gonna kill me." He didn't care that he was in the hospital, and that his car was wrecked; he was worried I'd be pissed! : )



Well; two years ago I built a Chevy 350; with the help of my best friend, and recently I finally felt like I could tackle getting this car on the road again. This is the year! I've been working on it quite a bit lately, and hope to be driving it April (of course…the interior and paint and body will have to take a while longer, ya know how the economy is.) i know it looks pretty ratty...but it is a solid car!



I'm gonna start this wip with a couple o' recent pix…

this is what I would like it to look like...





this is what it looked like a few weeks ago...





I love these wheels...







got my motor and powerglide installed....







work might be slow...but i'll update as frequently as i can.

[Albino]

Nice build up. The car actually looks pretty tidy, you poked any of the door jams or sills with a screwdriver yet. I'd love a big chevy monster, I just can't afford anything like that, plus they're not exactly practical on some of the narrower UK roads.

I'm starting my own build up on a 1966 Triumph Vitesse convertible this summer though, fortunately the body is good and I've got a brand new rolling chassis.

That car that Hamond drove on Top Gear was a Opel Kadett model A, 1966 ish. Although it was a GM owned company, Vauxhall and Holden didn't produce a Kadett. The three companies stayed pretty much separate from each other, in terms of making the same cars, until the 1970's but all controlled by GM. They did share plans with each other though and the closest to the Kadett in the Uk was a Vauxhall Viva HA.