I don't know why I am posting this, but figured I would share with you guys. I just recieved word that today my Dad sold his 1970 Chevelle that him and I spent years working on together as father and son.
Story:
About 5 years ago my Dad and I had taken a road trip from MN to Canada, just North of New York. It was a long 16 hour drive roughly each way and we drove there with a trailer to pick up a 1970 Chevelle that would be our project to work on together. He had a 70 chevelle when he was young and wanted another one to share with me.
Well We ended up turning the car into one of the most fun vehicles I have driven. It was not an original SS, however we made every single change to it to properly convert it over, (I hate people who only half-a55 a clone, do it right if you are going to do it!) and once we were finished there was no way to even tell it wasn't an original, and only we knew it wasn't (however we told people it was a clone at shows etc.) Everything down to the pieces of the suspension that were unique to the SS, including how they were welded etc.. was converted on this car.
Well some of my best memories are when we built a 454 with a amazing sounding Cam
for the car and we also converted it from it's 3 speed auto th400 transmission to a fully built 700R4 4 speed automatic with overdrive to make the car more fun to drive, and also more highway trip friendly. Also I remember redoing the interior, which included everything such as a new dash, seats, carpet, etc.. This car was a bench seat Malibu car to begin, and when we were finished it was a beautiful SS 454. We even put Keystone Classic wheels on it like he had on his chevelle when he was younger, plus they just fit the car
It was a car built to be driven and turn heads and not to sit in the garage to collect dust, which is why he bought a car to clone and not an original, as to my Dad an original would be no fun because we wouldn't get to work on it together, drive it, and we would of had to worry about every scratch, etc.. on the car because it would be a garage queen.
Anyways, that is just a LITTLE history on the car, obviously we spent a lot of time working on it. There are so many things that we did that I could just add pages of stories here, but that's pointless so I just wanted to say a little about it.
Anyways he told me he had been thinking of selling it last fall, being I have finished college and moved across country starting my own life, and he said it just isn't the same without me being there to drive it with him (along with the 69 Camaro SS Convertible) so he decided it was time to sell it and move on.
I just didn't think it was actually going to happen but he informed me that a guy drove up from IL to pick it up at their house in MN today and that it was REALLY hard to see them leave with it. He said he will never forget the memories of us working on it and the times we spent driving it.
Good luck to the new owner and I hope he enjoys it and has as many great memories as we did with it.
My tear has been shed (actually did shed a tear writing this thinking about the memories) and now I have shared the story with you all and it should help me move on.
Copy of the Ad from Autotraderclassics.com:
(please excuse the everything in CAPS, I apologize)
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
DESCRIPTION:
1970 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE SS454, (CLONE). ONLY YOU WILL KNOW IT IS NOT A TRUE SS AS IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED WITH CLOSE DETAIL. OBVIOUSLY NOT A MATCHING NUMBERS CAR BUT IS COMPLETE & READY TO DRIVE AT A COST THAT IS AFFORDABLE.
I BOUGHT THIS CAR 4 YEARS AGO TO HAVE THE 2ND CAR OF MY YOUTH BUT AFTER COMPLETING IT I NO LONGER HAVE THE TIME OR STORAGE SPACE TO KEEP THIS PLUS OUR CAMARO. THE BODY WAS RESTORED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. THE INTERIOR, SUSPENSION AND DRIVE TRAIN ARE ALL NEW COMPLETED JUST 2 YEARS AGO.
REBUILT 454 W/ 10:5:1 COMPRESSION, ALUMINUM INTAKE, HOLLEY 770 STREET AVENGER, MSD ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTOR, NEW ALTERNATOR, PUMPS, BRAKE BOOSTER & MASTER CYLINDER. TRANSMISSION AND FACTORY SHIFTER WAS CONVERTED TO A 700R4 THAT WAS REBUILT TO HANDLE 500 HP. 12 BOLT 3.42 REAR END WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT INCLUDING BEARINGS AND POSI UNIT. NEW FRONT & REAR SWAY BARS. COMPLETE NEW FLOWMASTER EXHAUST. ENGINE WAS TUNED & DYNO'D AT 450 HP SO HAS ALL THE POWER & TORQUE BUT WITH THE OVERDRIVE AUTOMATIC & LOCKUP CONVERTER IT STILL CAN GET 15 MPG ON THE HIGHWAY. FACTORY A/C SYSTEM (HAVE NOT CHARGED THE SYSTEM YET). INTERIOR ALL NEW INCLUDING NEW GAUGES AND CUSTOM AUTO SOUND AM/FM SET UP TO AD CDS.
THIS IS A CLEAN, RUST FREE CAR. OTHER THAN THE PAINT & CHROME BEING 10 YEARS OLD ( IT STILL LOOKS NICE BUT HAS SOME FLAWS) THE CAR IS READY TO DRIVE AND HAVE FUN WITH. I HAVE TRIED TO DESCRIBE THE CAR ACCURATELY SO THAT WHEN YOU COME TO LOOK, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. ORIG KEYSTONE KLASSIC OR ORIG SS WHEELS AVAILABLE, WILL EMAIL MORE PHOTOS IF NEED BE,
$33,900.00
PH: 320-xxx-xxxx
Some pictures: (sorry don't have any interior or under hood shots on my computer. Also wished I had some shots of the undercarriage, which we sanded and grinded all that rubber undercoating they put on cars and painted semi-gloss black.. the car is SPOTLESS underneath, and looked amazing!)
