1972 Chevelle "restoration"

Plasma ftmfw!!!!!!

Love me some 72 chevelle. Hopefully you can dig the old photos up!

They didn’t run the brake hose through the slot in the caliper for it, so it was pointing straight in, and between spring coils.  PSA:  check everything when you buy a car and don’t just drive it for 5 years assuming it works.  

Luckily though, i have what i refer to as the chevelle shelf.  Not the car, that’s the shelfvelle. On this shelf is years of stuff that’s collecting dust as i got it together.  So i can just go to the shelf and pull out stuff like this

Patrick said:

They didn’t run the brake hose through the slot in the caliper for it, so it was pointing straight in, and between spring coils.  PSA:  check everything when you buy a car and don’t just drive it for 5 years assuming it works.  

I saw this pic and thought "oh gross" I hate rust! Then I saw the shiny bits in the next post and was relieved. Carry on.

Back is on fire.  

Hell yeah!!!

Just awesome in every way. Looks like drop spindles to me, plus the "geometry fix" control arms? That beast should handle. I kinda wish I at least did the tall ball joint when I rebuilt my '72 Camino front end. That stock camber gain kills handling.

Is it me or do I need to modify the steering stop for more turning?

maschinenbau said:

Just awesome in every way. Looks like drop spindles to me, plus the "geometry fix" control arms? That beast should handle. I kinda wish I at least did the tall ball joint when I rebuilt my '72 Camino front end. That stock camber gain kills handling.

Yes on both accounts, and will likely do the tall upper ball joints as well, because why not.  I love 17x9.5 on front with room to not roll fender lips. This fender is rotted pretty bad, hoping but doubtful the other side is better.  

The JW Ultra Bell came yesterday.  Speedway oil pan coming today or tomorrow.  I should be able to get the engine ready this weekend, lots of removal of crap I don’t need.  Paint block, clean all the aluminum, put on a newer water pump, delete lots of stuff.  I’m axles away from building the rear end, but those have to wait for money.  

As far as suspension goes literally everything outside of the frame itself is new.  The only piece staying bolted to the framerails is the steering box.  I bought all this for an aborted project monte carlo that wasn’t a roller, because literally as soon as the monte was on my trailer the Datsun became available, and we all know how that ended.  

Speedway motors ls swap pan has arrived.  It is either a clone of the holley 302-1 that i used in the datsun or its made in the same place and they cast speedway onto it instead of holley.  Either way at $299 it’s gorgeous and i will be buying another soon as the 302-1 is also the best pan for a tri five install.  I could modify truck pans, i have a stack of them, but my time is important to me, and sometimes the best solution really is just spend the money and get the right part.  

I’m going to be known as that guy that ls swaps everything and i’ll just smile and know the Wartburg has a gen1 sbc because I don’t think i want a gasser with an ls swap.

Still say you need a jeep grand Cherokee steering box.  You won't regret it. 

Dusterbd13-michael said:

Still say you need a jeep grand Cherokee steering box.  You won't regret it. 

Not a cardone one

Yes. Cardone can go choke on a bag of dicks. The replacement box failed too....

I used junkyard ones for the elky. The one i killed in Kentucky was operator error, not box fault (torque the pitman arm nut and reinstall the lock washer or bad things happen to the splines)

Looks great Patrick!